Mike

It really is. Kingsbury is not even close to O'Shea in terms of what he brings to the game. Kingsbury at Texas Tech basically got his opportunities because of his offensive mind and the belief that he was a genius when it came to developing quarterbacks (see: Patrick Mahomes) O'Shea has no resume whatsoever like that and if you think his 2 CFL championships carry as much weight as even moderate success in a Div 1 NCAA program, you'd be mistaken. They carry about as much weight as Arena Football championships to NFL owners.

I'm going to be honest, I don't personally think O'Shea is an NFL coaching prospect whatsoever. That's not meant as a slight on him, that's just not who he is. He's a culture builder, not a guy who is outfoxing the opposition with a superior mind for the Xs and Os. I'm a HUGE O'Shea fan but I truly believe his actual in-game decision making is very average. His use of the 40-44th guys on the roster is very questionable, his stubbornness and refusal to challenge almost anything has certainly cost us points and you can't even say we see constant benefit from his unmatched knowledge of the rulebook these days - we used to, but not for a long time. Our success comes from the next man up mentality and his belief that a guy like Les Maruo is just as capable of playing on a crunch time second down as Adam Bighill. He believes it and now they all believe it too and you see the result. O'Shea is an absolutely incredible head coach, best I've seen of any CFL team in my lifetime, but I can't imagine he's on the NFL radar at all. What he does is get every single guy in that locker room to buy it and be willing to run through as many walls as it takes for him. He could teach classes on it. The buy-in he gets is unbelievable to me and I'm thrilled to see it. The rub? He's not getting it in an NFL locker room as a Canadian coach without a lick of NFL experience and he's not fit to be a NFL coordinator at any level other than I guess maybe special teams. I'll enjoy the ride with O'Shea for as long as it lasts but I don't think the threat of the NFL is viable at all.

That’s exactly it. There’s no level of performance (team or individual) that makes it viable to bring him back with the same price tag next year. I appreciate the fact that he got paid, I feel like any pro athlete who makes the choice to maximize their earnings is well within their right. I just don’t know if I really believe that he thought everything through: in all likelihood, he’s going to be in a new uniform next year. At what point does he quickly just turn into a Ricky Collins-esque flash in the pan and disappear altogether?

I’m sure it’ll be Ellingson in for Harrison and Grant will go back to returns only

Yes, I will be with my wife in 138

Trevor Harris really isn’t much better

I don’t think you do get it lol

Chris Jones just can’t stay out of his own way

Begelton joining the “I came back from the NFL and now I suck” club

I’m going to bring my megaphone with the siren on Thursday

I was torn between Caleb Evans and James Butler i’m going to take Evans

I didn’t make mine yet, I wanted to avoid the game last night because I felt like it was going to be a weird one. Still trying to figure out who I want.

I really blew my lead didn’t I

I kinda hope we stop using Janarion as a receiver. He’s not very good

I mean, I remember his main competition that year being VA and Banks. I’m a VA fan. But come on.

Dalton strikes me as a CFL player for good. I think he could sit around on a PR in the NFL if he wanted to but he strikes me as a guy who wants to play football. I don’t know a ton about him but from what I’ve heard, he’s got a bright career after football so this might be his time to play, not collect a cheque from the bench in the NFL. Whatever he wants though, I hope he gets it.

I can’t believe I’m the only one who thinks Jake Thomas is the heir apparent to Big Stan at LT

I agree with all of this. If they’re not going that route, why is Harrison even in the lineup?

That thread is a wild ride. Hardly anyone in favor. Some very strong, very hilarious opinions. One poster even used that opportunity to compare O’Shea to Trump

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The Riders have some great players on D. Robertson, Lanier, Moncrief, Sankey and Dean are all fantastic players in that front 7 but man oh man is their offence absolute hot garbage. Fajardo sucks. Their OL sucks. Duke has given up. KSB looks disinterested. Jamal Morrow is out there busting his ass making plays and the rest of the O just looks like they’re going through the motions.

Calgary is a great team but I truly believe that stylistically, we are a terrible matchup for them. They’re better than BC but BC scares me more as an opponent

They’re also missing 75% of their starting DL

I for one am shocked that the guy with a giant “NWA” tattoo covering his neck would be someone to showboat in a blowout loss

If they want to have a shot this year they need to