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No doubt Doug Berry got a raw deal.. imagine firing a coach after 3 consecutive playoff appearances... wait... imagine 3 consecutive playoff appearances!!!?!?!?!

good to know lots of people here are bipolar when it comes to other teams as well... wasn't Masoli a bum when the Bombers beat him up a few weeks ago?... now he's the messiah?....

what worries me more is this confirms that 5 weeks into a rebuild... the Riders are further ahead than we are in almost 3 years (I'm counting the end of 2013 as the starting point)...

I think it was Walby joking on twitter that Morley needs to put that 100 lbs back on and get suited up! I don't think cutting Neufeld is a good idea.. I've always though he would be a perfect 6th man... wouldn't play enough to get hurt and he has to versatility to play almost every position on the line in case of injury...

I completely disagree with his comment... but his point was, they're not doing much better than us (which is horribly incorrect)... not Kent Austin is a bad coach... which is what you immediately jumped to...

I don't think that's how it went down... I believe I read somewhere that it was a mutual agreement b/c he wanted to get into wrestling... unfortunately I don't have a link, but if you have one for your story I'd love to read it... Wonder how things worked out for this "Rock" fellow... Also, fun fact... b/c his father is Canadian, he has duel citizenship and would qualify as a national by today's standards...

hahahaha... I love this... "I'm gonna tell you what you're arguing... then make a counter point to 'prove' you wrong"

**** you, you're wrong!!! Sorry, I got a little carried away before actually reading the post...

far too often I look forward to NFL starting... to take my attention away from this mess... Normally I am not a huge NHL fan til Feb, but the Jets present a different intrigue this year... so from a sports fan perspective, fall can't come soon enough...

HC - Dunigan OC - Climie DC - Shultz? (I don't think there's a defensive guy on the panel) QB coach - Milt GM - Farhan Lalji AGM - Rod Smith

The defense wasn't perfect... no one is arguing that... they allowed 26 points but still gave the team a chance to win this game... there is a distinct difference between the quality of the D and the O right now...

I saw both Rob Maver and Rene Paredes jawing with the bench after plays yesterday... their kickers have more attitude than most of our team!

Pretty epic rant Mike (no need to quote the whole)... and I appreciate it because it perfectly exemplifies how I, and apparently most others on the board, feel about the team right now... last night I said to my friend "IF we fire O'Shea, name LaPo interim coach, then name him HC after the season, I'm giving up my season tickets... even a few years ago, I never thought I would ever consider not going to games... Mike, I'm a few years older than you but we're essentially in the same boat... I was alive for the last two Bomber Grey Cup wins, but not old enough to remember them... Almost none of my friends are fans anymore, no one cares to watch this team.... I have season tix with 2 other guys and when one guy can't come I have to basically beg someone to join for a free game... it's gotten to a point beyond apathy and it's gonna take something (it kills me to say this) Rider-esque* to show me the team is serious about winning and gain my financial support back... *shelling out big cash to bring in proven winners...

I'd rather Morgan or Jones a field corner... or Loffler at safety... than bringing back Bucknor...

I hope not... I would hate to have a local legend associated with a piece of **** like that... That's what Wikipedia is for... he played for the Bombers from 1952-62 and then spent 1 season with the Riders in 1964 (not really sure what happened to 1963)...

I would argue Matt Nichols' TD drive was not garbage time... a 2 score game with 8 mins left in the CFL is easily attainable... of course, when your offense in generally incapable of any scores that makes it tough.... Also, I was impressed with the Canadians in the secondary after the injuries.... I'd like to see us start Loffler at safety and Morgan or Jones at field corner (I don't remember who was playing there last night)...

Maybe let's shift this discussion to "If we fired Walters, who would you like our new GM to be?" I'll throw out some names just to get the discussion started*... Brock Sunderland... John Murphy... Tom Higgins... Marc Trestman (duel role?)... Cole Hufnagel (hey, why not?!?) *disclaimer: I am not endorsing any of these candidates... simply just trying to get a discussion started...

I have no idea if Marc Trestman has and interest in a return the CFL (probably not)... or what his personnel skills are like (probably decent)... but I wouldn't object to bringing him in for both gigs...

Looks like the Riders are going 3 imports on the line this week (A Jones at C and SJS at LG)... if we had 3 Cdn O-line out, we'd be lucky to start 1 Cdn on the line...

and he'd be right...

not that I'm trying to defend our record against Calgary... but it's actually only 4 games... last won in Calgary Nov 1, 2014...

I think it would take 1-9 or 1-10 (whatever losing labour day and banjo bowl would put us at) before a mid-season firing happens... As far as firing at the end of last season... I wonder if there is a serious lack of good candidates right now... we held on to O'Shea when he (arguably) could have been fired... Mtl and BC decided to stick with Popp and Buano rather than bring in a dedicated HC... interesting...

while I'm typically a bigger fan of a pressure defense also... they only gave up 20 points and gave the offesnse more than ample opportunity to win this game... definitely wouldn't pin this one on the D...

That stat is beyond embarrassing... especially given the opportunities... a borderline competent offense would have had 40+ in that Hamilton game...

very well said... #1 would probably be hard to implement... but otherwise I agree completely...