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Planning? Already been done. They've been the Redbirds since late 2020.Coast Mountain Lion wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 6:41 pmAnyone know if/when McGill University is planning on changing "Redmen"?
I missed that. Obviously I haven't been following Usports much recently. Thanks.Hambone wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 7:48 pmPlanning? Already been done. They've been the Redbirds since late 2020.Coast Mountain Lion wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 6:41 pmAnyone know if/when McGill University is planning on changing "Redmen"?
I forgot to ask Hambone this since he was at the game. It did seem like a solid contingent of BC fans at the game including a large cheering section for Betts near midfield.
^^^Probably about the same time the Ottawa REDBLACKS change their name. They should have been named the Red Wolves, a species of wolves that dwell in Ontario's Algonquin Provincial Park who only recently were discovered to be Red wolves and not the long thought to be Grey wolves.Coast Mountain Lion wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 6:41 pmAnyone know if/when McGill University is planning on changing "Redmen"?
I read about the Betts contingent the next day. I imagine Menard and Bemiy had a group of supporters too. I didn't notice them but I was sitting in the upper deck of the East side behind BC's bench. The way Molson is structured the upper deck hangs over the lower deck to the point one can't see those sitting below. I could see bits of orange scattered in the west side stands. There were 2 BC fans 3 rows above me and I saw a few more on the upper concourse at halftime. I saw lots more on the lower concourse as I was leaving and saw what might have been Betts' contingent still out in the seating area as I passed openings to the field. Also caught up to 3 guys from Penticton & Vancouver as I was walking back downtown. So yes there was a good BC turnout.SammyGreene wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2023 3:19 amI forgot to ask Hambone this since he was at the game. It did seem like a solid contingent of BC fans at the game including a large cheering section for Betts near midfield.
Sure hoping he is enjoying life on the West Coast as a pending free agent in 2024. Can’t see how the Als wouldn’t go hard after a homegrown francophone star.
Could simply be money. No team can afford to re-sign every pending FA they would like to keep. Menard signed a one year deal worth $137K hard money and up to $152K max to return to BC. That made him the 7th highest paid DE in 2022 and may have been too rich for Montreal to meet for the role they expected him to play there. Or maybe they chose to use that money for other positional and ratio priorities. Menard has since been extended in BC and now gets $147K in hard money thru 2024.DanoT wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2023 8:40 amWhile Betts might leave Vancouver for Montreal when he becomes a free agent, I still wonder what happened to Menard, another player from Quebec. Menard left the Lions a couple seasons ago to sign with the ALs but only played with them for 1 season before returning to the Lions. Why/how did the Als not re-sign Menard when the time came?
The Redblacks should have been called The/Les Raftsmen. They have the lumberjack motif already, and a ready made fight song.DanoT wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2023 7:48 am^^^Probably about the same time the Ottawa REDBLACKS change their name. They should have been named the Red Wolves, a species of wolves that dwell in Ontario's Algonquin Provincial Park who only recently were discovered to be Red wolves and not the long thought to be Grey wolves.Coast Mountain Lion wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 6:41 pmAnyone know if/when McGill University is planning on changing "Redmen"?
I yearn for the day that BC Place is named Terry Fox Stadium.Sir Purrcival wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2023 9:13 pmI wouldn't say every suggestion should be adopted but I do long for a return to a time where we named things like ships and arena's and such properly. Not just some kind of sponsor brand name or after politician. If you are going to name something in honour of someone, seems that there are lots of stellar choices rather than some hack who walked the halls of power for some reason.
And New Westminster removed the statue of Judge Matthew Begbie from in front of their courthouse. He had presided over the trial that led to the hanging of 5 Tsilhqoh'tin chiefs who were involved in the Chilcotin War.Sir Purrcival wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2023 9:13 pmA quick search online and I found one street in Vancouver that was named after some Lt. Governor "Trutch" who turned out to be a very racist kind of individual. The street was renamed. I know that sometimes, people think the renaming of stuff or the removal of stuff is some kind of morality play run amok. But in reality names change all the time and not just in this country. Anybody been to Leningrad lately? Oh I meant St. Petersburg. There is nothing wrong with a name change here and there where there is some compelling arguments to make a change. More often than not, it seems to relate to people who were venerated in ways that only looked at their prominence, not their actual character. And often these honours were decided on in times when people didn't seem to see past their own ethnic group when it came to deciding who got a monument or a street or a building. I wouldn't say every suggestion should be adopted but I do long for a return to a time where we named things like ships and arena's and such properly. Not just some kind of sponsor brand name or after politician. If you are going to name something in honour of someone, seems that there are lots of stellar choices rather than some hack who walked the halls of power for some reason.
Coast Mountain Lion wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 6:41 pmAnyone know if/when McGill University is planning on changing "Redmen"?