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Kramdi...

No clue really

Pretty please with a cherry on top no? Yup something I noticed as well. No fight, no spark when adversity hits.

Much like on offence...no firey leader who plays with urgency and passion...save for BO Kicking Sheed to the curb and not replacing his passion...voice...lead by example attitude has hurt us I've said before we value at times some the wrong attributes in players We need guys with edge and play on edge and at times can be right jackalopes...not saying Sheed was dirty...but if he saw an instance of teams taking liberties on us...he'd send a message with a play within constraints of the rules....and would also get up in his own guys faces...cause he cared and had passion We are littered with too many mild mannered oh shucks guys...not angry and hate to lose...complacent pusssies really That previous game with the embarrassing loss...all the happy faces...smiles...looking like they just won was sickening and wouldn't have flown in my time...angered me to no end...Osh included...starts from the top...there would have been some vets and guys with brass balls lambasting their teammates...and a coach who would have parked guys on bench...PR or at the Greyhound...and likely you'd see a shift in how they handled business moving forward...not here tho...not for last 2...3 yrs..if ever

I always swore to never get between you two in any situation but here we are.

Much the same as many can pull it off or on without unbuckling it...or it's not properly fit for "comfort" reasons

On D, the WJ effect. Once a positive, when supported by guys from Kongbo, to ba and biggie, now is likely a negative. He's taken some bad penalties this year, just undisciplined stuff. If the leader on D is getting away with that, no one else can be held to a higher standard.

Penn was a big loss...probably preventable too

Coming in first every year isn't a given, nor is it a realistic expectation when 8 other organizations have the same goal, assuming the playing field is level and they have an experienced GM and coaching staff. Would the Stamps be further ahead if they'd fired Dickenson as soon as their winning record dropped off?

IMO this is bang on. Whatever you think of Bighill's on-field production, Alexander's, we went from guys like that setting the tone to Jefferson (toxic level of effort/attention to detail), Nichols (anyone know what his voice sounds like?), Wilson, Kramdi, Holm...guys who are like 3-4 year pros. The room can't run itself anymore. They built that, and it fell apart. Need to rebuild it.

They also turned over their entire roster on defensive side of ball...not afraid to make change/move on with best options....Osh hasn't figured that out yet...and truly I not sure he can/will...or can identify the best options Maybe not lost room...but message doesn't translate anymore...nor is it relevant...coaches get stale and outdated...and only evolve so much...and if cant/won't adapt...well you get what we seeing.. and it started 2..3 yrs ago already...red flags and warning signs were there already ...but was glossed over and ignored with the "yeah buts"

I don't know about losing the room, but he's probably still defaulting to the leaders policing... well problem is it's the leaders sucking because they're old. Osh needs to get in there and hold people accountable. It's complacency 100%. From the coaches to the players.

I'm slightly worried that O'Shea has lost the room... With the asterisk that I don't know enough to know enough. In years past, even if we lost, we rarely if ever got blasted. An Osh team was always in it, right to the end. One time in Calgary they were down like 25-3 at the half, and cake back and almost won it. Now, there doesn't seem to be as much of a fight in them.

Stearns and Case etc. are not terrible, but they are not what we need......They can be fine in the right situation like WBBfan says a 5th forgotten about guy that can use the elusiveness for the odd play...I don't believe that they are #2 quality every down guys...maybe they could be one day but today they are not.....I think I have come to the realization that I am not mad at the individual, it's the situation, yes they "are all starters" but Ayers is not an end, Case is not a #2 receiver, Stearns is not a #2 receiver, Clercious is not a #2 receiver, and Demski nor Wheatfall are not a #1 receiver...Wheatfall may grow into it...maybe.....Heck Wilson if we get him back is not a #1 receiver yet. I get injuries happen and Schoen being out again sucks....but we can't IMO play guys in positions that they not capable of.......well actually you can in say the 5th receiver spot or in certain formations as an example perhaps having Ayers in almost as hybrid a 4 LB set. But you can't play them in elevated positions or we see what we saw the last few games.....Look I like Ayers, but he does not do well at end, I like Stearns and Case if used properly, all three as examples have skill sets.....but we are failing them trying to for lack of a better term square peg, round hole them. Speaking of round peg square hole, without BA and Biggie, someone needs to communicate better on D...we are missing the leadership/communication...far too often this year we are seeing communication errors......example Holm on two guys...but there have been many......how many crossing routes against us have we seen our guys make an error....I am not sure who it is this year, but if it is Parker and Jones, they need to do better...if it someone else they need to do better, it's week 8........this is preseason mistakes, someone needs to step up and be the guy.....look athleticism is great, but certain roles require other skill sets and it appear to me we are missing many of these other skill sets..... Person got in, and got a few snaps, perhaps he continues, and we solve the end issue, what we are going to do with the receivers is tough with Schoen out (6 gamed), and Demski being used like he is it's only a matter of time till he gets knicked...I am unsure...... I am also not ready to write off Strev. yet......but he needs guys he can throw to, guys he can build some chemistry with.......that's another thing I have noticed a lack of chemistry between our QB's and our receivers....,How many picks...and heck pick sixes has this cost us this year....

So it's inspired by Booch?

This is amazing, honestly.

It's changed a lot, that's for sure. The coaching cap has hurt every team's ability to scout within the league, and has niche scouts in the US. We have 5 guys now who cover scouting. The GM, AGM, and 3 DOPPs. 1 DOPP and Walters heavily cover Canada. Mac has a territory; Jauch and Brock are left with the rest of the continental US and CFL. Walters fills a bit of everything, but also has all the other GM roles to do. Mac covers a fairly small geographic region, though the most dense and important. But that leaves a massive expanse of land for Jauch and Brock to cover. Hamilton has a bunch of non-coaching cap executives working for the organization and stadium to enable their cap counters to do more with scouting. They could do even more with it, but Ted just got them set up. I wouldn't be surprised to see more scout guys and fewer logistical guys in the coming years. I think Cyril was a much bigger piece of the WR talent surge we saw briefly. I think Ted was the DL guy though.

So the comic strip Crankshaft is going to be running a storyline between July 21st and August 17th about the characters coming to Winnipeg for a game. MOS will be in a few of the strips. Story in today's Free Press. Anyhow thought it was cool.

O'Shea has been head coach since 2014. Closest to that would be Dickenson who has been head coach since 2016. Calgary missed the playoffs last year before being 3rd in the West the prior 3 years, losing the semi final each year. Though their record the last three years was 12 - 6, 6 - 12, 5 -12-1. So one of those playoff years was just because everyone else in the West was bad. Calgary seems to have revitalized itself this year. Can O'Shea do that if we are entering a downward trend? Do we need to go through 2 years of mediocrity before that happens?

Still angry just thinking about it.

I'm 40 yards from the LOS, but imma rush the QB!

It seems like since we lost Ted, our scouting quality took a hard hit

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