OT: Bombers 2021 Season - Elk Meat = Delicious. 6-1. Hunting Big Game next v Lions.

[jetsforever]

So I guess tying players to the city with business deals is the way to go.
Bighill took a big pay cut to stay.

Win-win! We get to convince guys to stay and they set up well for the post-retirement era.
It sucks that all these guys have to take pay cuts, but at least they're seemingly willing to do it.

In My Words | Adam Bighill - Winnipeg Blue Bombers

 

[snowkiddin]

So I guess tying players to the city with business deals is the way to go.
Bighill took a big pay cut to stay.

That’s part of it but I also think part of it is the culture the team has managed to build (from Wade Miller down).

I remember years ago when Obby Khan left the Bombers for Calgary he said everything about the Stampeder culture was better and Winnipeg was cheap. This was during the Mack and Buchko years. When Miller took over he set out to change that.

I’ve been critical of O’Shea in the past but there’s been countless stories of players taking less to play for him. Free agents want to sign here because we’re now a top notch organization in the CFL.

I really have to applaud Miller, Walters, and O’Shea for changing the perception of the Bombers and making them a team that guys want to play for.

 

[nobody imp0rtant]

That’s part of it but I also think part of it is the culture the team has managed to build (from Wade Miller down).

I remember years ago when Obby Khan left the Bombers for Calgary he said everything about the Stampeder culture was better and Winnipeg was cheap. This was during the Mack and Buchko years. When Miller took over he set out to change that.

I’ve been critical of O’Shea in the past but there’s been countless stories of players taking less to play for him. Free agents want to sign here because we’re now a top notch organization in the CFL.

I really have to applaud Miller, Walters, and O’Shea for changing the perception of the Bombers and making them a team that guys want to play for.

There was a time, long ago when I thought the Bombers would be better off if they were owned by True North.

 

[snowkiddin]

There was a time, long ago when I thought the Bombers would be better off if they were owned by True North.

I’m in the same boat, haha. The Bombers, like the Jets, kept the same coach after years of playoff failure, and that worked out fine ...

 

[nobody imp0rtant]

I’m in the same boat, haha. The Bombers, like the Jets, kept the same coach after years of playoff failure, and that worked out fine ...

Just cause I was wrong in wanting MOS fired doesn't mean I'm wrong in wanting Maurice fired.

 

[tbcwpg]

Matt Nichols released by the Argos and picked up by Ottawa in the same day.

 

[puck stoppa]

Matt Nichols released by the Argos and picked up by Ottawa in the same day.

Arbuckle released by Ottawa, must be because he wouldn’t restructure deal?

 

[jetsv2]

Arbuckle released by Ottawa, must be because he wouldn’t restructure deal?

I think that was the case for both of them. If Toronto didn't cut Nichols they had to pay him a bonus of more than 200k tomorrow.

 

[puck stoppa]

I think that was the case for both of them. If Toronto didn't cut Nichols they had to pay him a bonus of more than 200k tomorrow.

Man it’s tough playing in a league with no guaranteed contracts

 

[jetsv2]

Man it’s tough playing in a league with no guaranteed contracts

Even the NFL doesn't have guaranteed contracts for everyone. Football seems to be the roughest of all the major North American sports on the business side. Even injured players in the NFL aren't safe, teams often cut injured players and only have to pay out part of their remaining salary for that season.

 

[jetsforever]

Matt Nichols released by the Argos and picked up by Ottawa in the same day.

Lucky that most of our guys seem willing to renegotiate

 

[TS Quint]

Matt Nichols released by the Argos and picked up by Ottawa in the same day.

LaPolice is officially an idiot.

 

[TS Quint]

Everyone is giving Bighill credit for taking a pay cut, like he had a legitimate choice. He was ok at best last year, is he really going to get a big contract or even much more than his reduced salary? Do you think he can keep his side deal as money manager, or whatever the job that was handed to him by the Bombers if he isn’t in Winnipeg?

I question if Bighill will be a starter half way through the season. He didn’t take that cut because of culture or anything other than he took the best deal he could get.

 

[jetsforever]

EE Football Team begins final phase of name engagement - TSN.ca
Edmonton possible names: Elk, Evergreens, Evergolds, Eclipse, Elkhounds, Eagles and Elements

I was hoping for "Elks" even though it's not technically the correct plural - "Elk" sounds worse

Best to worst IMO: Elk, Eagles, Elkhounds, Evergreens, Evergolds, [gap], Elements, Eclipse

 

[WaveRaven]

If they go with Elk are the fans Elkies ?

 

[Jets 31]

EE Football Team begins final phase of name engagement - TSN.ca
Edmonton possible names: Elk, Evergreens, Evergolds, Eclipse, Elkhounds, Eagles and Elements

I was hoping for "Elks" even though it's not technically the correct plural - "Elk" sounds worse

Best to worst IMO: Elk, Eagles, Elkhounds, Evergreens, Evergolds, [gap], Elements, Eclipse

Is Rough Riders taken?

 

[BigZ65]

They missed Edmontonians

 

[snowkiddin]

What was wrong with Empire?

 

[SUX2BU]

Earworms .......

 

[jiho]

If they go with Elk are the fans Elkies ?

Elkiholics

 

[Evil Little]

E. coli

 

[jetsforever]

Elimimian retires
Solomon Elimimian: I came, I saw, and I thrived - TSN.ca

 

[BigZ65]

Honestly Edmonton Football Club might be the best option. They can have informal nicknames like the "Green and Gold" that broadcasters can call them.

 

[sipowicz]

Elimimian retires
Solomon Elimimian: I came, I saw, and I thrived - TSN.ca

great story, thanks for sharing!

 

[jetsv2]

Honestly Edmonton Football Club might be the best option. They can have informal nicknames like the "Green and Gold" that broadcasters can call them.

They want something that starts with E so they can keep the EE logo they have been using for a long time. If you call it the Edmonton football club then the EE doesn't really work anymore.