We're 4 - 10, I'd do both those trades and a few more:
Demond Washington for footballs
Greg Peach for water bottles
Chevy Walker for tape
you get the idea.
So that's what, one more year each? What if an exemplary GM and/or HC became available in the off-season, would you pull the trigger to get that person in here?
lol, this is the Bombers we're talking about here, they're to cheap to actually employ exemplary people, which is why we keep sucking. But, if that person was available, you would be stupid to pass him up given how fed up the fan base is.
Trying to compare public ownership to private doesn't work. The fact the Bombers are publically owned is probably the only thing that keeps them afloat but it also ties their hands when it comes to spending on football operations where this team still lags behind some of the other franchises.
The most likely scenario is that he put too much pressure on himself to have a great year to impress the NFL and things have just snow balled down hill from there. Having said that though he hasn't responded well to the adversity.
Coordinator contracts are not guaranteed so it doesn't matter how long the HC is around for, we fired 2 head coaches after extending them. I know what you're saying but the Bombers have proved to be anything but a traditional organization of late.
Attracting a "top notch OC' is a pipe dream, otherwise we would have done that the same time Etch was let go. Look at past history, we extended Berry and got saddled with Cartwright, we extended Lapo and got saddled with Crowton. There is no precedence in the Bombers to back up what you are suggesting.
There is absolutely no way you extend the guy in the off season, that's just rewarding failure. You wait till next year and see how things go, you can always extend him then or just let it play out.
The last two games will mean nothing if they get their lunch handed to them in BC by a very mediocre Lions team. Their performance in Montreal was enough to convince me that progress isn't being made.
We are a kicker and a corner away from being a playoff team, replace Liram & Bucknor with a couple internationals should be a no brainer but bet nothing will happen so they deserve their fate.