January 21, 20169 yr comment_179485 In 2006 we were just looking for 3rd generation named players?! Robert Baker's punch to Prefontaine is one of my favourite "only in the CFL" moments.
January 21, 20169 yr comment_179488 Isaac Anderson & Victor James, forgot Kevin Cone. Edited January 21, 20169 yr by pigseye
January 21, 20169 yr comment_179489 other then stegall and stokes (more so on returns) good god that 2005 and before list is all kinds of ugly. to this day my name is someone reflective of the impact Wane McGarity had on me and my willingness to get overly excited for a player
January 21, 20169 yr comment_179494 Albert Johnson the third. great player. I think he played for san francisco at one point. Quote I compiled a list of import receivers that we brought in over the years... I did this quickly so I may have missed a few. Interesting, thanks for the effort.... I remember people thinking both of these guys had potential, I guess it was in camp. Neither got to play much if at all... Adams, Kurt Pierce, Doug Edited January 21, 20169 yr by Mark F
January 21, 20169 yr comment_179495 Robert Baker the Touchdown Maker, who actually didn't make any tds.
January 22, 20169 yr comment_179513 Wrs arent easy to recruit imop. Tons of guys come in looking like they should be monsters and many dont put it together for various reasons. Id say WR is the biggest crap shoot. You can have guys come in with so so previous careers and blow up, and studs come in and flame out quick. RB is the easiest position to recruit imop. Its soo easy to get the ball in their hands, and they have 5 lineman whose job it is to get them a gap.
January 22, 20169 yr comment_179525 I don't believe its the receiver talent base .... Rather it's the offensive coordinator and how he handles the new prospects .... its how not who You have a good development system or you don't .... see Buono & Hufnagel & Baker & other past great dynasties
January 22, 20169 yr comment_179548 On January 20, 2016 at 1:47 PM, Blueandgold said: I'm starting to wonder if this whole ''recruiting receivers is easy'' is just a myth? Seriously, since Taman brought in Bruce & Simon over 15 years ago what home grown talent have the Bombers brought in? That's with Richie/Taman/Kelly/Mack/Walters, so we can't just point the finger at one regime. We had Denmark, but who else? We had absolutely no one besides Milt Stegall from 2004-2007 until we picked up Terrance Edwards off the scrap heap from Montreal (so that's the second recruit) and signed Derrick Armstrong. I literally can't think of any other decent receiver we've recruited since then aside from Denmark & Edwards. Does anyone else have ANYONE whatsoever? I guess Romby Bryant would be another, even though I'll never condone the piss poor effort he displayed in 2009. Then you look at a team like Ottawa who made the Grey Cup this year, yes they were an expansion team in their second year, but they also had four highly paid 1000 yard receivers and 5th highly paid scrub. Toronto was able to bring in Gurley and Hazelton this year, but aside from that teams around the league seem to be struggling to bring in impact receivers. The problem we face here is identical to the one in Saskatchewan, BC and Montreal. Everything is a challenge for Winnipeg. Considering they have the weakest scouting of any professional sports team anywhere it is a surprise they find any talent at all.
January 23, 20169 yr comment_179657 Titus Ryan!!! Ah, the good old days where Mike Kelly kept cutting our best receiver but also bringing in new guys who would have two great games and disappear... Otis Amey, Dudley Juice Jr
January 23, 20169 yr comment_179672 On 1/21/2016 at 4:12 PM, Brandon said: I compiled a list of import receivers that we brought in over the years... I did this quickly so I may have missed a few. Starting from recent 2015 - Adams, Darvin Gordon, Jhomo Stoudermire, Troy Veltung, Justin 2014 - Bryant, Romby Moore, Nick Wilson, Justin 2013 - Foster, Akeem Kelly, Aaron Woods, Aaron Sims-Walker, Mike 2012 - Anderson, Isaac Adams, Kurt Miles, Wallace Matthews, Chris Pierce, Doug 2011 - Watson, Alex Floyd, Perry 2010 - clarence denmark greg carr chris davis tj harris jamayel smith 2009 - Amey, Otis Bowman, Adarius Guice, Dudley, Jr. Hyman, Michael Luciani, Dante Ralph, Brock Ryan, Titus Thorpe, Craphonso 2008 - Armstead, Jason Bryant, Romby McGahee, Casey 2007 - Atkinson, Blair Edwards, Terrence Foster, Willie Johnson, Kerry 2006 - Anderson, Scotty Armstrong, Derick Baker, Robert, III Cavil, Kwame Davis, Shockmain Johnson, Albert, III McCord, Quentin Ray, Darryl Thurman, Andrae 2005 and before: Brazzell, Chris Stegall, Milt Colon, Gilles McDonald, Darnell McGarity, Wane Peterson, Kamau Robinson, Scott Stokes, Keith Sutherland, Vinny I know I missed some guys but that's the gist of guys we recruited over the years.... Lots of years of garbage but sadly the best recruiting year I think was with Mike Kelly and the database.... Oh if only mike sims walker could have stayed healthy
January 23, 20169 yr comment_179725 On 1/21/2016 at 5:43 PM, Jpan85 said: Akeem Foster Canadian Brock Ralph, too. Yuck.
January 23, 20169 yr Author comment_179741 1 hour ago, MOBomberFan said: Brock Ralph, too. Yuck. Man I couldn't stand watching that guy. He either dropped the ball or fell down early to avoid being hit, and Kelly tried to make him a feature player in our O. Horrible times.
January 24, 20169 yr comment_179766 The thing I really like about our scouting dept is their ability to keep bringing in players.
January 24, 20169 yr comment_179791 Ahhhhhh ... Craphonso, no chance he was gonna be good Edited January 24, 20169 yr by IC Khari
January 24, 20169 yr comment_179792 4 minutes ago, IC Khari said: Ahhhhhh ... Craphonso, no chance he was gonna be good Imagine the whole stadium chanting, "let's go crap! Let's go crap!"
January 24, 20169 yr comment_179795 1 hour ago, rebusrankin said: Imagine the whole stadium chanting, "let's go crap! Let's go crap!" Im sure we got close many times with "This is crap! This is crap!" that one blow out in the Banjo Bowl comes to mind a couple years ago
January 24, 20169 yr comment_179801 One the of funniest sports chants I ever read about involves Austin Peay's basketball team in the 70's. Star player is Fly Williams. The chant, "The Fly is open, let's go Peay."
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