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A few other things would not look the same either, though. His salary added must be subtracted elsewhere. Not as simple as “cut Oliviera and Augustine to accommodate him” given ratio requirements and his injury history with no back-up coverage. So maybe we lose Bighill to keep Harris, or can’t chase Ellingson in free agency. Like 17to85 said, lots of factors at play. Would love to have him here, but he’s gone, let’s re-work the system to suit our new backs instead of forcing them into his style of running (especially with a depleted o-line) and let the offence run more through Collaros than the ground game. Working well enough so far to get us to 7-0.

Equipment manager Brad Fotty, and “he who shall not be named” as offensive coach. (You could also count Doug Brown and Bob Irving if you want to consider broadcasters as part of the team, I did not).

Not really. That business failed and went belly up. New management and new business model. In fact, only 3 holdovers from that 2002 regime who fulfilled the promise of finishing the business in 2019 by my count.

I wonder if part of the running issue is Buck’s playbook? He seems to be calling the plays as if he still has Andrew Harris to run up the middle and drag tacklers on every play. One thing I feel LaPolice did well was adapt the playbook to suit the talents of his players, even if it sacrificed explosive big plays for ball control, low turnovers, and more wins with less gaudy stats as a result. Have a QB like Khari Jones and a receiver like Stegall? Set up deep isolation routes to get Milt one on one where he can dominate. Got a scat back like Roberts who can’t be tackled easily? Run toss plays to get him in space outside the tackles where he can make people miss. Get a less mobile QB in Nichols who can’t scramble much but can run through his progessions rapidly? Develop a quick read, short pass game. Get a dual threat back in Harris with a strong o-line and solid blocking receivers? Centre an offence around his running and catching ability and use him extensively to win the time of possession battle and keep the big play, heavy rotation defence fresh. Got a bruising option-style QB in Streveler whose passing skills are a bit raw? Incorporate him as a running option with enough passing (or receiving) options to keep defences off-balance. Got a burner with great speed but unpolished route running like Lucky Whitehead in his rookie year? Design plays to get the ball in his hands as fast as possible and let his natural quickness and vision take over. I can see where Oliviera might physically be seen as fitting the Harris mould, but he is not (yet) reading and hitting the holes as fast as Harris did, and he is not often surviving first contact. And Augustine in very limited use has shown good effectiveness on toss plays outside the tackles, but Buck seems hesitant to call those plays more than once a game of that. I am in the “let Augustine get more reps” camp, but give him a playbook that gives him the best chance to succeed. And maybe getting Oliviera outside the pile might allow him the chance to make moves in open space with more time rather than needing that one key, one second opening up the middle to make the play work. I’d like to see some more varied run calls with the existing personnel we have now before we abandon them for new blood.

Anything to get rid of #FortHew is fine by me. 🤣 Seriously though, as long as we never go back to “Unfinished Business”, I’ll be content.

Yeah, I’m thinking that “politely declining the request” is not really on the table, is it?

I’m not usually one for gallows humour, but….oh, who’s kidding who, this is too good to pass up. My sincere condolences to his family, though.

Begging or demanding?

At first glance (not fully knowing the character back story), that appears to be some smart casting.

Remember when people here criticized Riderfans for being an echo chamber where dissenting option was a fast track for being ganged up on and banned by the mods? Hopefully you are not suggesting that for this site with your comment here. Everyone is entitled to their take as Stickum rightfully said. And everyone should also be allowed to call out a differing opinion and be able to argue/debate/whatever you want to call it without it becoming a personal attack on the poster and not the post. And people who do have a post called out (as opposed to their personal character) should try not to take it so personally. Debate or “argument” is pretty much the basis of a message board, if you have a take that you think is valid, it should be easy to back it up with facts to convince the doubters, if you think an opposing take is nonsense, you should be able to call it out with contradictory facts as opposed to insults. And if something purely sarcastic is written, maybe a sarcasm emoji would help here. But I disagree that we all have to “fit in” with the same point of view or “**** off”, especially if the point is heavy on emotion/insult/snark and also light on logic, and disagreeing is not about telling others how we should act as a”true fan”, and I don’t think it should be looked at as such. As always, I welcome a spirited debate, and take no disagreement personally unless it is a personal shot at me and not my post. Those I just try to shrug off as best as possible, or at worst reply with a measured response of snark in kind. JMO.

The comment was made in 2003 when the team started 4-0. They lost their next 3 in a row and lost the west semi-final at home to the Riders. Turned out to be Unfinished Business year 2.

What eats at you more after two decades - that he dared speak ill of the Blue Bombers as an analyst, or that he turned out to be right? 😁

Don’t worry, I have a think skin. Appreciate your concern though.

I require at least 5 days of the same complaints to list it in the “dominant topics”. So I’ll add it to the list in 4 days.

Not implying anything. Just re-capping the dominant trending topics on the Bomber fan site. People can judge for themselves what is true and what is false, that is a different subject.

I’ll catch you up. -Riders suck -Fajardo is a whiny loser -Riders are a dirty trashbag team -Dickinson is a whiny excuse-maker -TSN sucks -Schedule-maker is a joke, trying to sabotage the Bomber dynasty -Suitor sucks -Everyone at TSN is rooting against the Bombers, except Matt Dunigan who is the best they have -Did I mention that the Riders and their fans suck? So basically nothing new.

It’s been 20 years.

Given my opinion of the quality and utility of the CFL draft in general, sure.

Depends what we give in return, and how our ratio would be altered if we still have injury issues.

Bob Irving is from Regina. So if you are shitting on him because he is part of the “everything from Saskatchewan” are you really even a Bomber fan? Not even joking.

As someone who had had to craft schedules for various amateur leagues in my life, it’s hardly as straightforward as one would think. One team in an odd-numbered league will always get the first week off, one will always get the last week off, and saying “every team should get every 7th week off” is nice in theory but almost impossible to pull of in practice, unless one wants the dreaded back-to-backs pretty much all the time. Then factor in the balance of home-road contests so a team isn’t playing nine in a row on the road, and having to accommodate every team’s tenancy issues (BC, Winnipeg, and Toronto are all teams who share their stadium with soccer teams, would not surprise me if a bunch of the others do too) and other issues like conflicting dates for things like concerts, trade shows, etc. as well as accommodating the league broadcaster and it’s scheduling, and it can get complicated pretty quickly. People quick to criticize the schedule-maker should try it themselves if they think it is so simple, you would likely be surprised. Ad for those who say the schedule-makers are trying to stack the deck against the Bombers just to keep things balanced and give the rest of the league an advantage to beat them, well there’s a reason the eye roll emoji has now been added to the site. Take the foil hats off for a moment.

The corruption in the GOP is so transparent at this point I don’t know why the Dems are so worried about hurting their feelings. If the Republicans want a civil war they will choose one to stay in power whether Trump goes down or not. The decision to prosecute should be about protecting the institution of US democracy or correcting the many flaws in the US electoral, administrative, and judicial systems that the past election and administration exposed. Going on the honour system of “peaceful transfer or power” has turned into a joke, so future Presidents need the precedent of going to jail for insurrection to discourage them from following Trump’s lead. And if Democrats are worried about the Repubs exacting revenge when they are in power if the Dems go on the attack now, they need to realize the GOP will attack anyway. Marjorie Taylor Greene has filed articles of impeachment against Joe Biden in the House 9 separate times already since he has been President, it has just never been voted on.

What did I miss happening to Ellingson?