TC Report - Day Four

[Bomber Diehard]

Ed Tait, Tim Cambell & Kirk Penton do a really good job, we are lucky to have three good reporters.

[Goalie]

We have 2 good "reporters" in Tait and Penton but.... really what are they reporting on. Seems to be training camp injuries. Not much else tho. Bsuming is good and I think writes for the metro or did but again no real detailed reports just injury or "injury" stuff. Our writers are ok but Def not great or even good. Just ok.

[Mike]

Even Tait is slipping this year. So is Irving.

They've both been near awful with coverage so far in camp which has never been the case before.

[TransconaBomberfan]

I was there today and found myself watching the offense more

Although all of the Canadian receivers have had a good camp, Kris Bastien has  really impressed me. He has great speed and gets into great position to catch the ball.

Josh Portis has a good arm and gets the ball off fast. I am looking forward to seeing him in game action.

I am impressed with the talent but wanna see some of these guys in game action .

[Goalie]

Tait and Irving have been around so long that they are bound to slip a wee bit. We need the younger guys. Penton, Bauming to step up their game. It's sad when those 2 are the only "younger" guys I can think of and even Penton has been around for a long long time now

[SPuDS]

Okay. Just got back from training camp and finally back in the office. Today was the first day that coaches from the Winnipeg High School Football League were invited on the field to take in the practice. We were originally told to stick to the sidelines but MOS came over immediately and invited us on the field and to go ahead and focus on whatever position we were interested in. I tried to walk around a bit but was always drawn to the offensive line, running backs and offense as a whole.

 

I'll say this. we have some big boys on the Oline and Dline that can move very quickly. Watched some one on ones in the first sessions and while this is usually slanted towards defensive aggression, Coach Wiley had his boys fighting up a storm. Picard is an animal and while Chung may not be technically skilled yet, you can see him picking up tips from the coaching staff. Coach Wiley even came over to a couple of us coaches and gave us some tips that he uses to teach fundamentals. Awesome. Jace Daniels and Devon Tyler were getting some long looks with the first team Oline. Greaves is still in there but his relaxed nature definitely opens the door for some of the young guys to jump in a get a look. As Coach Wiley suggested, it don't mean s*** until game situations come into play.

 

As for receivers, Nick Moore looked amazing. If he stays healthy, he will easily be a league leader. Just so much speed after he catches the ball. Kris Bastien made a couple of nice grabs on some long balls and looks very quick as well. I only noticed L.Tunei once today as he fought off 2 defenders for a catch in the second half of practice (no shoulder pads for second half). Tunei does look to be a bigger guy but some of those DBs do as well so tough to tell from my vantage point.

Saw some nice catches from Adamas and Clemons as well. As for Jordan Reaves, man, i think he makes the team this year. He made some nice catches today, often adjusting to the DBs to get to the ball. He is a big strong kid. Maybe he is not running his routes 100% but from my sideline view, they sure were giving him every opportunity to figure it out.

 

QBs all looked good today I thought. There was a fairly good breeze going from West to East so that made the "across the field" throw either very easy or very hard. Truthfully, they all looked good. Not sure how Yantz makes this team as the top 4 all made some nice throws today. Running backs all had moments of shine today with Paris Cotton leading the way. Marshall and Scott both broke a couple of long ones too but its sometimes tough to tell if they would have broken free if the defense was given the chance to "light 'em up". Tough call.

 

Sherman filled in for Leggett and didn't look out of place. He is pretty vocal out there. Not as vocal as Coach Miles but close. Dline Coach commands a lot of respect. You can see that he wants them going hard all the time. Loved what Greg Peach does out there. He is fighting hard for his job. Great competition on the line.

 

I'll try to get out there again tomorrow. Let me know if there is anything in particular you want me to look at. Keep in mind, i think the second half of practice tomorrow is all special teams.

Please get there tomorrow This was a great analysis!

I concur.. Fantastic read, much appariciated!!

[Adrenaline_x]

Excuse my ignorance but what is skeleton in reference too? It doesn't appear to be one on one drills or scrimmaging.

[coachrock]

Excuse my ignorance but what is skeleton in reference too? It doesn't appear to be one on one drills or scrimmaging.

skeleton or skele is QBs, WRs, RBs vs DBs and LBs. used to practice passing plays with no pass rush.  called skeleton because it doesnt have any meat aka the linemen

[Mr Dee]

Excuse my ignorance but what is skeleton in reference too? It doesn't appear to be one on one drills or scrimmaging.

skeleton or skele is QBs, WRs, RBs vs DBs and LBs. used to practice passing plays with no pass rush.  called skeleton because it doesnt have any meat aka the linemen

All bones...no meat.

[Blitzy]

Also, skele is the best opportunity for QBs and WR/RB to develop their routes from the playbook's passing tree.

[kelownabomberfan]

I concur.. Fantastic read, much appariciated!!

I really liked this part:

Today was the first day that coaches from the Winnipeg High School Football League were invited on the field to take in the practice. We were originally told to stick to the sidelines but MOS came over immediately and invited us on the field and to go ahead and focus on whatever position we were interested in.

 

 

Good to hear that O'Shea is encouraging and helping the local coaches.  That's class.

[mbrg]

Also, skele is the best opportunity for QBs and WR/RB to develop their routes from the playbook's passing tree.

 

From an entertainment perspective, it's about the most interesting thing that will ever happen during training camp.

 

Non-contact introduction to CFL special teams days, on the other hand, that's the kind of thing that will make a person swear off training camp forever.