Fatty Liver

As in Bomberville, a piss poor offensive performance in 2014 contributed significantly to getting Hall fired.

...add a balls to the wall pass rusher like Alex Hall.

Double post.

With Marcel still firmly planted in the wheel house of the offence my imagination can't conceive the Bombers doing better than .500 at this time. I don't see them making the playoffs next year unless another Western team tanks and puts them there. A weak team in BC is the logical hope but with a new coach and a surprise QB solution in the works it could turn out that 2014 may have been the Lion's bottom out season. Time will tell.

In all honesty I believe the ineptitude of the offence is what finally did Etch in. If they could have moved the ball marginally well in the second half of the season Etch's poor scheme may not have been exposed as badly as it was.

It's funny that you mention this because I was thinking about this the other day. In my opinion, it's not the corner fade routes that need to go. It's that they really should not have had Romby Bryant being the one to run the majority of them. That could be a solution, but either way the corner fades stopped working as the season went on. In my opinion, a corner fade route is a high risk pass, so I'd call it much less than we did last year, especially when you only have two downs (NFL you can take more risks). Still keep it in the offense, but minimize it.I'd like to see us sign a big, physical WR, who is like 6'5" who we can use in the red zone on jump balls. Aaron Kelly is tall, but not physical enough to use as a primary jump ball red zone guy. I had hopes Urrutia could have been that guy, but he obviously didn't work out. If my memory serves correct that stupid corner fade route only worked twice in the entire season, once to Kelly and once to Kohlert and they both made spectacular catches for TD's. Hope Willy, Marcel and the O-line can get on the same page quickly because their performance in the second half of the season was dreadful.

I can totally understand Brohm moving on from the Bombers unless he's content collecting a pay cheque for holding a clip board in perpetuity. Win or lose, Willy would have to be laying dead on the field before O'Shea would ever consider resorting to his backup QB, so the opportunity for progressing his career probably lies elsewhere, not in Wpg. The book on competition for the QB position is officially closed as long as O'Shea is in charge.

Nowhere near enough credit for a guy like Bucknor ... he played great for us last year. Great? No let's not get delusional here. He was adequate. You bring the guy back for sure but let's not pretend the team wouldn't have continued along just fine without him. For a Canadian on the corner, he was great. Would we be worse off if he left? Yes. That statement is skewing your perception. Just because it's a low bar doesn't mean his play was great. He didn't **** up too badly that's all you really need out of the guy but I would suggest that if he leaves you just play an american in that position and actually improve your secondary over all. Can likely find a way to replace the NI somewhere else. Maybe a linebacker position, maybe find a DL, maybe they even go with 3 receivers, or 4 OL. He's a useful player to have but he wasn't great. You do understand the ratio problems the Bombers have, right?

Grand. Etch had maybe his last chance in the CFL, can't see him getting another opportunity so it's back to College ball or retire to the rocking chair. Stubborn is as stubborn does and that applies to O'Shea as well.

If say his strongest attribute is his wife. Especially when she appeared for WWE. There was a live segment where the other divas cut promos on her and almost got them thrown off the air. Classic. Link???? Off the top Jeff's got at least two good reasons to smile. http://theproducers.weei.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/muni-and-garcias-238x300.jpg

He probably deserves the most credit for turning around the Als season. But he seems pretty set on either being a HC or going back to his beach side mansion in California to be with his Playboy wife. Must be a rough life for Mr Garcia... Someone please explain why this guy would leave home to coach football and be separated from his assets. I don't get it.

Doesn't this mean that Calvillo is destined to be the O.C.?

I'd be surprised if at the end of 2015 season the Bombers weren't still looking up at the Lions. Wally's teams are always competitive.

Potentially Calgary if Tate is headed for F.A. or Sask. as long as Glenn finally accepts he will be a backup from this point forward. Wonder who Wally is eyeballing to make this move. Lefevour?

Patience is what lies in a hospital bed. They're no damn good on a football field cause they got something wrong with them!

That was all in house so there was no competition for those players, kudos due. The Bombers ended up with Etch and Marcel in the first place because there was nothing but table scraps left by the time they stepped up to the plate. We already know BC, Ottawa and Sask. are in the hunt and there maybe more teams looking to replace a coordinator or two and as always there's not a lot with CFL experience to choose from. In the 100 yard dash they can't afford to be slow off the line.

Got to love Wally, he's a blur at this time of the year. While Walters is just reaching out tentatively for his first kiss, Wally has already done the job and is zipping up his fly. Guess the Bombers will settle for sloppy seconds or worse when it comes to choosing from available coordinators again. Could use a bit of Elvis's TCB around IGF.

If O'Shea is chaining his leg to Marcel and Etch, 2015 could be his last year with the Bombers. They'd better produce at least 10 wins and the coordinators better learn to adapt as the season progresses.

This from Fred Stamps. "This will probably be my last game as an Eskimo.” Story coming @edmontonjournal #eskimos #CFL #yeg #ejlive

Pft, get away with your facts man. Seriously though, if the Bombers had an OC who could manage a two back system, he'd still be here and we'd be a better team for it. Two weeks ago he literally ran over Bear Woods and knocked him on his ass. Love it not so much for Grigsby but its how much I hate Woods. Amazing what a player can do when he's scared of his coach.

Calgary's O-line is by far the best in the league, the boys in Sask. are just pretenders.

Not saying Willy is as good as Mitchell just saying Mitchell could look pretty ordinary on any other team.

Fred Stamps will probably be changing teams after this year, Esks. are no longer making use of him. He just hasn't been the same player since Washington crushed him earlier this year.

Mitchell is a good QB on a good ball team. If he was playing in Wpg. he'd have the same experience and effectiveness as Willy imo.

Looks like a blowout for Cgy. Great TD run by Cornish.