Jacquie

You know it is possible that Burke was in touch with Bellefeuille was initially contacted by Burke about being a consultant but then Miller called him when they decided to have him be an offensive assistant instead of a consultant.

I agree. I can remember the reports saying sources in Calgary said the Stamps wanted Chris Matthews and then changed to wanting our second overall pick in the 2013 draft for Glenn.

That's what I'd like to know is whether he was kicking or punting.

If there was skill to this then you wouldn't be eliminated and I would. Seriously though having no strikes at this point is really impressive.

I'm going with Simpson again too.

Mississauga iirc.

No thanks.

In all my years as a Bomber fan I can't remember ever being this disenchanted with a head coach.

The overall plan failed and that sucks. But there were parts of the plan like acquiring draft picks instead of trading them away and trying to improve our NI talent that were not a failure. Building from within is a good plan in theory rather than going the Taman route and overpaying aging vets. Yeah our overall record under Mack was crap and I'm not broken up that he was fired but I'm also not going to re-write history to say everything he did was bad.

Doesn't mean it was a bad plan though. Sometimes good plans fail.

Except that Burke commented before the bye week that Buck moving to #2 was being considered.

Why would Mack have prevented it? SportsNet reports Hall to start. SportsNet also reported Crowton went to Mack to get him to force Burke to start Goltz.

I'm so confused by everything that is being posted here and at other forums and that is reported by the media. So far: Burke had to be forced by Mack to start Goltz over Buck after Crowton went over Burke's head. (media report) Burke likes Goltz, Crowton likes Hall. (posters) Burke said Goltz is starter for season, media says Hall starting against Hamilton. Burke said Buck could be moved up to #2 and come in if Goltz struggles. Crowton said Goltz is starter and he'd like to get Hall more playing time. Hall is rumoured to be starting against Hamilton because: 1) Burke can now play who he wants because Mack is gone. (posters) 2) Crowton is forcing Burke to let him start. (posters) 3) Miller is forcing it because he wants to win now. (posters) I going to wait until Monday and find out who gets starters reps and I hope someone will call in to the Coach's Show to ask what the hell is going on. Except according to Madani, Goltz was told they were going with Hall because they want to win now and don't have time to develop Goltz.

When Cortez was fired by the Ticats one of the reasons given was they didn't think he was a good "face of the team". Unfortunately with our media I'm not sure we can afford to have another HC who isn't more media savvy.

It's debatable whether it was the coaching staff or Burke given that there are reports that Crowton went to Mack to force Burke to start Goltz.

He's listed on the roster as a receiver and has been playing as a receiver. There was one game this season when they had to pull him as a receiver to stand on the sidelines as a back-up but that was after injuries to other QBs meant they had no back-up.

Burke said at the start of the bye week that they were going to bring in a consultant so I'm not sure what Mack being gone has to do with this. And Burke was saying he would keep Crowton as OC when he still had the interim tag.

Yeah my memory was playing tricks. Found a picture of the house I lived in and it didn't.

Still re-writing history I see.

His contract was extended in early 2012 after we went to GC. He was extended and then Lapo. There weren't any reports that they extended it again after the 2012 season.

Because like us the Stamps only have 3 QBs on their roster and iirc you have to dress 3 QBs. Hufnagel was quoted as saying Tate would be out for 2-3 weeks the day before the game.

He's injured and will be out for at least 2-3 more weeks and that's if this treatment works. He can't throw TD passes from the IR.

My memory might be playing tricks with me but I'm pretty sure the neighbourhood where I lived in Calgary did.

That's priceless, isn't it. Amen to that.

I meant the grass between the city sidewalk and the road.