kelownabomberfan

LOL like that's ever going to happen....

That is all...

Both of the int's were taken away by blatant pass interference calls, which, if the receivers hadn't been interfered with, they probably would have caught the ball. There's reasons to doubt Hall, but you can't say that the INT's were just "taken away by penalties" - they occurred due to illegal acts by the Montreal players. The first interception was taken away by a penalty from Chip Cox who was on the other side of the field. You're right about the second though, Parker literally pushed Kohlert down and then intercepted the ball. I just watched the first half again and the first PI that took away an INT was on Shea Emry, even though Cox was the one called for it. Emry held Kohlert so when Hall threw it it looked bad as he threw right to the Montreal DB, but Kohlert would have been there had Emry not held him up. Kudos to the refs for catching that one, but boos for all the other PI's they missed. Montreal was holding our receivers on almost every play. The series where we got the ball on the 8 yard line after the Dunn INT Hall lobbed a nice ball to Watson, who couldn't get it because he had Chip Cox hanging off of him from the line of scrimmage. Just ridiculous. I guess the refs felt bad about missing that one, as they let Edwards go on his blatant off-side on the Denmark TD right before half time.

yeah well Burris coming into this mess would just pout and be a total jackwang in the dressing room, blaming everyone else for the team's failures. No thanks. Hamilton was a disaster last year and that didn't happen with him. were you in the Hamilton dressing room?

yeah well Burris coming into this mess would just pout and be a total jackwang in the dressing room, blaming everyone else for the team's failures. No thanks.

it also would be nice if the O-line could give him more than 1.5 steamboats to pick a target and throw. Hall was rushing almost every throw as on almost every throwing play there was a free Alouette coming at him unblocked. I know that this may have been "designed" - but to just let a guy run at our QB unblocked on almost every play? Really? They highlighted a play yesterday where our o-line didn't even shift in covering a 5-man Montreal rush. Amazing how even when we are man-on-man, we are outnumbered. yeah that was brutal. Two o-linemen took the same guy and left a Montreal D-man completely untouched to walk in on Hall. To his credit, Hall stood in there and got the ball out quick. I think he's realized that he has to make quick throws as he will only be given 2 seconds tops to get the ball away, on every single passing play. Our O-line is just plain awful. I still am scratching my head at how we won that game yesterday. Montreal truly looked like they were trying to lose. Is the mob now controlling that team like they control everything else in Montreal?

yeah. But we should also get Lulay as insurance in case Hank gets hurt and Collaros doesn't pan out.

The thing I like about Burris is that he has had success under several different systems over a period of many years. Collaros looks great, but he has only played in one system on a pretty good team with some great coaching. Could be a dramatic fall-off if Collaros comes here, which is less likely with Burris. I'd rather bring in Tate and Burris if we are gonna spend on two... Burris -> age makes him a touch cheaper, Tate ->injury history makes him a touch cheaper... maybe affordable to bring two guys in... Burris as backup in case Tate gets hurt. Both guys are pretty veteran and therefore hopefully be able to transition into a new system more easily. If we signed Tate and Burris we'd need to raise the ceiling of the dressing room by 3 feet so both their heads could fit.

Lavoie was the rookie of the year before the back injury... Lavoie wouldn't have won rookie of the year. A fullback doesn't win it over a 1,000+ yard receiver. I think they said he is distantly related to him. His grandmother or great-grandmother's maiden name was Swayze. and no one put her in a corner either.

it also would be nice if the O-line could give him more than 1.5 steamboats to pick a target and throw. Hall was rushing almost every throw as on almost every throwing play there was a free Alouette coming at him unblocked. I know that this may have been "designed" - but to just let a guy run at our QB unblocked on almost every play? Really?

Yeah that was my recollection as well - that both INT's were the result of illegal play by the Montreal defence, and wouldn't have occurred if they weren't breaking the rules. I'll go back and review, as I usually watch a Bomber victory many times to bask in the glow of victory, while losses are quickly deleted from the PVR. Needless to say, I haven't re-watched a lot of games this year. iirc on that play shea emry (41) twisted around the intended receiver as he was running by him. Ref probably didn't catch the whole number on the jersey and came up with 11 instead of 41. yeah it was blatant PI, was my memory.

Yeah that was my recollection as well - that both INT's were the result of illegal play by the Montreal defence, and wouldn't have occurred if they weren't breaking the rules. I'll go back and review, as I usually watch a Bomber victory many times to bask in the glow of victory, while losses are quickly deleted from the PVR. Needless to say, I haven't re-watched a lot of games this year.

I'd take Collaros or Demarco over Burris. Yeah yeah he's "awesome" and "gives us the best chance to win right now" but I just can't stand that whining jerk. It was like when the Bombers signed Roy Dewalt in the twilight of his career. It was hard for me to cheer for the Bombers seeing someone I couldn't stand while he was in BC now donning a Winnipeg uni. Same would go with Burris. I guess winning games again on a regular basis would soothe the pain....but still...

Both of the int's were taken away by blatant pass interference calls, which, if the receivers hadn't been interfered with, they probably would have caught the ball. There's reasons to doubt Hall, but you can't say that the INT's were just "taken away by penalties" - they occurred due to illegal acts by the Montreal players.

Montreal. On Monday. I don't plan to eat any turkey before hand as I probably will just be vomiting it back up again during the game.

the hits just keep coming...

Getzlaf

You do make a good point. I just end up shouting at the TV "why didn't you do that when you were our coach" during the first segment of half time when Randorf comes on with Lapo, and Lapo gushes over the "creative play-calling" of whatever team is winning.

which 3? Kelly is long done. Lapo is done after this year. So we'll just have Burke and Burke's replacement in 2014 to pay.

I think it's a matter of "I care too much", so I just can't watch the games anymore. It would be like watching your faithful dog get kicked and beaten by hooligans while you are tied down and helpless - it would hurt to watch that for sure, and that's how I feel watching the Bombers this year. There's nothing I can do to stop the beatings, so I'd rather just not watch at all.

cornish

Willy plus a pick - 2nd round - and this is done and done.

I can relate. I'm not a big fan of the situation either....

I don't know much, but I do know the fastest way to screw something up is to let government run it. They'll be still arguing over their climate change policy, and how many disabled trangendered Asian people need to be on the board to be ensure no discrimination, while the team has given up and moved to Saskatoon.

I forgot to add that on the next play after Reilly got his head smoked, when he was in the shotgun he totally bobbled the snap. He was probably seeing three or four footballs at the time. How he made that TD throw is amazing, given he was on another planet at the time.