Captain Blue

Sign me up for either Murphy. Even if Mike's resume is similar to Mack's, if Mack could have figured out QB and HC then he'd be fine. They are the two biggest challenges.

Goltz will be evaluated by two different standards. For the CFL, his performances have been middling so far, with a share of positive and negative signs. By Bomber standards, this is the best quarterbacking we've had in two years. We've had to watch Pierce play the last four years - and brutally suck the last two seasons - so maybe we should give Goltz a little time before we turn the pitchforks on him. People always say "The Bombers should develop a QB" and then turn on young prospects after a few games. If we're going to be awful this year (and most likely this season isn't going to be pretty) then why not at least stick with a young QB and let him work out some kinks?

Is that the one about the Pope, Bomber player and Irish man walk into a bar? Or was it the one where the bear poops in the woods? Wait, is this a knock-knock joke?

Hopefully we ride out the season with Goltz so the next regime can know whether to keep him or not. We were at least competitive (so I guess that counts as improvement) but still way too many mistakes. Offensively we were okay in the first then fell off completely in the second. Not really sure what happened to having Goltz pull the handoff and roll out on the zone read. Maybe he didn't want to run on his ankle? Defensively we were good (good being a relative term at this point), but teams are attacking our soft coverage. Cauchy's getting moved all over the place by opposing QBs and Markett is never anywhere near the receivers. Hopefully we're a little healthier after the bye. Hamilton is a team in our weight class.

Exams suck. I feel your pain.

I am 80% sure we're going to get crushed, 15% sure we might be able to stay close and about 5% confident we can actually win. But I'm excited nonetheless. Just hope we get to see more of our offense, hopefully with some new schemes for Goltz.

We've only had two GMs in recent Bomber history...not sure where you're getting all these "neophyte wannabees."

Most general managers have backgrounds as personnel men. That's what makes them good candidates for the position.

Ah the days of the golf cart...

I truly have no idea who I'd want. Out of that list, I'd probably take Mack... Kyle Walters is an intriguing option, though I wouldn't endorse it. The hope would be that he could handle the Canadian stuff well, and take on the regular responsibilities of the GM, and still use some of the American connections he has hopefully picked up this year. But a big risky hire with a paper-thin resumé is not what we need right now. Let's face it - most of us don't have the best grasp of the CFL's middle management tier so it's hard to give names that haven't been thrown out before. Stuff like John Murphy, Roy Shivers, etc... I wouldn't completely hate Murphy I guess.

What is with fans' fascination with having as many people as possible speak to the media?! Sheesh.

Not happening. And if it did, I'm not sure I could get over the hiring.

I don't know, I feel like this permanent promotion probably reduces chances of a trade. They'll give Goltz the season, and they like Hall, so why not see what you have in Goltz before bringing someone in?

I think he's a terrible coach. But I also think you have to give a guy at least a season to see if he can do the job. Wouldn't have hired him in the first place but I wouldn't have fired him now either.

WOOOOOO HOOOOOOO! Finally a move that makes sense.

If we are interested in Collaros then his price just shot up. I didn't get to watch much of the game yesterday but his stats were good. Still I'm not sure how significant the gap is between Collaros and Goltz. Milanovich and that offense may very well have bumped up how good he looks. If the two QBs switched places I'd bet there performances would be different.

I strongly believe we could be successful with him if we ran a heavy zone-read, college-like system (or any variant run by pro teams such as the Niners). Heck if I was particularly ambitious I think Goltz could fit into a Chip Kelly style offense quite well. We already use several of the principles, just not as much as I wish. Edit: And by successful, I mean successful offensively. I have no idea whether this team can win games.

Personally I wouldn't have fired either Berry or LaPo. I often wonder how things would have turned out had we not canned either so quickly.

The Sun is a piece of crap. Non-story.

I'd rather roll with Goltz than deal with Tate. We should give Goltz a little time before we decide he's not the guy for us.

It's either the starting QB or the OC that will take the blame from fans. Crowton called a good game, his offense just didn't have the ball enough.

What impressed me about Dickenson was that they put Mitchell in easy situations, playing to his strengths. To some extent Crowton did that with Goltz with the zone read, but I would have kept it going all game. This is going to get worse next week before it gets better but I do not think we're as bad as we're making it out. I trust Burke and Creehan to fix the defense, it's just a matter of how quickly and how much of an improvement it can make. Pair it with the Goltz offense and we'll at least be competitive.

Goltz was 9/15 for 95 yards and 2 TDs at the half and the offense was moving the ball well in the second quarter. Simpson also had 40 yards of total offense (most of his receiving yards are on short dump offs - basically extended hand offs). Crowton would be getting killed here either way, no matter if he passes or throws.

Goltz was far and away better than Pierce. We have a helluva lot of problems, and yes our QB play to be better, but the Goltz-Pierce debate seems pretty easy right now.

Goltz > Pierce. Why are we even talking about this? And why the hell are we trying to connect the QBs and defense?