CFL Week 1 Takeaways

[USABomberfan]

3 hours ago, M.O.A.B. said:

Agree. Don't expect Nichols to throw on the 300's. Bombers bread and butter is the run game. 

Well, more like it's just what I like to call a balanced attack, plus Lapolice likes working those draw plays in to sort of function like a short pass.

[USABomberfan]

1 hour ago, Stickem said:

I wonder what the opposition is going to do once Mathews hits the field......Nichols will butcher them IF they want to stack the box continually to defense Harris...I would say we're in a nice spot to be in

So long as Lapolice keeps calling the play action like he did Saturday night and doesn't get in the way of this.

[Floyd]

16 minutes ago, USABomberfan said:

So long as Lapolice keeps calling the play action like he did Saturday night and doesn't get in the way of this.

Ah we're so far away from the days when Mike Kelly wouldn't use shotgun and then Jamie Barresi refused to call a screen...

[kelownabomberfan]

21 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Ah we're so far away from the days when Mike Kelly wouldn't use shotgun and then Jamie Barresi refused to call a screen...

Shotgun is only useful in flag football, don't you know.

[Floyd]

Just now, kelownabomberfan said:

Shotgun is only useful in flag football, don't you know.

And goose hunting

[Jesse]

2 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

Shotgun is only useful in flag football, don't you know.

The only people who use shot gun are those who don't know how to coach QBs.

[kelownabomberfan]

8 minutes ago, Jesse said:

The only people who use shot gun are those who don't know how to coach QBs.

or who don't know how to handle things internally.

[Floyd]

19 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

or who don't know how to handle things internally.

A full decade away and he's still comedy gold.

[do or die]

But back then....the joke was on us.

[TrueBlue4ever]

1 hour ago, kelownabomberfan said:

or who don't know how to handle things internally.

Or who work the fry station at McDonald’s and live in their mom’s basement. 

[kelownabomberfan]

1 minute ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

Or who work the fry station at McDonald’s and live in their mom’s basement. 

and living with their mom is a non-issue, unless it's Jade Etienne's mom.

[Jpan85]

1 hour ago, Floyd said:

A full decade away and he's still comedy gold.

I can't believe it has been 10 years already

[Bomber_fanaddict]

12 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:

I can't believe it has been 10 years already

I am just sobering up from that season...

[Tracker]

3 hours ago, kelownabomberfan said:

Shotgun is only useful in flag football, don't you know.

And Saskatchewan weddings.

[Floyd]

I think Pac-Man Jones would have turned that season around

[Arnold_Palmer]

At least Mike Kelly was entertaining and brought in some decent pieces. Watching the lifeless Tim Burke era was torture. 

[MOBomberFan]

I still recall being one win from hosting a playoff game or missing the playoffs entirely under Mike Kelly. I had faith on tap, back in those days... I believed in my core Kelly was a misunderstood genius who could lead us to the cup. I must have been crazier than he was.

[Noeller]

Just now, MOBomberFan said:

I still recall being one win from hosting a playoff game or missing the playoffs entirely under Mike Kelly. I had faith on tap, back in those days... I believed in my core Kelly was a misunderstood genius who could lead us to the cup. I must have been crazier than he was.

yeeeeeeeeeahhhhhhhh I'd say so..........I knew by mid-summer that he was a psycho and we were in trouble.

[MOBomberFan]

Just now, Noeller said:

yeeeeeeeeeahhhhhhhh I'd say so..........I knew by mid-summer that he was a psycho and we were in trouble.

Ha! I just believed so hard! Thank goodness I'm cynical beyond measure now. It is hard to believe it's been a decade since The Professor.

[Mr Dee]

19 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I knew by mid-summer that he was a psycho and we were in trouble.

Yeah, I read the same thing somewhere, a chalkboard or sign board or something..

[Mark H.]

7 hours ago, Floyd said:

A full decade away and he's still comedy gold.

And the date base is still not fully appreciated. 

[kelownabomberfan]

1 hour ago, Floyd said:

I think Pac-Man Jones would have turned that season around

Onterrio Smith was destined for the CFL Hall of Fame too. Too bad he showed up 100 pounds over weight.

[Mark H.]

11 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

Onterrio Smith was destined for the CFL Hall of Fame too. Too bad he showed up 100 pounds over weight.

Subway napkins included. 

[kelownabomberfan]

1 hour ago, MOBomberFan said:

I still recall being one win from hosting a playoff game or missing the playoffs entirely under Mike Kelly. I had faith on tap, back in those days... I believed in my core Kelly was a misunderstood genius who could lead us to the cup. I must have been crazier than he was.

Michael Bishop also had me believing too.  That guy could play so well and crap so bed so spectacularly in the same drive.  Just such a difference from where we are today.

 

[Wanna-B-Fanboy]

Michael Bishop... Arm punts, Howitzer for an Arm

 

and a noggin' more fragile than Zach Collaros.