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OT: Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2023 Season - Another terrible disappointment. NEXT: Tough Decisions on How to Rebuild.

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gojetsgo said:
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Odd. According the Farhan he wasn't a "fit in the locker room". Signed him to be close to home and then trading him just a couple of weeks later after releasing Lemon. Very odd all around. All the hype around the signing was he was "going home" and he was "tired of bouncing between teams".

Wonder if BC asked Lemon to stick around knowing that something may shake loose here which is why he hasn't signed and BC will be re-signing him now.
 
Holden Caulfield said:
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Dru Brown with another just so-so performance. He hasn't shown much in pre-season this year, but I think he is beyond caring about establishing himself at this low pre-season level. He's an established backup and will get further opportunities.
Tyrell Pigrome stole the show again. O'Shea used the word "frantic" is describing his running style in the post game, and it about sums it up. He's exciting, he's elusive, he's talented. Throws a good ball. Keeps his eyes downfield. He was absolutely completely incapable of going through reads in this game though, I could tell from the upper deck where every pass was being thrown the second he got the ball. He's a rookie straight out of college though.
Felt bad for Josh Jones. Didn't get much time in either game. Depends on whether they liked what they saw in practice if he'll get offered a PR spot.
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if this is true this potato head has lost his mind.
 
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TS Quint said:
if this is true this potato head has lost his mind.
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That's my own speculation, but once you become an established player as Brown is pre-season isn't about making an impression. Isn't about splashy plays. It's about getting your timing down, getting familiarity with receivers, getting some warm up reps. That's all I meant by that.

Brown has played fairly solid when called upon last year. Yeah he made a couple real bad decisions in BC last year, but his game overall was solid. He's an entrenched backup. If Collaros goes down he'll get his chance to see if next year he can leave in FA looking for a starting role.
 
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Rose and Parker likely two moved to IR to start the year. Someone above mentioned 3 going to IR, so could be Abu Daramy-Swaray coming off PR if that's true.

Kongbo stuff is very interesting. Clearly he rubbed someone the wrong way in BC. Only there a few weeks. But to be honest, it feels like he tried to bring that "FIFO" Bombers attitude to BC and the guys didn't like it there haha.
 
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Rose and Parker likely two moved to IR to start the year. Someone above mentioned 3 going to IR, so could be Abu Daramy-Swaray coming off PR if that's true.

Kongbo stuff is very interesting. Clearly he rubbed someone the wrong way in BC. Only there a few weeks. But to be honest, it feels like he tried to bring that "FIFO" Bombers attitude to BC and the guys didn't like it there haha.
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FIFO, is that "fit in or f*** off"?
 
Hamilton Tiger-Cats acquire defensive lineman Jonathan Kongbo from BC Lions | TSN

The video in this link Farham appears to be saying Kongbo and Hatchers remarks are distractions, and he was traded because after the team told him he wouldn't start he had multiple confrontations with the Lions staff up and including head coach Rick Campbell. Doubt we'll ever hear the whole story. Be interesting to see how he does this year.
 
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Hamilton Tiger-Cats acquire defensive lineman Jonathan Kongbo from BC Lions | TSN

The video in this link Farham appears to be saying Kongbo and Hatchers remarks are distractions, and he was traded because after the team told him he wouldn't start he had multiple confrontations with the Lions staff up and including head coach Rick Campbell. Doubt we'll ever hear the whole story. Be interesting to see how he does this year.
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I mean Laji is a team sources guy, not a player sources guy, so he'll be hearing and relaying the lions narrative.

My guess is Kongbo felt he way outperformed his competition in practice, but was told he wouldn't start ahead of the people he was way better than, and wasn't quiet about those feelings.
 
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Tom ServoMST3K said:
I mean Laji is a team sources guy, not a player sources guy, so he'll be hearing and relaying the lions narrative.

My guess is Kongbo felt he way outperformed his competition in practice, but was told he wouldn't start ahead of the people he was way better than, and wasn't quiet about those feelings.
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Agreed. He's only been there a week or so, so it may not even be a matter of him out performing in practice rather the promises made to him when he signed and/or a feeling of entitlement coming back from NFL. The guys he was in competition with weren't scrubs, Menard had a real solid year last year for example. As I mentioned we'll likely never get the full exact story.
 
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For all those who are proclaiming the death of the CFL due to the American upstarts...XFL is in big trouble again already. USFL 3.0 and XFL 3.0 both outlasted the AAF and XFL 2.0 by lasting a full season and appear ready to beat XFL 1.0 by starting their 2nd season next year, but it's not looking all that great.

Exclusive: Major Changes in XFL As League Makes Widespread Cuts

As I said before, these spring leagues come and go. In the end they can't compete with the CFL. The rosters are mostly full with CFL cuts.
 
i watched a total of one XFL game since the relaunch and i thought it was absolute ass garbage,

pisspoor quality of play across the board. The CFL might not be elite level but it's at least a consistent, well established league.

The CFL's biggest long term concern imo isn't clownshow leagues like that but the changing roster rules in the NFL allowing teams to horde QBs.
 
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i watched a total of one XFL game since the relaunch and i thought it was absolute ass garbage,

pisspoor quality of play across the board. The CFL might not be elite level but it's at least a consistent, well established league.

The CFL's biggest long term concern imo isn't clownshow leagues like that but the changing roster rules in the NFL allowing teams to horde QBs.
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True. QB play though is one of those funny things. Most NFL teams are always looking for QBs as well, it's one the hardest positions in sports to play at a high level. Pittsburgh ran Mitch Trubisky as a day 1 starter last year. Malik Willis started games in NFL last year. Nathan Petermann is still kicking around. These are not good QBs, can't see them succeeding at any level.

Like people are talking QB level in the CFL being at an all-time low. Yet did we forget that not that long ago Bombers broke camp with Stefan LeFors at QB? He'll they went several years in the O'Shea Era with Drew Willy at QB. And thats just the Bombers. QB's have always been at a premium, they are always hard to find.

Most CFLers are, IMO, better than end the roster NFLers. Those end of the roster guys are either very good at one specific thing that keeps them in NFL or more commonly "developmental guys" that mostly don't work out and they can't even make CFL rosters where there is no room for developmental guys. CFL rosters are so small everyone needs to contribute.
 
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Blitzkrug said:
i watched a total of one XFL game since the relaunch and i thought it was absolute ass garbage,

pisspoor quality of play across the board. The CFL might not be elite level but it's at least a consistent, well established league.

The CFL's biggest long term concern imo isn't clownshow leagues like that but the changing roster rules in the NFL allowing teams to horde QBs.
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The CFL's biggest long term concern is people running it thinking they need to change things that don't need changing. It doesn't need more teams (US or Canada), it doesn't need more downs, it doesn't need more command center reviews and it sure as hell doesn't need those stupid "mini-games". Playoffs aside, there's nothing wrong with draws. Let the outcome be decided by playing the game in regulation the way it's meant to be played. That goes for hockey, too.
 
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The CFL's biggest long term concern is people running it thinking they need to change things that don't need changing. It doesn't need more teams (US or Canada), it doesn't need more downs, it doesn't need more command center reviews and it sure as hell doesn't need those stupid "mini-games". Playoffs aside, there's nothing wrong with draws. Let the outcome be decided by playing the game in regulation the way it's meant to be played. That goes for hockey, too.
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Well I disagree on the # of teams thing. I think they could really use that #10 team, whether that be Halifax/Maritimes or Quebec City. Balances the divisions AND could balance the schedule too (2 games v every opponent). Would really make the league feel complete.

Getting above 10 would be tricky/impossible currently. You'd have 1 market out east to expand to, but #12 would have to be Victoria/Okanagan Valley/Saskatoon or maybe London but playing in West Division. That's the point where yeah not sure you'd need that, but 10 is a good solid number, IMO.
 
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Holden Caulfield said:
Well I disagree on the # of teams thing. I think they could really use that #10 team, whether that be Halifax/Maritimes or Quebec City. Balances the divisions AND could balance the schedule too (2 games v every opponent). Would really make the league feel complete.

Getting above 10 would be tricky/impossible currently. You'd have 1 market out east to expand to, but #12 would have to be Victoria/Okanagan Valley/Saskatoon or maybe London but playing in West Division. That's the point where yeah not sure you'd need that, but 10 is a good solid number, IMO.
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Halifax, Quebec and maybe Windsor would give you a new potential TV audience to sell, so they all make sense, but it's not easy to get a stadium built on CFL revenues.
 
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Halifax, Quebec and maybe Windsor would give you a new potential TV audience to sell, so they all make sense, but it's not easy to get a stadium built on CFL revenues.
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Yup. The talk is that Halifax wants to do a cheap "pop up"/"temporary" stadium to start. Seats 20-25k, cheap to contruct/expand an existing uni place. Let the team get established and go for a full stadium down the road. Not sure how feasible that is, but I heard that's an option CFL is exploring for team #10.
 
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Opinion: new CFL roster rules make mockery of the game - 3DownNation

Hard to argue with Hodge this one. Don't be surprised if an Adam Bighill, Willie Jefferson, Rasheed Bailey, or someone like that is listed a backup when the Bombers depth chart is released tomorrow. They are implementing new rules that are going to make it very difficult to decide who is actually starting.
 
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