Fatty Liver

As long as Willy can stay healthy the Bombers should be competitive. No one can predict the results of the alternate story line.

Or..... they kept these players because they performed better....... Wait wait wait... Hold on... They can actually DO that?! Wonders will never cease... And ill say that while max did get into a lot of games last season and developed some experience (negative as it was..) Its not like willy and brohm are wide eyed, wet behind the ears cfl rookies.. Both Brohm and Marve are wide eyed, wet behind the ears CFL rookies. Neither has played a down.

One thing to consider in all of this is the psychology of the decision making process and how a coach or scout's ego comes into play when choosing which players get cut. Ie. McManus supporting Brohm over Hall. If there is a competition between two players a coach is almost always going to go with "their guy" so that he is associated with the success that player achieves and is thus validated as a "wise judge of talent". For other coach's to override and choose Hall over Brohm would have reflected poorly on McManus's judgement and nobody has big enough balls to do that. Unfortunately for Max, Joe Mack's opinion was not sought. A good example of this is Marcel Bellefeuille sticking with Aaron Kelly. Just thankful he was willing to give up on Boltus eventually.

Browning is "Mr. Nothing" from "Nothingville" and his assignment to the P.R. means "nothing". Odds are 1-100 anything comes of this.

Not true. Hall went head to head with Nieswander last year in a game and came out on top in every category. If Max only won one game last year that was it.

This is a good indication that some of the players the Bombers had in 2013 were not all that easy to replace. Not exactly a vet purge.

Is this being covered live by anyone? Can't find anything yet.

You've got to Wonder if Doug Brown would even have stood a chance of being a member of Etch's squad....very exclusive group.

Consider the following scenario. 1. Hall gets cut 2. Willy gets seriously injured within the first 4 games 3. Brohm proves ineffectual in relief. 4. The Angst over not signing Kevin Glenn begins anew until Willy returns.

I'm willing to bet that a team will pick up Messam shortly for the season and he makes a positive contribution on play as he's still a very good athlete. Don't know what kind of personality he has but two things to consider, giving him an opportunity and redemption. Don't like the notion of evaluating a players worth solely on paper as a lot of interesting things can happen when they get their hands on the dirty old pig skin. Denmark redeemed himself last season maybe it's Messam's turn this year. It's always a gamble but what are the odds?

Can't be too worried about the RB as it's one of the few positions that has solid talent throughout imo. Whether it's Ford or Grigsby they're going to be more than adequate to carry the limited running attack the Bombers will present and both have breakaway potential. Knowing that Cotton will be back in 2-3 weeks should give them supreme motivation to perform.

I think you misspelled that, it should be "Chez Pierre".

Hopefully if this situation occurs again in the regular season the Bombers are smart enough to attempt to keep the ball on the ground and run the ball into the endzone when they have a first down inside the 10.

A key to Etch's strategy is "don't fall behind".

Good article in the Freep today were Doug explains the positive and negatives of Etch's defensive scheme. If his fly-weight defence can continually keep opposing QB's running for their lives that would help ease the pain of giving up easy yards on the ground. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/run-d-might-be-weak-263399081.html

Bob Irving and O'Shea seem to have very good chemistry and I like the way O'Shea honestly answers questions. I think this may be the best lineup on that show for many a year, looking forward to following it.

How bout we just call him "kicker"?

I counted 7 drops in that game that should have been caught, very bad. Did not notice any throws to Woods or Tarver in game two so I guess that experiment may be over. I'm confident the Bombers will have a dynamic passing attack this year once they get their first team receivers on the field and won't be surprised if Moore is the only new name in that group. Both Carter and Feoli-Gudino should make decent subs for Watson when he inevitably goes down. Is it possible for the Bombers to keep both on the roster?

He dropped a gimme yesterday. In fact yesterday was a typical Aaron Kelly game. One great play that sticks in the minds of fans and then everyone forgets how he was invisible the rest of the game (aside from a drop) Sorry, I did miss that play.

Denmark also dropped a catchable ball in the end zone.

Aaron Kelly gets no respect on this forum. He catches everything that's thrown his way and I don't think any new receiver played well enough to take his job away. They all had flashes but consistency was lacking. Very pleased with the national prospects and the skill Carter and Feoli-Gudino showed in limited action, didn't notice Taylor Renaud as much.

I'm willing to give him a chance but I do wonder if Etch's defensive scheme can deal with current offensive trends in the CFL. Argos will dink and dunk underneath effectively moving the ball down the field and Hamilton may decide to go that way now that they have Collaros. Teams like Calgary, BC and perhaps Sask. will take what's given and should be able to run at will against his kind of defense. Effectively pass protecting for the long ball doesn't prevent other teams from finding ways to win games. Still bothers me that in that pre-season interview Etch thinks of himself as a misunderstood genius that's ahead of the curve. Primary role of the defense should be to adjust to what the offense is trying to accomplish and stop it. The Bombers seem to have no ability to stop the run and i.m.o. Cornish would have easily ripped off a 200+ game if he was allowed to continue.

Funny, I have a harder time remembering him not being injured....or is that Watson..

I think Max needs to crack a rib or two before he takes it seriously. He was smiling way too much for my liking in that pre-season game.

I would be happy to see the Bombers go with Cotton but would like to see them keep Ford around as backup and to step in to a two back set on occasion as well. Both are dynamic backs and exciting kick returners. Grigsby doesn't seem to have the same explosiveness as the other two.