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O'Day absolutely deserves the chance to prove he can right the ship. He's the mastermind architect that brought in top flight free agent QB Trevor Harris on a 2 year deal and heck, he'll only be 38 next season! And Dolegala gives them that incredible 1A/1B flexibility all teams envy. Don't nap on those 2024 Riders!

I can't believe O'Day kept his job. Are they getting their advice from Ballsy and MBB? What a clown show.

Re: attendance w/ 1 final week to go, ranked by average attendance/game: #1 WPG averaging 30,448 fans / game, 92.2% occupancy, 4 sellouts, low of 25,662 #2 SSK averaging 27,648 fans / game, 82.9% occupancy, 1 sellout, low of 24,158 #3 EDM averaging 24,774 fans / game, 44.5% occupancy**, 0 sellouts, low of 19,921 #4 BC averaging 23,208 fans / game, 42.6% occupancy**, 0 sellouts, low of 20,106 #5 HAM averaging 22,877 fans / game, 94.14% occupancy rate*, 3 sellouts, low of 20,912 #6 CGY averaging 22,074 fans / game, 61.9% occupancy, 0 sellouts, low of 17,942 #7 OTT averaging 18,921 fans / game, 76.74% occupancy rate, 0 sellouts, low of 18,004 #8 MTL averaging 17,828 fans / game, 89.03% occupancy rate, 2 sellouts, low of 15,088 #9 TOR averaging 14,310 fans / game, 56.74% occupancy rate, 1 sellout, low of 11,555 *HAM only has capacity of 24,300 to begin with, hence the highest occupancy rate league-wide **EDM has a capacity of 55,614, BC has a capacity of 54,500, hence the very low occupancy rates even on good days Frankly, I give props to the SSK and EDM fans for showing up at all considering how terribly their seasons went. It's a complete disgrace that 2 teams out of the playoffs ended up #2 and #3 in overall attendance while the top team in the league is dead last by a large margin. If SSK is a telethon team then what does that make the rest of the entire friggin' league? OTT worries me the most out of anyone... a nice new-ish stadium with dwindling attendance season over season and a **** team with no direction or glimmer of hope for the future... maybe we should do another expansion draft to make them competitive for a season or two again (not serious, obviously)

If TSN’s stats are correct BO is only 20 yards away from a 2K yardage season🔥

what??? I heard Suitor singing his praises during the Toronto/Sask game, saying that Jeffries had had a "very successful year" as a first year OC. LOL... well now we know, Kyle's mom posts here...😁

I've got my fingers crossed that every potential candidate turns them down and they have to re-hire Dickenson!

hilarious - JOD was not the one deciding that the coach was being fired:

I will be the first to say it, Kelly Jeffrey for Riders Head Coach.

whether he meant it or not, I love that he actually said it to you. Again, the people running this organization really do understand what it means to be a Bomber and be a Manitoban. **** the Riders and **** Saskatchewan always.

Walters may be on the Riders radar but I can in fact state that Kyle will NEVER be apart of that organization. That is directly from Kyle himself.

Extending O'Day... even when the riders do something right they still **** it up.

Many of my family/friends have canceled season tickets after hearing the O’Day news. Not going to games until they prove they care about winning.

Just logged on to buy my tickets for the West Final. Holy hell, are they going fast.

@Booch take the L on Holm. Dudes a stud. Accept it. Rose tho, dude is done. So is BA. I suspect those 2 are not back next season.

Scape goat the hc to save your job classic. Why are garbage bins always green? So rider fans know where to change their watermelon hats for bags.

Who I'd like to see.... Don't call it a comeback!

Per Dave Naylor, Dicky is gone. Bless this day.

Imagine paying for the opportunity to pay to drink Pilsner

Last year at the end of one practice Holm, Parker, Ford, and Grant were all coaxed into a 40 yd dash race as the team cheered them on. Winner: Evan Holm by a hair. It was very, very close and from the stands you couldn't tell who won from all 4. However, Holm got all the high 5s from teammates afterwards.

Just my take from the eye test, but looking at the kickoffs, Castillo can get a bit of air under them but then they are getting fielded at the 25 or better by the returner. The average kickoff return will come out at about 23 yards (min 21 max 25 looking at averages throughout the league this season) so with that we are giving teams the 45-50 yard line as a starting point consistently based on the averages. The target line should be the 40 given the move back 5 yards on the kickoff to the 30, so anything beyond the 40 yard line to start a drive is a fail. Now Castillo’s average is actually 66 yards per kickoff, behind only Bede, so he has a leg, but it seems (as seen in the Edmonton return TD) that to get it deeper, like to the 12 yard line as he did on the TD play, he has to line drive it more, and the hang time is not there to get the cover team down the field, and the returner has a chance to get to full speed with lots of room before the first wave arrives. Same issue I find with Sheahan’s punts, lots of his directional ones have little hang time, and if he can’t bounce it past the returner, they have lots of room to get upfield fast before the cover team can arrive and have their lanes protected. So we can have distance but no hang time, or hang time but no distance, and either way it’s costing us field position. JMO from the cheap seats.

Former QB & OC who are in the playoffs and have been for weeks.

it feels like they're taking baby steps rather than just gutting the tumour..... last year it was QB/OC taking the bullet. This year just the HC. They need to strip the whole thing right down with a fully body off restoration. President on down...... but thankfully they're extending the mess. I personally couldn't be happier.

An inevitability. This move is financial suicide for the Riders. Clown show org right now

Shame they canned Dickie Sr for Bomber fans he had the Riders pointed in the direction, may they continue their losing streak when their season starts again next year

bigger question is do they tie the can to Shivers as well.....less than stellar results and inability to make crucial adjustments

Not to mention the fact that we have so many things to explore in our own back yard in this great Country of ours.

Please be Lapo, please be Lapo...

Prevents them from attracting someone like Milanovich who could come in as a GM/HC and shake the organization up. They need a Jones style makeover at this point.

Shades of Nate v Bauer.

At least Walters wont be going to the Riders.

Changed that for you

And a good chunk of those yards came in the 4th quarter with the Alouettes ahead and trying the run the clock down. Everyone knew he was getting the ball and he still couldn’t be stopped. He was an absolute beast.

It's stupid how many yards Pringle used to get. It was a big stat when teams could hold him to under 100 yards a game.

Our punter and what he does....or what we trying to have him do is a serious flaw./issue and reason for 90% of our lousy coverage He also has no real leg to get us out of trouble as well...as seen in that game 2 weeks ago...why we kept him over the other global if that is where we wanted to use a global as well was odd...Schmidt had a way better leg and could really get some hangtime on his punts...to me us going that route with a global is a poor roster decision if he isn't in Grace calibre....We'd have been better served with Hansen and Karamoko....Mauro while Hansen was on the IR

Three straight Western Finals hosted, first time since 1960-1962. Although we did host three straight Eastern Finals from 1992 to 1994. This really is a golden age for Bomber fans.

Doug Brown is just every one of us and therefore is the best.....

We have had a down year on Special Teams.

*about to stir the pot* Maybe we bring Dickenson in as our defensive coach!. *ducks and runs away laughing hysterically.*

I really wished the mouth breather was given at least a couple more chances.

Not sure how O’day signs a new contract, if he was on an expiring contract they should have just let him move on and away they go with a fresh start without an additional salary cap hit. If he had a year left and they extended further, they are dumber that what I flush down the toilet…

In nearly 40 years I've never once been to the States. I've been across Canada and spent a week or more in each of Spain, Germany, Denmark, and The Netherlands, but never once crossed the American border. For what? Cereal? Tahiti Treat? Civil forfeitures? No thank you. Though I would like to go to Vegas one day.

This is why it works because it is the same message being relayed from the top to the bottom of the organization.

he will get work to keep him sharp....get those numbers and be done...all our regs most likely will get some game reps then be sat down...tho I'd like to see a few guys added who havnt seen any or many reps this yr not named Schmeckle

I think with Sask a lot of that is tickets sold via season ticket holders....but now way in hell that many went when from even before mid point of the season the upper decks there were 1/3 full...at best....and even worse the last several games....tickets were sold def...but many fans said eff this and just ate that cost

Rose worries me....either giving huge cushion.....or having guys run by him. Opposition's go-to guy right now....

Triple B

We averaged just under 31k this yr over the course of the yr...nuff said...best fan base in league...in the second smallest market to boot

What I love about Dunnigan on commentary us he just straight up loves football and he's having a hell of a time getting to watch the game and talk about it.

HH to Justin Medlock for reminding us at halftime how much he loved ending Saskatchewan seasons lmaooo