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He plays the same all the time, No sense of urgency. He does put up big yards in a losing cause, like Harris.

HC takes input...but he has last say and essentially sets lineup and roster...and essentially declares who he wants to see with player use and reps As @SpeedFlex27 said...basically signs off on the game day roster. He dictates who he wants out there based on gameplan they came up with. Good HC allows for most part his coordinators to come up with it and may offer input, but they give them essentially full creative control of it (and we do that here) but they control who is used to deploy it... All in game decisions...strategic...player performance (pulling a guy...injury replacement etc) is head coach...he is in total control of game day...and it's also up to him to get in ears of coordinators to make changes and adjustments when things are going off rails...in the end...he wears it This isn't assumption or opinion...its from being in the room...being in team mtgs as both a player and a coach...seeing it first hand...and it's basically like that everywhere

Even more iconic when a player wears turdy tree.

The HC signs off on everything. He has the last word. The DC may have certain personnel he wants to play but if Coach says no, it's no.

He’s been the next one for 6 7 years. He’s not that guy. Eli hill is a weird hill to die on. Dude looked like **** in pre season.

And he is going to retire as an occasional player so long as O'Shea is head coach and refusing to let him play some meaningful minutes.

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I dunno, but I also know no one has a worse centre than we do.

I have no problem bringing in a better player. Who’s out there? Can he snap? He had enough bad ones in preseason that I don’t blame the coaches for not trusting him.

Great news for the league. Hopefully we see more qb health around the league.

Really depends on the coach. The hc is the one making final decisions. But especially here it’s going to be very collaborative. That said I don’t think either of our CO’s would try to or be able to convince mos that say Jake/kola are wastes of space. We like yes men here sadly. At the end of the day, the hc is responsible for fielding the best squad. If he delegated a lot to his cos, who he picks, and it leads to bad decisions frequently, it falls on him. The thing about promoting from with in for soo long is no one is going to give a different perspective. He’s struggled at G in pass pro. Some guys can’t play inside but excel outside, like hardrick. Some guys can’t play the other side of the line. Eli hasn’t played a lot at C but has been good. Eli on the edge can block 1vs1 with the best of them in short yardage. He can snap, so it’s only a gain over kola who can only snap.

Thank you. Thought it might be that.

Then if he truly isn't better than kolankowski cut him because he's not worth keeping. Kolankowski is a scrap heap emergency injury fill in type of player. If your backup isn't better than that why are we keeping him?

What has Eli done to show he’s better than Kolo? He had some bad snaps in preseason that probably sealed his fate as a backup.

I don't think you'll get an accurate answer here. It's gonna be very biased on both sides. You'd have to actually be in the bombers room to know.

0 defensive snaps for both through 4 games. 11 for Ayers

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Basic football question here from someone who has never played organized football. I see lots of bashing O'Shea for roster decisions. From a typical responsibility perspective, how much of the lineup decisions is head coach vs coordinator? Same question for in game decisions. I would assume the coordinator decides how to use the players he's given. Same way I would assume not cutting a guy like Thomas is as much on the GM as the head coach. So not trying to absolve anyone of blame, more trying to understand where the decision making typically lies in football between coach and coordinator

The yeah but crowd think reg season is a success even when losing the championship game with easily prevented circumstances...over and over...same reason.. Adams with 55 percent...Lawson 60...crazy...and there been reps with both Thomas and Korn...yikes Shay and Smith if any reps taken been at end of a game...meaningless plays really...token throw em a bone reps...not significant reps to assess ability and facilitate growth

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I have been watching O'Shea. Last season and the two previous seasons he kept fielding sub-par players (like Kolankowski when Tui Eli was available and has LOST three consecutive Grey Cup games when they were emiinently winnable. Winning big in the regular season is all well and good, but it counts for squat in the post-season.

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