Mourtada

[Wideleft]

2 minutes ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

Well, they are 4-0 with Mourtada, so……..😉

Guessing that’s not exactly what you meant. 

"With" or "in spite of"?

[TrueBlue4ever]

8 minutes ago, Wideleft said:

"With" or "in spite of"?

He had 14 points last game, we won by 10. He’s still on the roster thanks to O’Shea. You decide. 

Edited October 19, 2021 by TrueBlue4ever

[SpeedFlex27]

3 hours ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

Yep, lots of stuff can happen during the bye week. 
If Mourtada goes 5 for 5 and makes a game-winning kick, that would create a possible dilemma. And this place would lose its mind with angst. 

Wouldn't cause a dilemma. He could go 0 for 6 the next. Mourtada is what he is. Not good enough. 

[GCn20]

16 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

Yes it's good to hear that Castillo is a non-binary kicker and field goal fluid...

Is this technically "tampering"?  Or does that not matter if you opt out of your CFL contract?

He wasn't under contract so it's not tampering. BC had the option to sign him.

[Nolby]

1 hour ago, bigg jay said:

If you think talking to the coach is awkward, wait until they start trying out different holders!

I definitely blew more air out of my nose after reading this than usual

[Wideleft]

16 minutes ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

He had 14 points last game, we won by 10. He’s still on the roster thanks to O’Shea. You decide. 

I suggest it can be both.

[SpeedFlex27]

2 hours ago, Bubba Zanetti said:

Waking up at 10:44 your time?? Must be nice. Freakin' DINK'S.

I'm retired. I woke up at 11 am today. I used to get up at 5:05 am.... 

 

[TrueBlue4ever]

25 minutes ago, Wideleft said:

"With" and "in spite of"?

 

6 minutes ago, Wideleft said:

I suggest it can be both.

OK, FIFY then. 

[Tracker]

2 hours ago, Nolby said:

That'll be awkward when they get their rarely used urinal coach to help you hit between the uprights

But who would be the holder?

[kelownabomberfan]

4 minutes ago, Tracker said:

But who would be the holder?

In terms of timing a joke in this thread, you...

The holder/urinal joke...

[Super Duper Negatron]

3 hours ago, Geebrr said:

I should walk into the bathroom at work and piss all over the walls. When they get mad I will tell them I did my best to hit the urinal. 

Do we...do we work together?

[TrueBlue4ever]

20 minutes ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

Do we...do we work together?

Mike Kelly is asking which McDonald’s he works at so he can go eat somewhere else. Guessing hand washing afterwards is not a high priority either. 

[kelownabomberfan]

3 minutes ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

Mike Kelly is asking which McDonald’s he works at so he can go eat somewhere else. Guessing hand washing afterwards is not a high priority either. 

hand-washing and floor/wall peeing ended up being a non-issue, as it was handled internally.

[rebusrankin]

So is this how they decide who kicks this week?

 

[Noeller]

1 minute ago, rebusrankin said:

So is this how they decide who kicks this week?

 

well this week nothing changes....but after the bye.......could be interesting. Via 3DN:

 

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers traded for kicker Sergio Castillo on Tuesday morning in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2022 CFL Draft. He is expected to join the team after the club’s bye in Week 13.

“Sergio’s a very good kicker, we’ve had him here before,” head coach Mike O’Shea told the media on Tuesday. “I know he’s a fit and the last time he stepped on a CFL field he was kicking at 90-plus percent and made some fifties. It’s good to have and we’ll sort it out as we go along.”

The Blue Bombers have tried three different placekickers this season with less-than-stellar results. Tyler Crapigna, Marc Liegghio, and Ali Mourtada have combined to make 57.1 percent of their field goals, which puts Winnipeg well behind eighth-ranked Hamilton (70.4 percent) for last-place in the CFL.

Mourtada connected on four-of-five attempts this past week in a win over Edmonton but missed a 44-yard attempt late in a seven-point game. He is now 8-of-15 on the season (53.3 percent) after rocky outings in two of his first three games as a Blue Bomber.

The rookie hasn’t spent a lot of time thinking about the trade since he was told about it, choosing instead to focus on the things he can control.

 

“I don’t really spend much time thinking about that, that’s kinda out of my pay grade,” said Mourtada. “There’s guys that are part of this organization that are here to make those decisions and I’m here to kick a football. All my energy is focused on the process day-by-day.”

Mourtada plans to approach this week’s game against B.C. the same as he has in previous weeks. He was booed off the field the last time he played at IG Field in a tough outing against the Elks during which he missed three field goals and a convert.

“If you start worrying about what other people are doing or what’s being said — all that sort of stuff — that really takes your focus away. I’ve found a way of thinking where I just focus in on what I gotta do and execute that every single day,” he said.

 

“There’s only a certain amount of energy that you have, so if you spend too much time thinking about other things you can’t get at what you need to get done.”

When asked if Castillo would be the answer to Winnipeg’s kicking problems, O’Shea spoke in defence of his rookie kicker.

“I think we found the answer last game, too,” said O’Shea, referencing Mourtada’s 80 percent performance. “He straightened himself out and we’ve got different options now and we’ll make the best decisions as we go forward when those decisions need to be made.”

It’s clear that Castillo won’t simply be handed the job upon his arrival to Winnipeg, particularly if Mourtada has a good game this week. It sounds as though O’Shea communicated as much to the rookie kicker while reiterating that he expects the rookie to play well on Saturday.

 

“I let him know that this is the business side of this transaction and Ali’s going to go out and have a great game. That’s the expectation and his expectation of himself, too,” said the veteran head coach. “He can only control how he plays and I’m sure he’ll go out and have a great game.”

Castillo was excellent with B.C. in 2019, connecting on 41-of-45 field goal attempts (91.1 percent) with a long of 52 yards. His percentage was actually better than Justin Medlock’s (86 percent) last season, as is Castillo’s career field goal percentage of 87 percent (Medlock’s is 86.5 percent).

[Super Duper Negatron]

1 minute ago, rebusrankin said:

So is this how they decide who kicks this week?

 

 

Why is my old broken brain remembering a kick off during practice to decide who kicked for the Bombers in some distant season...?

[M.O.A.B.]

Both the Bombers and the Riders have 5 kickers on their respective roster. The difference? 

The Bombers need to bring in kickers because they can't make FG consistently.
The Riders need to bring in kickers because they can't score TD consistently. 

😆

Edited October 19, 2021 by M.O.A.B.

[Bigblue204]

That's just Oshea speak. He's never gonna **** talk someone to the public. And he will never announce someone's out of their job before a replacement is even with the team.

[17to85]

O'Shea blowing smoke not throwing anyone under the bus. You don't make that trade if you have no intention of playing the proven guy, and he won't come up here unless he's going to kick. No as soon as he's able Sergio! is going to be kicking field goals for the Bombers and Mourtada will disappear back into obscurity. 

[Dr Zaius]

12 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

O'Shea blowing smoke not throwing anyone under the bus. You don't make that trade if you have no intention of playing the proven guy, and he won't come up here unless he's going to kick. No as soon as he's able Sergio! is going to be kicking field goals for the Bombers and Mourtada will disappear back into obscurity. 

accurate but harsh lol

[JuranBoldenRules]

I mean maybe Mourtada sticks around in case Castillo pulls a hammy at some point, but Castillo is a borderline NFL kicker, can also punt if needed with a long track record of solid play.

[Geebrr]

3 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

I mean maybe Mourtada sticks around in case Castillo pulls a hammy at some point, but Castillo is a borderline NFL kicker, can also punt if needed with a long track record of solid play.

Maybe but I would be more interested in the kid we signed that hit 79% of his kicks in 2019.

[JuranBoldenRules]

3 minutes ago, Geebrr said:

Maybe but I would be more interested in the kid we signed that hit 79% of his kicks in 2019.

Yeah I'm not really sure why these moves weren't the initial ones.

[Jpan85]

 

[Geebrr]

Translation appears to mean he is ready to bring everything he has to the Peg

LFG Sergio!!