I think you'd see that the Eskimos situation is just as bad, if not worse than what the Riders are facing!
The Eskimos lost a lot of vets on the Defense.. they lost 2 of their Big Receivers.. a Backup QB, they changed their D-Line and Linebackers..
I believe that the Eskimo Fans should truly look at their own issues instead of saying how the Riders have problems!
yea we may have some problems, we do have a new Head Coach.. but we really aren't as bad as you claim!
We gained in many areas, we got younger and we also got a few really nice bodies to replace some aging ones.
the Esks have 2 receivers that are good.. (Tucker and Gaylor!) but the others aren't proven... Peterson is known to have stone hands a lot of the time!
You look kind of hypocritical here. You are saying that some, not all, Esks fans should quit being asses towards the Riders and us, the fans. But then what do you do? You go and bash their team...
There are a tonne of question marks on the Esks this year. I'm hoping they do well because frankly, hope is about all they have so far. I love 'em but they have a huge hill to climb. This year will show if they will actually play for Alvin or not.
A good example of what, well who, cflisthebest was talking about is Weirdo87 is one of the eskimo fans who are more about hating other people than loving their team. rpaege, on the other hand, actually loves his team, and doesnt bash other teams.
We need to remember that we did not "lose" a lot of players on defence. We "replaced" a lot of players. There is a difference. It was done to rebuild and improve the team. There are question marks for sure, but after last season it was necessary. Tell me, cflsthebest. If you were the gm here how would you approach it?
As far as missing the playoffs go, yeah we missed them last year. We've won two grey cups in the last five years. How do you come back to that one? haha.