Captain Blue

We need a thread for those of us who are depressed but aren't losing their minds. Still think we are on the right track.

Our defense was embarrassing. Hall certainly deserves his share of criticism for this egg, though I am also assuming he didn't call the "leave receiver open down field" play today, so there were several player miscues that cost us.

I actually loved the call. Go be aggressive and try to win the game. Some calls work and some don't. That will be an easy one to latch onto as a mistake, but I don't mind being aggressive.

Go Bombers. Can't wait for this to get going.

What I don't get is that all the reasons they gave for Lefevour starting were all true before the season even started. He obviously had more experience. If that was the criteria then why even bother defending Davis as the backup in training camp...

Starting LeFevour would be absolutely asinine. He has no arm strength, continually makes poor decisions in the pass game (well documented in previous stops too) and is prone to turnovers. Its the opposite of how the Bombers want their QB to play. Sure Davis took some sacks (against a few blitzes, I might add) but he easily looked better than LeFevour. Davis or LeFevour may not change the outcome of the game Friday night, but it certainly makes me concerned they're so willing to by-pass Davis after one game.

See, I'm not sold that those sacks were because of his indecision. He had no problem getting the ball out of previous drives. He is certainly slower getting the ball out than Nichols, be it going through reads or with his release, but attributing those sacks to indecision automatically is like saying Nichols' sacks come from indecision. I don't buy it.

I re-watched the game again this morning. I still can't get over the fact that they pulled Davis when the game was still in reach. He started off poorly but then got in a groove and the offense was moving. Sure, they were still only getting 3s instead of 7s but they were actually moving the ball. Then he took a couple of sacks and they hooked him. I would guess that one of the reasons for the sacks was our receivers struggling to get separation. We had the fumble recovery in the red zone and promptly put in LeFevour, to hand off once and then miss on a screen pass. Davis is our best shot to win this week (obviously with Nichols out). I'm hopeful he can move the offense and we can get a bit more going on around him.

We should definitely call a 32 year old receiver playing in an inferior league who burned out of this one extremely quickly. C'mon man.

This is quite honestly an insane question. This is easily the best situation we have had in years and that is even including the past weeks. Management, coaching and the roster are all solid. Sure there are some weak spots but every team has that. This team can compete for Grey Cup. You think we would have learned our lesson. Every time our team seems to have a bit of success we instantly demand more. Then fire the coach if it doesn't happen right away. The best chance at winning a Cup is to be good consistently. This regime has made that happen. Eventually, it will be time to win championship "or else" but that isn't right now. I haven't felt this good about this organization since Dave Ritchie was here.

I'm still surprised they pulled Davis. I know the offense was struggling but once the Fever went in I knew the ship would just sink faster.

I really thought Osh needed to go for a couple third down gambles. Kept punting at mid field. Long fields for their offense is nice, but not when they're going on touchdown drives continually. Just a complete embarrassment.

Masoli has been stuck on his first read all night and it hasn't mattered. Playing with so much cushion that he's torn the defense apart again. Getting ripped apart by Masoli and the TiCats offense just shows how bad this defense is and how it'll likely haunt us in the playoffs. I really hoped for more from Dom Davis. Offense with him was disappointing. Total team let-down. Pathetic performance by so many tonight, including the coaches.

Was begging to see our DBs finally jump one of those short routes. Reilly had been telegraphing a bunch of those comebacks and hitches most of the night. Randle came through in the clutch again. Offense struggled a bit more than I expected to get things downfield. Hopefully we got a bad game from Medlock out of the way now and not in November.

Henry Burris on the TSN Panel. Those Playbook segments were atrocious. Let's see if this goes better.

Thorpe's star has fallen significantly given both the performance of his defense this year and the apparent issues working with coaches and/or players, as mentioned in this thread. O'Shea certainly isn't going to fire Hall, especially given our record. Moreover though, I think plenty of the issues on defense aren't actually Hall-related. Those big plays against Saskatchewan last week were mostly player-related issues (broken coverage, Walker tackling with no arms, etc). If Hall leaves after this season due to health reasons, then I think Thorpe SHOULD be a candidate, but I'll be interested to see if more comes out about this.

I don't think we'll see much of an impact. They only were allowed 17 padded practices through the whole season before. I like the move.

So Chapedelaine didn't get even a full calendar season as HC. Real shocker is Thorpe, who they wanted to keep so badly in the offseason. Montreal is a real mess.

I was going to post a comment earlier but a Rider player just got a leg cramp so I had to wait.

Embarrassing for the league if this happens.

I think the five best teams in the league all reside in the West. Wouldn't surprise me to see the Riders win a big game coming in hot, but similarly I'm confident in a Bomber team that has demonstrated it can win in multiple ways.

They were embarrassing. Did they even talk about the game? All I heard about was Nik Lewis' receptions, Andrew Harris' chance to get 1K-1K, and the Montreal/Winnipeg game several weeks ago. The Bombers got three hands to the face penalties and they didn't show a replay on any of them. They didn't have a good camera angle for the may-have-been-a-fumble TD. I expect very little of TSN these days, and yet somehow remain disappointed.

Somehow, Hamilton has made themselves look even worse today. Promoting a coach that has been there a month to head coach. Oh, and he only has a distant prior experience in the league.

This part of the thread just goes to show how easy it is to criticize an offensive coordinator. The reality is everyone one of us would call a slightly different game. Some opt to run the ball when I would go with a pass, and vice versa. The trick play wouldn't have been something I would have called there, but I've got no issue with it. It didn't work. Plenty of calls don't work. Only reason it sticks out is because it's unique. People can complain all day about an offensive coordinator. What matters most is the overall result of these play calls and right now this offense is putting up really strong numbers. If those numbers tank, then I'll be more willing to listen. People complain about LaPo because his name is LaPo. If this offense was run by New Coordinator Joe, everybody would love it.

1) Nichols - need him to play lights out and light up the scoreboard 2) Harris - just dominant with the ball in his hands 3) Flanders - he just adds so much on the interior running HH - going to go with a surprise choice, Paul LaPolice. Easy to hate the guy after his previous failings here and other places, but he's quietly creating a very prolific offense. Maximizing the talents of his players.