USABomberfan

Well Mr. Sewell, do you plan to cover him in open space?

Hmmm, I seem to recall MOS said once he's not a huge fan of bend but don't break

Well, should you only evaluate a guy on the basis of having bad players? I guess ... seems like a lot of people were defending Mike Gibson in 2014 when he did terrible in Ottawa and said it wasn't him, it was his players. If that was the case, you'd figure somebody out there woulda offered him an OC job and said "yup, we got a good one here, Ottawa fumbled the ball." I just think the mantra should be grading a guy overall and not just simply as "a product of good players riding their coattails" or "a great OC being dragged down by sludge on the field."

One thing about Lapolice is he's been tough to evaluate because while he was here as head coach, he had a QB who couldn't stay on the field enough, backups with noodle arms (Brink) and a GM who was an idiot and who may have been the real cause behind Crowton coming here (not going to rehash this debate but you get the idea). Yet on the other hand, he did a hell of a job when Khari was healthy, got Durant to the GC and in the time he was with TSN on the panel brought some amazing insights to breaking down plays. My opinion of Lapolice when he was a head coach here was that he was too conservative and got us off to too many slow starts. The way he's mostly run things since Nichols took over though has made me rethink that, and I do know one thing that without continuity at QB, like what he was having as head coach here, you're not going to have much success. I really think he's undervalued as an offensive coordinator. Now ... maybe my opinion of Lapo is that he's good because the two offensive coordinators we had under Burke and O'Shea's first 2 seasons here were disasters. What would I think of him has those 2 OCs been Dave Dickenson and Scott Millanovich? Maybe not nearly as good, but still ... Undervalued is what I'd say posters are doing with him.

My only disappointment with Lapolice's QB work is Davis in that I would have thought given his physical toolset and having Harris in the backfield that he should have been able to do better than he has in filling in. It's just that then again, it may be that he's just simply not going to be a successful starter anywhere and that Hufnagel took Buckley over him to backup BLM might be telling in that regard. What I just don't buy though is that Nichols has thrived in spite of Lapolice, and I'm pretty sure he'd tell you too that he loves what Lapo has done for him, even more so considering people pretty much wrote him off when he took over for Willy.

Does TSN radio have any audio vault though?

Big x-factor for us I'd say is going to be WRs stepping up big and making plays. Good news is at least noodle arm LeFevour won't be throwing them the ball.

I'm betting once his tenure is up there he's going to retire from football for good.

He was in Lapo's offense for about 5 weeks and was benched not for injury but bad play. His injuries came in the Bellefeuille offense. Pierce getting hurt was his own doing by not sliding when he should have. I'd say the only player that Lapo has gotten hurt unnecessarily is Weston Dressler with that sweep. Other than that, no.

1. Atomic may not have directly made that claim, but his reference to the 2 grey cups Hall happened to benefit from with Austin and Chamblin winning them implies it 2. Hence why he's the equivalent of Marcel Bellefeuille coaching defense

I know Pierce is hard to get a gauge on just because he always got hurt, but numbers aside he seemed to do fine in Lapo's offense. And I'm talking about the offense we had before Crowton screwed it up.

True though I'd prefer a double-digit win to not make it have to come down to that, even if it's not likely to happen.

I don't think that was exactly the point. Think the point is Richie Hall isn't some great DC that people think he is.

Op hasn't eaten enough crow yet for that silly quit dissin Chris Jones thread

Well, I sure hope that source wasn't Medlock. Oh and that's not a knock on JM, just a hope that his psyche isn't jinxed.

He's not as bad as pjrocksmb, that drunk clown is as blind as a bat to Richie Hall's awfulness. Either that or he's related to him.

OK OK for the umpteenth time I get it. Yes it is a privately owned site that I am subject to the rules of, which last I checked allow open criticism of Robert C. Wetenhall, Sr. and sons, the not-so-esteemed owners of the once great Montreal Alouettes of the CFL.

Well it also made no sense for anyone to have to mention that Wettenhall is the owner and can do what he wants .. I mean .. DUHHHH. Figured the only reason someone would mention that is if they felt it meant "How dare anybody criticize a private owner for making dumb moves?"

While Drew Willy, Dominique Davis and LeFevour haven't put up great numbers, I disagree with the notion that Lapolice hasn't put them in position to succeed. Besides, I very much remember people writing Nichols off before he took the reins so ... I'd say that pretty much says it all about the right offensive coordinator being essential to a QB succeeding.

I'm not the only one here who has said that very line by the way, and it's not a contradiction of winning the grey cup trumps all. And way to only look at that line instead of the rest of my words where I said "but it's not up to me."

If it were up to me, I'd send Richie Hall packing even if we did win the Grey Cup. But it's not up to me, so I can only speculate on what the coaches would do. But I have never ever said we must tank our opportunity to win the Grey Cup in order to fire Hall.

Yes, and so far I've not seen one rule in either place that says No Bashing Bob Or Andrew Wettenhall, or Richie Hall for that matter lol. Also, just so you know, television, radio and newspapers are not the only media anymore. Social media, bloggers, YouTube and little private news sites online are still considered media, aka the new media and not the old. So ... take that as you will.

When tough times come usually this happens. I seen the same thing from privately-owned teams fanbases clamoring for community ownership, and would not be surprised if people on the Als forum or in various Montreal bars are calling for it right now. Well if they're not too busy with Habs hockey right now. This. I may have made a slight mistake in targetting Bob Sr. as opposed to maybe stopping the Buck at Andrew or Bob Jr's plate. But yes, in a what have you done for me lately football era, the people you hire as an owner can make or break your franchise, and as of right now it's been proven they are hiring incompetent people to run it. And before I get another lecture on capitalism and economics (which I am well versed in) allowing this, maybe I'd better give people a lecture on freedom of the press and that an owner's right to stupidity doesn't = a censorship of the media criticizing him since some here seem to think it does.

Lol I appreciate the shout-out. And yes, I will take ownership of being the leader of the fire Richie Hall brigade and even say I'm proud of it. But having said that ... if we this current year win the Grey Cup and Hall is kept around because of it, I am ok with that because winning the Grey Cup trumps all. I don't think there's a sane fan here that would not want that first and foremost before anything. My position is ... If we don't make or win the Grey Cup, that Richie Hall be held accountable for it unless the reason is a complete No-Show of offense, or a complete special teams/Medlock breakdown. Hope that clears up any confusion.

I'd be willing to bet the Wettenhall's are not the only people in Montreal with money. I mean, do they got a monopoly on all the banks there or something?