BigBlue

This one be one of the oddest comments you've had in a while That is what i get for posting in the middle of the night when too tired for words ... oops

I am seeing today's game as a chance to put it all together, to start to build some momentum Durant is a better QB than Nichols but they can both get the job done I am expecting a lot of blitzing from Montreal but I think Lapo will have us ready to pick such apart We might win the battle of the trenches today .... it's a matter of pride and time to step up .... and Ritchie Hall needs pressure on the QB to keep the cracks from showing up in the secondary ... it seems inevitable we are going to get beat deep a couple of times but we have to limit it to just that How average are our Canadians that we have starting today? Loffler, Walker & Hurl Chung, Goosen, JFG, Harris & Normand I am not sure how much of an edge that is but I think it's a little bit. Our backups might be a bigger edge. How the injury bug goes may determine more than we realize. I expect we will win because we want it more and our confidence is going to come to the forefront, finally.

We have a core of season ticket holders that will always be there .... but look at the variability of attendance this year ... how the Bombers perform and how respected the fans feel by management makes a big $$$ difference .... the Berry firing hurt attendance, for years, for multiple reasons I am not saying we should fire anybody but I am saying how do we know when we should

to fire someone you have to answer to: 1. the overseeing board and or president 2. the senior operating manager 3. the media 4. the ticket buying public or else you need the balls of a self indulgent narcisist

No I am not

I am not advocating firing any body ... its just the chief gripe on these threads is coaching: play calling, schemes, personnel selection ... and that's not going to change with these coordinators ... so I just wanted to know how our posters would actually fix things ... or else decide what criteria we would use if & when there is an actual need to panic So if we are going to be shaking our fist in the air about coaching performance, lets be action oriented with our solutions ... so we don't get an ulcer or ...

Maybe the rules will evolve a little ... such as you cannot hit a player above the armpits ie shoulder or higher ... something that will eliminate the glancing helmet to helmet hits .... we can't eliminate nut we can start to get rid of the most dangerous accidents ... this probably has to start in the NFL not here

We have all been expressing doubt about the passivity/conservatism of our two coordinators .... So if this is the major-most problem, what circumstances or justification is needed to attempt to make an improvement there? If we make a change during the season would we promote from within or get an outsider? Who would you want if it was during this season?

So you think the primary cause is coaching .... and i guess there is no way to fix that?

The consensus from the coaching thread is that : 1. We don't call the right plays or use the right schemes; we have low football IQ 2. Nichols can't find a receiver 15 yards downfield; he is not very good 3. Our coordinators are not very good and never will be 4. We lack talent and defensive injuries expose this .... our recruiting program has failed especially at receiver, DB & LB. While there is an element of truth to all of these, I believe the thinking is more hysterical than cause centered Whoever mentioned Swaggerville may be getting to the core: confidence, playing in the zone, winner's mentality stuff. Winners find ways to win, losers find ways to lose ... it is all about self belief. Decisions about Hurl and Carmichael are starting to look embarrassing to me in terms of management judgment, injuries are taking their usual toll, and we have not gelled ... not unusual problems. The big deal, the underlying cause, is that we have not yet learned how to win as a team .... in that we are still feeling our way along. Perhaps we need a hot streak against a series of the weak sisters in this league ... that might change everything.

I didn't see that but if that is true monitors please merge this thread into "coaching conditioning"

in the good old days we had charles roberts .... Harris is good but not good enough to carry the whole Bomber team on his back (carrying the other team on his back is the best he can do)

And my point is we have the random expression of frustrations (its the coaches ... its the schemes .. its the...) and nobody is zooming in on what is really going on I would enjoy some real insight and analysis instead of just belches and bellowing at the first thing that comes to mind ... even if it is in several other threads: its just farts; I am hoping for more than that in this thread Our slow starts are not because of a lack of film work or a lack of creativity .... I am wondering about mindset though

What other thread specifically ... and in what focused way?

I can see having a mini rock concert for an hour before the game ..... nothing big name ... just a local band playing popular enough stuff ..... mutually beneficial for all except for the old fuddy duddys like me

I see a lot of flaying away about why we have lost 2 close games and nearly a third as we are now 2 & 2 .... A lot of opinions are flying around but it all seems to be a random collection of frustrations; it doesn't seem to explain why our precious Blue seem so inconsistent within the same game. Jekyl & Hyde seem less bipolar. The two and outs are more than just poor scheming. Bombers blowing 4th quarter leads is not a coaching problem. Something sublime seems to be happening but its hard to nail down. What is the root cause(s) of this seemingly strange hero and bum behavior, really?

no ... just 1 for 2nd & long

why do we not have a 6th intl db as a DI or even on reserve?

Anybody got a depth charter for the Bombers tonight?

I am just trying to add up the pro's and con's to see who has the edge in the Fridays game: Momentum: BC crushed 'em, we are on a high following our reversal of fortunes against the double blue Line & Run Game: I believe we have a definite edge on both sides of the ball ... Hamilton was no test of BC's lineman; we manhandled the Argos QBing: Lulay was brilliant; Nichols is a lot more careful with the ball than Jennings who will probably sit .... we have no idea what we got if Nichols comes out Receivers: ours are good, BC's are great .... the Lion's flat passes are well executed and we are not as competent there yet Secondary: strangely I think we have the edge but we won't be able to totally stop BC's big play acrobatics LBers & pass D: they are in top form; we are developing and will struggle with their hitch passes Kicking: Medlock Returning: Rainey Coaching: our adjustment are getting better but it is still the fox (Buono) vs the hounds (yappers that we are) Conclusion: We need Harris's rushing to set up our passing game ... then we have a chance ... we won't be able to completely contain BC's explosive receivers; the question is can we frustrate them enough and win the turnover game once again .... we won't win without the giveaway takeaway stats being in our favor

that was the adjustment that changed everything in the Argo game

that and how Fort Knox does at MLB with a week of prep ... I expect lulay will start .... this game we will need more than luck .... we are going to have to be consistent and minimizing our mistakes or in other words against BC we can't afford to take a quarter off

You would need way more than 2 crews Really .... each crew works 2 games per week: Thursday & Saturday or Friday & Another plus 3 days of travel = 5 day week of five half days of doing what you love (even if you are living out of a hotel eating reasonable restaurant food) and being otherwise at your leisure .... not for a married guy but I can think of a ton of single athletes who would love it for a ten year run from June to November.... (the worst problem would be hung over reffs at the game but they would get over that soon enough) ... off season they could train at their sport or do a different job for those 6 months of the year

Would it really cost "millions" to have two crews of referees working full time?

"CFL - Just run into the defender and draw PI..." (Saidin) I agree its getting worse and worse ... I wonder if some of the zebras even thoroughly know the rules .... it seems like if a receiver just falls down the D is going to get penalized Appeal a "no interference because the ball was not catchable" with a "illegal contact on a receiver"; of course that would only work if it was away from the play The best receivers are more and more "pushing off" the DB to gain separation or position ... when was the last time offensive pass interference was called? What is the proportion of offensive to defensive pass interference calls in this league? Isn't it about time we started training our reffs and turning them into full time professionals? We would only need two crews - - this league doesn't schedule three games in one day. The crews could travel with evaluator/trainers. Further they could get greater proficiency through group film work sessions over the net (assuming they were being paid enough to take the time). Lots of things can be done to raise skill and proficiency but, it is not going to happen. Why? Because it is an owner's decision (through the board of governors) .... Owners never paid Gordie Howe one extra nickel as a rising superstar in the 1950's and today they are not going to spend any real money in bringing up the quality of our game through our officiating .... bandages and cosmetics is all they are going to offer unless forced to do so by ..... who? Who can force them? It wouldn't be the fans would it? They don't have any real or organized force or power do they? So there is no force, actually, is there?