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Reason, not excuse.

Whataboutism again. Time for a new playbook dude. Fact is this isn't a left or right issue, it's an issue about nuts with guns shooting people.

Actually all I have seen "progressives" say is that it's time for gun control and to stop promoting hatred and division...

But even when he says that you dismiss it. No for folks like you Nichols can't win.

Some of you have too high standards. It's the same bullshit people got on Glenn for. Just cause a guy isn't constantly breathing fire doesn't mean he doesn't care of doesn't take responsibility. Hell Ricky Ray never showed any emotions either, now granted he was a much better quarterback than Nichols, but point still stands.

It only felt like that if you have an axe to grind. What it is, is a guy explaining why the throw was bad. Came off his hand wrong. We've all thrown a football before, we have all had a ball come off the hand poorly. No dismissing anything, just a guy saying that's what happened. It's not excuses, it's reasons.

**** that ****, Nichols offense got the Bombers out to a 20 point lead and then they did what Ritchie Hall defense do on the drive prior to half with a big lead, they played soft prevent D, trouble for them was Toronto didn't make mistakes and it gave Toronto all sorts of momentum, and the Bombers offense went into the patented "don't take risks" mode after that and it further built momentum for the Argos. It's been the knock on Ritche Hall since forever! I can remember reading posts on rider fans where they were pissed off at his prevent defense 10-15 years ago. Ritchie Hall's favourite snack:

Yeah I am, cause we saw it happen here too with Khari Jones and we saw it with the other QBs he had when he was head coach too. Streveler is a different kind of qb, teams defend him differently because he is such a threat to run himself, but defences know that to defend a lapo offense you give em an opening on a dump off that's where you can force the ball. Again, I ain't saying Nichols has been great these last 2 games, far from it in fact, but it's also a fact he ain't getting help from the playcalling, especially when Lapo goes into protect the lead mode as he did against Toronto.

Yup a disastrous weekend all around. No it's a good thing for him, he's found a girl who tolerates him long term already!

I will tell you this right now, it's not just Nichols with the offense. Yeah he wasn't great, hut other than Harris who was va. Toronto? Nichols wasn't so bad you can say it was just him. I really truly believe it is the playcalling holding this team back. Just see it too often with Lapo back there regardless of who the qb is. Plays not to lose, which is a recipe for a loss. Best thing that could happen to this team is someone to hire lapo as a head coach in the offseason. Now about someone else hiring Hall....

Ritchie Hall sucks at blitzing. Yeah he sends guys, but he leaves easy to spot openings so the qb can get rid of the ball. He hopes for a mistake, but the game has evolved and that doesn't work anymore. Honestly I'd blitz less and let our horses on the DL collapse the pocket and make the throws more difficult.

Step #1, stop killing your own momentum by getting ultra conservative with a lead. Momentum in sport matters, but our coordinators love to give the other teams momentum.

That game and the Hamilton game cemented my thoughts that it's time for new coordinators. The patented Ritchie Hall defense can't close out a game and the Lapo "don't **** up let the D win it for us" offense doesn't work with it either. Both are loser coordinators who need to do better because they are both great at sucking momentum from this team with the passive play calling.

Ultimately the way the rest of the season plays out will determine what happens. Does Nichols stay healthy? Does Streveler get significant playing time? Do we have playoff success? How? These things all matter.

Spoilers assholes.

It's complicated, at this point we don't know if he is ready or able to be a fulltime starter, but we know Nichols is capable. So what do you do? Gamble? Let someone else take the gamble?

After the game was out of hand and the bombers took the foot off the gas...

Not sure using what the Argos are doing as an example to be followed....

So much of this. Make fajardo look like the terrible qb he is. Far too much **** talk from that province after picking on the handicap kids.

Let the other teams have competitive games, I've seen enough tight Bomber games, I could comfortably live with stomping teams the rest of the time.

Plus using Burris to justify your position is pretty stupid. Milt isn't all that insightful either, he is basically trying to be the clown of the panel.

Like the friend who's an *******, but he's our *******...

Guys like Adams and Matthew's could be really good slot guys cause how do you stop a well run slant pattern by a guy that tall?

Hey it's not all bad, they still have to play fajardo at qb.

the other guys. The Winnipeg cheapness is a tough opponent.