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I like Willy a lot but he's got a ways to go before he's at the level Pierce was when the Bombers signed him. Our receivers are a lot worse than they were when Lapo was here and it's up for debate how good the OL was because our qbs got the crap beaten out of them last year too so I don't know how you can sit there and say "we're so much better than last time!" We might be better, but a lot of that rests on the coaching, and Lapo has a bad record getting Bomber qbs killed. Disagree about Willy vs Pierce. Pierce had a bum throwing shoulder by the time we got him. He also had really bad happy feet. He had the odd good game, but not many. He was the definition of game manager here. I don't want to look it up but I feel like Willy had more 300 yard games in his first year here than Pierce had in his Bomber career. Agree that our OL now is significantly worse than 2010-2011. IMO, we had below league average play at every spot this season. Some hope for Chungh and Goossen, but need a lot of help, probably more imports until some NI's show they can play.

Ethically, yes. But if he didn't claim it and the mishap didn't get noticed it probably would have worked out better in the long-run.

He had Steven Jyles, Michael Bishop, & Marcus Crandell all play qb for him in 2008. Being anywhere but dead last with that group is a testament to the quality of his work. Which raises a good point about QB injuries under Lapolice given the problems here. Both times he was fired by the Bombers a major reason was struggling to scheme to protect the QB, even with a good running game. Khari's career all but ended under him with the beating he took in 03, Buck was obviously fragile but didn't get much help, Jyles had an injury here at the end of 2010 that essentially ended his useful CFL career. How much can we rely on his time away to change his mentality? He had a lot of time to grow between 03 and 2010 and his offensive philosophy didn't seem a whole lot different.

They really can find a way to screw up anything.

We'll see he true John Murphy now that he's out from under the control of John Hufnagel. Hufnagel signed off on all new signings so it's unknown how much input Murphy had. Remember when we signed Ted Goveia and he was supposed to be a top talent scout. Well based on our recruiting. It must have been Barker who found the talent and Goveia's job was to seal the deal with a signed contract. I don't wish ill will on John Murphy but lets see how well he does now that he's more involved in the scouting and PP. How do you think Jones is going to work in Saskatchewan? Are you confusing Murphy with someone else? Petrie maybe?

Completely agree. Ottawa feasted on poor competition, which was basically the whole league outside of Alberta and Hamilton. 9 of their wins vs WPG, BC, MTL, SSK. 3-6 vs everyone else, 2 of those wins vs Hamilton without Collaros. 0-3 vs the Argos who had a terrible defense.

Ken Miller. At times he called plays confidently with Buck, for the most part they had to get behind 2-3 TD's to see anything aggressive.

Will be interesting to see if a guy like Murphy can stand being there with all the other cooks in the kitchen or if he chafes. Jones fancies himself a personnel guy too, Hufnagel trusted Murphy and gave him a lot of responsibility. Jones seems to be a bit more of a hands-on control freak (plays a lot better as a coach) than a manager. You also have O'Day with a longer history there, been the guy in charge and involved in decision-making before.

Im guessing the coaches want the multi year deals. It isnt often a coaching spot goes to open market for a team thats in a great situation. Usually those teams have a dickenson in the system or a specific target. Coaches have the worst job security in the world, im ok with them getting a golden parachute. It's not that bad if they get paid the entirety of their contract regardless and can pretty much pack up and leave for another job at anytime.

And yet he had the second highest scoring offence in the CFL while in Saskatchewan .. also helped Durant to a Western all star nod in his rookie year.Not endorsing the hire, just refuting a point. Also had Ken Miller involved in his decision-making, one of the more aggressive offensive coaches of the era. Lapolice is a genius. I don't think his decision-making is ever aggressive enough to make him a great play caller.

Why sign a coach to a multi-year contract now? You want to fire him, you have to pay him. He wants to leave, he's free to with no compensation. Are teams going to start putting buyouts into coaches contracts like NCAA?

They did interview Doug Brown and Chris Walby. I know, but for the most part they are not feeling significant effects. Would be interesting to put together a set of questions and cold call 50 or 100 Bombers from the last couple decades and see how they are doing, both in terms of health, finances and otherwise adjusting to real life.

Maybe they can offer Mike Reilly QB/OC and he can get out of his contract to join the Riders.

Take away a DI spot.

Back in 2009, the offense we see now were just getting started. The zone read was something fairly new. It was used in college & people thought it wwould never work in pro football but it was made for the wider field. Now it's just boring football, Seldom do qbs run with the football so linebackers or DE's don't have to worry about that threat anyway. Zone read was not new to the CFL in 2009. You watched Burris and Reynolds do it for years prior to that.

Kind of loses some effect when all the guys really exhibiting symptoms are into their 70s. Dementia at that age is a scourge for all, not just athletes in contact sports. Would be interesting for some reporter here to follow up with guys who played for us in the 90s-2000s.

Does Ottawa have money to go after big free agents? They have some big names of their own on that free agent list and presumably they're going to be getting some raises after this season... Everyone has money to spend. Just have to make corresponding moves. They have guys like Mo Price, Jovon, Shologan, Gott who are getting paid a lot more than they are worth and could easily be moved on from. Shologan and Gott are coming off the best seasons of their career. Why would Ottawa get rid of two starting Canadians, lol, that's a Bomber move. Because they have NI DL who can play coming out the wazoo and Alex Mateas. They don't have any quarterbacks who look like they can play beyond a guy who's on borrowed time. Being complacent with an aging 2nd place team is also a Bomber move. Remember 2008?

Does Ottawa have money to go after big free agents? They have some big names of their own on that free agent list and presumably they're going to be getting some raises after this season... Everyone has money to spend. Just have to make corresponding moves. They have guys like Mo Price, Jovon, Shologan, Gott who are getting paid a lot more than they are worth and could easily be moved on from.

Almost wonder if Rodgers the receiver followed the plan on that play if it would have worked. Looked like he was the guy waiting for the ricochet, then just went for the ball.

Toronto wouldn't be a bad place for Harris to re-sign. Ray's gonna miss half the season anyways. Will be interesting to see if Ottawa stands pat or goes after someone like Harris.

The only "upgrade" that is sure to get permission is assistant to head coach.

Calgary could have cared less though. One assumes Edmonton would care a lot more and go even beyond the CFL to uphold the contract if it came down to that.What are you talking about? If I had a chance to move up to a far better position and my company wouldn't even let me talk to the competitor, what do you think would happen to my job performance? It would tank. And then what would happen when my contract is up? I would leave. And what would happen when the company tried to hire a new coach who is in high demand? Either they wouldn't come or they would make sure it was in their contract that they could leave for a better position. The team isn't in any position of power in this situation and trying to flex your legal muscles on your most valuable employee is never a good idea.Head coach is a pinnacle position. There's no reason why a team shouldn't expect their head coach under contract to be focused on their franchise. This isn't really like two companies competing, more like playing two McDonalds franchises off each other. There should be a level of respect and bottom line decorum. They are the same company. All of the tanking performance stuff reflects far worse on the coach than anyone else. There's a huge difference between assistants moving up and head coaches shopping themselves while under contract. The only guy in CFL history who got away with that was Don Matthews. He also dated his players wives so not exactly a person of character.

Calgary could have cared less though. One assumes Edmonton would care a lot more and go even beyond the CFL to uphold the contract if it came down to that.

He could have a clause in his contract that states if he gets a higher position, i.e. GM, he can break the existing contract and accept the GM position. It wouldn't surprise me if he does have this clause. It would surprise me if a team agreed to that clause for a head coach. They don't want those guys shopping themselves all the time. Assistants for sure.

Pretty crazy. Our 3 QB's in that Grey Cup, Dinwiddie (CFL Co-OC), Kingsbury (Texas Tech Head Coach), Taylor (NFL OC) all high level coaches already.