January 23, 20169 yr comment_179699 11 hours ago, J5V said: "Evans is the CEO for Granny’s Poultry Cooperative while Gamey is the CEO and co-founder of Payworks. She is also the Past President of Southwood Golf and Country Club, the current Chair of the Prairie Theatre Exchange Foundation Trust and the former Chair of the Women’s Enterprise Centre." Yeah, these are the kind of people we need running our football operations. Evans can probably get us a good deal on some turkey dinners and Gamey can get us some cheap payroll help. :-) They aren't running football operations.
January 23, 20169 yr comment_179723 Good. It takes Montreal out of any other receivers the Bombers are interested in and limits Montreal's creative FA spending. Edited January 23, 20169 yr by Mr Dee
January 23, 20169 yr comment_179727 1 hour ago, Mr Dee said: Good. It takes Montreal out of any other receivers the Bombers are interested in and limits Montreal's creative FA spending. How is this good, Dee? We lost out on a great young receiver but hey the Winnipeg media was proclaiming on twitter that the Bombers had contacted Carter & were very, very interested. Made it sound like Winnipeg was going to be the landing spot for Carter. At least that is how I interpreted the media tweets. Didn't turn out that way. Every CFL team was interested in Carter so why would that have been considered news? Not surprised he went to Montreal & I was actually expecting it. If the media is proclaiming that the Bombers contacted this guy but didn't sign him then that guy but didn't sign him etc then it makes Walters look inept or pretty clear that as an organization we don't want to spend the money. I just hope we sign Dressler. Edited January 23, 20169 yr by iso_55
January 23, 20169 yr comment_179729 Some speculation that carter and green are now two highest paid receivers in the league making 200+
January 23, 20169 yr comment_179731 8 minutes ago, iso_55 said: How is this good, Dee? We lost out on a great young receiver but hey the Winnipeg media was proclaiming on twitter that the Bombers had contacted Carter & were very, very interested. Made it sound like Winnipeg was going to be the landing spot for Carter. At least that is how I interpreted the media tweets. Didn't turn out that way. Every CFL team was interested in Carter so why would that have been considered news? Not surprised he went to Montreal & I was actually expecting it. If the media is proclaiming that the Bombers contacted this guy but didn't sign him then that guy but didn't sign him etc then it makes Walters look inept or pretty clear that as an organization we don't want to spend the money. I just hope we sign Dressler. Good. Get this out of the way early. Focus on receivers we can actually get. You said it yourself. Hardly anybody here saw Carter ending up with Winnipeg. He was going to Montreal unless somebody paid him big, big bucks. Turns out somebody did - Montreal. Walters can't win in your eyes - don't go for him...get criticized. Go for him, don't get him...get criticized. It makes sense to inquire about Carter, but it makes more sense to not make him the highest paid rec. in the league on our team. We need more pieces than just a receiver. I don't believe there's anyone who believed this is a fail on Walter's part, so why bring it up?
January 23, 20169 yr comment_179732 Maybe our interest in Carter diminished when he said he'd only sign a 1 year deal?....In any event I always thought that's where he'd land if he returned....back in poutineville..
January 23, 20169 yr comment_179733 We never had a chance to sign Carter so we really didn't lose out on anything, sign players who want to play here for a while and not want to jump to the NFL after one year.
January 23, 20169 yr comment_179734 As soon as montreal was in the running, everyone else was an afterthought. We would have had to throw a dumb dumb sum of money to land him. Edited January 23, 20169 yr by SPuDS
January 23, 20169 yr comment_179737 not sure who puts the"interested" and "close to" on these talks. The players do it to stimulate interest in them, some teams do it to make it appear they are working it and in the hunt. I don't need to hear about it until contracts are register do the CFL office. Close doesn't mean jack unless it's horseshoes, dancing, hand grenades or turd fights.
January 23, 20169 yr comment_179738 22 minutes ago, Mr Dee said: Good. Get this out of the way early. Focus on receivers we can actually get. You said it yourself. Hardly anybody here saw Carter ending up with Winnipeg. He was going to Montreal unless somebody paid him big, big bucks. Turns out somebody did - Montreal. Walters can't win in your eyes - don't go for him...get criticized. Go for him, don't get him...get criticized. It makes sense to inquire about Carter, but it makes more sense to not make him the highest paid rec. in the league on our team. We need more pieces than just a receiver. I don't believe there's anyone who believed this is a fail on Walter's part, so why bring it up? More of a complaint about the local media than Walters & pushing up fan expectations. Too much rah rah. Not blaming Kyle for this one.
January 23, 20169 yr comment_179739 5 minutes ago, DR. CFL said: not sure who puts the"interested" and "close to" on these talks. The players do it to stimulate interest in them, some teams do it to make it appear they are working it and in the hunt. I don't need to hear about it until contracts are register do the CFL office. Close doesn't mean jack unless it's horseshoes, dancing, hand grenades or turd fights. Exactly.
January 23, 20169 yr comment_179740 So who do the Bombers target? We need more than just Dressler, and although I like Ryan Smith a lot, there just isn't enough size with a trio of those two and Denmark.
January 23, 20169 yr comment_179744 How about Dressler and Stafford? Or you know sign Dressler and figure out how to scout like a good team.
January 23, 20169 yr comment_179754 With the two highest paid receivers on the payroll...it will be interesting to see how the Als will be able to keep the soon-to-be highest paid Olineman (OT Josh Bourke).
January 23, 20169 yr comment_179756 12 minutes ago, Dirty30 said: With the two highest paid receivers on the payroll...it will be interesting to see how the Als will be able to keep the soon-to-be highest paid Olineman (OT Josh Bourke). If the Als don't sign Harris as Qb this off season, I think they will have the cheapest combined salary for their top-2 Qbs assuming it's Cato and Glenn. This will mitigate the impact of having the 2 most expensive receivers on the roster.
January 24, 20169 yr comment_179764 Jhomo Gordon intrigues me...young and has wheels. Hope his hands are decent.
January 24, 20169 yr comment_179768 2 hours ago, blueandgoldguy said: If the Als don't sign Harris as Qb this off season, I think they will have the cheapest combined salary for their top-2 Qbs assuming it's Cato and Glenn. This will mitigate the impact of having the 2 most expensive receivers on the roster. I can see Mtl. keeping Glenn, Crompton and Cato, They're going to have a hard time convincing any of the remaining QB's to go back on the P.R. so expect Lefevour, Bridges and Boone will probably find spots as #2 or #3 QB's around the league.
January 24, 20169 yr comment_179798 21 hours ago, Blueandgold said: So who do the Bombers target? We need more than just Dressler, and although I like Ryan Smith a lot, there just isn't enough size with a trio of those two and Denmark. Yeah, I see this as a huge problem. We need a couple of big targets for Willy. I still think we should make a play for Bakari Grant. He has decent size and is youngish at 28.
January 24, 20169 yr comment_179799 I'd prefer Kenny Stafford over Grant in the taller receiver category.
January 24, 20169 yr comment_179804 Well as for the size thing...here's to hoping A.Richards can contribute this year and that unearth a gem at tryout camps.
January 24, 20169 yr comment_179806 On 1/23/2016 at 3:52 AM, Jacquie said: They aren't running football operations. Correct, they are taking care of the 100m deficit. Did they announce the money figures from last season yet?
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