rebusrankin Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 6 hours ago, 17to85 said: Bombers 18-0 Everyone else 0-18 MOS will find a way. Da Bombers. Piggy 1, HardCoreBlue and 17to85 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyAbonny Posted May 28 Author Report Share Posted May 28 21 minutes ago, Mark H. said: But that's just it. Outside of Winnipeg, who has a decent offense? The league is filled with so-so offensive lines and average at best QB play Fair point. The more I think about it, Bombers offence at full heath is going to be soooo much better than anyone else’s. Unless Powell or another QB takes a huge leap, I might have to change my prediction to Bombers- Pork everyone Middle teams- .500ish Ottawa/Calgary- Bad Mark H. and HardCoreBlue 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piggy 1 Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 Blue ,20-0 ,the rest ? Who cares? rebusrankin and Mark H. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17to85 Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 56 minutes ago, rebusrankin said: MOS will find a way. Da Bombers. As long as he's regular size, not a mini-o'shea rebusrankin and Noeller 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBlue Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 (edited) Three crucial factors are 1. Management 2. Quarterbacking 3. Coaching as for talent & scouting I am out of my depth; new talent is often a matter of good luck; recognizing the quality of that new talent is everything West (# of wins) 14 Bombers good management, solid coaching 13 BC good coaching, decent management 10 Edmonton finally got a quarterback, Jones' determination 5 Sask poor management, chaos in the coaching ranks 5 Calgary absentee management, indifferent coaching East (# of wins) 13 Montreal enlightened management, team spirit 11 Toronto chaos to start, enough talent to carry them 8 Hamilton average & average 4 Ottawa delusional management, inadequate coaching Ranking Talent Winnipeg Montréal Toronto BC Hamilton Regina Edmonton Calgary Ottawa QBing Winnipeg BC Montréal Edmonton Hamilton (& a Wildcard for Toronto) Calgary Regina Ottawa Cheers! Edited May 28 by BigBlue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedFlex27 Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 11 hours ago, 17to85 said: Bombers 18-0 Everyone else 0-18 Love the optimism, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearpants Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 8 hours ago, BigBlue said: West (# of wins) 14 Bombers good management, solid coaching 13 BC good coaching, decent management 10 Edmonton finally got a quarterback, Jones' determination 5 Sask poor management, chaos in the coaching ranks 5 Calgary absentee management, indifferent coaching Are you forgetting they fired Dickenson and hired Mace?.... while it's yet to be seen if Mace will be a good, or even competent, coach... I wouldn't call it chaos at this point... Bigblue204 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCn20 Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 Just took a quick peek around the league at whose rosters rival ours. I'm not seeing any. A couple that are not too far off, but we are looking real good again. JohnnyAbonny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenrider55 Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 Much of Calgary's success hinges on Jake Maier, who I am still not sold on. The league seems to pump his tires, but yeesh. JohnnyAbonny, HardCoreBlue and Bigblue204 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigblue204 Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 10 minutes ago, GCn20 said: Just took a quick peek around the league at whose rosters rival ours. I'm not seeing any. A couple that are not too far off, but we are looking real good again. Every level of our Defense has me a bit concerned honestly. Mostly due to injury. Not at all worried about the O. 2 minutes ago, greenrider55 said: Much of Calgary's success hinges on Jake Maier, who I am still not sold on. The league seems to pump his tires, but yeesh. Cgy had bad luck with injury last year. Didn't they start literally dozens of DBs last year? Lol. Didn't help they had no real threats at Wr outside of Begelton either. It happens, but I expect them to be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpan85 Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 My annual rankings West Winnipeg 18-0 Edmonton 0-2-16 Calgary 0-2-16 BC 0-3-15 Saskatchewan 0-3-15 East Montreal 0-2-16 Hamilton 0-2-16 Ottawa 0-2-16 Toronto 0-2-16 JohnnyAbonny, Noeller and HardCoreBlue 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenrider55 Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 7 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said: Every level of our Defense has me a bit concerned honestly. Mostly due to injury. Not at all worried about the O. Cgy had bad luck with injury last year. Didn't they start literally dozens of DBs last year? Lol. Didn't help they had no real threats at Wr outside of Begelton either. It happens, but I expect them to be better. Yea they also lost Malik Henry in week 3 last year and he was doing great for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigblue204 Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 3 hours ago, greenrider55 said: Yea they also lost Malik Henry in week 3 last year and he was doing great for them. And looks like they have lost him this season too. Went down with what looks to be a serious non contact injury. HardCoreBlue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbbfan Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 Earlier this year I would've put us at 10 wins plus or minus 1. More likely to be plus one than minus, but we had a lot of question marks the biggest being would we fill the roster properly or old boys it up. At this point, I'd say it's at 11 wins with a range of plus 2 or minus 1. 11/12 wins while winning the west is likely imo. If we really hit on some of these next guys up could be 13 wins. And at that could very well be a better team than last years. If injuries persist could be a tough stretch. In the west I think BC again finishes 2nd. The rest are pretty close. But I think Calgary gets it done with Schlitz at the helm, while the green guys both battle it out for the bottom. In the east, Montreal really has been gift wrapped this year. I feel like they are likely to suffer a grey cup hang over, but still win the east with one of those records that 2-3 teams in the west would better. I think a late season push by the argos brings them back to the play offs, with or with out kelly. I think hamilton slides into last place in the east and the league, while the RBs continue to bumble along with a 4-5 win season. I think the bombers have 4 wrs over 1k yards this year. With lawler and schoen going back and forth for the league lead. I think Nichols/willy gets our DPOTY nod, I think our ROTY will win the league award, Grant wins Sts in the east on the strength of another partial season with a few td returns, Demski gets MOC, Bryant wins it as our OL has a turn around year while riding off into the sunset. MOP? I think the national media will give it to VAJ if given any sort of opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanna-B-Fanboy Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 3 hours ago, greenrider55 said: Much of Calgary's success hinges on Jake Maier, who I am still not sold on. The league seems to pump his tires, but yeesh. I think the only one plumping up Maier McCheese is... MacDonalds kelownabomberfan and JohnnyAbonny 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyAbonny Posted May 28 Author Report Share Posted May 28 19 minutes ago, wbbfan said: Earlier this year I would've put us at 10 wins plus or minus 1. More likely to be plus one than minus, but we had a lot of question marks the biggest being would we fill the roster properly or old boys it up. At this point, I'd say it's at 11 wins with a range of plus 2 or minus 1. 11/12 wins while winning the west is likely imo. If we really hit on some of these next guys up could be 13 wins. And at that could very well be a better team than last years. If injuries persist could be a tough stretch. In the west I think BC again finishes 2nd. The rest are pretty close. But I think Calgary gets it done with Schlitz at the helm, while the green guys both battle it out for the bottom. In the east, Montreal really has been gift wrapped this year. I feel like they are likely to suffer a grey cup hang over, but still win the east with one of those records that 2-3 teams in the west would better. I think a late season push by the argos brings them back to the play offs, with or with out kelly. I think hamilton slides into last place in the east and the league, while the RBs continue to bumble along with a 4-5 win season. I think the bombers have 4 wrs over 1k yards this year. With lawler and schoen going back and forth for the league lead. I think Nichols/willy gets our DPOTY nod, I think our ROTY will win the league award, Grant wins Sts in the east on the strength of another partial season with a few td returns, Demski gets MOC, Bryant wins it as our OL has a turn around year while riding off into the sunset. MOP? I think the national media will give it to VAJ if given any sort of opportunity. I agree with everything here except switch Calgary and Hamilton. Stamps .500 at best with Schiltz, 4-5 wins with Maier. Hamilton .500ish with BLM and 1st in the east if they start Powell before midseason. That game against the Bombers last year showed me Taylor Powell can be a winner in the CFL, if not a superstar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbbfan Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 Just now, JohnnyAbonny said: I agree with everything here except switch Calgary and Hamilton. Stamps .500 at best with Schiltz, 4-5 wins with Maier. Hamilton .500ish with BLM and 1st in the east if they start Powell before midseason. That game against the Bombers last year showed me Taylor Powell can be a winner in the CFL, if not a superstar. Agree that the stamps will be around .500. The cats, I think BLM is done powell by LD for sure, but I don't see a lot of pieces there in general. Sadly, a LOT of back up qbs kill and have killed us. I always want to see it sustained vs different types of teams. Powell is as good as any of the young upstart qbs, but I think he's a year away from making an impact on a team that's that good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigg jay Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 59 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said: And looks like they have lost him this season too. Went down with what looks to be a serious non contact injury. That's a big loss for them. Coming back from an Achilles tear to have it (assumingly) happen again does not bode well for him. The league needs all the star players it can get and he was seemingly on that path after his rookie year. Bigblue204 and rebusrankin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardCoreBlue Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 20 hours ago, rebusrankin said: MOS will find a way. Da Bombers. The way we should end every post on here. lol. Da Bombers. Noeller and rebusrankin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenrider55 Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 14 minutes ago, bigg jay said: That's a big loss for them. Coming back from an Achilles tear to have it (assumingly) happen again does not bode well for him. The league needs all the star players it can get and he was seemingly on that path after his rookie year. Yeesh I can't believe he went down again today. Poor guy. Noeller 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue In BC Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 Injuries and when they occur determine which teams do well. Just look at what happened to the Bombers roster going into the Grey Cup. You can't predict that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardCoreBlue Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 6 minutes ago, Blue In BC said: Injuries and when they occur determine which teams do well. Just look at what happened to the Bombers roster going into the Grey Cup. You can't predict that. And when injuries do occur how good their depth is, how many plug in and play guys they have helps determine how well they can do moving forward. With our Bombers last year, the debate was not playing depth and its level of impact on the games outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyAbonny Posted May 28 Author Report Share Posted May 28 I think Calgary’s going to see another long year of the short game. I checked out their roaster and they really don’t have a lot of weapons. Their defence, meh, ok I guess…They have a 6”5 CB on the roster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goalie Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 (edited) All teams need to do well but not all teams can win so hopefully the losers fans will still support them in tough times. As for Calgary. Move them to Halifax for all i really care. Edited May 28 by Goalie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBlue Posted May 29 Report Share Posted May 29 10 hours ago, bearpants said: Are you forgetting they fired Dickenson and hired Mace?.... while it's yet to be seen if Mace will be a good, or even competent, coach... I wouldn't call it chaos at this point... bad management is clueless about good coaching (check out their hiring history) ... this forecasts more gong show ... no great coach would want to be part of that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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