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Burris might be the answer for one, perhaps two years, but then what? The last quarterback the Bombers found who was decent was Danny Mac, and that was a long time ago. In the meantime, other teams found good ones.

The defining word being "current". When they have their #1 quarterbacks in harness, they are much, much better but when our #1 quarterback takes the field, we're not.

Bringing O'Shea back looks to be one of the big mistakes that will cost Walters his job in the not too distant future- along with the bloated contract to Willy.

And his favourite dessert: Almond Bruce

FWIW, on 1290 it was stated that O'Shea decides who starts at QB. Another nail hammered into the coffin.

So, you're saying that the team is not under-performing?????

If Tom Brady can be sat down (figuratively speaking), then there is no sane reason for Willy to keep being thrown out when it is obvious to the world that it just isn't happening for him. But we're talking about O'Shea here who has been remarkably resistant to learning from experiences.

Which is like saying that you almost made it across the river.

The problem with your suggestion is that it is anathema to O'Shea to do that sort of thing. There is a Sioux proverb that if your horse is dead it is time to dismount

The current Stanley Cup champions gassed their coach mid season and that seems to have worked out well for the Penguins.

Well, the oven might start him on a successful career as a baker.

If you as an an OC have a quarterback who is slow of mind and foot, you have to have a simplistic playbook.

Hmmmm....slow foot speed, inability to adapt....put them together and you get...Drew Willy.

FWIW, the consensus on the morning 1290 show is that Willy no longer has what it takes to be a successful quarterback in the CFL.

I'm afraid that is what it will come down to. The only question is how big a crater will be left behind.

a: Burris is no spring chicken and b: does he want to come here and become roadkill?

Agreed that Willy is not worth what he costs, but Burris is questionable- how tread does he have on his tires and does he want to come here under this regime?

That is called "dynamic intelligence"- the ability to adapt rapidly to a fluid situation.

It may well be that Willy does not have the mental toughness needed to take a hit to make the play, or take repeated hits, period. I've seen guys in martial arts who were great in practice but wilted in real physical confrontation.

You have to start somewhere, and I propose that acknowledging Willy as not the quarterback the team needs is a beginning. Moreover, O'Shea got out-coached again by a rookie as the Esks pulled steadily away after the first quarter. I am also not pleased at the scouting staff's results. After all this time we still do not have a breakaway receiver, and it irks me that Collins might have been that guy.

Hat trick for LaPolice?

I suspect that Willy will get every start until at least the season is lost, which ought to be by the end of August, at which point we will be 3 and 6 or such. Perhaps O'Shea's successor can coach Willy up better.

I do not think there is any way that O'Shea is going to bench Willy, and the two will go down together like Ahab and his whale. O'Shea's devotion to his players will be his undoing but we fans will have to suffer through it.

Edmonton gets to turn over their whole freaking coaching staff and hire a rookie head coach and still pulls away from the "stable" Bombers. Bombers coaching staff is "stable" but a stable is also full of manure. At least it wasn't another blowout but it is painfully obvious that Willy can't get it done when it counts.

If we're still close or ahead at half-time, we have a chance in what ought to be a tough game. If the team reverts to old habits and the Esks have a 15 point lead at the halfway mark, we're boned.