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No curse, just life as a Redblack under Ryan Dinwiddie.

There's no justification to make any of these changes. There's no data that proves anything and they are just as likely to have the opposite effect as what they are touting. 55 differentiates the product, being a traditional part of the game and not some made up bullshit. Uprights at the back of the endzone just makes it harder to score. There's no way a coach who wouldn't go for it on 3rd and 6 today is going to go for it on 3rd and 6 because the uprights are at the back of the endzone. They'll just punt instead of kicking for 3. How exciting...more coffin corner punts and teams starting drives inside their own 5. NFL average team points per game right now are 23. CFL is 29 in a season with a lot of backup QB's playing. NCAA any game I watch that is actually competitive is usually like 17-14 or 24-21. There's no reason to make these changes if higher scoring is what you care about. The 20 yard endzone makes defense incredibly hard to play because the O can basically run anything all the way down the field. Watch NFL/NCAA games when teams get inside the 10. Hardly any field for the D to cover. No reason to make any move in that direction if you want to see scoring.

True. You would see more TD drives from that than from moving the upright out of the front of the endzone any way. Any way it's cut, moving the uprights to the back of the end zone means you either kill the return and FG game, or you need some quirky rule to make it work. Like, if you get to the opponent's 40-yard line, you can try a FG of 40 yards, and 20 for 20. You then couldn't allow fake FGs, though. Or you have all kickoffs done from the goal line. Meaning the other team is driving from within your side of the field more frequently. But even then, it would make low-scoring games so much worse and strange. The upright move really is the strange and worst of the changes.

Citation for the source is "trust me bro" Keeping the 55 would be good, but that's only part of the issue with the changes. Putting the uprights at the back of the end zone is as big a problem, if not worse. Doesn't make sense with the grassroots field issue to change one and not the other either. If you stick with the 15-yard end zone change and move the uprights to the back of the end zone, even if you keep the 55-yard line, you are still 50 yards out from the 35 before the holder puts down the ball. That means the red zone is really your fg range. You could drive from deep in your zone to the 35-40, hit 3rd and long, and be out of range for a field goal. Do you punt from within the 45? The 40? Even if punters start hanging perfect NFL-style kicks, all the rule changes succeed in is killing the return game. The BOG really needs to rethink this one.

These changes smell like change for the sake of change and I believe will lead to a worse outcome.

And his football IQ was off the charts imho.

Dinwiddie would look at this thread and say

To me, the rule changes were made to make it easier for a CFL field to fit into soccer stadiums where 2 teams can share the facility. It's easier to fit a CFL field into these stadiums. I'm thinking Halifax & QC.

@Mike Potential new avatar for you

Its just another example of lazy work here, and a HC and who knows if the GM is part of it, but guys who cling to, and look at the past achievements of players to justify being here, or bringing back...or continuing to play them...Osh even said it himself in an article defending someone...cant recall who now but take your pick "you look back at their film from yrs ago and see the sucess they had" for justifying why they are here and starting Key words in that quip..."Look back"..."years ago"..."had".... kinda like his coaching success/career...so it does all kinda make sense

This seems a long way from happening, if there's not even a stadium yet...

Injury after injury after injury piles up on our man ZC and he keeps coming out the other side. I love what he has done and continues to do for this organization, the CFL and the Manitoba community but all of this is a distant second to my hypersensitivity in how will he be in 5 years, 10, 15? I’m hoping he has not passed the point of no return.

Winnipeg Blue Bombers rule Zach Collaros out against Argonauts - 3DownNation

For sure, he developed the tools he needed. Its always the guys who keep growing and improving no matter the age that become top tier.

agree 100%

They're going to six-game themselves into a contender....Dimwoodie's way

@Mike U fooly bully..........tee hee

He sure should be.

What an up & down season for SNW. Last episode sucked. Just one more left & 7 for the entire series. How hard is it to give us 10 quality episodes??

The CFL's next Head Coach???

I could draw Hawkman when I was a pre-teen.

You think people are admiring you for your potshots? Not according to my PMs after I respond to them. Your ego thinks you aren't the bully on this forum...but u are.

lol all I can really say to this is I hope one day you realize that it’s not just me laughing and shaking my head at you. It’s most of us. other than that, I ain’t reading all of that so I’m sorry you feel whatever way you feel

When I was a kid I had a sweet hawk man action figure

yeah that Steve Zahn lookin mofo I dont think has any clue of how a playbook works or ability to actually construct one himself...let alone see the issues in one provided to him

It would make more sense if they wanted to make some change just for the sake of change is eliminate the 55 and just keep the rest the same...gives them the shorter field they desire for whatever reason...and in all honesty it has no impact on scoring anyway And all amateur football would just keep the 55...All you would need to do for the professional stadiums is move the goal posts 5 yards in...and would allow a lil more space at end of endzones for safety outside the field of play where its tight in some stadiums now...and every endzone would be a true 20 yards Sure the fields would need to be re-lined but thats a small price to pay and inconvenience other than any stadium that have them stitched in...Not sure how many or if any do in the CFL...I think the Regina dump does and that was just dumb in first place in my opinion..

I think this is the profile that has come out with "Sources" about major news, that just never materialized. I'd take this with a grain of salt.

From Ed Tait: Day 2 of @Wpg_BlueBombers practice. Brady Oliveira, Nic Demski and Cam Lawson back; Zach Collaros is not https://x.com/EdTaitWFC/status/2102442470613348607

Condell is just the worst guy to build up Brown as a legit starter in this league. He's a QB destroyer.

Hoping he accomplishes it this week.

I don't worry about Brady not practicing. I do worry about Condell developing a game plan that plays to Dru Brown's strengths.

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