...And Grigsby............... 

 

CFL.ca Staff

TORONTO - The Canadian Football League announced today the 2014 East and West Division All-Stars. 

The Division All-Stars were selected by 87 voters, including members of the Football Reporters of Canada (FRC) and CFL head coaches. 

The East Division All-Stars were selected by the voting members of the FRC from the East Division markets, the National Chapter and the East Division head coaches. 

The West Division All-Stars were selected by the voting members of the FRC from the West Division markets, the National Chapter and the West Division head coaches. 

The CFL All-Stars will be announced in early December.

Below is the complete list of the 2014 East and West Division All-Stars.

 

*Denotes a unanimous selection

 

Western All Stars

 

QB - Mike Reilly (Edm)

RB - John Cornish (Cgy)

RB - John WHite (Edm)

REC - Emmanuel Arceneaux (BC)

REC - Rob Bagg (SK)

REC- Adarius Bowman* (Edm)

Rec - Clarence Denmark (Wpg)

OT - Jovan Olafioye (BC)

OT - Stanley Bryant (Cgy)

OG - Brendan LaBatte (SK)

OG - Simeon Rottier (Edm)

C- Brett Jones (Cgy)

DT - Tearrius George (SK)

DT - Almondo Sewell (Edm)

DE - John Chick (SK)

DE - Odell Willis (Edm)

LB - Adam BigHill (BC)

LB - Solomon Elimimian

LB - Dexter McCoil (Edm)

CB - Fred Bennett (Cgy)

CB - Patrick Watkins (Edm)

HB - Brandon Smith (Cgy)

HB - Jamar Wall (Cgy)

S - Tyron Brackenridge (SK)

K - Paul McCalum (BC)

P - Rob Maver (Cgy)

ST - Deon Lacey (Edm)

 

Easter All Stars

 

QB - Ricky Ray (Tor)

RB - Brandon Whitaker (Mtl)

RB - Nic Grigsby (Ham)

REC- Duron Carter (Mtl)

REC - Chad Owens (Tor)

REC - Luke Tasker (Ham)

REC - SJ Green (Mtl)

OT - Chris VanZeyl (Tor)

OT - Josh Bourke (Mtl)

OG - Brian Simmons (Ham)

OG - Tyler Holmes (Tor)

C - Luc Brodeur-Jourdain

DT- Ted Laurent (Ham)

DT - Alan-Michael Cash (Mtl)

DE - Eric Norwood (Ham)

DE - John Bowman (Mtl)

LB - Bear Woods (Mtl)

LB - Simoni Lawrence (Ham)

LB - Chip Cox (Mtl)

CB - Geoff Tisdale (Mtl)

CB - Delvin Breaux (Ham)

HB - Jerald Brown (Mtl)

HB - Derico Murray (Ham)

S - Craig Butler (Ham)

K - Swayze Waters (Tor)

P - Swayze Waters (Tor)

ST - Brandon Banks (Ham)

Position EAST  Team WEST  Team

 

 

Chris Randle was absolutely robbed of a spot.

That's painful to read in that format. 

That's painful to read in that format. 

I swear to God, when I posted it, it showed the proper formatting!! I'll try and fix it.....

Grigsby was an All-Star, that will please the masses on MBB.

How is Larry Arugala not named an All Star?? McCallum????? Seriously...we get NO respect.

Fixed the formatting

 

That's painful to read in that format. 

I swear to God, when I posted it, it showed the proper formatting!! I'll try and fix it.....

 

No worries. Not your fault. 

K - Paul McCalum (BC) over K Lirim Hajrullahu?  I disagree with this.

It's very close…stats wise, but PM kicking indoors, for half the games, tilts it to LH in my books.

 

And if I'm an Easter team's RB and a RB comes over from the West, for a game or two, and gets the all-star nod, then I'm all-star mad about that.

An EASTERN Division player that should have been named.

I don't care one way or the other about Grigsby, but that's a sham.

Lotta Bombers got robbed because most of the voting media doesn't actually watch the games, and because the Bombers had a poor season, the individuals suffer in award voting...

Congrats to Denmark for another season of quietly being fantastic once again.

 

 

K - Paul McCalum (BC) over K Lirim Hajrullahu?  I disagree with this.

It's very close…stats wise, but PM kicking indoors, for half the games, tilts it to LH in my books.

 

And if I'm an Easter team's RB and a RB comes over from the West, for a game or two, and gets the all-star nod, then I'm all-star mad about that.

An EASTERN Division player that should have been named.

I don't care one way or the other about Grigsby, but that's a sham.

 

Most of these votes come from reporters.  They don't give it much thought, they look at the stats, put the donut down long enough to make an X by the guys whose names are at the top.  If there isn't an easy stat column to go by, the vote on reputation or where the team finished in the standings.  It's a useless system, so getting upset by useless selections is pointless - it's the most likely outcome when the system is useless.

 

Could be worse, they could let Rider fans vote.

Bomber players quite vocal on Twitter about the snubs...love it.

Bomber players quite vocal on Twitter about the snubs...love it.

 

Not on Twitter, post some examples???

K - Paul McCalum (BC) over K Lirim Hajrullahu?  I disagree with this.

It's very close…stats wise, but PM kicking indoors, for half the games, tilts it to LH in my books.

 

And if I'm an Easter team's RB and a RB comes over from the West, for a game or two, and gets the all-star nod, then I'm all-star mad about that.

An EASTERN Division player that should have been named.

I don't care one way or the other about Grigsby, but that's a sham.

 

Didn't  the same thing happen last year with Alex Hall?? Played in the east for 14 (ish) games and was listed as a west division all-star... essentially based on all the stats he compiled in the east...

Grigsby' gets it by default as a part from Whitaker no other RB in the east played that much. Bomber kicker maybe could have gone either way. Other wise picks seen pretty reflective of abilities. Not sure what other Bomberplayers have much to argue about.

Bomber players quite vocal on Twitter about the snubs...love it.

damned shame the season is over for them and they can't give a giant **** you in the post season. Damned shame. 

Bomber players quite vocal on Twitter about the snubs...love it.

Not on Twitter, post some examples???

check the feed next to the forum. Nick Moore, Romby and some others all pretty worked up about Arugala, Leggett, Randle and others being snubbed...

Grigsby over Steele?  Obviously talent isn't a requirement to become an Easter All-Star.  These awards and being named as the "CFL Greatest Athlete" will look splendid in Grigsby's portfolio when he's looking for work next year.  Of course none of this will swell Nic's head.

It is about who played....how do you think January made it so often in the East....all the other teams had a serious issue with keeping tackles upright.

Congrats to Denmark for another season of quietly being fantastic once again.

 

Yeah, he put up 1000 yards while being the only really consistent threat on the Bombers.  Shades of Terrance Edwards there.

5 BC

5 Sask

7 Calgary

9 Edmonton

 

...1 Wpg

Proves once again that these divisional all star nominations are pretty much a joke. 

 

I don't really care but to ignore randle and even Lirim here is mind boggling. Mo Leg too but T brack is pretty good but.. thought Mo Leg might have been better. 

Lirim and Randle deserved nominations. Leggett too.

Proves once again that these divisional all star nominations are pretty much a joke.

I don't really care but to ignore randle and even Lirim here is mind boggling. Mo Leg too but T brack is pretty good but.. thought Mo Leg might have been better.

Love Mo Legg as a playmaker but don't like his tackling. He got beat a number of times going one-on-one against the ball carrier and quite a few of his tackles got shrugged off.

I think Brack is a much more reliable tackler.

 

Proves once again that these divisional all star nominations are pretty much a joke.

I don't really care but to ignore randle and even Lirim here is mind boggling. Mo Leg too but T brack is pretty good but.. thought Mo Leg might have been better.

Love Mo Legg as a playmaker but don't like his tackling. He got beat a number of times going one-on-one against the ball carrier and quite a few of his tackles got shrugged off.

I think Brack is a much more reliable tackler.

 

The biggest difference between Leggett and Brackenridge is experience- a couple of years under the belt makes a world of difference in adapting to the CFL game, but either way, Brackenridge is a talent.