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Apparently the Bombers are 9 point underdogs for the Calgary game. If you are a betting person, you might make some money because there is no reason for that kind of gap.

Two things have to happen: A) O'Shea has to prove that he can assess talent properly enough to form a winning team and lead them to a winning record. Willy has to prove that he is a starting CFL quarterback with the potential to take them to the Cup.

Wtf? How many linebackers do we need? This guy better be a starter within a couple-three games or why are we doing this?

Calgary is mostly as good as last year. Unfortunately, it looks like the same can be said about the Bombers at the moment.

Was anyone fooled by O'Shea's pronouncements that Dressler "might" be ready for Calgary? Well, at least we no longer have to hold the Mayo.

I have been a Bomber fan for 40+ years, through good and bad, and I am angry about the lack of progress through successive regimes and how that has turned by team into a laughing stock while other teams have had bad stretches but picked themselves up in relatively short order and became respectable. No team wins every season, but its been a very long time in the desert for us fans. As long as fans still care enough to get angry, they are engaged. When they get to the point where they no longer care, the team is in big trouble and I believe we are not far from that now. No one here is maligning O'Shea or Walters or Willy on a personal basis, but criticizing them for the results they are producing on the field. And yes, they are also bearing the wrath and resentment that Kelly, Mack, Bauer, LaPolice and Burke generated. We were lied to and betrayed. To the Bombers brain trust: for God's sake- give us reason to hope.

So sick of the Stamps or so sick of us looking up at them in the standings and envying their team, coaching and GM?

We've been led down the garden path too many times lately. Most of us have moved to Missouri, and if you think the apathy and pessimism is rife now, just wait to see how this forum will be if we lose in Calgary Friday.

In an interview a couple of weeks ago, Hall said that because of the improved personnel on defence, the Bombers would be a lot more creative in coverage and line play this season. Still waiting.

I guess it comes down to whether you think Dickinson and company can rebound better than O'Shea and company. Logically, it seems way too early to start designating a game as a "must win", but here we are, and it sure feels like it.

Willy's market value at the moment is near zero. As a matter of fact, given his contract, it might actually be less than zero. I have doubts about Willy being able to fulfill the promise he showed when he arrived, but he deserves a chance to prove himself worthwhile or play himself off the roster. Nichols might be good enough to step in, but that smacks of desperation. As Willy goes, so goes the team, and we just might be scrooged.

And here I thought this was McCallum's front yard a few years ago.

Historically, the Bombers have done very poorly, but maybe they are due. Realistically (he said while wiping a tear from his eye), Huffer will detonate on the sidelines if the Horsemen do not start vigorously, and Dickinson ought to have his charges ready, so the Bombers had better have their jockstraps on tight. If the Bombers do their Keystone Kops routine again in the first half, I'm not sure that the mushroom cloud over Cowgary won't be O'Shea.

Of course!!!! Why didn't any of us see that Louie was the problem all along! How could we have been so blind?

Actually, Gordie played with two of his sons, although only one had a career of any note.

Harris wasn't the worst defensive player, but he was often late and ought to have been penalized for an out of bounds hit on a Montreal receiver.

Great. Another brittle quarterback at the end of his career. Just what we need.

But logic didn't keep him from being dead.

From the little I know about O-lines and blocking assignments, it does take some live-fire time for the group to jell, and they did get better as the game wore on, so lets wait a couple more games before we start warming up the bitumen and plucking chickens.

Not that Willy is a bad guy, but his personality may not lend itself to a fluid sport like football. There are two types of intelligence- static and dynamic. Those with static intelligence are very good at doing things if the situation remains unchanging and the person is undisturbed, but flounder if unsettled. Those with dynamic intelligence thrive in changing situations and can adapt on the fly- they love chaos and are very competitive. Guess which one Willy probably is.

Mr. Bellefeuille deserved every bit of criticism he got. And Denmark was good while he was here, but his time is done.

To be fair to willy, he had to be given a chance to play himself into stardom or off the team, and as poorly as he played last game (and the others before that), his salary if nothing else says he needs to be given the ball. I do not know if pulling him next game if he repeats will give him a chance to gain a better perspective or if that would further erode his mojo. That's what O'Shea and LaPolice get paid for, and repeating the same process over and over is pointless. O'Shea has not given any indication that he knows what to do.

And Willy did a mea culpa after the game saying that he had played a terrible game. What will make or break the season for us is if Willy can shake this off. The available evidence says no, but people have a way of defying the odds every now and again. The larger question is whether O'Shea will drive Willy into the ground or look at a plan B.