A weekly collection of thoughts from this muddled mind in no particular order.
19??!! 19? Rod Pedersen flattened me Wednesday when he said the Jock Sanders signing to Calgary was the 19th player to leave the Grey Cup edition of the Riders. It can't be can it? Lets do the math. Players no longer around are Drew Willy (WPG), Chris Garrett (released), Kory Sheets (Oakland), Jock Sanders (Calgary), Weston Dressler (KC), Zack Evans, Keith Shologan, James Lee, Kierrie Johnson, Aaron Hargreaves (Ottawa), Craig Butler, Abe Kromah (Hamilton), Jermaine McElveen (Montreal), Diamond Ferri (released), Graig Newman (Winnipeg), Ricky Schmitt (BC), Graeme Bell (retired), Milt Collins (released),Khari Jones (BC), Johnny Holland (Calgary). I count 20. Oh my god, its worse than I thought. Cancel the season!!!!!!
Now I look at what's returning as of today---Durant, Smith, Bagg, Getzlaf, Simon, the entire o-line, Chick, George, Foley, Brackenridge, Peters, Rey Williams, D-A, Brown, Maze, Milo, George, Macho Harris, Hurl and Russ. That's still a damn good nucleus and training camp isn't till June. In other words, three words for ya......quit yer bitchin! Lets start evaluating this team in May as they are about to head to training camp and while you're at it, tell me how much Calgary and BC have improved going into 2014.
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Marty St. Louis wants to get traded. Sending him to the Blues would be epic!
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What did Carey Price do to suffer a lower body injury in Sochi and do the Dupont-Lapointe sisters have anything to do with it?
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Seahawks QB Russell Wilson has let it be known he would like to own a pro team someday? Didn't he own the Denver Broncos on Super Bowl Sunday?
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It was revealed this week Regina's population grew by three percent, but our seniors population is declining. This just begs the question as to who then is responsible for the majority of accidents in our fair city.
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Is it too much to ask for the Brandt Centre to have a crowd of 5-thousand people in it for Game 1 of the WHL playoffs?
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Undertaker vs Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania. Undertaker will go to 22-0. If the greats couldn't beat him, Lesnar isn't. Not a shot against Lesnar, but Austin, the Rock, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, etc. etc. are all better than Lesnar in my mind.
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It is said Target's foray into Canada has been a failure. Go into Target and you will see why. I don't think I've heard one favourable thing said about them since they opened.
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Did I really see Keri Russell doing what I think she was doing on "The Americans" this week. Well then..........
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If you are a volleyball fan, the best volleyball you will see in a long time will be on display at the University this weekend at the CIS national championships. Get out there and check it out.
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One bad thing about the volleyball championships is I will miss the U of R Rams dinner and miss the opportunity to hear Joe Theismann speak. I bet the former Argos-Redskins quarterback delivers a great speech. How long until someone asks him about the infamous broken leg?
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The boys (and I guess the ladies) too threw another outstanding High Impact Wrestling out there Thursday night. For those wondering when the epic broadcasts will be on Access 7, they will start this Tuesday night, but you won't see my contributions until late March seeing I missed the first set of tapings. It was highly enjoyable with the exception of sitting by a door that was somewhat open on a night where it was close to minus 40. It took a while to thaw.
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Alright spring, you can come at any time now.
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Have a great weekend. Stay warm! Hope to see you at the U of R this weekend.
13 comments:
For those with out Access 7 I hope the shows get loaded to Youtube.
You were born to be a Wrestling Commentator.
For those who do not get out to H.I.W event - Run do not walk to get your tickets. It is a guaranteed good time. Even if you are not a wrestling fan, but a "people watcher", this is the place to be.
What a great event last night!
Obama
Mitch:
Even you and your crony Peterson have to admit 20 is a huge number. Was it that way in 89? Was it that way in 07? No team has been decimated as much in the off-season as what this year's Rider team has been. Right now, I would say a 9-9 team would be successful.
Scott
Target is a complete waste of time. I had such high hopes for the Saskatoon store. I'm guessing the Regina store is no better.
I'm not concerned with the Rider losses, but I do want to know what type of talent we'll have at RB going into camp. I hope Taman has something up his sleeve.
Scott:
Please don't compare 07 Riders to 13 Riders. Last year's squad may have been the best team the green and white have ever fielded. To compare the two teams is ridiculous and to think our talent wouldn't get "stolen" from others is ridiculous. I'm surprised more assistants didn't leave. I thought Tucker and Cortez were gone for sure.
Jason
I'd gladly take a "lower-body" injury if I was with the Dupont Lapointe sisters.
The Regina store is horrible too.
Why do you hate Rex Roberts? He is the champ!
I walked in a bought 2 PS4's on launch day without so much as a line-up. There. One favourable thing about Target.
How many of those 20 are really impact guys. Sholo, Dressler, Sheets and Butler. That's it. These idiots who think the sky is falling are dumb. Schultz said it best on Cage today ----we have sunk back to our afraid of change mentality. Its OK, change is good.
Tim
I'm with you Obama. I hope those shows get put on Youtube. I've got Shaw where I am.
Great atmosphere for the volleyball tonight. Damn Cougs started off great but couldn't finish.
Good talkin to ya tonight.
Darrell
What did Keri Russell do? mmmm
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