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Playing not to lose. Been the MO of Lapo and Hall for years. Try and not **** up rather than trying to extend the lead.

For Lapo....3rd time around, with the same MO.

The chief suspect in the CFL's spy gate:

It seems to me that our offense either throws short passes or deep passes, I don't think we ever really challenge those intermediate routes that so many other teams have success with. It's either up to Dressler or Harris to make some tacklers miss on the short throws or Adams to come down with a deep ball along the sidelines.

A 2/1 TD/Int ratio is not horrible. Not great but not horrible either. It's the timing of his picks that are killing the Bombers this year.

After a tough Bombers loss, nothing cheers me up quite like seeing the Riders get spanked.

I promise to never complain about Bruce Johnson again once he's healthy. Good lord Carmichael is awful.

Rainey takes opening KO 65 yds....but FG missed.... Nichols fumbles ....Normand turns it into first down... Nichols is hammered on a LB blitz Bombers give up long KR - fumble - sack - long pass play ....in the first couple of minutes... Lulay bombs one to Burnham... ...then perfect TD pass to Manny A...over Cartwright ....looking too easy for the Lions... Nichols holding the ball too long....and is sacked.... ..Matt looking kinda indecisive...... Bombers giving up big plays on both sides of the ball... Blue get one....on blocked punt, up the gut...by Jones... The Fever....sort of gets into the end zone..... ...for the Bombers first points on O, in 1st Q, this year.... Pretty soft zone....Burnham out jumps 2 DB's for big gain... 14 yards passing....22 net yards.....on offense. Must be a Blue Bomber first quarter..... Alexander deked right out of his shoes...... ...then Hurl gets completely turnstiled by Rainey on 40 yd gain... BC just waltzing down the field....Johnson then has 5 yd TD run.. 17-7 Lions. Bombers looking weak on both sides of the ball.... Harris fumbles next series.....Knox gets it back on INT.... ...but has it wiped out by nonsensical penalty on Thomas...brutal. ...costs Blue another 3. TOP lopsided for BC...as they are up 20-7 Bombers speed up tempo on O, and uses some misdirection...... Nichols getting it out faster and working wide side of field.... Denmark wide open on the ole corner pattern.....20 yd TD.. BC Offense also working the flats....with plenty of missed Blue tackles... Roc Cartwright getting worked over, yet again.....no other options, here? Just before half....more missed tackles....250 yds passing and 27 points against... Did Jim Daley sneak back here, when no one was looking? 27-14 BC. Medlock lines up for 46 yds FG attempt......but hold the phone! He chips it down the sideline to Mike Miller, hiding on the sideline..... 30 yard gain. Adams then catches corner route TD from Nichols. 27-21 Lions BC takes Objectionable C. and keeps Blue O on the field..... Nichols rolls out at the 20.....and just keeps on going for the TD.... Bomber inch into the lead.....this will be a barn burner..... Loffler spends a lot of time near the box for a S....need more help in back.. Nichols hits 50 sideline bomb to Adams.....completes couple more..... ...then puts it up deep in the end zone....Adams makes great one-handed TD catch. Mike Miller is a special teams hit man...... Medlock not punting it well, at all..... Jake Thomas jumps up, deflects pass, intercepts, and laterals it....... ...to Knox who steams down the sidelines for a 30 yd TD.. Bombers up 42-27. Time for some killer instinct..... Blue getting better pressure and some hits on Lulay..... Another bad Medlock punt gives BC ball inside Bomber 40... Bad Lulay throw is picked off in style...by the beleaguered Carmichael.... ....next series....Roc loses the 50/50 ball to Burnham for big gain... Manny A. grabs crossing route TD. 42-34 Bombers Bombers really need some O.....but are getting 2 and outs... Lot of passes short of the marker....no 2nd down conversions.... Medlock punting from Blue 25.....on 3rd and 15. He throws a pass!... while the rest of the team are playing the punt? Brutal turnover. Naturally Lulay scrambles 15 yds for the TD 2 point convert. 15 point lead blown. 42-42. Bomber collars tightening....by the minute....another 2 and out... With 2 minutes to go....Nichols has the game in his hand...... ...and proceeds to telegraph the out pass for horrific INT. BC Field goal gives Lions the lead.....45-42. 45 seconds left.....Bombers burn up the clock with dinks and dunks Medlock lines up for 50 yd tying field goal....and it is right down the pipe... BUT SHORT! Bombers simply choke away a potential key win... The crazy gamble by MOS....the chickenschmit play calling from Lapo... ....and the crucial INT from Nichols...are not what contenders are made of.... Bombers back to the drawing board. DOD back to the drinking glass....

I think Mr Noeller you are being paid by the Blue and Gold to monitor this site and present as positive a position that you can. Even Ed Tait who is a paid employee tells it more like it is. Of course you have to tell it like it is....if not, you lie right off the bat and where do you go from there? By at least being honest with players and fans alike everyone gets the true picture and then can make a somewhat educated decision going forward. I akin this to the constant before season hype from the Bombers year in and year out....first it was rebuilding so don't expect a lot. Then when that slant didn't work it was all about the quality of players that the scouts have brought it... a huge improvement that will create good competition at training camp....yet we see the same players and most if not all the recruits either on the PR or cut. An improvement? Then we heard we signed all the coaching staff because it created continuity and that is always good....and referencing teams like Calgary and Edmonton. Well Edmonton changed coaches, not by choice but nonetheless did and in the first year made the playoffs while losing many of their starters and much of the coaching staff the year previous. Calgary only seems to find quality players whether it be from the PR or scouting.....year in and year out. We don't do that! We simply rely on the old lines of much improved this year. Then as the year progresses it is an injury issue as if no other team in the league has injuries and finally at the end of the year it comes down to a few plays here and there that caused us to miss the playoffs again.....all the while our coach talks about how great the players are and how hard they work. No one is saying they don't play hard, no one is saying they are not talented. Perhaps what they are saying is these players are not being put in a position to win....not being put in a position to display their skills....not being coached according to their skills versus what the coaches think they should able to do. I realize there is a give and take here but let's be realistic.....this is a team that, at least in my opinion, is underperforming in several areas and these areas are consistent year in and year out. Bad coaching decisions by the head coach, an ineffective offense hell bent on dink and dunk where every team in the league knows it and doesn't even plan for the maybe one or two times we may get lucky downfield, and an ineffective defense that cannot seem to cover receivers period. Yes we do stop the run most games but the pass.....well that is simply another story. Are they coached properly....well whenever I see a DB trying to defend a pass and he is neither looking at the receivers eyes to see when the ball is coming or looking for the ball but simply flaying away at the air, then I see poor coaching or poor individual habits. Can it be taught, certainly but these guys are not rookies coming direct from college....most have played professional football somewhere so is it that they haven't learned, won't learn, or can't learn......or is it the coaches can't teach it. I guess what I am trying to say is while I understand that you want to put a positive spin on everything, this does not mean you are a better bomber fan than those who talk about their shortcomings and who are frankly finished with the BS that keeps coming forth from this organization. We all want them to win and again frankly no one more so than myself. I haven't invested over 63 years watching and listening to this team so I can be fed total nonsense. When Bud Grant was the coach or Cal Murphy, there was no mincing words on the quality of product on the field. They expected to win and were coached that way. It was unacceptable to be substandard and while that did not always translate to winning, it nonetheless led to competitive, aggressive football that was both entertaining and rewarding to the players and fans. What we see today is neither. So because people speak about what they perceive to be issues with this team....they do so as a fan and someone who expects more.

Hey I was against Lapo from the get go, I really wanted Khari Jones, and looking at the BC offense it's pretty explosive. But they went with the "safe" choice which was Lapolice. Now we just hope someone decides they want to hire him as a head coach.

it's definitely the result of not running enough, because let's be honest, the interior guys on our offensive line are massive and they have a bit of a surly attitude, yeah they might not get big holes all the time, but you keep letting them beat up on the defensive line and eventually they are going to wear them down. Lapo doesn't like to put that investment in though, he's always been a big fan of trying to outsmart everyone.

If you don't like Lapo then you should be criticizing MOS because MOS wanted him and appears to continue to want him.

Yep. He said he would come back to the huddle and say 'hey, they can't cover me.'

put in flanders, put harris in at receiver/running back instead of Julian.

Notice how the Stamps developed Kamar Jordan, they didn't exactly pull him out of a hat, he's been sitting on the PR since 2014 learning the game and waiting for his opportunity to play. Bombers cycle through recruited receivers so fast it makes the head spin and even if the guy has all the tools he gets two pre-season games to prove his worth then gets cut before they move onto the next one.

I think the offense did execute but the playcalling wasn't the right calls. Continually dumping passes yards short of a first down expecting the receivers to make the first down everytime when surrounded by Lions defenders was unrealistic. As was handing the ball off on 2nd & 5 or 6 expecting a first down each time as well. It was shitty & cowardly playcalling. Playing not to win but not to lose. And how did that work out??

We can kick this around until the gin kicks home......... The deal is....that until we figure out a way to be prepared to get out of the gate to start games......and also play to win not lose, with leads... We are simply pretenders. Until we start doing the things.... that real contenders do.

To the surprise of many (including me) Glenn nor only lasted the whole game but even managed to resemble a recent quarterback. Its weird to hear that Glenn probably will pass Ronnie Lancaster in the stats, and that Danny Mac is actually ahead of Ronnie. Contrary to his reputation, Glenn took a beating and did not turtle or get happy feet- in fact he looked the most composed I've seen him in years. Calgary still looks beatable, though. Muamba was invisible for the most part and likely not worth what they are paying him. When was the last time two Canuck MLBs were starting in the same game?

That may have been the worst quarter of playcalling by LaPo I've ever seen. That has to change.

This is Glenn's beat down game, I don't expect him to live till the end.

Maybe this time, firing everyone would be just the thing to right the ship. I mean, when has this strategy ever let us down in the past?

There isn't an eyeroll big enough for this post but I respect your crazy opinion

I don't know. It looked like it was going to be an over throw. I thought Adams did a good job catching up to that ball at all.

Success Rate: 3rd in attempts over 20 yards. 10th in accuracy over 20 yards.

Quoted for truth.

Completion percentage is worth used beans..............if you don't score points or for that matter.....make first downs, in crunch time.

Those short dump passes to Harris are our running game.

Scared play calling, 50 odd seconds left and they throw what, 4 screen passes and run the ball?

O'Shea absolutely GRILLED Jones on the sidelines after that play and not Medlock. Sitting right behind the Bomber bench, it seemed to me like it was called. Was anything more ever said about that play?

Well... When harris runs the ball 6 times... Im not sure why anyone would think lapo would run the ball more.. Our RB.. One of the BEST in the league had 6 carries. Thats a OC problem and Flanders doesn't change that. 6 carries... Thats just poor use of Harris... Yeah he had some catches and ya as a team over 100 running but... 6 carries for your RB... That should be half time numbers not full game numbers.

2017-07-21 Vancouver shootout Mike O'Shea is Icarus Overzealous tricks

I think one game suspension is the max under the collective agreement which is why they're the same. However, not sure on that.

On the plus side, Carmichael wasn't offside for any critical plays in the B.C. game. We just need him to cover better than a hospital gown.

You have to be really bad to miss the playoffs in the CFL i agree.

2017-07-21 Winnipeg at BC (supplemental) Canada moment: Bombers lose, woman in crowd Tells me "I'm sorry."

You guys are nuts.

Blue Jays sell off starts in 3...........2............1...........

Well, another 3 seasons.

He's said in the past that Khari acted as a de facto OC for a long time and would make stuff up as the game went along. I maintain that's a lot easier to do when you have the type of weapons he did at that time...

That's actually been said by Milt in the past, to a slightly lesser degree....

i think the problem is they know BC will always key on Harris, thus they resorted to deception and short dumps to get him clear of the D-line. You need a huge RB to do what Messam does but most teams are so pass oriented they don't want to make that kind of investment in their running game. Harris is nearing his end, I would go out and find the next Mike Sellers and I wouldn't care a lick if he couldn't catch.

I think Lapo is a smart man who understands the game quite well, I just think he's got a loser mentality and that's what holds him back.

This weekend was shot from the get-go Carmichael running to and fro, A Bomber loss, from a Medlock toss, Mike O'Shea should've just said "NO!"

Sounds right to me.

I think the same can be said for Paul Maurice and the Winnipeg Jets. If both teams would just follow your advice we'd be planning Grey and Stanley Cup parades forevermore.

Man, one win & the Rider trolls just come out of the woodwork. Soon to disappear again, of course.

Streetheart performed at the first concert I ever went to. They and Trooper were the only bands that performed in places like Brandon when I was a teenager. RIP

At this point, in trying to get any kind of a "win" the Republican "leadership" Trump, Pence, O'Connell along with the ole Tea baggers like Rand Paul.....are pretty busy at work. Belittling, threatening and attacking any reasonable, moderate, logical, and practical Republicans, who could be fiscally conservative and socially liberal. In short, the people that could actual help the party create legislation that makes some form of sense. As opposed to the crap sandwich of a repressive agenda, that is the current Republican party line. Some Republicans used to understand the value and benefits of science, immigration, the environment, and education. Unfortunately, any potential reasonable internal debate has been drowned out by cheap slogans and bellowing of alternative facts. Meanwhile regulatory bodies, key Federal departments, and consumer protections are being gutted. Healthcare and social services for millions of Americans also hangs in the balance. I am old enough to remember a time when racists, gun nuts, religious cranks and extreme alt right types were the fringe, rather than the voice and agenda of the Republican Party. The cherry on top, is having a President who is patently morally, intellectually, and temperamentally unfit to hold that office. Sad.

Get your panties out of a bunch. It wasn't even close to a 2 year wait, it was just over a year (June 26, 2016 was the last episode). As far as the episode itself goes...

Welcome change around this thread to see more facts & good debate over the American style hyperbolic-nonsense this thread had become. For those that need a refresher... #15 - she's bang on about.