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Or did the eskimos defensive coordinator shite the bed. Depends on how you look at it I guess. But yes, fresh blood at the OC is needed along with a few other things. Wait till the off season.

Exactly the feeling I have. Especially that high and slow shotgun snap where a run is called. Then to top it off, Chevron Walker. Maddening indeed.

After I've had a night to cool down, well said sir. In professional sport where it can be ruthless, his window of opportunity to complete this task will be very small.

Or I vote for mixing up tradition and have a comedian at half time show joke about how the first half went with no one immune to his observations. Russel Peters comes to mind :-)

Correct, but the point is the coverage team is now compromised which is never a good thing in my books.

Maybe he's one of those guys that kick it into gear come season time. The problem with that approach is you have to ensure you've made the team.

Why? And no I'm not always right. But all this sniveling is ridiculous. "Ohhh the ref lost us the game wha wha wha". I said it then and still stand by it. Liram is paid to MAKE THOSE KICKS. He's not paid to kick 4 out of 5 extra points and hit field goals inside 40 yards when they don't matter. What's wrong Mr.Dee - can't admit when you're wrong? I can. KptKrunch my observation of your posts is sometimes you have some very useful things to say to add value to the discussion, but frequently it's not what you write, it's how you write that can turn other people sideways. We're all guilty of that but some posters do it more consistently than others I would say.

His punting has been fine. Can't blame him for crappy coverage on returns. He has continually put punts right down the middle of the field when they should be going near sidelines. You cannot blame a punter if a cover team fails to cover. Even if they kick a ball right when it should go left you should be able to compensate in coverage. In every case this year either the cover team was blocked out or did not stay in their lanes. If you stay in your lanes you rarely will get scored on. I have watched lots of teams kickers place the ball in the middle of the field or not pull of a great punt and not get scored on. Yes this is misguided. Vary rarely, if ever, do you want the kicker punting up the middle or completely missing the call on what side to kick. The coverage team is taught lane responsibility that is compromised, not due to their inability, but due to a speedy returners delight because of the kicker not performing his responsibility. I've seen special team coordinators rip into their kicker because he decided to punt for show with a booming kick up the middle and not punt for what he actually was asked to do.

But how many times was Nichols pounded and/or hurried into throwing the ball away?Oddly enough, after Neufeld went out, the line settled down a bit and he (Nichols) seemed to stay upright .. Goosen at LG .. Capers at RT.. First half especially, untouched defenders teeing off on Nichols. Brutal. That has nothing to do with adjustments. However if our kicker does his job today, 33 points is something I might have a hard time using as evidence to add to the already collected evidence thus far that supports canning our OC. Just focusing on today in isolation, this game is not on MB.

I called one poster's response silly, because it didn't address my question. Anyway, you seem to be happy being an elitist too and also didn't answer my question regarding why so many people in Canada must be bigots and stupid because they disagree with you, so I bid you good day. How many? Do you have specific numbers? Do you at least have an an estimate based on a sound methodology to make that claim?

Those are huge. The play's timing is so affected by that.

I'm the complete opposite. This one was a tease all the way through till the final back breaking play. Most of our other losses haven't had this same feel for the full 60 minutes. I had no time to accept we we're going to lose until that ball crossed the uprights with no time left on the clock.

He needs to keep his emotions in check and go out and perform. Absolutely play with a chip on your shoulder but channel your energy on getting the ball to your playmakers and win like you've been there before. If I was Mr.Nichols that's what I'm going to deliver to Mr. Jones today. Go Bombers Go.

You're right the judges who decided this case at trial and on appeal, as well as the Canadian judicial system, whose principals I'm repeating, lack the common sense required to discuss this issue. I also find it interesting, that you say the left treats people who disagree with them as dumb (which I do think can be true), yet because I disagree with you, you've insinuated I'm too dumb to discuss this issue. I think that's called irony.

Hall for the cats is a beast. And I like how Calgary ran their whole front four from the 2 point stance. I also enjoy watching Steinhauers defence with all their movement showing many different looks. Sometimes works, others not but great to watch.

I know, I was just reminiscing, sorry for the distraction.

John Scott is over-rated. He's huge and uses that to his advantage very well but he's not a great fighter. At the end of the 2013-14 season, he got tuned by a rookie in his 1st (regular season) fight. https://youtu.be/ao8qZ3huAdk The overall best fighter is hard to gauge these days since the enforcers either don't play much or get the chance to go against each other. Deryk Engelland dominated most of his fights in 2014-15 and Brian McGrattan was the man in 2013-14 but barely played last year. Peluso is definitely top 5 (imo) though. Scott wins almost all of his fights, most of them decisively. He doesn't have to be a great technical fighter when he's that big. Nobody wins every fight though. He got the best of Engelland a couple seasons ago. I don't like him though, as he's the worst of what fighting is in hockey. He can't play and acts lke a bully, going after non-fighters. I was a big fan of Engelland when he was a Pen. Koed Orr as a rookie. Scott does win decisively most of the time, I will give him that but the quality of the fights isn't there. Check him out on www.hockeyfights.com and look at how low his fight ratings are and who they are against. He only fought 3 times in the regular season last year with 2 being in one game against the same guy (Tim Jackman - who didn't even receive a fighting penalty the 2nd time). If he actually fought another fighter like he used to 4-5 years ago, I think I'd rate him higher. Luke Gadzic & Ryan Reaves are another couple guys I'd put in the top 5. Until Buff reminds him he's a mediocre NHL caliber player at best. See last year. I'm still in love with that hit Buff delivered him. A beauty. Fair but aggressive. That's one of the main reasons I especially enjoy watching hockey and football.

Needed recipe for longevity.

How does it feel saying that? I'm going to use this line with my wife tonight.

Holy, you're on fire today, well said.

Yea good on him for taking care of himself and the people close to him, I mean that. Football is very short term for most of these guys. The however part, purely from the 'I'm a HardCore Bomber fan and everyone else can suck it' mentality, is my guilty pleasure would be in three games Henoc, modifying a page from the Michael Sam play book, announces on Twitter "I never really wanted to comeback to the CFL anyways". I joke of course.

That's a great word and I'm wondering what the overall team expectations are realistically with the Jets this coming season when it comes to progression. I'm a huge Maurice fan, always have been, I think he's a really good fit with this team. I hope the players reward him with every game this season is a playoff game. I like that mentality better than a team lead by Sutter who suggests just do enough to get into the playoffs (which they didn't do enough last year as it turned out) and then turn it up. I understand why and the benefits you can get from it but I don't like it, never have never will. The expectation has to be the playoffs. Will they consider it an absolute failure if they don't make the playoffs? Tough to say with the rookies that will be in the lineup this year and the division we are in. I think it really depends on how the team plays and progress the young players make. Scheifele and Trouba need to step up this year and start to be difference makers. Both will be in their 3rd year. Lowry needs to continue his progression. Copp and Ehlers need to show they belong and earn the trust of the coach. I think the goaltending situation over the next 2 years is going to be very interesting. Time for someone to take the job from Pavelec. Hammer, meet nail.

You must be from around these parts. Ference is average at best without Chara by his side. As a Jet fan,, I'm hoping they play these guys more so I can have great conversations with my Oiler fan colleagues coming into the office every morning. Something like, 'Unfortunately, McDavid can't play every position for 60 minutes'.

I'm hoping for a big year from Chiarot. Hope he has the fitness and genetics to play 82 games.

That's a great word and I'm wondering what the overall team expectations are realistically with the Jets this coming season when it comes to progression. I'm a huge Maurice fan, always have been, I think he's a really good fit with this team. I hope the players reward him with every game this season is a playoff game. I like that mentality better than a team lead by Sutter who suggests just do enough to get into the playoffs (which they didn't do enough last year as it turned out) and then turn it up. I understand why and the benefits you can get from it but I don't like it, never have never will.