Mike

They are not mutually exclusive. Trace what Burke does and at the end of your drawing you will have a conclusion that Burke shares the blame...heavily. Just go back to what I asked, is he or isn't he responsible for the personnel who are starting? We have seen more personnel turnover in the last month under our Interim GM than Mack made in his 3 years. So I ask again, who is responsible the personnel on the field and why aren't they making plays when the opportunity hits them right in the hands. You want to talk personnel, then lay the page out. This thread is on Burke and if you have decided he shares no blame..then say so. All I will say then is, put any other coach in the league in Burke's shoes and how do you think he would fair. If you answer that question honestly then you will see that the HC position is meaningless for this current mess. I disagree.

You can (and I will) easily point to Burke being unable to get ANYTHING out of his players.

Well alrighty then.

What does Suber's injury or Reilly's statistics have to do with our offense?

But at least we could say we tried. In throwing that ball you have a percentage whatever that is with Goltz, taking a knee you have zero. I would even venture to say going for it gave us a better chance than hoping we could beat them in overtime. We had scored 7 points in three quarters. I know, it's easy to be a Saturday morning coach. What gets me is they still had a timeout as well. If Burke just planned intelligently, they start at their 35 with 24 seconds left. Then they'd need what, 30 yards in 24 seconds to have a shot at a single? 40 yards to give it a shot at a field goal? With a timeout remaining, you have at least one play call where the whole field is at your disposal. You can't be assuming as a head coach that your QB is going to throw an interception or fumble the ball. If that's the best assumption you can make about him, don't even put him out there in the first place. Use those 24 seconds to stretch the field, it's enough to get 3 plays off especially with that timeout in your back pocket. At least TRY. No one is going to be mad at you if you try and fail, we're already all aware that our team blows. But not even trying just makes you an absolute coward.

No kidding. Bellefeuille is middle of the road at best.

Flip side is why are their fans who hate Burke so much calling out his coaching ability yet treat Joe Mack with kid gloves? Saying that if we were more patient he'd have built a winner. There's absolutely no proof that would have ever happened. Why can't these fans be as critical of Mack as they are of Burke? This team doesn't have the talent & that was the responsibility of Joe Mack. A GM gets more patience because he's further from the direct result. His mistakes can take weeks, months or years to reveal themselves. A head coach is criticized immediately because his stupid decisions have a more immediate impact.

Hall is decent but he's not even close to approaching a level that makes me think we don't need to go after Collaros this offseason.

Jarvis Jones looked like a stud. You can tell which guy came from Arena ball and which guy was in NFL shape. Knapp will be alright but his NFL weight dragged him down as the game speed caught up with him.

Other than just my emotional frustration, I also have so many questions about his thought process. No faith in the offense so you have Edmonton kick off? Bad decision right there, give them as much time as possible and put them in the best possible spot to succeed. I just don't get how he can say that the BEST decision was to put Goltz on an even playing field in OT when he clearly had no faith in him. ******* idiot. How can the club expect fans to support a team when this supposed "leader" doesn't even try to win?

What a *****.

I made the following comment to somebody at Riderfans ... and he replied ... Little early to be drinking, even for a Friday.

A DI offensive lineman is literally the least efficient use of a roster spot EVER

last picture, dark hair in the front row

Watch, now we'll hire Dave Dickenson and in the ultimate heel turn, he'll fire his brother.

GIF away. Don't put GIFs in here, or I'll start another thread...

Seriously? Good on you.

If Pencer goes to tackle and gets hurt half way through, then who backs him up? I don't know, just asking the question. I do agree that I'd like to see him at tackle. I think if Swiston hadn't gotten hurt we'd have seen at least one of them starting this week at tackle, something I've wanted to see all year. Would much rather see Knapp backing up and with a plan to juggle the ratio if Pencer got hurt... Okay Bart Andrus.

I swear I'll get to it this morning.

Burke has to be the least inspiring head coach I can ever remember. Every coach has their issues, but hey ... at least Mike Kelly had a clue. He was just insane. Paul Lapolice? Lost the locker room but he at least spoke intelligently. Burke honestly just seems to have no clue. I wouldn't trust him to run my fantasy lineup at this point.

In all honesty, I think his Mulumba pick will turn out to be the most scrutinized. -- Watson, no argument there. -- Muamba, actually made him look smart -- Pencer, now that he's actually playing, he's showing value -- Etienne, this one will still get knocked for a while, but really him and Parker (the #2 pick) are both progressing and turning into players

At least we got Polywhirl or whatever.

Yep. She'll pretty much write anything you want or just tell me your name and I'll get her to write something in it personalized. But don't get too creative.

If anyone is interested in buying one ($10 each) then it'd be much appreciated if you bought them from me. I will absolutely accept Paypal and am even willing to ship (for free) out of town via snail mail for all of you out of towners. Local pick up / drop off available also. I can post up some pictures for those who want to see what it looks like, but for anyone who wants to support, it'd be much appreciated. My girlfriend is missing a huge opportunity to sell them at the launch party this weekend because of work obligations and she has to move 100 of them in order to travel to the Grey Cup as part of the cheer team. And yes, I can get them personalized with a message if you'd like. Feel free to PM if you don't feel like posting info. Thanks.