We’ll get back to our regularly scheduled football blogging momentarily, but in the meantime, we’d like to share another lesson we learned at Grey Cup week: Some Winnipegers aren’t especially fond of Brad Banks. Or chairs, for that matter.

During the Harlequin II concert, we found ourselves talking with a particularly rabid and only slightly aggressive Bombers fan. He was joking around about how the Bombers were going to steal Arland Bruce III back, or about the elaborate plan to relocate Pinball to the Prairies. A good chuckle was had by all… until he mentioned that the Bombers could use Damon Allen.

“Damon? You guys don’t need Damon, you’ve already got Brad Banks.”
Bomber Fans are Apparently Harsher than Hawkeye Fans Now, when I said this, I meant it as a compliment. Brad Banks was pretty decent in Ottawa, and while he wasn’t great in the Peg this year, he has shown some potential in the past. But uur new friend apparently didn’t agree with me. Instead, he stared blankly for seven or eight seconds as he tried to process this information; all the while his face was getting redder... and redder... and redder.

“F*** Brad Banks!" he finally bellowed. "F*** him!” At this point, he stood up to leave and we shook his hand to wish him well. However, his Banks rage wasn’t over with and something had to pay the price.

He strode confidently over to one of the folding chairs we were sitting on, picked it up, and hurled it behind him…. right at the feet at one of Winnipeg’s finest.

To the officer’s credit, he realized that the fan wasn’t trying to cause any harm and didn't eject him from the concert. But it took us a while to figure out why our new friend opted to throw a chair at someone’s feet (even if it was unintentional) - and finally, we got it. In order to show some respect for another quarterback rumoured to be the Bombers QB next year, he was simply doing his best impression of an Anthony Calvillo pass to Dave Stala.

We salute you, sir.