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Nichols played better than Reilly.

Drew Willy's shortcomings have been obvious to all, including his team-mates. Don't care if I see him again. Nichols put points on the board, provided some spark and played with energy and tempo, managed the offence and did not turn over the ball. That's what you need. O line also was inspired to play hard with a determined QB. Rooks on D stepped up big-time.

Special Teams Amigos didn't recognize they had a dud QB. Now that they do, let's hope they stick to their decision and move on. Good thing they kept Nichols. Time for him to prove something.

I was pretty excited to see 3 Canadians Miller Walters MOS take charge in 2014. Canadians who understand 3 downs and a 65 yard wide field. Problem is they are all ex Special Teams men. Hence no one was really in a position to assess Drew Willy's actual level of competency as a QB, for example. This is the root of the problem. The better CFL clubs have an ex-QB as HC or GM. It's just obvious. In the CFL you go as your QB goes. And you need an eye for that.

That was a reckless rolling tackle by Corvey Irvin, IMHO. Takes out an excellent QB. Very unfortunate. But yeah, next man up. Brock Jensen. Could be interesting.

Actually I was a lot more polite and respectful to him than you are with me. Why do you always attack the person posting, rather than the content of the post?

It will be interesting to see if other CFL teams hire MOS or Walters in any capacity after they are canned. I suspect MOS might get a shot in a coordinator capacity somewhere. Walters, not so much. I thought for a while that it might be worth keeping MOS around here as ST coach. But then, nah, because how many failed former head coaches can you really have on one team? Hopefully whoever comes in next, gets rid of all the failed former head coaches currently employed by the Bombers to erase the odour of failure entirely. Maybe give IGF a good smudging too - just to purge the unseen demons and start fresh in 2017.

Met Walters only once and found him to be completely full of himself, arrogant and condescending, which was a bit of a surprise considering he was a forgettable CFL player and quite inconsequential coach before rising to his current lofty position. My criticism isn't based on that one negative interpersonal experience however. My criticism would be based on the cumulative totality of negative experiences I have had as a Bomber fan watching Walters-managed teams consistently lose since mid 2013. His W-L record so far is 15 wins 39 losses I believe. No doubt it will be 15-40 next week. That fact in itself should more than qualify him for a one-way ticket to CIS football, Golds Gym manager, bag boy or whatever.

Well this is the kiss of death right here. Not happening this week, but opens the door to MOS firing in future. You can't actually close the door after this. So, ya, I'd say blowout in Eskville, MOS gone. And rightly so. Darrin Bauming Retweeted gary lawless ‏@garylawless 4h4 hours ago any speculation about staffing changes with #bombers is premature. not happening at this juncture #bombers sources #cfl

I can see where it would be useful in a hurry-up, no huddle. And a downside risk it sucks rhythm out of the offence if they'e huddling before each snap. Has anyone noticed how long it usually takes Winnipeg to put the ball in play after breaking huddle?

Exactly. Since being anointed starting QB for Winnipeg in 2014 Willy has played 28 games. And he has thrown 27 TDs. That is almost one whole touchdown per game, just about. But not quite.

Due to poor play and lack of production Buck Pierce, current QB coach, lost his starting QB job to Justin Goltz in 2012. Paul Lapolice was head coach at that time. Now those two fantastic winners, Pierce and Lapolice, are guiding Drew 'Two-N-Out' Willy. This is the context. What do people expect?

Very exciting and entertaining game. Neither QB was very good. But thanks to Andrew Harris and the Defence - a win!

We are going to WIN this game. Go Blue!

I learned much from this analysis. Thanks! Would love to see more of this kind of thing.

Rod Rust coached in the CFL a long time and his record as head coach is 1-15 (although that was with the Patriots in 1990 I believe). Needless to say he never got the chance to turn it around anywhere else as head coach.

It's the CFL. Your team goes as your QB goes and it's that simple. You don't win consistently in this league with the 10th or 12th best QB in the league as your starter. You win a few, here and there. But mostly you lose.

Keeping is worth keeping. (Veteran OL help in second half of the season, once rehabbed and off the IR).

Won't be sporting a #5 jersey. But if Bombers run an up-tempo no-huddle much of the time Mr 2+Out might do better. MOS was making noises about that. You wear down the D that way, don't give them time to substitute or recover between plays. There's no way we go 16-2 from here. But O might complete a few drives here and there by not gobbling the entire 20-sec clock between snaps. You know, score some points. That'd be a start.

If I recall correctly, defence and ST scored needed points in 3 of those games in early 2014 via kick returns or I/Cs for TDs. Those points were crucial since if we had relied on the O to score enough points to win - we'd have lost. Not all of those 6 - 7 wins (so long ago now) can be attributed to great achievement at the QB position. Bombers got a treat as D and ST provided much-needed scoring - C. Randle and Demond W were outstanding.

He will be ST coordinator somewhere, probably Toronto. Although teams were substandard there last time he was ST honcho: http://news.nationalpost.com/sports/cfl/special-teams-a-concern-for-argonauts

Just cut him outright then. He might have limited success elsewhere as a back-up but at least you're rid of that ridiculous contract and can focus on helping better, younger, talents become the face of the franchise. That might be painful too - but not as painful as watching Troy Kopp ll bumble around.

He has poor situational awareness, also known as pocket presence. Which, for a straight drop-back passer is a recipe for injury. Strange they don't give him a half-roll or different launch points to throw from. That would take some pressure off the O-line. The O-line has not looked too bad though, IMHO.

Willy isn't fast enough mentally or physically to be a starter in this league. Lulay might benefit from a change of scene but we need a long term solution at QB. Willy should be benched in favour of Nichols and, down the road, if Nichols, who is quicker and more mobile, can't succeed with this Lapo offence then at least give Davis and Bennett some reps before we blow everything up and start all over in 2017.

Barf. Lapo is a charlatan who is contributing to the myriad of problems Bombers have right now. And the guys who hired him - Walters and MOS - are obviously too clued out to realize this.