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His whole plan was to be premier in Albert's when oil and gas rebounded and take over as leader of the cpc when they blew another election and be prime Minister. He is ambitious, but thankfully he has failed so spectacularly in Alberta his government career should be over.

Everything the UCP has done has been a spectacular failure. Their new K-6 curriculum is so bad there are only like 2 school boards even willing to pilot it. They invested a billion dollars into keystone XL which was canceled as soon as Biden took office. They're trying to claw back doctors and nurses salaries still even while we have a pandemic going on. Just the absolute worst and I don't forgive anyone who willingly voted for these clowns. They bear responsibility for this too.

And yet we both know Bumbles is going to throw the doors wide open again and this time probably will do away with testing so we don't see how bad things are.

And he show boated like crazy after that I think.

The thing that bothers me is that this was largely preventable if they had done things properly from the get go, or announced some restrictions a few weeks ago instead of trying to bribe a few people to get a 2nd shot. Typical Bumbles, waits until it's already a crisis to actually act rather than showing leadership and acting before it gets to a critical point.

The most encouraging news is the mlas angry at kenney I hope he throws a fit at the revolt and calls an election like he has threatened in the past. It sucks. I don't need a federal election, I don't want to lose nenshi or the councilor for my ward (they're both not seeking reelection) but the only government that desperately needs tossed on its ass we don't get the chance to do it.

Speaking of Arland Bruce, one my my favourite memories was a game vs. The stamps where they got behind and everyone headed for the exits only for khari and Bruce to connect a few times for the comeback and everyone was pressed up against the gates trying to see what they walked out on.

And yet Howell was probably one of the best dbs in that game.

You know who else used to have nothing but praise for the opponents who kicked his teams ass? Jim Daley. I am sure Tim Burke probably had a bunch of those too. It's the hallmark of a coach in over his head.

Put him with a low key guy like forde you might have something. Just no more suitor blathering on and on about useless crap.

And if people hadn't got so caught up in the oil price crash they never would have elected that doofus anyway. But voters got stupid thinking that a provincial government could actually get oil back to what it was.

As soon as Stove comes back the run d looks world's better. If Wilson gets back in too then even better.

But Ottawa beat someone!

My favourite Charlie moments were when he would disappear entirely behind guys like Sheridan or Bobo and then pop out for a big gain.

Oh he definitely went for concussion protocol. Fajardo is overrated as all hell but he is a tough bugger. Have to be to stand behind that shitastic oline

Whaaaaaa!?!?!?!?

Hey lapo was here for a not insignificant part of those 29 years. Rick Worman I believe

So you're saying 2 grey cup wins in 17 years is worth celebrating? That doesn't exactly scream winner to me. Why didn't we win when he was head coach/oc here unless the defence did it for him? Why did we need a shut down defence last year to win that grey cup? Lapo is a loser because of his passiveness. He was fired here twice and has a history of here of qbs getting worse the longer they played for him. Sure he seems like a nice guy and was good on TV, but his stubbornness is a problem for him as a coach.

See here's the thing, I have never thought of lapo as totally useless... but he is more of a loser than a winner. The guy frankly needs his defence to be all world for him to win. 2002 was also his first go round as an OC and one might argue that he's been trying to capture what he had there the entire time. Couple great receivers and a RB/FB combo that were great pass catchers out of the backfield and could run the ball effectively as well. His play not to lose mentality and arrogance around how offense should be played is what ultimately holds him back. I mean we had success offensively in the semi-final vs. calgary because Streveler ran all over the Stamps D in the 2nd half and the offence was good in the Grey Cup, but can we honestly say we were fans of the offensive production in the West final? They just hung on for dear life and hoped the defence and special teams would carry the day. I also go back to the swaggerville grey cup game too. Lapo's offence didn't try to win that game, they just hoped for the defence to carry the day. Can't stand a guy who has that attitude and at this point it's too deeply ingrained to change cause he comes across as very arrogant and unwilling to change.

I think what we are seeing with Craig Dickenson is a guy who was thrust into a role he is not capable of performing. They had to promote someone from within to head coach when Jones bailed right? And Dickenson was the choice because they didn't have a lot of great options. So what we see here is a guy who is a very good special teams coach being in a position where he is just unable to manage a collection of selfish me first players. He just doesn't have that strength to tell players to fit in or **** off like a Mike O'Shea does.

I am not even referring to that, that's just a **** happens kind of bad luck play. I am referring to the fact that Roberts played like complete dog **** in the 07 grey cup game. Now memories are fuzzy and I ain't going to back to watch that **** but I seem to recall them trying to get the ball into his hands early with some passes and he proceeded to drop them.

Oh he gets a lot of blame for 07 from me. Was brutal in a game that he was needed in. and let's not forget that in 01 he quit on the team for a while when he felt he wasn't getting enough touches. Hell of a talent and overall a positive for the team but he had a lack of professionalism that probably did cost this team some potential championships.

You really think he got the most out of Streveler? Cause to me Streveler became a worse passer the longer he was in this offense. And come on with 02. Stegall and Bruce you go deep and Khari will lob it up to whichever is not double covered. Yeah so smart, much brains. Deep shots to Stegall and Bruce or let Charlie and Sellers bash and crash on the ground. Brilliant stuff. Oh and he also got Jones shoulder crippled too. Got Willy smoked more times than was good for him and ruined whatever he might have become. Nichols got a dinged up shoulder too. He's lucky Durant was such a horse or he might have got him crippled too. Let's be honest, it was talked about how Harris was the perfect Lapo back for a long long time. That was a case of getting a player that was going to fit. Same reason Demski was a fit. Dressler was another good fit. And isn't it interesting that Whitehead looks like a heck of a receiver when he's not being played to try and make him a Dressler 2.0. Lapo is very much over rated. He can do some good things but overall he is lacking. We are luck to have won with him as OC.

Yeah 100% deserves to be recognized. He gave a lot for this team. It is just a shame that the way it ended was such a sour note.

I didn't mind the argos this season but man I hope this blows up in their faces spectacularly.