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IGF Stadium Money Pit Grows: Broadbeck
Mr. Perfect replied to Noeller's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
He did indeed. Mr tough on crime of course made a plea deal for a lesser sentence. Funny how that works. -
Why no press conference?!?!
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gary lawless @garylawless 6m6 minutes ago Can report #bombers are closing in on deal with Richie Hall to become DC. Mike Benevides still in picture but if Hall wants job, likely his gary lawless @garylawless 5m5 minutes ago Contract talks between #bombers and Richie Hall continue. Mike Benevides still talking with Mike O'Shea but Hall is leading candidate
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Sure glad that coaching change has made things better in Edmonton....
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Claybrooks makes me nervous for the fact he's never been a coordinator before. That being said, there was a time when Hall and Benevides were rookie coordinators as well. As an aside....my goodness the sheer idiocy of some comments in this thread. Unbelievable.
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LOL wow MacTavish. What a clown.
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How about the coach to continue the progress that had been made before he was hired? Instead he turned Yakupov from a goal scorer into a bust, he turned Justin Schultz from an offensive defenseman into a bust. He made everyone on that team worse. Guy was a product of the Toronto hype machine nothing more. He fooled the Oilers and they gave him a chance and he proved to be the worst head coach I have ever seen. He was the Tim Burke of the NHL he was that bad. Regarding Yakupov, how is that Eakins fault? Nail never adjusted to the NHL. Some players don't transition well to the NHL. He certainly wouldn't be the first. He won't be the last. The track record of coaching failures before him (which includes Pat Quinn - I'm pretty sure he knew how to coach a hockey team as his track record shows) shows overwhelmingly that the issues on the ice go well beyond Eakins. Does he have some fault in the state of the team? Of course he does. Is he primarily at fault? Not even close. To suggest otherwise is foolish. The day Edmonton gets rid of the "Good ol Boys" (When did they last do anything that resulted in a positive on the ice) the better off they'll be. The team has neglected the blue line and the crease for years. They have no size at forward. They're going to get dominated, especially in the western conference. That falls squarely on the player personnel staff. Dallas Eakins was the #1 problem in Edmonton. That problem has now been corrected, we just hope that the damage he has done isn't permanent. He destroyed the confidence of that entire group. Let's not forget that Anton Belov when he left to go back to the KHL flat out said the reason was because he wouldn't play for Eakins ever again. The players on that team very obviously hated him and never responded to him. If Eakins was problem number one, why has Edmonton had only two players drafted outside the first round SINCE 2007 play in more than 60 games in the NHL? Nothing will change until the scouts, GM, and president of player personnel decisions are addressed. LA meanwhile has had eight players drafted outside of the first round since 2007 play in 100 games.
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How about the coach to continue the progress that had been made before he was hired? Instead he turned Yakupov from a goal scorer into a bust, he turned Justin Schultz from an offensive defenseman into a bust. He made everyone on that team worse. Guy was a product of the Toronto hype machine nothing more. He fooled the Oilers and they gave him a chance and he proved to be the worst head coach I have ever seen. He was the Tim Burke of the NHL he was that bad. You nailed it with the "Toronto hype machine" comment. He was crowned the "next big thing" in coaching by the Toronto media and I never really understood why. Bull. If Edmonton didn't hire him, someone else would have. Was Toronto hyping him? Sure. Were they the only ones? Not at all.
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How about the coach to continue the progress that had been made before he was hired? Instead he turned Yakupov from a goal scorer into a bust, he turned Justin Schultz from an offensive defenseman into a bust. He made everyone on that team worse. Guy was a product of the Toronto hype machine nothing more. He fooled the Oilers and they gave him a chance and he proved to be the worst head coach I have ever seen. He was the Tim Burke of the NHL he was that bad. Regarding Yakupov, how is that Eakins fault? Nail never adjusted to the NHL. Some players don't transition well to the NHL. He certainly wouldn't be the first. He won't be the last. The track record of coaching failures before him (which includes Pat Quinn - I'm pretty sure he knew how to coach a hockey team as his track record shows) shows overwhelmingly that the issues on the ice go well beyond Eakins. Does he have some fault in the state of the team? Of course he does. Is he primarily at fault? Not even close. To suggest otherwise is foolish. The day Edmonton gets rid of the "Good ol Boys" (When did they last do anything that resulted in a positive on the ice?) the better off they'll be. The team has neglected the blue line and the crease for years. They have no size at forward. They're going to get dominated, especially in the western conference. That falls squarely on the player personnel staff. Tell me a team that's drafted as poorly as they have the past five seasons - I'll save you the bother - There isn't one. That's not on coaching. You can't make chicken salad out of chicken ****. Further evidence of player personnel being the issue - Edmonton has had only two players drafted outside the first round SINCE 2007 play in more than 60 games in the NHL. Anton Lander and Linus Omark - And it was apparent quick that outside of his skills on the shootout, Omark had no business playing in the NHL.
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Feel bad for Eakins. You have a rookie head coach with that young of a line-up, what do you expect? The team's farm system is a joke, and their drafts have been even worse. On top of that, the person now on the bench (albeit an interim basis) was once the coach, fired, re-hired in a role that would be a promotion over the head coach (meanwhile the previous GM who ran the team into the ground gets a promotion), and appoints himself to get back behind the bench. Exactly what issue was solved today? One could easily argue the Oilers added to their problems today instead of solving them. I'm not an Oilers fan at all, but even to me this logic of moves infuriates me. I can only imagine how their fans feel. In the words of Lindy Ruff: "That's a joke. That's an absolute joke is what that is. That's the definition of a joke right there."
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A rookie made a rookie mistake today. It's to be expected unlike a veteran who still makes rookie mistakes. Hutch will be fine. As Rich said, the whole team played poorly. There's a reason why Maurice has increased Hutch's work load. He's earned it.
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Rick Ralph @RickRalphTSN 3m3 minutes ago Pavelec at 24 games: Last year 10-11-3 2.76 .914 This year 9-8-4 2.32 .914
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Wpg Blue Bombers @Wpg_BlueBombers 1m1 minute ago Another day, another #Bombers contract extension! Welcome back @GreavesChris! http://www.bluebombers.com/article/blue-bombers-ink-chris-greaves-to-contract-extension …
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Haha, love Heyman in the background of the Mets picture.
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Maurice Leggett signs contract extension
Mr. Perfect replied to blitzmore's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
But the press conferences!! Will somebody please think of the press conferences!!! Great job as usual by Walters. Very well done. -
I don't think anyone is saying he didn't exceed expectations - He certainly did. That being said he still has significant flaws as a player and isn't starting material at this point in his career.
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OSU better get in. I doubt that they will though. TCU should drop. What OSU has done this year considering the QB position is unbelievable. They'd beat TCU easily in my opinion.
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Teague had his highs and lows. He was good at rushing the passer for the most part when asked to, but at the same time he was easily our biggest liability in pass coverage. Unless he improves significantly in that area I wouldn't want him to be any more than a back-up.
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Keep that stat man busy. Two assists in the opening five minutes tonight against Charlottetown.
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I'd imagine he'd still have a role. Solid on special teams, and heaven forbid Leggett were to get hurt, I'm sure he could step in. Passport certainly doesn't hurt.
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Money post mbrg. Pure money.
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Where does Kevie end up in 2015?
Mr. Perfect replied to kelownabomberfan's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
How about Saskatchewan as a dark horse? He won't start wherever he goes, and Taman is probably still smarting about not having a capable back up this season.