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wild hurt for a couple games, Anderson lost for the season, vega playing injury all year...can you think of a defence that would be successful with as poor a defensive line as the Bombers had this year? Even before those guys got hurt we couldn't stop the run. That's the thing for me... Even with our personnel at 100% for the games we had them it made no difference. The other thing to consider is every team has injuries. You can't continually use that as an excuse for under performance. If the defense is sound. If every gap is covered from A-D then it should work. We need the right personnel in place. Every time we needed the defense late in games to seal the win for us, they failed. As the game went on, our run defense couldn't get the job done. They were worn out. I saw us out physicalled, if that is even a word... Pushed back 5 yards everytime. Our O struggled, yes. But there were games when it was up to Etch's defense to get the ball back for the O by stopping the other teams running backs & they never did. For me, the first change that needs to be made is who's running the defense & that is Etcheverry. and all those rushing yards led to exactly 1 loss in that Early going. So who cares about rushing yards allowed of it doesn't result in losses? Some of you are just so dead set I your ways and any scheme or design that goes against what you believe HAS to be wrong. Etch wasn't the problem.....

I always get the most laughs when Lawless spouts opinion as fact. Highly enjoyable. No mention whatsoever about the offense taking a major nosedive as Will got hurt worse and worse. No mention of the DL falling off with injury as well. Not everything has to be so black and white. There's a lot of room with shades of grey here....

do you not ever watch tv or listen to the radio? Or see advertisements in the paper? BOGO is probably the most widely used advertising phrase in the world...

sigh....Buy One, Get One.........

was there ever a point where people thought Durant was going to play? I mean was this a thing during the past week?? I thought they clarified that Old Man River was getting the call.....but man, I'd still love to see Durant come back and get absolutely clobbered out there. Have Willis do something useful for a change and rip his arm off...

which is of course the reason you were at the 2009 Grey Cup in Calgary right? I believe work........couldn't be any other reason...

Courtesy of Darren Cameron: http://www.bluebombers.com/video/index/id/106189

Welll....uhhhhh...that's something.....

Actual quality honest reporters never make it to the big time. Companies don't want honesty, they want sensationalism. That's why I don't miss broadcasting. I've carved out a solid little 12 year career (...so far...) being BRUTALLY honest at all times. Sometimes, you just have to be good enough at your job...

Perhaps some people can't afford it. People do have lives beyond football. For the Bombers, it's approximately once every 10 years, and you get more than a year's notice. Budget, save your pennies...it's not THAT expensive. I would do just about anything to be at a Grey Cup if it's in my town. Hell, I'm coming 13 hours next year for GC and I don't even really care who's going to be in it, because the GC is being played in my "home" city.........any opinion different than mine is wrong. Or, at least, much less of a CFL fan......

I will never understand how people can call themselves CFL fans, and NOT go to the Grey Cup when it's in your back yard. It is unfathomable to me......just full on Error 404: Does Not Compute........

Be nice... that IS nice.....to hell with that team and especially their fans. Anything that brings misery to that fan base is something I'm for....

Did the defense get worse because of Etch? ...Or did the defense get worse because we lost too many starters and didn't have the depth to replace them?

I wish Durant WAS starting, so Willis and the Esks D could do permanent damage. Once Durant is toast, that organization is so screwed. I love Brendan Taman, but that poor bastard can't find QBs to save his life...

And yet, Dave -- of ALL PEOPLE -- has been able to come around on the idea of it. He was one of the most vocal about not wanting Etch here in the first place, but was able to see that the defense really wasn't the problem this year. If Dave can change his mind about something, anyone can.....even curmudgeonly old Iso Al....

Blah to changing the thread title......*fart noise*......

Ray was a default option because there was absolutely nobody in the East worthy of the nomination. Elimimian in a landslide.

I'm not averse to bringing him back at all...unless you can definitively prove to me that we're bringing in someone better.

Congrats, LH....not an All Star, but CFL West POY. F***ing reporters.....

Getting as much as he did out of a depleted Bombers defense is actually quite admirable. When that D was 100% healthy, it was pretty damn good (see: Bombers at BC in July...)

BC 35 -- MTL 25 EDM 25 -- SK 19

Not on Twitter, post some examples??? check the feed next to the forum. Nick Moore, Romby and some others all pretty worked up about Arugala, Leggett, Randle and others being snubbed...

Bomber players quite vocal on Twitter about the snubs...love it.

Love...

Lotta Bombers got robbed because most of the voting media doesn't actually watch the games, and because the Bombers had a poor season, the individuals suffer in award voting...