Pete

OShea has always done it according to some formula in his head, but this upcoming year I'm hoping (maybe unrealsitically) he and Walters take a good hard look at what went wrong in '25 that we finished 4th in the western conference. And what is needed to change. Our offense was disjointed and lacked direction. Our oline wasn't good enough. Our dline was in the bottom 3rd of the league. (hard work +Experience) > talent

I get it but it also infers we need stronger talent at cdns, which has always been an element of stronger teams, just look at Sask with Emilus, Schafer baker, Campbell. You dont get stronger by losing your best cdns to other teams. Ford, and Dobson are recent examples of us getting weaker.

yeah but not all cdns players are equal, unless youd like an even more steady diet of JT

Thing is signing Brady allows us an import elesewhere , hopefully on the oline. A decent cdn lineman would cost 220 plus so the savings isnt as much as youd think. So Id really go in on Brady

the football gods are on the riders side this year. Lauther saying thankyou

I'll say this for the riders, at least their OC had a decent gameplan. Olivera probably saying see Hogan "RUN THE BALL"

https://www.cfl.ca/2025/10/29/elks-extend-tyrell-ford-through-2027/ If your going to try to get a cdn starter thru free agency chances are you"ll overpay

Starting Cdns are amongst the highest paid Dline Robbie SMith at 305k (tell me that isnt a bigger overpay than Olivera), then next is Betts Dback - 3 of the top 4 highest paid are cdns - Ford (and he was just reupped at 230k), Dequoy, and Campbell (How is Kramdl the highest paid db on our team btw = other than because hes cdn) Oline top 3 salaries are cdn Hunter, Ferland Korte Recievers McInnis is the 2nd highest Demski 4th, and tell me how Gittens jr isnt a massive overpay at 210k. Just wait til mtrl's Philpot hits free agency this upcoming year. the highest paid rb as you mentioned Brady is in a class by himself and at qb another cdn Roarke.

Neither are overpays as thats what the market is for starting top cdns, just like Dobson,Ford, Mcinnis.robbie Smith etc. For the most part we have been unwilling to go go there so we ended up losing both Dobson and Ford and unable to replace them adequately. We tried to get "deals" which never happened

Im not sure about losing Demski or Olivera, after all how many were convinced that OShea and Walters would be back. I think its more about what happens with the OC position that effects Brady and what we are willing to pay.

By any measure for the last 6 years we have been the best performing team on and off the field. Both OShea and Walters deserve to be back

Maybe Bryant and or Jefferson, Lawson and Olivera.

The thing that might end up keeping OShea here is loyalty not to Wpg, but to the group of vets that want one more crack at winning See Zac's comments of wanting to return with the group he's battled with.

If OShea goes I wouldn't be surprised to hear Walters stay. . As for head coach maybe Khari or Calvillo?

something for osh to think about, theres a reason Dinwiddie didnt even listen to a counteroffer from Toronto.

In a way I think Hamilton/Bo levi fell into the Lawler trap, hes so good the qb focuses in on him and becomes almost one dimensional. Lawler had more targeted receptions and yards than White, Bridges and Smith combined. Those receivers are too good not to be utilized more

That doesnt explain why the no other team picked him up last year if as you say hes the most respected coach . Younger is more likely to get a hc than Jackson in the near future. Edmonton was a gong show in regards to their qb situation regardless of the pressure. He may be a good coach its just we have zero evidence during his time with this organization. I would much rather see us go outside our organization for once to replace Hogan, We need some new perspective

What did Jackson contribute this year to make him desirable as OC? There wasn't a single group on offence that didn't look disjointed. Nor has any player that I|ve seen commented that hes a good coach. an interesting combo Justin Dunk might be Kyle Carson as GM and Mark Meuller as hc

Gonna believe that Collaros is gonna show everyone that he's still the man. When playing against top qbs on other teams he seems to step up even more. GO BOMBERS!

our defense is as good as any in the league, And most of the issues people have are on fringe starters. I expect this game will be close and I won't be surprised if Willie is a difference maker

Was hoping we:f be able to add Jenkins, but then its a question of who comes off, we knew it wouldn't be Ayers. Griffen not added for same reason. I dont get Petersen , we could have gone without Ball or Kelly. Overall about what i expected. Have to wonder about the cohesiveness of our offence though. Mitchell nowhere around, now Clercius benched. The lack of faith on Hogan.etc Not concerned with whose listed as starter it changes in game

30 is old now? he's basically the same age as the majority of middle linebackers ie Thurman 30, Mcmanis 31, Awe 31, Sankey 31. Sanots Knox 31. Jones is no Bighill in his prime, but he does have almost double the tackles as the next highest bomber. (also an indicator of the weakness of our dline in making tackles)

so who would you have chosen as allstar lb instead ? In the east Mcmanis didn't play enough. In edm Morgan and ANderson were hurt. And as for research looked at CFL stats, Given whos voting thats gonna be one of the criteria they use to vote .Maybe we'll get a better idea when the players select the allstars. Thurman seems the most consistent mlb but hes not great at making big plays either. None of the mlb's are in the class of outside lbs Pickett and Beverette..

actually had 4 tfl, more than Awe and Sankey, and 3 sacks, both more than any other mlb in the league