If todays game is any measure, I don't think so. No offense, looks like a qb from the lingerie league would have a field day against their secondary. Maybe Campbell is proof the apple can fall far from the tree. I don't hate Ottawa or anything, I honestly feel bad for them.

At least they spent half a million dollars on a 39 year old QB.

 

#committedtowinning

Ottawa brought this on themselves... Lets recap the brilliance of their GM.

 

Expansion draft

 

He takes a centre who said he was going to retire

He takes a QB they didn't want

He takes a guy from Winnipeg who had no intentions of leaving Winnipeg

 

Free Agent Day

 

Signs a bunch of nobodies and a almost 40 year old qb who is getting paid way way too much

 

Had a full year to find 'new talent' but their best players are all guys they took in the expansion draft

Walker, Shologan, Capicotti, Miles

 

Honestly, I don't' feel bad for them at all, Their GM deserves this. 

There honestly isn't a way to put a bunch of guys who haven't played together before and make them a very good team out of the gate, especially with the unique factor of the import ratio in the CFL.  Short of completely screwing over the existing teams, you can't build a solid base of Canadians from 2 drafts and taking 2 NI's from each team.

 

That's why all the talk about an expansion draft being fair or unfair is just plain stupid.  The team is going to stink either way, by taking good players from existing teams, they just guaranteed that the whole league will stink too, which it has.

Ottawa brought this on themselves... Lets recap the brilliance of their GM.

 

Expansion draft

 

He takes a centre who said he was going to retire

He takes a QB they didn't want

He takes a guy from Winnipeg who had no intentions of leaving Winnipeg

 

Free Agent Day

 

Signs a bunch of nobodies and a almost 40 year old qb who is getting paid way way too much

 

Had a full year to find 'new talent' but their best players are all guys they took in the expansion draft

Walker, Shologan, Capicotti, Miles

 

Honestly, I don't' feel bad for them at all, Their GM deserves this. 

I feel bad for their fans, first year back in the league and the get dealt a crap sandwich. Somewhat in the way we've all felt here the past few years. That's all.

There honestly isn't a way to put a bunch of guys who haven't played together before and make them a very good team out of the gate, especially with the unique factor of the import ratio in the CFL.  Short of completely screwing over the existing teams, you can't build a solid base of Canadians from 2 drafts and taking 2 NI's from each team.

 

That's why all the talk about an expansion draft being fair or unfair is just plain stupid.  The team is going to stink either way, by taking good players from existing teams, they just guaranteed that the whole league will stink too, which it has.

Tell that to Arash Madani. His bitching on Twitter about the expansion draft is laughable.

 

Ottawa brought this on themselves... Lets recap the brilliance of their GM.

 

Expansion draft

 

He takes a centre who said he was going to retire

He takes a QB they didn't want

He takes a guy from Winnipeg who had no intentions of leaving Winnipeg

 

Free Agent Day

 

Signs a bunch of nobodies and a almost 40 year old qb who is getting paid way way too much

 

Had a full year to find 'new talent' but their best players are all guys they took in the expansion draft

Walker, Shologan, Capicotti, Miles

 

Honestly, I don't' feel bad for them at all, Their GM deserves this. 

I feel bad for their fans, first year back in the league and the get dealt a crap sandwich. Somewhat in the way we've all felt here the past few years. That's all.

 

I think if their fans expected them to be very good, they were kidding themselves. If you go back in time and look at the expansion threads about Ottawa, it was almost unanimous on this forum that they wouldn't be very good.  

 

 

Ottawa brought this on themselves... Lets recap the brilliance of their GM.

 

Expansion draft

 

He takes a centre who said he was going to retire

He takes a QB they didn't want

He takes a guy from Winnipeg who had no intentions of leaving Winnipeg

 

Free Agent Day

 

Signs a bunch of nobodies and a almost 40 year old qb who is getting paid way way too much

 

Had a full year to find 'new talent' but their best players are all guys they took in the expansion draft

Walker, Shologan, Capicotti, Miles

 

Honestly, I don't' feel bad for them at all, Their GM deserves this. 

I feel bad for their fans, first year back in the league and the get dealt a crap sandwich. Somewhat in the way we've all felt here the past few years. That's all.

 

I think if their fans expected them to be very good, they were kidding themselves. If you go back in time and look at the expansion threads about Ottawa, it was almost unanimous on this forum that they wouldn't be very good.  

 

Did someone crap in your cornflakes today or are you always antagonistic?

Also ... is Hank/Frank finished? How would this team have looked with Glenn?

I think the Redblacks will win one or two more this year, but thats about it.  I expect they will be active in signing NFL cuts, especially looking for a difference making receiver with big speed to stretch the defense.  They could use a couple of better DB's too.

Dressler will fix all of their problems.

I'm pretty sure it was set up in advance that Toronto would let them win a game in exchange for 1st place in the East. It all makes sense.

I think so, but they'll be 3-15 or 4-14.

Burris definitely seems to have checked out in the last few weeks.... that offense has zero spark... they also have zero talent at receiver and questionable play calling.

 

Why isn't Chevon Walker seeing the ball more times?  That guy is the only threat they have on offense yet they don't ever dump it off to him?

I believe they will fluke another 2 wins... But this lameness can't be a shocker to anyone, they are an expansion team in a talent-thin league..

I think so, but they'll be 3-15 or 4-14.

Good for 2nd place in the East Division

 

Which is where they are now!

 

I think peeps need to cut them some slack. Do MTL or HAM have better QB's?

Riders play Montreal 3x and Hamilton twice - pretty sure they will win a few...  maybe even surprise BC or Sask

There honestly isn't a way to put a bunch of guys who haven't played together before and make them a very good team out of the gate, especially with the unique factor of the import ratio in the CFL.  Short of completely screwing over the existing teams, you can't build a solid base of Canadians from 2 drafts and taking 2 NI's from each team.

 

That's why all the talk about an expansion draft being fair or unfair is just plain stupid.  The team is going to stink either way, by taking good players from existing teams, they just guaranteed that the whole league will stink too, which it has.

Worst quality football ever & I agree the CFL sacrificed quality to help the redblacks & even that, with supposedly better players available in the draft they still can't win. And so was hiring a French Canadian because he's billingual even though he was a disaster as a GM in Hamilton. 

 

 

 

Ottawa brought this on themselves... Lets recap the brilliance of their GM.

 

Expansion draft

 

He takes a centre who said he was going to retire

He takes a QB they didn't want

He takes a guy from Winnipeg who had no intentions of leaving Winnipeg

 

Free Agent Day

 

Signs a bunch of nobodies and a almost 40 year old qb who is getting paid way way too much

 

Had a full year to find 'new talent' but their best players are all guys they took in the expansion draft

Walker, Shologan, Capicotti, Miles

 

Honestly, I don't' feel bad for them at all, Their GM deserves this. 

I feel bad for their fans, first year back in the league and the get dealt a crap sandwich. Somewhat in the way we've all felt here the past few years. That's all.

 

I think if their fans expected them to be very good, they were kidding themselves. If you go back in time and look at the expansion threads about Ottawa, it was almost unanimous on this forum that they wouldn't be very good.  

 

Did someone crap in your cornflakes today or are you always antagonistic?

 

Huh? What kind of a comment is that?

They'll get one or two wins against Montreal and a win against Hamilton.

Good enough for my records above.

They'll get one or two wins against Montreal and a win against Hamilton.

Good enough for my records above.

 

They could also beat a team that has first place wrapped up.

Why isn't Chevon Walker seeing the ball more times?  That guy is the only threat they have on offense yet they don't ever dump it off to him?

Cause Chevon Walker isn't all that good of a running back. The reason Hamilton moved on from him is that he is yet another all or nothing running back. He'll either make a huge play or be stopped for short gains. 

Riders play Montreal 3x and Hamilton twice - pretty sure they will win a few...  maybe even surprise BC or Sask

Riders? 

 

Riders play Montreal 3x and Hamilton twice - pretty sure they will win a few...  maybe even surprise BC or Sask

Riders? 

 

 

I think he means the Ottawa Rough Riders.

Question should be will Henry Burris start another game this year?

 

I'm thinking it's time to move on from him, he needs to quit football after this year, guy's lost his touch.

 

I kept telling people there's a reason the Stampeders threw him out the door, if he still had as much talent these days as some folks around here think he does, there's no way the Stamps ever would've done that.  No way.

 

If I'm Campbell, I make DeMarco the starter starting this weekend.  No exceptions.