CFL Semi Final Saturday

[Deiter Fan]

39 minutes ago, Mike said:

they know how to take away the football

They don't just know how...apparently they're "The Turnover Kings" 🤮

[17to85]

58 minutes ago, Mike said:

The Riders worry me for one reason - they know how to take away the football and we’ve got some pretty turnover prone players. As much as I hate the Riders, Mace has his team believing in a very important mantra. Obsession with possession. If we mirror that next weekend, good luck to the Riders. They can’t compete with our O.

Also, all this talk about their weak OL? Who cares. Our DL is dogshit. That washes out. I’ll be shocked if our DL comes to play.

Yeah we didn't even hit Harris when they had to play Micah Johnson at OL. Just not something this team is any good at. 

It's not so much the turnover numbers that worry me with the.riders, it's what is our offense going to do to make sure they aren't just running forward into the pile for minimal gains. We've been entirely too predictable at times. Relying on an overmatched OL to just overpower the opponent...

Edited Sunday at 05:25 PM by 17to85

[blue85gold]

1 hour ago, Mike said:

The Riders worry me for one reason - they know how to take away the football and we’ve got some pretty turnover prone players. As much as I hate the Riders, Mace has his team believing in a very important mantra. Obsession with possession. If we mirror that next weekend, good luck to the Riders. They can’t compete with our O.

Also, all this talk about their weak OL? Who cares. Our DL is dogshit. That washes out. I’ll be shocked if our DL comes to play.

Totally agree. If the bombers play clean and Sergio makes his kicks they win. 
 

Basically the opposite of what BC did. Who would have had Whyte missing two kicks yesterday. 

[Noeller]

3 minutes ago, blue85gold said:

Who would have had Whyte missing two kicks yesterday. 

He plays half his games in a climate controlled dome. Wasn't entirely surprised by that at all. 

[Tracker]

16 hours ago, BBlink said:

They are clearly committed to Rourke. VA would have had to do something significant to even make it a question.

I think they essentially showcased Adams in the hope of driving up the asking price. don't think it went well.

[Booch]

only thing that worries me...is our coaching....or at times what seems to be lack there of and this expectation that "lets just keep doing what we did before which worked cause it will again".....and it doesnt

Coach the fuckking team....rip a new arse in a guy or two if they eff up and if guys are getting beat...unproductive...seem not ready/prepared....put some one else in...or change what you are doing....basically....Coach!

[bluto]

Got a chance to lay low and recover yesterday and to rewatch the game.

I suppose that technically it was a sellout of all of the seats that were actually for sale... but with it being so obvious that the 8000 seats in the upper East side were vacant and not even open for sale, that is just pathetic cope. Having said that, I was pleased on the rewatch to hear the atmosphere at the game came through loud and clear.

Gamewise, it should've been clear on Friday when the depth charts dropped that Ottawa wasn't going to put out anything more than a perfunctory rushing game. They dressed no running back. So I'm not sure why the Argo defence looked so lost at sea when the Redblacks kept setting up in, or motioning to a naked backfield. They had to know that this was coming, so I can only figure that they were betting that Dru and his offence weren't going to be as efficient as they were. And that having to consistently march down the field 6 yards at a time for 10+ plays in the face of our front 4 and the crowd noise would be too much for them. Sounds reasonable... and then we got to halftime where Ottawa out Time Of Possession'd us 25-5... and had 40+ plays to our 11... with stats like that it was a wonder that we were only down by 3. But then, we only needed 2 or 3 plays to gain the field. Two very different setups for sure.

So the adjustment got made at the half: unlike in the first half where I didn't see it even once, in the second we would blitz. Now this didn't stop the Redblacks... but it did make them less efficient. The tactical change of adding blitz created a strategic shift that interrupted Redblacks' drives. They could still get a man open for 6 yards, hell, they could get a couple of them open but Dru had to do it on a different clock now and it showed in his play. Other than a catch and run they got one time they went the whole game with underneath plays and the Argos denied them mid and deep.

So about The Chad: He was perfect. Really, it couldn't have been done better and I don't think I can truthfully say that I've seen better. 18/20. 358. Averaging 20 per completion. 4 in the air, 1 on the ground. No picks. A blown block almost murdered him (had to be Dejon Allen after seeing the glare Chad gave him) and a late helmet to helmet hit after Kelly had clearly slid (these are ridiculous and need to be an automatic ejection).

So now it's an opportunity to do to the Alouettes what they did to us last year. For me, we are the most talented team but they had a period last fall and this summer where they executed football plays like they were a swiss watch. We can and should beat them... but we aren't big favorites like this past Saturday (I made a nice bet on the Argos winning by more than 12 points that came in... I sure won't make that one this coming week).

2 good divisional Finals. Lot's of good stories. Good luck to youse guise. Maybe we'll have that rematch after all.

 

(side note, apropos of nothing: early in the day the halftime band was doing their soundcheck. their name is Desire and they're a U2 tribute. we actually thought that the stadium was just doing a general soundcheck and playing some live U2 concert tape. they sound so close to the real mccoy that we didn't know it wasn't. if you are a fan of U2 and Desire rolls through town, they'd be worth seeing)

Edited Monday at 05:18 PM by bluto

[HardCoreBlue]

1 hour ago, bluto said:

Got a chance to lay low and recover yesterday and to rewatch the game.

I suppose that technically it was a sellout of all of the seats that were actually for sale... but with it being so obvious that the 8000 seats in the upper East side were vacant and not even open for sale, that is just pathetic cope. Having said that, I was pleased on the rewatch to hear the atmosphere at the game came through loud and clear.

Gamewise, it should've been clear on Friday when the depth charts dropped that Ottawa wasn't going to put out anything more than a perfunctory rushing game. They dressed no running back. So I'm not sure why the Argo defence looked so lost at sea when the Redblacks kept setting up in, or motioning to a naked backfield. They had to know that this was coming, so I can only figure that they were betting that Dru and his offence weren't going to be as efficient as they were. And that having to consistently march down the field 6 yards at a time for 10+ plays in the face of our front 4 and the crowd noise would be too much for them. Sounds reasonable... and then we got to halftime where Ottawa out Time Of Possession'd us 25-5... and had 40+ plays to our 11... with stats like that it was a wonder that we were only down by 3. But then, we only needed 2 or 3 plays to gain the field. Two very different setups for sure.

So the adjustment got made at the half: unlike in the first half where I didn't see it even once, in the second we would blitz. Now this didn't stop the Redblacks... but it did make them less efficient. The tactical change of adding blitz created a strategic shift that interrupted Redblacks' drives. They could still get a man open for 6 yards, hell, they could get a couple of them open but Dru had to do it on a different clock now and it showed in his play. Other than a catch and run they got one time they went the whole game with underneath plays and the Argos denied them mid and deep.

So about The Chad: He was perfect. Really, it couldn't have been done better and I don't think I can truthfully say that I've seen better. 18/20. 358. Averaging 20 per completion. 4 in the air, 1 on the ground. No picks. A blown block almost murdered him (had to be Dejon Allen after seeing the glare Chad gave him) and a late helmet to helmet hit after Kelly had clearly slid (these are ridiculous and need to be an automatic ejection).

So now it's an opportunity to do to the Alouettes what they did to us last year. For me, we are the most talented team but they had a period last fall and this summer where they executed football plays like they were a swiss watch. We can and should beat them... but we aren't big favorites like this past Saturday (I made a nice bet on the Argos winning by more than 12 points that came in... I sure won't make that one this coming week).

2 good divisional Finals. Lot's of good stories. Good luck to youse guise. Maybe we'll have that rematch after all.

 

(side note, apropos of nothing: early in the day the halftime band was doing their soundcheck. their name is Desire and they're a U2 tribute. we actually thought that the stadium was just doing a general soundcheck and playing some live U2 concert tape. they sound so close to the real mccoy that we didn't know it wasn't. if you are a fan of U2 and Desire rolls through town, they'd be worth seeing)

So in summary, Argos suck.

The Chad? Barf.

Okay, now that that's out of the way football people can talk x's and o's with the Argo's one fan.