TrueBlue4ever

It’s broad inflammatory generalizations like this that make me largely dismiss this and any claim about our roster management “problem”. Don’t know how any coach could be bad at roster construction and never improve at all (as you say), and in the same breath go from 5-13 to winning 10+ games for 6 straight seasons and counting, 3 straight Grey Cup appearances and back-to-back wins. Bad rosters lose games, good ones win championships. And it’s not like our win was a surprise one-off in a sea of failure. I can get into the “this was a strange cut keeping this guy over that one” debates, but some of the language used seems so over the top that the argument loses a lot of its validity. It’s like Mike’s “is this the year fans turn on OSH?” question was taken as a challenge by some on this board to be first in line to be able to say “I told you so” with any loss. Arguments like “putrid”, “he will inevitably lead us to a loss again”, “totally useless”, and “we win despite him” are so full of hyperbole that it’s hard to take them seriously. In the interest of expanding the discussion and giving you some benefit of the doubt (more than you will give O’Shea) I can agree that some cuts seem odd (I figured Caleb Thomas would have hung around after the pre-season, and pulling the plug on Pigrome at first blush seemed like a knee-jerk rush to judgment when Prukop shook loose), but can you identify a player cut in camp in any of the past few years who another team has scooped up and gone on to be a regular player, or a star, or better than what we have starting for us? I ask legitimately, I have not tracked it enough to remember who would stand out as a complete whiff by the coaches.

I’ll start it off: Original hero: Dale Hawerchuk/Willard Reaves Current hero: Don’t really go for hero worship any more, but will always have immense admiration for Terry Fox. Hero who let me down: Ben Johnson, definitely opened my eyes to corruption in sports in all aspects. Original villain: Probably Wayne Gretzky simply out of spite for how good he was and how often he killed the Jets. Current villain: have grown out of the “villain” concept, but considering my “your hate goes here” list, would rank OJ Simpson, Lance Armstrong, and Barry Bonds at the top in some order.

Who was your sports hero growing up? Who is it today (if different)? And which sports hero of yours let you down the most? On the flip side, who is your original sports villain, and who is your chosen villain now?

1. Dionne just ahead of Hawerchuk, Adam Oates 3rd. 2. Coin flip between Lundqvist and Luongo. 3. Got to be McDavid for now.

Finally got caught up on the posting here after being away the whole weekend. The unintentional comedy of the GDT never fails to amuse. 🤣

I’ve had no sense of his headspace since his suspension. Not sure he has either.

I don’t mind a derailment where good info is passed on. And thanks to those who contributed, and to the mods for letting it play out. Booch I may reach out to get more info of the “fasting” concept, I clearly fall in the category of “not understanding the true meaning” and would welcome a tutorial. I’m no Jabba the Hutt, but the healthiest thing about me is my appetite, and my metabolism has always been hummingbird high but is definitely slowing as I hit the back nine of life.

If it’s wrong that I laughed at that, then I don’t want to be right.

Hmmm, which meme to go with? It’s all just in good fun. But why don’t we cool the temperature a bit? Here’s a topic: LaPo - great offensive co-ordinator, or the best offensive co-ordinator?

Except the one game where all the credit card machines went down and they said “All our machines are down, we only accept cash, do you have any?” about one month after they said they were no longer accepting cash in the COVID season. I have never heard a specific question “Why would I bring cash when you told me you longer accepted cash?” repeated so often in one day. Also never have had a question go unanswered as much as that one. Think the 50/50 was the lowest payout ever that game.

So did I. More than once if I recall. Ok. Ok.

Ok, I will let you have a chance at cherry picking too. I’ll ask the same question that I asked Mike before that he deferred on. When and in what way has O’Shea’s roster management actually led to a loss in the last few years? Other than benching Collaros for rest late season, or Liegghio just being rostered as our kicker in the Grey Cup (since it’s not like we had a back-up kicker rostered on the sidelines who he refused to play). O’Shea may not abuse the new rules like some wish he would, but can you really question the severity of the problem given his results? But some here say we win despite him, not because of him, and that this specific failing of his will surely lead to a loss. So when did it ever in the past, especially in the Grey Cup run? Because I just gave a concrete example of an instance where it did the exact opposite.

Ironic that for all the “putrid roster management” angst around O’Shea that “is going to lead to an inevitable loss at some point”, his big roster move last game was keeping McCrae in even after Demski’s return and sidelining Agudosi. Lo and behold when Grant went down we had the right replacement rostered for him and the game was sealed on the missed field goal return. That roster management move was a straight line direct contributor in the win.

Like Bomber fans ripping off “True North” from Jets fans, or the “Glorious and blue” rip off of Saskatchewan’s “glorious and green” from a few years back during the anthem?

Schoen

A graphic of a road sign saying “be quiet, offence at work” has shown up on the IG Field jumbotron at times, so yeah, we are doing that too.

You guys know he just throws stuff like that out to trigger certain fans. And those fans fall for it. Every. Single. Time.

Don’t need to apologize to me either. 😁

You know, you don’t have to apologize every time you disagree with him.

Man, Vegas just does everything that much cooler than anywhere else. Can’t wait until Christmas when they turn it into a big snow globe. Apparently the entire inside is also a video screen and speaker system. U2 is in residence there from September - December (minus Larry Mullen Jr) for 25 concerts re-playing their Achtung Baby album. Ticket prices are obscene.