CFL Week 8 Power Rankings

[Fan Boy]

22 hours ago, Mark H. said:

Because most of the media is just not cutting it. For example, I used to look forward to Ed Tait's training camp reports with my coffee during lunch break. Stuff like that is just not happening anymore. 

Well you can read Ed Tait's articles with your coffee on your tablet from the Blue Bomber website or from their app. 

[JCon]

22 minutes ago, Fan Boy said:

Well you can read Ed Tait's articles with your coffee on your tablet from the Blue Bomber website or from their app. 

And Ed's articles are great but the lack the critical edge that they had before. Still enjoyable though.

[Fan Boy]

I see the same gentle criticism I saw before but I may not be as discerning (FanBoy thing and all that).

[JCon]

13 minutes ago, Fan Boy said:

I see the same gentle criticism I saw before but I may not be as discerning (FanBoy thing and all that).

The great thing about Ed's writing is that the critique is/was usually subtle and factual.

 

[Noeller]

Tait's pieces for WBB are exactly the same as they were for the WFP........it's all about tone. He's never carried a negative tone for the sake of being negative. 

[Mr Dee]

Tait calls a fumble a fumble, a mistake a mistake, systematic offence problems when they occur and maybe a word on talent depth. He does not question LaPolice's brain activity, nor Hall getting bent out of shape, nor a smirk on any individual on the team. 

He can write about the team on many facets because he can write. He's got imagination, knows a lot about football, and doesn't allow himself to get cornered to any one area of a total team function. 

He's heard the question, and the answers, but doesn't take everything at face value...because he can think.

How many times have we said or written that we are lipucky to have him? Well, here's one more...

[SPuDS]

1 minute ago, Mr Dee said:

Tait calls a fumble a fumble, a mistake a mistake, systematic offence problems when they occur and maybe a word on talent depth. He does not question LaPolice's brain activity, nor Hall getting bent out of shape, nor a smirk on any individual on the team. 

He can write about the team on many facets because he can write. He's got imagination, knows a lot about football, and doesn't allow himself to get cornered to any one area of a total team function. 

He's heard the question, and the answers, but doesn't take everything at face value...because he can think.

How many times have we said or written that we are lipucky to have him? Well, here's one more...

hes probably the best at what he does here in Winnipeg, no doubt.. its almost a shame he is the bomber's mouthpiece now tho and not writing for a media outlet now as hes often the only voice of reason amid all the pessimistic and antagonistic sports writing going on as of late.

[17to85]

shocking thought, but maybe Tait is less critical now because with a team winning games there is just less to be critical of? 

[Mark H.]

2 hours ago, Fan Boy said:

Well you can read Ed Tait's articles with your coffee on your tablet from the Blue Bomber website or from their app. 

I do - but there is an element missing that used to exist.

[SpeedFlex27]

3 hours ago, Chaosmonkey said:

If he was even a semi-active poster and contribute to the site by adding comments, thoughts, etc with some dialog here, that would buy him a lot more leeway with these grumpy old men. 

I miss Grumpy. Where did he go? Being a mod on Our Bombers after the exodus must've have been too much for him. 

[Mark H.]

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

Tait's pieces for WBB are exactly the same as they were for the WFP........it's all about tone. He's never carried a negative tone for the sake of being negative. 

I'm not referring to criticism or negativity.  There used to be things like position by position analysis, especially during the Berry era.  The sort of thing we get from JBR once in a while. 

[do or die]

Tait is a very competent writer.   Which is in short supply, round the rest of the football media.

[WBBFanWest]

4 hours ago, 17to85 said:

shocking thought, but maybe Tait is less critical now because with a team winning games there is just less to be critical of? 

There are two or three posters on this site that easily demonstrate that your argument  is not  valid.