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It was rumoured that Bowman was benched for defying his head coach in front of the team. It came down to who was running the team.

Now they're just rubbing it in.

Not sure if canning O'Shea would have solved all the problems but it would have been a positive step and an indication that status quo was not good enough. Our GM and recruiting both need close scrutiny. Maybe our OLcoaching, too.

Nothing in LaPolice's resume says he would be a good head coach now. He did not do well as our HC before, admittedly with a poor supporting cast, and he has not covered himself with glory as an OC, admittedly with a poor QB. Pass. Good TSN analyst, though.

I wouldn't break the bank for him just yet, either but that second half performance of his was stunning. And the Esk defence didn't just lay down and die. They were shredded.

More trivia: "The Rock" was not his first wrestling persona. He started out as a new-age/Polynesian kind of shtick wearing multi-coloured feathers but I cannot recall his stage name.

That thought is outright ugly.

Bombers damned well better start feeling the heat. If/when a new regime is installed a lot of the current crew will be packing.

Who could forget?

Masoli has been full value for his newfound respect- he has earned it with his performance against the Esks, Willy, not so much. Masoli has looked terrible in other games but he absolutely shone in his last game.

I'm afraid we are down to hoping for the fewest embarrassments possible and grim resignation.

Ah. So, the interview I saw was him dramatizing his life.

If it was solely Walters' decision to hire O'Shea, he ought not to be trusted to hire the next head coach (if he gets a chance to redeem himself), and Miller needs to step in. Somehow, I doubt that Walters had that authority and he must be kicking himself about not taking the Guelph job.

Not to excuse anyone's behaviour, but I suspect the prospect of yet another disastrous season has shortened the fuses of some here.

Crap, just crap. Not looking forward to Thursday's game. We are going to get lit up in the secondary, but if ever there was an underdog story to be written, this is it. Time for Walters to earn his paycheque and get us a usable Canadian O-lineman.

Kyle Knox arrived with a heck of a resume, but I thought Bass looked comfortable at MLB for the first time against the Stamps. Do we really need a change there? On the other hand, nobody's job is safe now.

No guarantees, but right now either Khari Jones or Tom Higgins would look good as head coach. Yup. Grasping at straws now.

When we start talking about bringing Steve Morley back, we have reached the outer limits of desperation.

Yes, his brittleness is a concern, but at the last Banjo Bowl I met his parents and they seemed to be very nice people.

I started to post this in one thread but a popup told me that another thread specifically about Nichols' start had starter, so I clicked on that popup and posted there, thinking my previous composition would be deleted, but it didn't. Mea culpa.

As per LongThrow: given O'Shea's unrelenting stubbornness in the past, I would bet (and will never know for sure) that Miller handed down a "thou shalt".

Sort of like offering a condemned man a cigarette before the firing squad takes aim.

This kinda feels like a trap- starting Nichols in a game wherein the Bombers have low chances of winning. Thus, if Nichols does not win (probable), O'Shea can say ,"See? I told you." Still, change has to start somewhere and we can hope that Nichols plays well enough to keep the game close throughout the whole 60 minutes.

Bombers announced this morning that Matt Nichols will be starting in Edmonton. This kinda feels like a trap- starting Nichols in a game wherein the Bombers have low chances of winning. Thus, if Nichols does not win (probable), O'Shea can say ,"See? I told you." Still, change has to start somewhere and we can hope that Nichols plays well enough to keep the game close throughout the whole 60 minutes.

Masoli's performance in Edmonton was amazing and who knows, he may never play that well again. However, Kent Austin is a very good judge of talent and if he has kept Masoli around, it was surely because he was capable of this sort of thing. I don't think Edmonton's defence fell apart in the second half, but the turnaround sure appeared to be the result of someone finding the "on" switch on Masoli and a Hamilton attack plan. Many of the throws Masoli made were pinpoint darts and the receivers caught darned near everything thrown near them. The only game I can recall that was near this sort of miraculous was a Montreal Alouette game waaay back when Sonny Wade came off the bench after half-time and filled the air with footballs, erasing a huge deficit.