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I guess you will have to cheer for me to win it all then right?

Hey if we got Wally as GM we'd be able to finally find a qb, he's supplied most of the league with qbs for years.

Snyder makes some pretty looking visuals but that's about the extent of it.

Oh please, not giving the media the sound bytes that people want is not the same as never admitting a mistake.

but a combo of Wally at HC and Buono at GM I would trade in a heartbeat for the combo of coach O'Shea and GM Walters.

The simple solution rather than making a "strike zone" on tacklees is to just enforce wrap tackle rules. You don't use your arms to wrap up a player that's a flag. Sort of how they do it in rugby.

I suspect that might have to do with the relative sizes of the playing surface. Make the field Narrow it is a lot harder to avoid the contact in theory.

Ahh yes, the old coaching should be done through the media, no wonder you want the president to micromanage everything. Maybe you really are Mike Kelly cause he used to do all that stupid **** too, and look where his career went.

But I'm not talking about just receivers you know. Drake Nevis for example, hardly a just happy to have a job guy was one, Ogopogo was a big name free agent and he said O'Shea was a reason. Have you stopped to think that the bombers might actually like the receivers they have? Besides that Nic Moore whether exciting or not is a damned good receiver, he just never stayed healthy. He did a lot of good things here when in the lineup.

But do you think that Mike O'Shea can't see the problems that this team has? Cause I guarantee he sees every single one of them AND he seems more than we do too. He's got a hell of a lot more information than we do.

your premise fails when you seem to think that Mike O'Shea doesn't want to win as much as you do.

Umm I said Dressler was playing like a top guy, is that not doing anything about it? They liked Adams and signed him as a free agent so that's doing something. They tried with Nic Moore but he was too often injured to work. They signed Ryan Smith last offseason but he retired. So tell me, where on earth do you get this idea that they aren't doing anything about the receivers?

AND this team has been quite successful at luring free agents here so the guys point is useless anyway. You can't sign everyone every offseason but we've seen lots of players choose to be here and most of them do cite O'Shea as a big reason.

well plus Cherry is always on about how the elbow pads these days are super hard plastic that when a guy gets one of those in the face it's like a club to the head. But it is the same principle. Helmets that make the hitters head not take damage are more readily used as a leading point on a tackle. You think we'd see guys throwing themselves around like missiles if they had no helmet on?

He's a rookie playing one of the hardest positions in the game. A month in isn't the time to decide a guy is useless. There's lots of other new faces on D as well so it's going to take some time.

Crazy thought but maybe they need to go to lesser protection? If you can't use your equipment as a weapon you're less likely to see more injuries right?

BC has for my money the best receivers in the league, not really a fair comparison because there can be only one team with the best receivers in the league. Bomber receivers are a bit average, but they can get the job done. Dressler is playing like a top receive so far, he's just different than a guy like Arceneaux because of his physical attributes. I mean you're not going to see Dressler impose his will on dbs like Arceneaux can, but you're also not likely to see Arceneaux do some of the things in the backfield with the ball that Dressler does. Apples to oranges.

Well the other way to look at it is if the offense isn't going 2 and out all the time there are less opportunities for the other team to score points.

dibs on head brewer!

So you think it's hysterical to blame a coach being passive and rather try and pin it on some hypothetical mental condition? I don't buy it because we saw the exact same kind of thing when Lapo was head coach here. A team that got passive and kept games close but didn't win. You can go back in time and read what Rider fans thought about Ritchie Halls defense as well when they were trying to close out a lead and it's the exact same thing. Lots of yards and points given up late in games. We hired coordinators with a long history of being soft when protecting a lead in the 4th quarter and you think that's not the real reason? Come off it. Don't over think these things, the simplest solution is usually the correct one.

Of course it matters, a big part of the teams problems then were a president and GM on different pages, Miller and Walters and O'Shea are all very much on the same page right now which is why they won't fire O'Shea if he is consistently in the playoffs.

I always found the best way to go to Houstons was so drunk you didn't even know what music was being played... but I dunno that was a long time ago

.500 in the CFL guarantees you a playoff spot so as long as you remain about that it's all good.

So your entire point is a rookie DB who is only playing because of injuries, a backup OL who I don't think has seen the field at all this year and a canadian who is only starting because an american rookie came in and stole a spot that was ear marked for canadians and caused a ratio change? Keep on reaching man, keep on reaching. The team is 2-2 with losses to teams that were widely expected to be among the top teams in the league, things are not nearly so dire as you make them seem.

Yeah all those yards and touchdowns he put up, and leading his team to victory, you sure showed them. God what a moron.