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On 5/20/2017 at 5:55 PM, wbbfan said:

 

Lefevour winning the no2 spot with apodaca winning the development spot. 

 

Only rarely does the starting QB play all 18 games .... Lapo did a good job turning Glenn into a real QB .... I hope he can do this with Davis & Lefevour this year ... I expect they will both get time but this might be the year that Lefevour turns the corner .... otherwise he is just a hack and we will need Davis to step up

Posted
17 minutes ago, BigBlue said:

Only rarely does the starting QB play all 18 games .... Lapo did a good job turning Glenn into a real QB .... I hope he can do this with Davis & Lefevour this year ... I expect they will both get time but this might be the year that Lefevour turns the corner .... otherwise he is just a hack and we will need Davis to step up

Lapo?  Glenn?  What?

Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, BigBlue said:

Only rarely does the starting QB play all 18 games .... Lapo did a good job turning Glenn into a real QB .... I hope he can do this with Davis & Lefevour this year ... I expect they will both get time but this might be the year that Lefevour turns the corner .... otherwise he is just a hack and we will need Davis to step up

I think last year was the only time Lapo and KG were on the same team together. KG has long been established as a QB and didn't see the field at all with us so I doubt Lapo had any impact on him

Lapo: Argos (01), Bombers (02-03), Ticats (04-05), Argos (06), Riders (07-09), Bombers (10-12), Bombers (16-present)

Glenn: Riders (01-03), Argos (04), Bombers (04-08), Ticats (09-11), Stamps (12-13), Redblacks (14), Lions (14), Riders (15) Als (15-16), Bombers (16), Riders (present)

Edited by Taynted_Fayth
Posted
1 hour ago, BigBlue said:

Only rarely does the starting QB play all 18 games .... Lapo did a good job turning Glenn into a real QB .... I hope he can do this with Davis & Lefevour this year ... I expect they will both get time but this might be the year that Lefevour turns the corner .... otherwise he is just a hack and we will need Davis to step up

That's a "hack" of a post. :D

Posted
1 hour ago, Atomic said:

Lapo?  Glenn?  What?

The year Glenn broke his arm before we got to the GC .... Glenn till then was a wild card ..... Lapo taught him the quick short game which stuck with Glenn forever after ... not that he became a superstar but he was a serviceable QB after that season

 

Posted
1 minute ago, BigBlue said:

The year Glenn broke his arm before we got to the GC .... Glenn till then was a wild card ..... Lapo taught him the quick short game which stuck with Glenn forever after ... not that he became a superstar but he was a serviceable QB after that season

 

LaPolice wasn't with the Bombers at any point during Glenn's first tenure. Glenn was a MOP nomination in 2007, BTW. Kit Cartwright was the OC that season.

Until last season, LaPolice and Glenn had never worked together.

Posted

I think you may be referring to the "other" Lapo, Kit Cartwright, who was the Bombers OC back then ;)

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  • Corey Chamblin – Defensive backs (WTF?)
  • Greg Marshall – Defensive Coordinator
  • Richard Harris – Defensive line
  • Kit Cartwright – Offensive Coordinator
  • Bob Wylie – Offensive line
  • Bob Dyce – Receivers
  • Cory McDiarmid – Special Teams Coordinator
Posted (edited)
6 minutes ago, blue_gold_84 said:

LaPolice wasn't with the Bombers at any point during Glenn's first tenure. Glenn was a MOP nomination in 2007, BTW. Kit Cartwright was the OC that season.

Until last season, LaPolice and Glenn had never worked together.

I stand corrected .... must have been the coach we fired a season later .... that angry looking Berry type

 

Edited by BigBlue
Posted (edited)

Here's a good comprehensive list of all Bomber Coaches to refresh our memory or terror as applicable ... :)
 

Coaches of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers

  • 34th Mike O'Shea Dec. 4, 2013 – Present (3 years, 5 months and counting)
  • 33rd Tim Burke Aug. 25, 2012 – Nov. 13, 2013 (1 year, 2 months)
  • 32nd Paul LaPolice Feb. 4, 2010 – Aug. 25, 2012 (2 years, 6 months)
  • 31st Mike Kelly Dec. 2, 2008 – Dec. 17, 2009 (1 year)
  • 30th Doug Berry Dec. 15, 2005 – Nov. 12, 2008 (2 years, 11 months)
  • 29th Jim Daley Aug. 9, 2004 – Nov. 8, 2005 (1 year, 3 months)
  • 28th Dave Ritchie Nov. 24, 1998 – Aug. 9, 2004 (5 years, 8 months)
  • 27th Gary Hoffman Oct. 8, 1998 – Nov. 24, 1998 1 (1 month, 2 weeks)
  • 26th Jeff Reinebold Jan. 7, 1997 – Oct. 8, 1998 (1 year, 9 months)
  • 25th Cal Murphy Jan. 1, 1993 – Nov. 15, 1996 (3 years, 10 months)
  • 24th Urban Bowman July 2, 1992 – Dec. 31, 1992 1 (6 months)
  • 23rd Cal Murphy March 31, 1992 – July 1, 1992 (3 months)
  • 22nd Darryl Rogers March 11, 1991 – Jan. 9, 1992 (10 months)
  • 21st Mike Riley March 4, 1987 – Jan. 18, 1991 (3 years, 10 months)
  • 20th Cal Murphy Nov. 25, 1985 – Jan. 2, 1987 (1 year, 1 month)
  • 19th Fred Glick Oct. 2, 1985 – Nov. 25, 1985 1 (1 month, 3 weeks)
  • 18th Cal Murphy Jan. 25, 1983 – Oct. 2, 1985 (2 years, 8 months)
  • 17th Ray Jauch Jan. 1, 1978 – Dec. 1, 1982 (4 years, 11 months)
  • 16th Bud Riley Jan. 1, 1974 – Nov. 16, 1977 (3 years, 10 months)
  • 15th Jim Spavital Dec. 22, 1969 – Dec. 31, 1973 (4 years)
  • 14th Joe Zaleski March 14, 1967 – Nov. 12, 1969 (2 years, 8 months)
  • 13th Harold “Bud” Grant Jan. 4, 1957 – March 11, 1967 (10 years, 2 months)
  • 12th Allie Sherman Feb. 24, 1954 – Dec. 31, 1956 (2 years, 10 months)
  • 11th George Trafton May 4, 1951 – Jan. 3, 1954 (2 years, 8 months)
  • 10th Frank Larson Jan. 1, 1949 – Dec. 31, 1950 (1 year, 12 months)
  • 9th Jack West March 21, 1946 – Dec. 31, 1948 (2 years, 9 months)
  • 8th Bert Warwick Jan. 1, 1945 – Dec. 31, 1945 (12 months)
  • 7th Reg Threlfall Jan. 1, 1938 – Dec. 31, 1944 (7 years)
  • 6th Bob Fritz Jan. 1, 1935 – Dec. 31, 1937 (3 years)
  • 5th Greg Kabat Jan. 1, 1934 – Dec. 31, 1934 (12 months)
  • 4th Carl Cronin Jan. 1, 1932 – Dec. 31, 1933 (2 years)
  • 3rd Pete Barnes Jan. 1, 1931 – Dec. 31, 1931 (12 months)
  • 2nd Jack Millidge Jan. 1, 1930 – Dec. 31, 1930 (12 months)
  • 1st Fred Ritter Jan. 1, 1924 – Dec. 31, 1929 (6 years)
Edited by IC Khari
Posted
2 minutes ago, IC Khari said:

Here's a good comprehensive list of all Bomber Coaches to refresh or memory or terror as applicable ... :)
 

Coaches of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers

  • 34th Mike O'Shea Dec. 4, 2013 – Present (3 years, 5 months and counting)
  • 33rd Tim Burke Aug. 25, 2012 – Nov. 13, 2013 (1 year, 2 months)
  • 32nd Paul LaPolice Feb. 4, 2010 – Aug. 25, 2012 (2 years, 6 months)
  • 31st Mike Kelly Dec. 2, 2008 – Dec. 17, 2009 (1 year)
  • 30th Doug Berry Dec. 15, 2005 – Nov. 12, 2008 (2 years, 11 months)
  • 29th Jim Daley Aug. 9, 2004 – Nov. 8, 2005 (1 year, 3 months)
  • 28th Dave Ritchie Nov. 24, 1998 – Aug. 9, 2004 (5 years, 8 months)
  • 27th Gary Hoffman Oct. 8, 1998 – Nov. 24, 1998 1 (1 month, 2 weeks)
  • 26th Jeff Reinebold Jan. 7, 1997 – Oct. 8, 1998 (1 year, 9 months)
  • 25th Cal Murphy Jan. 1, 1993 – Nov. 15, 1996 (3 years, 10 months)
  • 24th Urban Bowman July 2, 1992 – Dec. 31, 1992 1 (6 months)
  • 23rd Cal Murphy March 31, 1992 – July 1, 1992 (3 months)
  • 22nd Darryl Rogers March 11, 1991 – Jan. 9, 1992 (10 months)
  • 21st Mike Riley March 4, 1987 – Jan. 18, 1991 (3 years, 10 months)
  • 20th Cal Murphy Nov. 25, 1985 – Jan. 2, 1987 (1 year, 1 month)
  • 19th Fred Glick Oct. 2, 1985 – Nov. 25, 1985 1 (1 month, 3 weeks)
  • 18th Cal Murphy Jan. 25, 1983 – Oct. 2, 1985 (2 years, 8 months)
  • 17th Ray Jauch Jan. 1, 1978 – Dec. 1, 1982 (4 years, 11 months)
  • 16th Bud Riley Jan. 1, 1974 – Nov. 16, 1977 (3 years, 10 months)
  • 15th Jim Spavital Dec. 22, 1969 – Dec. 31, 1973 (4 years)
  • 14th Joe Zaleski March 14, 1967 – Nov. 12, 1969 (2 years, 8 months)
  • 13th Harold “Bud” Grant Jan. 4, 1957 – March 11, 1967 (10 years, 2 months)
  • 12th Allie Sherman Feb. 24, 1954 – Dec. 31, 1956 (2 years, 10 months)
  • 11th George Trafton May 4, 1951 – Jan. 3, 1954 (2 years, 8 months)
  • 10th Frank Larson Jan. 1, 1949 – Dec. 31, 1950 (1 year, 12 months)
  • 9th Jack West March 21, 1946 – Dec. 31, 1948 (2 years, 9 months)
  • 8th Bert Warwick Jan. 1, 1945 – Dec. 31, 1945 (12 months)
  • 7th Reg Threlfall Jan. 1, 1938 – Dec. 31, 1944 (7 years)
  • 6th Bob Fritz Jan. 1, 1935 – Dec. 31, 1937 (3 years)
  • 5th Greg Kabat Jan. 1, 1934 – Dec. 31, 1934 (12 months)
  • 4th Carl Cronin Jan. 1, 1932 – Dec. 31, 1933 (2 years)
  • 3rd Pete Barnes Jan. 1, 1931 – Dec. 31, 1931 (12 months)
  • 2nd Jack Millidge Jan. 1, 1930 – Dec. 31, 1930 (12 months)
  • 1st Fred Ritter Jan. 1, 1924 – Dec. 31, 1929 (6 years)

Ouch.

Posted (edited)

In the post Bud Grant era the longest term we had was Dave Ritchie ..... nearly 5 years .... IMHO we would have done well to stick with him even longer (possibly for a rebuild)

Off and on Cal Murphy got nearly 7 years of coaching in ... possibly the best we had outside of Mike Reilly

 

Edited by BigBlue
Posted
12 minutes ago, IC Khari said:

Let's be honest, in the entire history of the Bomber Organization we've had 4 maybe 5 good to great coaches, that splains a lot ...

Especially the current drought. Practically been a new coach every other year since the last championship...

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Posted
6 minutes ago, IC Khari said:

MOS is almost going on 4 years, considering his record in the first 2 seasons, that's miraculous. 

It was about damn time the organization try a different approach, instead of the typical give-in-to-pressure kneejerk nonsense.

Stability is key to build a strong team and brand. Last season was proof of that, IMO.

Posted
5 minutes ago, blue_gold_84 said:

It was about damn time the organization try a different approach, instead of the typical give-in-to-pressure kneejerk nonsense.

Stability is key to build a strong team and brand. Last season was proof of that, IMO.

By that reasoning then we should have stuck with Doug Berry ... how would have that turned out?

Posted
1 minute ago, BigBlue said:

By that reasoning then we should have stuck with Doug Berry ... how would have that turned out?

We don't know. But yes, I think the organization should've stuck with Berry, instead of hiring that clown Mike Kelly. He singlehandedly destroyed this franchise back in 2009.

Posted
19 minutes ago, blue_gold_84 said:

We don't know. But yes, I think the organization should've stuck with Berry, instead of hiring that clown Mike Kelly. He singlehandedly destroyed this franchise back in 2009.

He had a lot of help also though ...

Posted
40 minutes ago, IC Khari said:

MOS is almost going on 4 years, considering his record in the first 2 seasons, that's miraculous. 

This has to be a critical year for O'Shea's reign here. Yes, the team got into the playoffs last year but that has to be the absolute minimum for this one. Patience is well and good but  it has to pay off.

Posted

Darrin Bauming - Investors Group Field is abuzz with activity today. Many players already in town working out. #Bombers coaches prepping for camp.

Darren Cameron - First overall selection @Faith_Joseph has arrived in Winnipeg. On field tomorrow 3pm to start rookie camp. #FortheW

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