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What do you mean?

Exactly. Agree to disagree. That was quick.

Exactly.

Oh yeah right, my bad, forgot about him. He's the offensive genius. Throw that interim tag on him, Montreal.Still no idea who you are referring to. Same guy you are. Definitely not Yup.

Oh yeah right, my bad, forgot about him. He's the offensive genius. Throw that interim tag on him, Montreal. Still no idea who you are referring to. Same guy you are.

Anyone who wants to see Wild with snaps on D this game should be happy we're "starting" 8 Canucks.

Oh yeah right, my bad, forgot about him. He's the offensive genius. Throw that interim tag on him, Montreal.

Good OC doesn't always = good HC. Need a good leader who gets most out of players. Is one possible reason, yes. Which is why it is concerning that MTL hasn't even thrown an interim tag on him this year. I am assuming we're speaking about Noel Thorpe, and he is the Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator in Montreal.

Some interesting stats and info here: 52 PICK UP: ANALYTICS THAT STAND OUT AFTER 52 GAMES • Teams that make a TD drive to open the game have gone on to win 10 out of 14 times (71%) • INT return frequency 2015 vs 2014: In 2015, scoring is up 8% primarily due to a record pace for defensive TDs with 28 in 52 games. What’s more, last year 13% of all interceptions were returned for a score compared to 21 of the 113 interceptions thrown in 2015 (19% of them). That frequency is therefore up from one in every 7.6 to an amazing one in every 5.4 INTs • Surviving an offensive penalty: the likelihood of scoring a touchdown drops from one in 6 (16%) to almost one in 10 (10.6%) following a penalty • When taking a defensive penalty, the likelihood of an opponent scoring a TD rises from one in 10.5 (9.6%) to one in every 2.9 possessions. In 304 drives in 2015, defensive penalty-aided drives have gone on to score 106 times (34.8%) • When teams give up a sack: There have been 255 drives this season when a team allowed at least one sack. Of those, that team has gone on to score a touchdown only 8 times. That is one in every 32 drives compared to one in 5.9 times without allowing a sack • Teams that turn the ball over more have won only 9 times in the 52 games played thus far in 2015 • When a team turns the ball over, the opposition has followed that giveaway with a touchdown an incredible 30% of the time (73 immediate touchdowns after the 241 turnovers made to date). Of those, 28 have been defensive returns i.e. “pick sixes” and fumbles • How do teams do in the first game after losing their #1 QB? This scenario has happened 5 times this year (Saskatchewan, Montreal, Edmonton, Winnipeg and most recently BC) and remarkably they have gone 3-2 in those ‘next’ games • Red Zone Defence: the Top 4 clubs in denying opponents a TD inside the 20-yard line have a combined W-L record of 30-16, or .652. The Bottom 5 clubs in Red Zone defence are 22-36 and .379 • 2nd down conversions: the Top 4 clubs in denying opponents conversions on the 2nd down have a combined W-L record of 32-15 for a .652 winning percentage. The Bottom 5 clubs in 2nd down conversions allowed are just 20-37 and .351 • Teams that lead heading into the 4th quarter have won 36 of 49 times, or 73% (there have been three games tied) • If a team builds a lead of 10+ points, they have gone on win 36 out of 46 times in 2015 – 78% of the time. That jumps to 88% if a team can pull ahead by two touchdowns or more (22 of 25). Ten teams have come back from 10 or more points down to win in 2015 • 17+ threshold for victory: teams that reach the 17-point mark have a record of 51-30 for a .630 winning percentage; teams that score 16 points or less are just 1-22 and have won just 4% of the time • Do penalties influence the outcome? The average number of penalties by winning clubs in 2015 is 11.5. By losing clubs? 13.0 • Do home teams gain more yards? Not really! Home teams have averaged 333 yards per game, visitors 331 yards • Where is the drop-off point in FG% success? In 2015, that point appears to be the 35-yard line. Inside the 35, CFL kickers are at 93% (124 of 133), while from 35 yards and out they have gone just 90 of 122 for a 74% mark • How many punts go for 50+ yards? 28%. Of 706 punts so far in 2015, 196 have been for 50 or more yards • Strategies on offence: of the total yards gained in 2014, 31% came via the run, averaging 216 yards per game. In 2015, that has dropped to just 186 yards per game and only 26% of the total. Passing now accounts for almost 3 out of every 4 yards from scrimmage • % of passes thrown to the Top 10 receivers that are caught: 501 receptions made in 771 targets or 65% of the time • Illegal contact rule change: with the tighter rules regarding contact on a receiver, the frequency of that penalty call has risen from 0.71 per game in 2014 (37 in 52 games) to 1.62 per game – more than double with 84 calls to date in 2015 • How many games go down to the final 3:00 before being decided? 29 of 52 have not been settled until the final 3:00 • To win the season interlocking series, the East needs to win just 3 of the remaining 11 inter-divisional games HE WENT ALL THE WAY • Lion Chris Rainey had two separate kick returns for a touchdown against Calgary last Friday night • It was the first time since July 14, 2012 that anyone had returned two kicks of any kind for TDs in the same game (Chris Williams, Hamilton) • It was only the second time in ten seasons that anyone had returned two kicks for TDs (Marcus Thigpen, Hamilton, was the only other on July 2, 2010) • Rainey became only the fourth CFL player to return a kick off and a punt for TDs in the same game • The other three are Earl Winfield (Hamilton), Derrick Crawford (Calgary), and Pee Wee Smith (Calgary) • Rainey’s total of 333 return yards in that game is a new BC record but falls short of the CFL record of 428 yards set by Calgary’s Larry Taylor on July 7, 2012 • Rainey’s total is the fourth largest ever behind Taylor, Toronto’s Bashir Levingston (345) and Hamilton’s Thigpen (340) NEXT PIVOT UP • Injured Hamilton quarterback Zach Collaros exits the Tiger-Cat lineup leading the league in yards passing (3,376), TD passes (25), second down conversions (84), completions for 30 or more yards (21), touchdowns per possession (23.5 per cent) and points per possession (2.55) • 7 of 9 clubs have lost their starter at some point this season • Out of 104 quarterback starts this year, 48 (46%) have been made by a player other than the club’s number one quarterback • A total of 19 different quarterbacks have started at least one game and that may grow to 21 when BC plays this week and Hamilton returns after their bye week • Only Ottawa and Calgary, a combined 16-7, have not lost their starter for at least a game. Trevor Harris has also not missed a game for Toronto in Ricky Ray’s absence, despite not being their usual starter • Since 2012, a club has had the same quarterback start all games in a season only six times (out of 34 team seasons in that period) • Henry Burris, now age 40, has four of those seasons and has made 65 straight starts (Mike Reilly started throughout 2013 and Bo Levi Mitchell is on track to do the same in 2015) • There doesn’t appear to be a clear trend when it comes to how this year’s injuries have occurred: for example, Durant wasn’t touched on his last play, Glenn was making a tackle after throwing an interception and Collaros was hurt while scrambling TIE THIS ON • If the East Division standings further tighten up in Collaros’ absence, the first tie-breaker (head to head records) becomes key • Hamilton has the tie-breaker over Toronto, but has lost the season series to Montreal and has yet to play Ottawa • Montreal holds the tie breaker over Hamilton but has lost the season series to Ottawa and has yet to play Toronto • Ottawa holds the tie breaker over Montreal but trails Toronto (having lost their only meeting thus far) and has yet to play Hamilton • Toronto has lost the season series to Hamilton but is 1-0 against Ottawa and has yet to play Montreal • In the West, BC has clinched the season series with Saskatchewan; Calgary has clinched the season series with Winnipeg; Winnipeg has won the season series with Saskatchewan and the rest are still undecided • If the playoffs started this week, Montreal would cross over to the West, eliminating BC and Winnipeg • Looking ahead, Montreal has the easiest schedule remaining of those three, facing clubs with a cumulative win percentage of just .457 • Winnipeg has the toughest, playing only one game against a sub-.500 team and that is West Division rival BC PENALTIES • Week 13 had the second fewest penalties for any week this season • We averaged 20.3 flags per game and only one game has had more than 20 flags • The average for the season has dropped to 24.48, 12 per cent more than at this time last year, and 13 per cent more than the final average for 2014 (21.6 per game)

The PA wants the players to be able to try the NFL as early as possible. How they would even think of accepting longer entry level contracts is beyond me.

5th year in the CFL, or 5th year as a pro?

I'm not sure if you understand the term competitive anymore. You own this site so you have the last word on everything. Yep, you're right. I'm wrong. That's the way it is as you're always right anyway. Let's just end this. You win. I'm really starting to wonder, do you talk to your wife, family, friends and colleagues like this? I mean, why can't anyone have a debate with you without getting filled with anger and sarcasm? Are you generally just an angry person? It's okay to be passionate, but it comes across in a very irate and outraged fashion more often than not, and it doesn't make people want to have civil conversations with you.

You don't 6-game a guy for a concussion. Read Kirk Pentons Twitter feed. He explains why you might do this. Read it, and glad I did.

You don't 6-game a guy for a concussion.

What do you mean by "at this point you should have your special teams done"? There's never time when any facet of the game should be made less of a priority in practice, especially when we lack any level of consistency in this department.

If anything, Wild plays well on ST.

Keep in mind as well that the day before a travel day is usually only a walk-through...

Did you hear the Bombers fired Pat Tracy? Is this old news? I don't get it. Oops, it is indeed.

Did you hear the Bombers fired Pat Tracy? Is this old news? I don't get it.

Looks like the Argos are losing another home game on Oct, 6th with the chances of it conflicting with a Jays playoff game. http://www.tsn.ca/argos-oct-6-game-moved-to-ottawa-1.361561

The bitching was getting stupid. Some here just love to gang up on others for no reason other than they disagree with what others say. Not saying you SPuDs as I like you but even you get carried away sometimes defending things like your failure to understand why fans are a little disgusted with Henoc Muamba & his CFL tour. The video of Liram making these trick shots started out for me as hey, the guy makes all these shots look easy but misses makeable FGs & converts in a game. Maybe practice what needs to be practiced & not spend hours doing trick shots. How is that wrong? Is it an untruth? People got indignant, why I'll never know as the same ones defending him telling me yesterday to lighten up are going to be the same ones calling for his head if he misses a FG or convert & we lose next game. That's the way this place works. Yeah, I absolutely admit I could have picked my battle more smartly & probably chose the wrong hill to die on to make a point but I don't regret doing it. If you had made it over that hill, instead of dying on it, you might have been able to see the sun shining on the other side.

So that's what you do for a job.

So when should have Burke been fired exactly? I think he deserved the chance to have a full year with the job, run his own team with a full TC, and see how he could work through the adversity. After that season, when there was no improvement whatsoever coupled with the fact that he looked completely disinterested, he was rightfully let go. Can't understand the Lapo example either. He made it to the Grey Cup his second season, and was fired midway through his third, so when was he given more time? Should he have been fired after taking his team to the Grey Cup? Or after his rookie year when we lost a bunch of close games? I wouldn't have given Burke the 2nd year. He hadn't shown anything that made me think he could turn the Bombers around. I'll take back PLAP. I wouldn't have given PLAP the extended contract after the GC year, but I wouldn't have canned him after the GC. Joe Paopao had 5 losing seasons, missing the playoffs in each one, four in a row in Ottawa. Not a record to fall back on in any situation. You're using the total failure of Joe Paopao as an example? Fired after his first year in BC. Ottawa kept giving him more time for 4 years and never saw the playoffs. He's the perfect example of why you don't give losing coaches more time to get it right. I went through all the HC's for all the teams since 2000 looking for one who'd missed the playoffs in their first 2 years and were kept on. Looks like Danny Barrett was the only one. (Even Ron Lancaster was fired for missing the playoffs 2 years in a row) His high point was 2003 at 11-7. Every other year he was .500 or below. An example that not all experienced head coaches have their record to fall back on.

Can't Toronto just pick Crapigna off the Stamps PR?

Joe Paopao had 5 losing seasons, missing the playoffs in each one, four in a row in Ottawa. Not a record to fall back on in any situation.