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Half empty of half full Kate will tell everyone that Mosaic is jammed packed. They have a built in excuse in the weather and the fact that their combines won't start.

Jim Barker says "I don't see how the Lions can win this game"......... Alright then.

Yeah but Ball is a Bomber fan now.

he’s like krampus, he shows up occasionally (once per 5 years to a decade) to remind us of our own futility and to give a bit of hope when he leaves. I love the guy on tsn, I’d love to see his youtube channel take off. I wouldn’t be stunned to see him back here, but I really don’t ever need or want to see that. He would’ve been better than sulk hogan though Please don’t suck bc. Please go in and mop the floor with the riders

By that logic, Maas should never have gotten the job in montreal after his so so offences in ssk. Mos’ teams in toronto were maybe slightly better than average as well. That’s also not how position coaching works. We saw him have a league best offence in edm before ford was pressured in to play. Hes more of a known and highly respected commodity than any position coach here save for Costello, and is the the most proven offensive Co on our team. Also, Hogan was the rb coach on the best running team and heavily refereed by brady. And we know how that turned out. Jackson is exceptionally proficient at running balanced offenses that get the ball out quick. He also took a league worst team and free spot on the bingo card and nearly made the play offs as a hc. Interesting? I mean maybe… Good? lol no. Mueller is in his 2nd ever season as an oc. Of those two years he’s had one very good offence. Hes never been a hc or assistant hc at any level. Hes not as ready to be a hc as jy is, and jy isn’t ready for that. The riders have built through free agency and rookie imps. I would not go off rushing to poach their canadian draft guy. I don’t think we could back slide that far and stay down that long. In the pre wade era of this team and league sure. Today? I don’t think so. I actually think the worst case for us is setting into mediocrity. 8-10 win perennially fighting for a cross over, lucky to win a round.

Change is probably needed but let's not kid ourselves that things can't get worse. All it takes is one bad hire to send us back to 4-14 land for half a decade.

What did Jackson contribute this year to make him desirable as OC? There wasn't a single group on offence that didn't look disjointed. Nor has any player that I|ve seen commented that hes a good coach. an interesting combo Justin Dunk might be Kyle Carson as GM and Mark Meuller as hc

Yeah I read up on him a bit and seems like an interesting guy... there's a lot of interesting candidates but my biggest concern would be if any are a significant upgrade... the one guy I would've wanted is off the table now

Dammit.....hahaha All jokes aside...if we want to give new blood a chance...like we did with Osh...he'd be a good choice Also has a better resume than Osh did..was a HC in university in Canada...as well as varied pro coaching positions...and respected and liked by players...and is known

I think he's dead... if I recall correctly, Bridget shot him and Ray took the fall.... could be misremembering...

Last I heard they were desperately attempting to paper the place because tickets sales were so low. Michael Ball posted something in his socials about an organization sending him (and everyone on their mailing list, presumably) an email to offer 4 free tickets to the game. The nonsense idea that Sask is some mecca of Canadian football is long dead and gone.

I guess when you've only hosted the West division finals 4 times in over 50 years, it's cause for celebration. Hopefully BC rains on their parade (which I assume is planned for Sunday). Premier Scott Moe declares November 7 'Green and White Day' in Saskatchewan to celebrate Riders' West Final berth - 3DownNation

Looking at the overall picture, let's be honest, we're not an attractive place to land anymore ...When you're a winner it's easy to pick up quality players in fa, players also want to remain with a winner....Quality draft pics want to be welcomed by a team like we were....'were' being the operative word...We have a tough road ahead in just keeping our talent, as other clubs are looking a heckuva lot better in a lot of respects....I don't envy Walters this off season.....with the changes that need to be made and to present a club worthy of the fans in the Peg, it's all uphill......With that in mind I hope the club is going to be in rebuild mode 'early' and settle the coaching staff question marks pronto so nobody is left 'hanging'.....fans included

I’d add Randolph too

the asterisk to that is, they need to have or get a top tier or fringe top tier qb, and they need to get lucky or do a historic job of fixing canadian talent and their ol. We hit mop zach, and had built an insane stock pile of ni talent / ol for about 3 years. That’s why teams like montreal, toronto, and calgary have changed their fates quickly. And why it took soo long for hamilton, ssk and ottawa to rebuild. As that applies to us, we have the stock pile of canadian assets and imo half the ol. We have the ability to cut salary and add significant talent to our biggest needs like 1-2 ol. Qb is the biggest question mark roster wise. Zach could do any thing next year. He’s the least reliable qb in the league over the past 2 seasons. We also have the most question marks in the front office and coaching staff.

They often played on Saturday afternoons. Good background diversion whilst tackling the marking pile.

Yeah, a big LapNo for me.

Absolutely this. Never again.

It's pretty bad. We don't have a single OL I'd rate as "good." Canadian depth on O is basically a 29 year old tailback and a 32 year old receiver. We're winning right now by 1 of 3 ways or a combination: elite special teams/D turning ball over or scoring points and basically shutting teams out, Collaros playing unconscious. We don't have anything consistent on O going on almost 3 full seasons. Our D is also crazy inconsistent.

The trouble is that we're old at positions that are difficult to recruit for. Our best OL is ancient. Our best Canadian receiver -- our best receiver period -- is on the wrong side of 30 and has had significant injuries two out of the past three years. Our best Canadian OL, Neuf, will be 37 next season. worst of all, Zach is 37 and he is probably our best option at QB next year. Who else is out there? Taylor Powell might be a good FA signing, but he's been moldering on the bench for two years now. Maybe Brown could come home in a trade? I'm not in a position to judge our pipeline but it seems like our pipeline will need to do some good work or we're going to drop from the middle tier of the CFL to the bottom tier next year.

I was looking at the 2021 CFL all stars. The Bombers dominated the west with 15 (4 this year for comparison) and the thing that is really crazy is we had 6 out of the 9 available spots on the O-Line and D-Line, and not a single player this year in either of those positions btw, it all starts with the complete overhaul in the trenches, to me there’s not a single starter that should feel 100 percent safe on both sides of the line except in my opinion Cam Lawson.

The same wilful blindness and stubbornness that O'Shea used to create this current mess will not allow him to acknowledge it or change his M.O. Sad to say, the longer it takes for a definitive statement about the GM and HC positions, the more probable that there will be no change. That would be a huge mistake and will be reflected in the efforts and successes of the players in 2026.

Am not advocating for LaPolice, but he may have learned from his experiences. As an example, Paul Maurice was quite open in saying that his past bad experiences as head coach in Toronto, Carolina and Winnipeg made him a better coach for the Panthers.

I don't necessarily think it's as bad as all that. Needs some significant tweaks but they're not like they were when oshea started.