Mr Dee

Outplayed >>>>>>>out coached >>>>>>>>out performed. The only area close was ST. Even though I warned them about Marquay McDaniel, they didn't listen. Moe Leggett was no match, especially 10 yards back. Messam, we handled. BLM looked normal. But they knew what they were doing, and when to do it. Bombers were the opposite. Ja'Gared Davis was a force. Calgary even out-penaltied us 12-6. But it was the call they didn't call...that absolutely drained us. Huge swing in momentum when they "stuffed" our 3rd down gamble, on a play where everybody and their mother's son saw Calgary was offside. I wonder how the CFL will deliver the apology this year. A shout out to Ian Wild, for again being all over the field and 7 tackles. To Khalil Bass for those crunching tackles, Jake Thomas, for stepping in and doing a yeoman's job on the O-line. The same goes for young Couture. For that matter, Lofler, Jones, Morgan, and the rest of the secondary for stepping up when Harris and Randle went out. 'Out'standing effort. As was one of McDuffie's returns. Alas, the only thing now to look forward to this week is Ottawa hammering the Riders. Do it, please..

To fire or not to fire. That is not the question. It is the when to fire, as it looks like the Mikester is falling more and more behind. But, unless they have somebody in mind, and by that I mean a viable coaching candidate, do we really want a Hall or Lapo as our interim HC? OR, a complete sweep of GM/Coach. Again, who's the viable candidate? No, to interim, because that leads to hiring the guy (for two years) and Walters gets to stay. Aw fudge, we're hooped again.

Whoa, and there you have the logic to play in any football game. Throw deep to stretch the field? Possibly intercepted? Possibly PI? Or dink and dunk until possibly too late, then bomb it out? Option 1 for me. Get some first downs early, go deep on the next 1st down, make the defence aware. Let's not wait until they're expecting it. To be afraid to throw deep because 'whatever' is self-defeating. Dink and dunk***, is fine, but let's go get it for a change ***(I almost typed drink and drunk - a natural result for what's been happening)

I don't see any reason why tonight's game can't be the break out night for the offense. Newcomers Davis and Mayo, along with Dressler, Adams and Kohlert, just might help kickstart Willy's motor. Willy, apparently, had a very good throwing week. This is good news, at the right time. On D, it's pretty basic for me. Tackle Messam and take away BLM's safety valve, M. McDaniel and you stand a good chance.

A closer look at Calgary receivers reveals a flaw that should impact their catching abilities...

I don't know about you guys, but if that extra work can prevent some tackles or sacks or tie some loose play together, then have a bloody block party already. Can't hurt, right?

Perhaps Goosen and Willy should switch helmets for a while, so that Wylie can communicate directly for better "goose bumps."

Bauer is soon to be inducted in the Reign of Horror. We have several other candidates awaiting their turn.

The Stamps (1-1-1) have been dripping with post-bye success over the past decade or so, winning 12-straight games since 2005, and averaging 37.6 points in the process. - Scott Mitchell Calgary 4-0 in the new IGF stadium..TSN Then there's Messam. Since the current regime took over, he has faced us 7 times. Rushing an average of 10 times a game. For 548 yards. Last game 16 rushes for 137 yards 8.56 yards a carry. (Doug Brown) 85% of fans polled believe Calgary will stomp the Bombers. Is there a better reason to pick the Bombers to win? There's just one hitch. No, not even one hitch. I mean, don't use those putrid hitch passes we've been trying. I do like what Dressler had to say: I’ve been in locker rooms before going through the same thing. It can definitely bring guys together,” said Dressler on the outside pressure on Willy. “As teammates, as friends in the locker room, which way do you want to go with it? Do you want to read everything, listen to everything and just agree with it? Or do you want to fight back, defend your quarterback and prove them wrong?”

The firing of MOS before season's end makes it easier to promote one of the Co-ordinators. Lawd, do we really want to see that again? Seriously, Hall or LaPolice? I definitely know we don't want to see more losing, so if it continues, and if they fire O'Shea, can we please get somebody from outside the org.? But that won't happen, because really, who's out there? No, it looks like we have to keep Mikey, but we can be really mean to him. Like make him wear cargo pants and make actually answer questions. Or make the Coach's show two hours. Or is that too much? The only solution I see is we gotta win to get out of this mess. And the boys, his students, are right there for him. Come hell or high Walters.

Well said Rich. I remember it more like you do. We hoped for Reilly. Nobody mocked him. We were pissed at the circumstances surrounding his going to Edmonton. We had hope for O'Shea, because, well, he was this icon..who knew football. And Walters? Same thing. He only had minor experience, but we again, wre hopeful. He was ours. There is only division if things are taken too seriously and take oneself too seriously. No, things are not working out and people are mad. And they have a right to be. Losing isn't fun. But still, we are Bomber fans and there's always the next game. Right?

Further proof:

You're getting your wish! We've turned the corner!!

I really don't mind Darwin Adams on this team. He and Willy can connect...sometimes. The problems lie elsewhere. And this is where I agree with your statement of having two like receivers, Smith and Weston. Either one would have filled a need, but both? The obvious problem is no home run receiver to complement the receivers we do have. And maybe the QB to reach him. Jace Davis is also a keeper. Mayo looks fine, Sheppard too. Let's take a look at those guys deep. Is that not possible? Otherwise, get somebody who can stretch the bloody opponents' D. Why does it seem we're the only team who doesn't haven't have that speedster?

It was all in the timing. It really isn't your fault. Had I known you'd be so touchy on a somewhat innocent posting, I would have posted it anyway. ?

No, that's my question. He brought up that necessity to be able to run the ball. I just wondered if we (the offensive line) were able to do so.

That was so good of Ripper to set up Throw Long Bannatyne with the follow up post of the week. "Highly doubt we sign Bastien" - Sask. fan. "Sask signs Bastien" - TLB (less than an hour later.) You can't write this stuff...

It's kinda weird that the definition of 'bastion' is a place or system in which something (such as an old-fashioned idea) continues to survive. Now that we removed our 'Bastien', are we gonna be ok now?

This past week, and the week before, ok, since the beginning of the season, the calls for no contact and PI have been pathetic. Let them play ball. And the challenges make a mockery of the whole situation. I totally agree that if you review plays in slo-mo, you're likely to find something to overturn. I can't understand that if there is an eye-in-the-sky, to review plays, why they aren't catching actual transgressions. If they aren't, is there really anything to challenge? .....thrown to protest all the needless tosses and wasting of time. Fix it or lose it...

Thanks sweep. I'll keep doing it, on a weekly basis, if the interest is there.

After week 4: From week 3, and something for Our HC to think about: - Buono says if the offense struggles again he will have no hesitation to pull Jennings again. Believes he hung onto the ball too long at times - Farhan Lalji Wally, "I didn't pull Jonathan to damage him, I did it to help him. The offense was getting stagnant, I wanted to take the pressure off him" - Farhan Lalji I think Buono was pretty close to pulling Jennings in this last game too. Still on Buono ..Buono strolls out, pretty well to midfield, to get the attention of the ref and gets a penalty for his troubles. I wonder if he was trying to one-up Jim Popp for throwing his hat to get the ref's attention? It was a deserved penalty, which spawned a caller to the Rider post-game show to comment: “Wally Buono had more yards on the field than the Riders running backs.” Speaking after the Bomber game, Walby says he's surprised O'Shea didn't use ex-Edmonton Nichols in a one or two series scenario. He admits O'Shea is a loyal guy. Drew Willy just 7-14 in the red zone...- Jeff Hamilton (Hamilton game) "You don't want to be known as a league that doesn't pay it's assistant coaches as per their contracts." - @scratchingpost #CFL #Esks CFLNews GREGORY HIRED: John Gregory has a new football post. The former Saskatchewan Roughriders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats head coach was recently named the first commissioner of the Arena Development League, an indoor football circuit that has no affiliation with either Arena Football League or Indoor Football Some of us conspiracy theorists believe Durant — as good as he is — might not be the Riders’ long-term quarterback, that Jones instead has his eyes on free-agent-to-be James Franklin, an aspiring star who Jones coached last year with the Edmonton Eskimos. And all these other guys are simply short-term backup plans. - Posted on July 12, 2016 by Darrell Davis @BlueBomberTalk Source indicates the #Bombers sold just over 800 new jerseys on preorders alone. That's ~$160,000 in revenue. Not bad. CFL News – @CFL_News #Riders get rights to QB Vad Lee in deal with Eskimos http://3downnation.com/2016/07/12/riders-get-rights-to-qb-vad-lee-in-deal-with-eskimos … #CFL #Esks via @JDunk12- My question is - why in hell does Hervey keep feeding Jones players? The number of rushing yards per game, according to league stats guru Steve Daniel, has never been as few as this year. Through three weeks, there has been an average of 166 rushing yards per game, which is down 23% from only two seasons ago. Through three weeks, teams have combined to rush the ball only 34.7 times per game, which are the fewest in league history. Edmonton’s John White and Calgary’s Jerome Messam are the only two rushers on pace to crack the 1,000-yard mark in the early going. Kirk Penton, Toronto Sun The “eye in the sky” video reviewer appears to be working so far. One thing he should be able to fix in the future, however, is plays like Hamilton’s touchdown last week against Winnipeg. Andy Fantuz was clearly offside on Chad Owens’ TD grab, and here’s hoping the league will allow the eye in the sky to fix the mistakes that hundreds of thousands of viewers can see plain as day. KPenton I'm not as sure as Kirk Penton about the "eye in the sky" working so far. I've seen it work, maybe a few times, but, shouldn't it be preventing at least, some of those challenges? Insider stuff from Penton: Chris Williams and his dropsies from years gone by. He says "Chris Williams is simply catching the football. He had the second-most drops last year, which worked out to more than 300 yards worth. A lot of his drops last year were touchdowns, so his concentration has improved. If he cuts his drops in half, he’s a 100 catch guy every year .." I too, was wondering about Williams' drops from years gone by. That's a huge difference. CFL News - Accepted penalties at a 23 per cent decrease from the same point last season. - @garylawless #CFL 'Accepted' as opposed to called? @ArashMadani So @JDunk12 just came on @timandsid and said Jim Barker/the Argos did not offer the same money as Ottawa to Trevor Harris in the off-season. - This counters the Argos claim that they did. Coach Jones... “Just for y’all’s information, Cover Zero is when you don’t play with a free safety and you blitz everybody. It has been 86-per-cent successful over my career for a 3.3-yard average, so that’s why we run it.” - leaderpost.com Reflecting back on it now, making the convert harder to get, has made the convert....harder to get. - Mr Dee I suggest that somebody in the bomber employ, phone Marcel Desjardins, and ask him who he thinks is the next 'can't miss' QB for the CFL . Why Marcel? Well, he seems to know what he's doing. Then I suggest we go after said QB. Now. Before now. Pre-now, if you will. ASAP. Never mind the repercussions of such move. Just do it. Only half-kidding. 2 of the 3 must see moments in the CFL involved 2 receivers that made incredible catches in the game this year. Against. Us. Hearing SJ Green is about a month away from the procedure to repair is ACL, MCL & PCL #Alouettes #CFL - Matthew Scianitti Willy had 13 incompletions on 38 attempts. In breaking down each of his errant throws, there were eight where Willy was simply off the mark; either too high, too low, behind or too far ahead. Two were intercepted in heavy coverage, a third should have been picked off, one he threw away because of pressure, and it appeared Willy was upset with Darvin Adams for making a mistake on another. - Kirk Penton Ed Tait - The Bombers had 33 first down plays against the Eskimos and, factoring in penalties, sacks and losses, netted just 77 yards offence. Willy was 12 of 19 for 184 yards with a TD and an interception on first down, but the Bombers rushed nine times for only 27 yards, Willy was sacked once, and there were four penalties. of the 22 second-down plays the Bombers ran, a whopping 13 of them needed 10 or more yards to be converted and only four were second-and-five or less. Kent Austin speaks his Mind. Mike O'Shea hides his feelings. 2 Complete opposites. #bombers #cfl #ticats - Steve Morley Hamilton 8 sacks Montreal 4 sacks Not much to say about this game. This was not the same Montreal team the Bombers played. TSN had been reporting how good their numbers were for CFL games this year. Then came this ugly Hamilton -Montreal affair...GULP ? Mack, who took over as general manager in January 2010, produced a 21-39 mark before getting the pink slip in August 2013, which works out to a .350 winning percentage. Since then the Bombers are 15-37, which represents a .288 winning percentage over eight fewer games than Mack lasted. - Kirk penton In the "news to me" category - Miller, who appears 2 B involved in personnel matters, & Walters will celebrate 3rd anniversary w/ #Bombers in few weeks. - @PentonKirk #CFL Quebec pouring it on now..Gregoire Martin runs it in from 13 yards and it's Que 25, Sask 8 w/1:06 left. - Football Manitoba Ha! Anything to do with Sask losing at football....I'll post it. The CFL headline read that Hamilton dominated the Alouettes. More proof that the reality behind the headline is completely different. Who said this? We f—in’ suck,” he said, quite candidly. Until the motherf—ers take control and look in the mirror, it will continue to be no good,” “Everyone in the locker room has got to be accountable. It’s not about character. We didn’t play very well.” Nic Lewis And as the writer says (Herb Zerkowsky - Montreal Gazette) "the Als were coming off a bye week in the schedule, having not played since June 30. The coaching staff had plenty of time to prepare. Instead, they made a Ticats team that had lost two straight at home look magnificent." Don't know how much of this true... Chris Carter was on the sidelines watching his son Duron perform. At least one spectator sitting in the south-side stands indicated "it appeared the elder Carter was coaching Montreal’s receivers." Heh, heh. I bet you Duron Carter is sorry he didn't sit out the Hamilton game on suspension...? Chris Jones - 1st time as a HC - loses 3 games in a row. So sad. #Riders injuries were a big factor, but @JJ_Jennings10 came of age in 2nd half against heavy blitz, was able to beat man coverage. @CFLonTSN - Farhan Lalji Durant x-rays were negative for a broken bone. Would like league to look at hit. #Riders Lee Jones "I'll let the league answer to that." - Jones on whether hit on Durant was dirty. #CFL -Warren Woods - "Jones not buying the notion Brooks " accidentally" rolled into Durants ankle"..#postgame -didn't look like an 'intent to roll to me', but he did get 3 roughing-the-passer penalties. Let's just say he didn't try to stop from rolling into Durant. Durant, himself, believes it was 'borderline dirty'......."Durant calls Michael Brooks hit that injured his ankle "borderlne dirty" leaderpost.com/sports/footbal… #CFL" #Riders #BCLions via @murraylp Does Justin Capicciotti miss Hopkins, Shologan, and Lemon from the RedBlack D? I thought it was a head's up play when A. Allen, in the grasp of defenders, spotted Jennings, and tossed him the ball for a BC TD. The hitch screen - They threw it four times to Weston Dressler and picked up a grand total of zero yards before finally deciding to ditch it. - Penton. Is this really why we got this guy? - Dee. Also, Penton reports Sophomore right guard Sukh Chungh was beaten on two of the 3 sacks, and he also took a holding penalty on Winnipeg's drive in the game's final minute. The kicking curse lives on in Winnipeg? "New Bombers placekicker Justin Medlock, who failed to convert from 49 yards against the Eskimos, has missed four of 12 field goal attempts through four games. Last year in Hamilton he missed only five kicks in 47 tries" ..- Penton You have to ask yourself - do you think the Bombers could have responded the same way the Lions did under all that pressure? Even with that horrid Sask.secondary? .......I thought not. The #Bombers are running fundamental blocking and positional-tackling drills in practice today. So there's that. - Darrin Bauming Which brings up the question, "are the bombers physically able to move the opponents off the ball?" MOS brought this up and it's worth pondering. The Eskimos have a record of 2-1 at this stage of the season. They could easily be 0-3. Have you ever heard the expression "behind the sticks" being used as much as it this year? And finally, does it ever do any good to rush only 3 men in any kind of defence? Names who stood out Week 4: Kenny Shaw - 7-94 yds. Great good route runner and yac getter. Don't much like his haircut though. T. Harris (28-31, 392 YDS) G. Ellingson (9 REC, 218 YDS) Nissan player of the game. Jaime Elizondo - Ottawa OC - brilliant game plan and mix. racking up 455 yards of offence while averaging 8.3 yards per play. Mike Reilly - 32-45 465 Adarius Bowman - 10-185 D.Walker - 7-154 B. Banks - 86 yd punt return TD Adrian Tracy - 11 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 deflection B Maher - 5 FGs including a 56 yarder. J. Jennings 25-40 429 yds - career high S. Gore 6-109 yds N. Roosevelt 8-132 yds

This is not as far-fetched as some would believe. There are many true statements in this thread. - Willy has been shell shocked. It was part of his initiation to being a Bomber. - He has not handled it well. Can't really blame him. He's not built to come back from that. - Willy was not deserving of a starter's salary in that price range. No chance. That contract is harnessing Willy in the starter's role. - That and MOS's? philosophy of one-starter-for-all and all-for-one-starter. What our HC doesn't realize is that he is probably hurting Willy more by keeping him in every play than pulling him. I definitely could see Willy going out and coming back in the game with more intensity. - the pressure to win..to do well, isn't helping. - in order to have done well this year, Willy had to start off well. He didn't. More pressure. No apparent answers. Too bad the staff doesn't have a stronger belief in Nichols to take a little pressure off until wee Willy could hit his stride. - and he does have stride. If Willy was released, he would do well with another team, especially starting as a back up. (starting as a back up? - sounds weird) We're in the middle of another Bomber funk. Or funk up, if you prefer.

A move like this, to sit pretty Willy, for a bit, would be the way to go. It's like a mimed slap to the face. It should be done. It should have already been done. But this is an enormous weakness, or mis-belief, by our HC, and is added into data-accumulation information of misdeeds for MOS. And that booklet is growing. And that's not good for O'Shea.

This team was built by Walters and O'Shea together. They should have until the end of year. And if they don't have a QB by then, that can help them win, then both should go.