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by Hambone
Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:53 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Yikes! Lions 2024 potential free agents
Replies: 515
Views: 3728523

Re: Yikes! Lions 2024 potential free agents

SMS or not, I think the club has moved on from Lucky. I don't discount the fan identification he brings but there are younger, cheaper options out there. I was surprised to learn that his catches to targets % last year was 65.91%, about middle of the pack for the Leos, just slightly above Hatch (64...
by Hambone
Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:25 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Yikes! Lions 2024 potential free agents
Replies: 515
Views: 3728523

Re: Yikes! Lions 2024 potential free agents

Sounded earlier there was zero interest in bringing Lucky back but he might be just the guy they need while waiting on Hatcher. Qualifies as a marketable personality if nothing else although it seems he may not be a Rick Campbell favorite similar to the way Loucheiz Purifoy was . He does know the p...
by Hambone
Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:44 am
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Yikes! Lions 2024 potential free agents
Replies: 515
Views: 3728523

Re: Yikes! Lions 2024 potential free agents

I think people are jumping to a lot of conclusions on this marketing fund. I think there's a lot more to it based on some excerpts from what BCF posted. 1) First off this isn't new. It started in 2023 with a $60K fund that has been bumped to $110K this 2024 and beyond. 2) Fund is for Non-Football Re...
by Hambone
Sun Feb 25, 2024 4:31 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: 2024 CFL draft (Lion's picks)
Replies: 22
Views: 140137

Re: 2024 CFL draft (Lion's picks)

More than half of all CFL coaches are ex-CFL players. About half of those who didn't play in the CFL played USports football. Out of BC's staff only Rick Campbell, Jordan Maksymic, Mike Benevides and Tanya Henderson didn't play CFL or USports Football. Maksymic played Edmonton HS football though an...
by Hambone
Sun Feb 25, 2024 2:03 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Yikes! Lions 2024 potential free agents
Replies: 515
Views: 3728523

Re: Yikes! Lions 2024 potential free agents

110k marketing fund is a floor not a cap. Housing allowance just creates tax efficient salary. Bonuses are same. As above noted the Incentive for winning games is gone with xfl. Cfl players could easily include this. Salary spent per cfl team is in the 8 million range. Salary cap only includes 2/3r...
by Hambone
Sun Feb 25, 2024 10:11 am
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Yikes! Lions 2024 potential free agents
Replies: 515
Views: 3728523

Re: Yikes! Lions 2024 potential free agents

As for the flat salary rate I always wondered if that impacts a player's motivation? A player striving to be the best at his position stands to be rewarded at contract time. However would he lose some of that motivation if he won't make any more than the worst player at his position? Some of that s...
by Hambone
Sat Feb 24, 2024 5:17 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Yikes! Lions 2024 potential free agents
Replies: 515
Views: 3728523

Re: Yikes! Lions 2024 potential free agents

Good digging B.C.Fan. Kind of an odd clause but at least it's in the CBA. Looking at the numbers and reading between the lines it seems unlikely everyone gets a housing allowance. I wonder if the level of play would be that much worse if at all if there were fixed salary levels similar to the sprin...
by Hambone
Sat Feb 24, 2024 12:31 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Yikes! Lions 2024 potential free agents
Replies: 515
Views: 3728523

Re: Yikes! Lions 2024 potential free agents

Disappointing to hear of a new "marketing" category that falls outside of the SMS allowing Winnipeg to register Dalton Schoen's reported $230,000 contract as $190,000. Why bother to have a salary cap at all? The easiest thing to do is to play by the rules at least at the management level....
by Hambone
Sat Feb 24, 2024 10:44 am
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Yikes! Lions 2024 potential free agents
Replies: 515
Views: 3728523

Re: Yikes! Lions 2024 potential free agents

Disappointing to hear of a new "marketing" category that falls outside of the SMS allowing Winnipeg to register Dalton Schoen's reported $230,000 contract as $190,000. Why bother to have a salary cap at all? The easiest thing to do is to play by the rules at least at the management level....
by Hambone
Fri Feb 23, 2024 4:48 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: 2024 CFL draft (Lion's picks)
Replies: 22
Views: 140137

Re: 2024 CFL draft (Lion's picks)

Ok - so Ringland & States-McClean added to Greene, Bagayago & Rene = pretty decent collection/competition of Canadian secondary guys. They could maybe think of a National starting at both corner and safety on the D (doubtful, but maybe?) The Lions have signed 2 former NFLers whose experienc...
by Hambone
Fri Feb 23, 2024 4:39 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: 2024 CFL draft (Lion's picks)
Replies: 22
Views: 140137

Re: 2024 CFL draft (Lion's picks)

Pretty sure Adams lives just south of Seattle towards Tacoma. Money is money but there are financial intangibles for American players who can play so close to their permanent residence. It's impossible to put an actual dollar figure on that but it could be worth who knows how many thousand $ for Ada...
by Hambone
Thu Feb 22, 2024 4:08 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: 2024 CFL draft (Lion's picks)
Replies: 22
Views: 140137

Re: 2024 CFL draft (Lion's picks)

LB Jean-Loescher, Ringland and DB States-McClean all signed back in late November. They were taken 34, 43 & 52 respectively in last year's draft.
by Hambone
Thu Feb 22, 2024 10:42 am
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: 2024 CFL draft (Lion's picks)
Replies: 22
Views: 140137

Re: 2024 CFL draft (Lion's picks)

More than half of all CFL coaches are ex-CFL players. About half of those who didn't play in the CFL played USports football. Out of BC's staff only Rick Campbell, Jordan Maksymic, Mike Benevides and Tanya Henderson didn't play CFL or USports Football. Maksymic played Edmonton HS football though and...
by Hambone
Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:19 am
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: 2024 CFL draft (Lion's picks)
Replies: 22
Views: 140137

Re: 2024 CFL draft (Lion's picks)

BC's biggest draft priority should be to shore up their OL depth with a high ceiling prospect. They currently start 3 NATs on the OL and only have Peirson and Packer for depth. By the end of this calendar year only Packer (25 in July) will be under 30 with Chungh turning 32 in 11 days. All 5 are goi...
by Hambone
Wed Feb 21, 2024 6:15 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: 2024 CFL draft (Lion's picks)
Replies: 22
Views: 140137

Re: 2024 CFL draft (Lion's picks)

The CFL changed its format for the 2 bonus picks at the end of the 2nd round. Previously they went to the two teams with the worst record. They were awarded with a territorial pick that could only be used on a player domiciled in the drafting team's territory as per CFL Bylaws and Constitution. Thi...