2019-20 Stamps and CFL off-season thread

[Strange Brew]

Until I saw Vavra's name, I always assumed this was a CFL hall of fame. Guess it really is a Canadian football hall of fame.

Hands up if you were one of the fans chanting we want Vavra at Stamps games back in the day.

[The Familia]

That's disappointing...I will miss chanting "Go home Eskimos..." at the annual Labour Day game. They better keep the logo and colour trim.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

Until I saw Vavra's name, I always assumed this was a CFL hall of fame. Guess it really is a Canadian football hall of fame.

Hands up if you were one of the fans chanting we want Vavra at Stamps games back in the day.

I respected Vavra during his run with the Dinos. He was a good Canadian College Football QB, but he was in no way a Pro Level QB.


Canada has trouble developing QB's, probably a big reason is when the seasons happen at a amateur level takes away the passing game. And also because coaches are enamored with a run based Amateur playbook.

[Corral]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

I respected Vavra during his run with the Dinos. He was a good Canadian College Football QB, but he was in no way a Pro Level QB.


Canada has trouble developing QB's, probably a big reason is when the seasons happen at a amateur level takes away the passing game. And also because coaches are enamored with a run based Amateur playbook.

The stamps were awful in the mid 1980s. An all star college QB from the home town dinos should have been given a better shot. Instead we had datillio? And Johnson?

[dirk diggler]

Originally Posted by Corral

The stamps were awful in the mid 1980s. An all star college QB from the home town dinos should have been given a better shot. Instead we had datillio? And Johnson?

ahh yes the Rick Johnson era, the next hollywood star. still loved going to games then but it wasnt often pretty.

[Johnny Makarov]

Don't forget the leftie. Threadgill.

Man the stamps were so hurting at QB. I remember being super happy we got a washed up Joe Barnes! and then we finally turned the corner with Danny Barrett and never looked back since.

[corporatejay]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

Don't forget the leftie. Threadgill.

Man the stamps were so hurting at QB. I remember being super happy we got a washed up Joe Barnes! and then we finally turned the corner with Danny Barrett and never looked back since.

Kevin Feterik?

[calf]

Originally Posted by corporatejay

Kevin Feterik?

The records show after the 2001 Grey Cup the team fast forwarded to 2005

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Corral

The stamps were awful in the mid 1980s. An all star college QB from the home town dinos should have been given a better shot. Instead we had datillio? And Johnson?

Hey now, Hollywood Rick Johnson was an exceptional QB with exceptional grooming. He was on his way to great thing until he threw Rod Tidwell a suicide pass that caused Tidwell to learn how to end zone dance and learn the joy of the game. Johnson however faded into obscurity.


But really. He had a great arm, decent accuracy, but he was a poor decision maker. Datillio was probably the last actual starting quality QB in the CFL, since his retirement we've had


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Vavra
Caravatta
Torrance
Justanis
Brannigan
Bridge.


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1976 MON 16 3 1 33.3 14 0 0

1977 MON 16 2 1 50 20 1 0

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1981 MON 16 122 69 56.6 1095 4 7

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[dash_pinched]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1285652841344851973

[dash_pinched]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1285653233634095115

[dash_pinched]

Winnipeg to be the hub city (tentative) for shortened CFL season:

https://twitter.com/user/status/1285683228335050752

[Strange Brew]

Yeah i don’t see hub city concept working for football.

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

Yeah i don’t see hub city concept working for football.

CFL could work, there’s only 4 or 5 games a week required.

9 teams.

[tvp2003]

With no ticket sales, how much tv money is on the line, assuming they can play at most 8 regular season games plus playoffs? I know there are other factors, but does the hub format even work economically? And presumably this will only happen with a government bailout?

[Yoho]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1285996866572881920

[CaptainCrunch]

Randy Ambrose should have named Sasha Trudeau as the starting QB for the Red Blacks.


This is significant news, as it is, we could be seeing real financial problems with the CFL even if they do play as this is a gate driven league.



I think that this puts the survival of the league in question.

[dash_pinched]

If I recall correctly, Ambrosie set a date of July 23rd to essentially be a go/no-go as far as playing in 2020 is concerned. The announcement that Yoho posted above certainly makes it seem that it will be a no-go.

[CaptainCrunch]

Yeah, your right, I remember that date. I doubt the league will go forward, and they're going to lose a lot of players that won't come back.

[White Out 403]

Dave Naylor tweeting that this isn't a surprise and the league never expected to get money from that source.

Negotiations continue with the government under a different branch/umbrella.