The Winnipeg Blue Bombers sent out a terse announcement late Wednesday night. It read: “The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will no longer pursue Adam Jones.”
So despite the fact that Jones had agreed to a one-year contract with the Bombers, the Bombers had decided “not to pursue” him any longer. They weren’t pursuing him. He’d been pursued and he agreed to a contract. And they were no longer pursuing him. Got all that?
The Bombers stopped pursuing Jones because they couldn’t get him into the country. Pacman’s still facing a couple of serious legal charges relating to a toxic combination of strippers, guns, money and booze, and while it’s likely that the Bombers would eventually get Jones into Canada, it wasn’t worth the effort — and about a month of bad press — to try and get it done.
So Pacman isn’t coming even though Pacman was talking about buying a condo in Winnipeg and playing on Sunday in Regina.
“This has nothing to do with his ability to get across the border,” said head coach Mike Kelly. “It was instigated by me and then after having further discussions with Lyle (Blue Bombers president Bauer), I just didn’t feel it was in the best interest of our football club to include Adam Jones.”
Really?
Sorry, that’s just not believable. Unless, of course, John Murphy is just some kind of rogue scout who doesn’t really work for the Bombers.