17to85

well it's easy to say that before you actually go through all the preseason. If someone new steps up and play better it's hard to be so certain.

I love Burkes attitude as a head coach. No bullshit, just play your asses off and everything will work out. Really hope it translates into a better record this year. There were some concerns when he took over last year, but hopefully with him being able to put his stamp on the team from the get go everyone buys in.

love the quick reply and mobile options specifically. Looks sharper than the last layout too. I'm a fan. But everyone needs to get a unique avatar up asap so I can see who's posting what since my eyes don't immediately look to where the username is actually displayed right now.

well I guess you shoulda picked a better team last season then

do yourself a favour and read the books, seriously it's got so much more depth than the show can possibly hope to have.

that's a damned shame you know.

but at the same time it's a 4th round pick... those are the ones you swing for the fences on. Guy was a good receiver who dropped because of the injury risk... so you take him in a later round and if he doesn't make it or gets hurt, oh well 4th round pick, if he works out and stays healthy it's a big win cause you snagged a solid guy in the 4th round. Not like this is a guy they took with a first round pick or something.

I'm thinking this is Poblah's year to either break-out or to forever sink into Bauman-like mediocrity. I like him and think he has potential, but if being inside and seeing way more balls doesn't lead to dramatically increased production then not sure what more can be done with him. Exactly. They're moving him to a new position just to suit what they feel his skills are, if he doesn't make the most of this move after being so underwhelming to date then it's big questions about him as a player. He's getting a spot gifted to him, gotta make the most of it.

guess so, not that it matters, everyone whose thoughts I care to read already posts here. My only regret is thinking I could get one more post in before I went out in a blaze of glory, ahh well, next time. I was curious so I just sent you a PM on OB.com & it went through so you may not be banned, 17to85. If I can send you a PM that must mean that you are still an active member, I'd think. nah it's a banning, he's angry cause I had the audacity to state some truths about what happened and his ego can't handle it when people don't kiss his ass. Really does consider himself some kind of hero for owning ourbombers.

guess so, not that it matters, everyone whose thoughts I care to read already posts here. My only regret is thinking I could get one more post in before I went out in a blaze of glory, ahh well, next time.

I think we need to keep in mind though that Poblah has only started for one year, because he was hurt in his first year. I think, as the Bombers did with Etienne, we need to have a little bit of patience with him. I think putting him in the slot is the best way to use his skills and I hope to see him take another step in development this year. The difference between Etienne and Poblah is that Etienne was acknowledged to be a project from the start, but with Poblah he was touted as being ready to step in right away and good enough to get a look as an american before his eligibility was cleared up. This guy injuries in his first year or not needs to start living up to that hype. Yeah it was a position he was in that didn't get a lot of use, I understand that, but if they're moving him inside just to help his production he needs to justify that move, that's where the pressure comes in.

because that's Terry Jones MO. ***** about everything when the press aren't treated like the royalty he thinks they are. The worst kind of reporter, one who thinls being a reporter makes him some kind of special person and by god if he's not treated to the best seat in the house to report from there's hell to pay!

Not saying there aren't guys I'd put there before Brown, but Brown is definitely worthy of it.

Are they doing this to try to get Poblah inside? Yes. everyone likes to pile on Etienne, but to me Poblah is #1 on the gotta prove something this year list. Came in with so much hype it's about times he becomes a factor in the passing game.

probably upset that the press box won't have an access ramp for his rascal and won't deliver pizza straight to his seat there.

it's strange isn't it? Like he can only ever find one type of player or something... I just don't get it.

For what it's worth I didn't intend on turning it into a bashfest, it just sort of happened. Bottom line I am quite pleased that you guys opened up this place for whatever your reasons, I feel it was badly needed.

and you know he had the audacity to lie to my face and claim that this place opening had nothing to do with his rush to get an upgraded ourbombers up there.... I tell ya that guy is something else.

But...is there really a situation where you don't call the penalty? In reality, if he plans to call the infraction he needs to go ahead and do it. It wasn't a delayed call because both teams had a player going off. yeah it's just really a shame they'd make a call that doesn't change the play when the Hawks are getting a prime scoring chance.

I knew that sounded wrong, that's what I get for trusting you to say things correctly.

Both of the game 7 were good ones, coulda gone either way in both of them. Very glad the Hawks ended up winning just because of the waved off goal.

agree to disagree. the Era of Popp's (96-12) numbers speak for themself: 12-6, 13-5, 12-5-1, 12-6, 12-6, 9-9, 13-5-0-1, 13-5, 14-4, 10-8, 10-8, 8-10, 11-7, 15-3, 12-6, 10-8, 11-7 only ONE losing season in SEVENTEEN. 3 GC Wins, 5 GC appearances. us fans should all be so fortunate. (that being said... i hope they finally drop off this year... maybe the coaches have trouble adjusting to our game... and all of that veteran talent starts getting nicked up...) but again, Calvillo defying age helps that immensely. They're the only team in the east that hasn't had to find a new qb the entire length of time he's been there. Then you look at how god awful the ticats were for most of that time, how bad the renegades were for most of that time, how bad the argos were for long stretches of that time, the bombers had a quite good stretch but were in the west for a good portion of it, had a few decent stretches and a lot of bad ones... That record is inflated by weak competition to me. It'll go down in the record books no doubt, but I think the real telling thing there, is the grey cups appearaces and wins. You said yourself only 1 losing season, but in 17 seasons only 5 grey cup appearances and only 3 wins? Says to me they were the best of a bad lot in the east but not superior to the top teams in the west all that often.

It's kinda funny how cranky he is over it, guess he realized that all of a sudden he had to actually run his own site.

To me they get the early nod just based on less uncertainties. They know who their qb is, they know that they have a quality head coach. I'd put Montreal ahead if they didn't have a total question mark at head coach but for now we need to see what the new guy does for them, and if this is the year Calvillo finally craps out. i want to think that this time, finally, Popp has made a big decision and gotten it wrong (Dan Hawkins)... but it just never seems to happen does it? based on Popp's track record, i'm going to presume that the Alouette's coaching will be at least solid (and likely better than that). Calvillo's play will be the same as it's been lo these many years of his MOP calibre play... presuming he stay's uninjured. he's hard to get to, and even harder to get a hard lick on, but it takes less and less to hurt him (and get him of his game viz: EDF). they could plummet... but their demise has been foretold so many times that it's just a cliche at this point for them to end up hosting playoff games when everyone thought they'd finally regress. well sooner or later they'll fall off, I maintain that their "dominance" is overblown based on the east being so weak for so much of the last 15 years or so. Just some terrible teams in it for a lot of years. Hell any time the bombers had a winning record the Als weren't playing in the Grey Cup.