Mike

Shaw is worse than Palardy, I don't understand releasing players and signing inferior replacements. uhh nope

They're like dead last in every defensive category and you don't think that's their biggest problem? Their D is worse than ours. I just don't see Marshall going anywhere. I have to admit, I just don't get your line of thinking on this one. Edmonton is 1-7, you've been bashing Mack all year for not trying harder to lock up Reilly and you don't think Edmonton's defense is the problem. If you like Reilly and you don't think the defense is the biggest problem ... what exactly do you think is causing them to be 1-7?

I'm so tired of your schtick by now. You complain about anything and everything. What would make you happy, boss?

They're like dead last in every defensive category and you don't think that's their biggest problem? Their D is worse than ours.

Doesn't surprise me that Burke would like Anderson, he seems to be a fan of all of our terrible offensive players.

He's always been in competition with a proven commodity and seen as how he's not known as a practice kicker, he's never really been given a shot in a real live game. Pretty much sums it up.

I think McKnight has a shot here, to be honest. At least he's got a strong leg. He's always been in competition with a proven commodity and seen as how he's not known as a practice kicker, he's never really been given a shot in a real live game. Former 1st round pick ... could be a nice pickup. Plus he can do both punting and placekicking.

I'm super happy that you bothered to research your hypothesis before sharing your findings with us.

Who cares what some random fan thinks? Penton retweeted this for some unknown reason. Couldn't find a football guy saying anything bad I guess, so he's digging up fan quotes. What does slow for CFL standards mean anyway? I could outrun some of the best receivers this league has ever seen. This guy is getting his panties in a knot now too, because somebody on Twitter asked "are you a scout?" and I replied that no, he was not. Brandon Logan ‏@BrandonWLogan @mike_wpg @3lue_n_6old @PentonKirk Nope, but I've followed the Rams for years. Did any of you guys know who MSW was before today? Thought so

Who cares what some random fan thinks?

Why do you assume Burke is right? He's already admitted he doesn't know very much about the finer points of an offense. He's also already admitted Buck wouldn't likely be on the team if he wasn't such a nice guy, so there's a clear bias.

I know you're frustrated, but how do you expect them to seriously address the OL mid-season? They've been bringing in defensive backs and receivers.

Seriously man, next time you kiss Buck's arse you shouldn't use crazy glue. No one here is saying that it's "all Buck's fault". What Mike initially said was that he couldn't believe Burke stated that Buck played well, cause he didn't. Burke is a complete tool. How do we know? 1-7 this year...that's how. Throwing away Elliott, that's how. Keeping Crowton, that's how. And those 3 things are just a few of the examples. He's suppose to be this defensive genius, yet he's not helping his DC out who seems to be struggling. And don't tell me it's because he doesn't like to micromanage his coaches. Any moron with half a brain who was losing would say..."Casey, things aren't going well, I'm gonna help you out". So the whole point of the original post is how Burke is NOT a good coach and seems to be sucking up to Pierce for whatever reason. We know Burke is a complete fool? I mean, really, you might as well stop there because nothing else you can write will have any merit when you make a statement like that. You can argue the merits of his Head Coaching abilities but to flat out say he is a complete fool? Like Burke has no football knowledge? Fans get too caught up in the emotion and make silly sweeping statements. I did not watch the game in detail as I was busy so I went back and forth between the radio and TV. What I saw was a QB getting his butt kicked the entire game. What I heard was the media analyzing the game being pretty positive towards Buck's play. So we have the football media and the head coach saying the same thing. But they are all wrong because some fans that want instant change disagree? No one is going to tell you Buck played amazing. Obviously. But until you can play without being on your a$$ the entire time, no QB is going to be fairly judged. I think this season we have a decent idea of Goltz' shortcomings, we know little about Hall (other than he deserves another start) and that Buck is certainly not superman. But we certainly cannot say we know with any sort of certainty what we have with any of them because we have such a horrible Offence and O-line. Personally, if I'm calling the shots Buck gets released in the off-season as long as we can bring in a veteran QB. If not, I'd bring him back at a reduced price as a veteran back up. If he has coaching abilities, I'd bring him in as a player-coach. But I wouldn't cut him if our answer is Goltz and two guys we've never heard of. Frankly, if you didn't pay attention to the game, your opinion on his performance is irrelevant. Did Buck get a lot of time from our offensive line? No, not really. But what people want to conveniently ignore when they discuss our OL is that while there is no debating they are not very good, they're also being put under siege by a constantly blitzing defense because of Buck's inability to read the blitz. Really, Buck and the OL have to be lumped together. Buck can't get time because the OL can't protect but the OL can't protect because there isn't a defense in pro football that will have any respect for Pierce as a passer. Pierce played god awful. He sailed a beach ball to the wide out that turned into a pick six and at the time, the PBP tried to say "Dee Webb baited him" but in reality, it was just a piss poor throw that no QB should have been making. Every time Pierce scrambled to try and extend a play with his feet, he either turned away from his receivers, ran into a defender or hell, even stumbled into one of his own linemen. He's clueless out there. He had 12 completions and 2 of them were for a loss of yards. He sailed balls on guys, threw behind them, threw into the turf and his biggest pass play of the day was to the fullback. God awful.

Haven't we been pining for free agents and guys who have been in the CFL? Too true. Sorry, but Boltus is not my idea of a great free agent signing, c'mon. Now, Graham Harrell if he's available... THAT'S a free agent worth pursuing. Or one of the CFL young buck back up qbs. THOSE are free agents. Technically, a young CFL backup is NOT a free agent at all. Iso, you're basically expecting Rome to be built in a day.

Warren Kean 2.0 being added to our practice roster apparently.

This is such flimsy reasoning. Weak. You can see with your OWN EYES that Buck isn't playing well. Do you also believe everything politicians tell you? Or that lawyers are always telling the truth? I sure hope so, because unless you can show me your law degree or that you're secretly Stephen Harper we should all just close and eyes and accept what they say as gospel. its a double edged sword.tho.. why do you assume hes lying? i also saw hall and goltz not fair much better.. i assume you did too.. you nor i know EXACTLY what plays were called and/audibles...we also don't know if the o-line executed properly, if the receivers ran the right routes or if the rb blocked the right gap.. so without knowing even half of this info, isn't it safe to assume your simply guessing or going by your own opinion? id take a coaches take on it over your or my own opinion any day... why? guess im just a dumb ole follower (even though I'm probably on par with you or close to it football knowledge wise and after watching the same game) To be fair, I don't assume he's lying. I assume he's just stupid.

Like.

He's the receiver with NFL exp. we signed apparently. Gotta say I'm interested in this signing. Definitely not a move I expected Walters to make. Big splash, whether it pays of for not, it's certainly an interesting move. Sorry if this has been mentioned already, didn't see anything on Twitter and I'm just posting from my phone before bed.

In the world of Iso. What's it like being so angry and bitter all the time?

a veteran CFL receiver? So in Burke terms, a guy who caught a couple passes in training camp.

you can tell he knows it by all the excuse making he's done since Mack was fired. The whole "crowton is picking qbs" to "doing the best with that I have" and all the rest. He's a dead man walking desperately trying to save his own hide while the team crumbles around him. How long until the players give up completely if they haven't already? How ugly is THAT going to be? Wait, you think they haven't?

Anything to get Burke out.

For everyone who says there's nobody to replace Burke ... I'd give the job to Walters for the rest of the year.

What's the point in auditioning players when the team is being coached by an absolute moron? It's not like they're going to be able to perform at a high level.