voodoochylde

Cleaning up a couple of threads with like .. themes.

and because we always run up the middle Even that's not an issue if teams have to respect your ability to pass. Our problem is that a) teams don't and B ) every running play we run takes forever to develop ..

Never said O'Shea was .. Just pointing out a common thread across the four year record you keep going on about. Also, I might suggest that an OC who only looks competent with a specific player on the field is something of a liability .. if the stars have to align for a person to appear successful .. well .. you get where I'm going. Frankly, I have no vested interest in who is or isn't our head coach.

He may have been the least of our problems but when you fail to stretch the field, if only to keep the defence honest, keep checking down or throwing underneath .. you're not the solution .. there's a reason our running game can't get going .. teams don't respect our ability to pass the ball.

And I seem to recall MB committing to the run game at the start of the year .. said all the right things but never actually followed through .. the first SSK game was the most balanced we have been all year .. too bad it went all downhill from there.

Stop saying that. You can't add Burke and MOS records together. Stop posting on here when you're drunk.I'm not drunk, why would you say that?The record is what is over the last 3 1/2 years, whether you accept it or not. We have a guy on the staff who has a better record as a HC and has actually made the playoffs with his teams in consectutive years. Call it mediocre but you have to actually MAKE THE PLAYOFFS in order to have any chance of winning. Actually the guy on the staff (you're referring to) is the only guy who HAS been here those 3 1/2 years .. and can be accountable for that record you keep trotting out. He's part of the problem.

Again without the recovery .. those points don't get scored .. a play is a play and mistakes happen because that unit was generating constant pressure those first 15 minutes. It was a case of trying to slow the Bomber rush down with a bit of misdirection. It wasn't run well .. but they don't go to their bag of tricks if the Bomber defence isn't executing.

I'll simply ask the question to promote some discussion .. is it that we lack talent of that we aren't putting our talent in a position to succeed? Clearly we have playmakers on this team and clearly we lack high end Canadian talent (won't be fixed overnight) .. so in my mind, it's probably a bit of both .. thoughts?

The D is not 'folding' they are getting scorched in second half's because the opposition is making adjustments (when they aren't taking stupid undisciplined penalties). These are deeper rooted problems than just running out of gas.It has to be disheartening to a proud player who is giving his all on defence and who knows the game is winnable if only the fourletterwording offense could play even half-decent. I don't wonder at the frustration penalties.The offense gave them a 10 nothing lead to run with.The defence put the offence in position to score 7 of those points. The offence showed ZERO sign they were capable of sustaining any sort of drive from the second quarter on. It wasn't our defence putting the offence in a good spot. It was a huge error by the Riders offence that gave our offence a very short field.It was an error on SSKs part true .. without the recovery .. it's a punt and change in field position (albeit marginally with the wind) and again, you're relying on an inept offence to move the ball.The defence got pressure early in this game .. they WERE doing their part.

The D is not 'folding' they are getting scorched in second half's because the opposition is making adjustments (when they aren't taking stupid undisciplined penalties). These are deeper rooted problems than just running out of gas.It has to be disheartening to a proud player who is giving his all on defence and who knows the game is winnable if only the fourletterwording offense could play even half-decent. I don't wonder at the frustration penalties.The offense gave them a 10 nothing lead to run with.The defence put the offence in position to score 7 of those points. The offence showed ZERO sign they were capable of sustaining any sort of drive from the second quarter on.

Have to agree with the poster who suggested that there would be a riot (or simply a bleakness that overcomes the fan base) if MB was to be promoted to HC. It will never happen. I like and respect O'Shea. I believe players respond to him. That said, his downfall will be in hiring a weak staff. They corrected the problem on the defensive side of the ball this year in hiring Hall. That unit has gotten steadily better but you can see the frustration growing there. Yet, the O goes two and out after two and out with seemingly little accountability .. that's tough to swallow and I don't think O'Shea will get to correct that mistake. I have a lot of thoughts about the org as a whole but am just on my phone right now .. maybe if I actually care enough when I get to a computer. I'll put them down.

@Wpg_BlueBombers 2m2 minutes ago #Bombers release QB Tyler Russell, running back Tyler Thomas.

Verbal agreement with Lemon ,, probably just waiting until the I's are dotted and T's crossed.

It's more shot put type action rather than an actual throw ..

... FFS ...

Does he start next game? Is Brohm shown the door to make room? I'll say this .. if I have to watch Brohm one hop passes again I'll be terribly .. terribly disappointed. To that Mike said:"Out of my cold dead hands". Great move for free. How did Walters do that? HAHA Riders... You lose again. Really wanted to say .. "Lose my ****" but being a mod .. took the high road this time .. can't guarantee I'll be as composed if I actually have to watch that waste take the field again.

Does he start next game? Is Brohm shown the door to make room? I'll say this .. if I have to watch Brohm one hop passes again I'll be terribly .. terribly disappointed.

Make that trade all day .. every day .. 7th round pick is essentially a throw away ..

@ArashMadani Per #CFL sources: Matt Nichols to the Blue Bombers. In exchange the Eskimos get a conditional seventh round pick in 2017.

Just saw that .. well .. can't say this crew is standing pat.

Trading draft picks for talent and leaving a team cap strapped and devoid of talent three years down the road?

No .. MB was with the Nighthawks (Omaha of the UFL) when Walker came into the league in 2012

@bendersun Just wondering: Will Taman become next #bombers GM. I don't know if he's serious .. or trolling per usual (I generally find Bender to be one of the most uninformed twits on twitter) .. but please for the love of all that's holy .. just say no to Taman back in Winnipeg .. let's just remove that possibility from our minds ..

Price of buying a Grey Cup a few years ago.

What a colossal waste of a roster spot ..