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4 minutes ago, 17to85 said:
Imagine going all in on Cody Fajardo....
According to the Riders site - it is a two year deal at $450K per year. Not sure what to think about it - however the Riders see him as their future I guess.
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2 hours ago, gcn11 said:
I saw Brock throw a ball through the uprights from midfield in pre-game...from his knees. Not wind aided either.
Got to tell you my favorite Brock memory - Lived in Dallas at the time but my wife is from the Peg. Came up late fall one year and my in laws took me to the game. First time I had see a CFL wide field. Wow! In any event it was in the first quarter and the bombers had the ball on the right hash mark. Brock dropped back and faded to his right then threw across the field to the left side stripes - must have been 40-50 yrds or so maybe more. I was sitting right in front of the receiver only a few rows up. Don't remember who the receiver was at the time. The ball never was higher than probably 8 ft or so - perfect spiral! the ball hit the receiver with such force it knocked him down. There was no D Back around him! Never ever saw an arm like Brock had never will again!
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1 hour ago, Goalie said:
Reading these threads after losses, we dont deserve a winner.
well in that case we are definitely getting what we deserve! Cause we are not a "winner" by any stretch. And if average or mediocre meets your expectation that good for you. As long as MOS is around you will be a happy camper cause that is what you will get with him running the show.
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6 minutes ago, Noeller said:
Well, as I sit and look through the condo window in northeast Calgary, it's overcast. Forecast says Partly Cloudy, 30% chance of showers for this evening. High of 9 this afternoon but cooling off around game time.
McMahon is a graveyard for us but this Stamps team is as beatable as they've ever been. Today, missing Don Jackson and Tre Roberson, that much more so.
While the odds would suggest a season finish of Sask-Cgy-Wpg, why not throw a wrench into things and win out the season just for fun??
Let's Go Blue.... Game Day: We All Play.
Same here - I have 4 season tickets (business related) and finally get to keep one. We are in section F row 55 - where are you sitting? Not sure who got the other 3 tickets as most of my sales guys are in Turkey for a OEM session. I choose to stay in good of Calgary and send them!
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8 minutes ago, Noeller said:
That's the thing! There is NOBODY better available (I'm not convinced Khari is better... But he'd be the only guy I'd want). Every other team in the league would want Osh as an HC. It's only our insane, can't-ever-be-happy "fans" that want him gone.
I would be in favor or MOS staying but only if both Hall and Lapo hit the road. If we have the gang of 3 back next year I would expect more of the same. Winning season but no joy in the playoffs. Might not even be a discussion as no one knows if MOS will want to move on etc. It will be an interesting off season that's for sure.
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3 minutes ago, Stickem said:
If Sask. eclipses us headed for the Cup then there has to be some accountability...Trying to sell mediocrity and spinning your tires is not going to go down well IF we are one and done....The knives will be out...O'Shea will likely be gone (if he doesn't have those plans already) and the house cleaning will begin....Of course we can still win it all and everything will be hunky dory... Not many people putting money on that scenario though..We'll see
yeah not sure what the Vegas odds would be on that one but they would be significant. As for me I see us one and done in the playoffs and then the house cleaning starts! Where it starts is anyone's guess but I think O'Shea will be gone first however who really knows.
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3 minutes ago, ddanger said:
I'm looking for some imagination and creativity on offence, and some tight coverage on D. I'm not asking too much am I ??
Let me answer that one! Yes you are asking for too much!
- Eternal optimist and ddanger
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52 minutes ago, 17to85 said:
But we did get a lot of really important talk about when we should fire Mike O'Shea and why the answer is 3 years ago.
Put the last month behind us, kick the crap out of Montreal and send the trolls back to their bridges.
You're a hoot - Anyone that disagrees with your view point is a Troll! Guess what! The Bombers have a ton of issues and avoiding discussions on them will not make them go away. Not that anything we say makes all that much difference in any event but folks that have opinions that differ than yours are not trolls at least IMHO.
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17 hours ago, do or die said:
So you missed the Patpong, then?
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I refuse to answer that question on the grounds it might incriminate me. I hit the Nam in early 1969 and was in Bangkok early 1970 and it was just sort of starting up although had been in existence for some time. I took an out of country to Sidney (Kings Cross Area) at the end of my second tour. Actually like Sidney a little better.
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5 hours ago, do or die said:
...that I will be jumping on a plane tomorrow to Bangkok, to kick off a month in S.E. Asia.
Call it therapy.
Fantastic! I took an in-country R&R during my second tour in the Nam. Really enjoyed Bangkok and came back with some new shirts! And nothing else if you get my drift!
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1 minute ago, Noeller said:
Why did they randomly decide to extend it an hour...? Odd...
Might be a couple of trades in the works and the clubs involved asked for more time?
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18 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:
I'm guessing you don't remember how well Gaitor played the HB spot last year?
I'm not saying Rios is a shoe in for defensive all star now. But it is possible for players to perform better at one spot then another. Example...Gaitor.You could be correct Rios may surprise us!
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1 hour ago, Noeller said:
TiCats by 20....
might be a little closer than that - Sooner or later the Esk's have to put up a good effort - but still a TiCats win.
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7 minutes ago, gcn11 said:
Don't feel bad, most Stamp fans are casual fans.
Sometimes it is very hard to get a message across. I do live in Calgary I do have season tickets to the Stamps games -they are a business write off. I have moved more from a die hard Bomber Fan to more of a casual Bomber Fan. Still watch the games when I can. Still try and get to the Peg once a year if possible and try and catch one game. Happy if/when they win but do not get too down when they don't. I think MOS is an adequate HC - I believe Plop will move on and Richie Hall will be turfed at the end of year. As for most Stamps fans being casual fans might have some truth there. Enjoy the pros and cons here and will always will Still remember freezing my butt off down by the Bay when they had the parade after the 1984 Grey Cup Win!
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16 minutes ago, do or die said:
A lot of talk round these parts about how inferior the Riders are. In the crunch (this game) we have to go out and prove it.
I am not one that believes the Riders are an inferior team. I think they have made significant improvements over last years team. I believe their DL compares with ours. Their secondary is better at least IMHO. I believe our OL is better and our running game is better. However they have decided edge in their receiving corps. I think we have an edge in Special Teams. I believe this game will prove who they are and who we are. I am just afraid that in a close game - The Richie Hall defense will yet again let us down.
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1 hour ago, 17to85 said:
Hey I'm on record as never wanting those coordinators in the first place because their MO was well known and I didn't like it.
But I'm also not going to blindly ignore the things that they do bring to the table.
yes but when the things they bring to the table is not eatable then it time to get new coordinators who can bring things to the table that are acceptable. Both have had long enough to accomplish what is required and both have failed IMHO.
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7 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
Looks like 2015 here all over again... Battle lines being drawn. It's gonna be a blood bath.
There are a number of folks that just like to whistle when they walk by a grave yard - All is good! All is Well! - there on the other hand are those that know things are not good and things are not well and no amount of deflection will change that. Sorry but the facts are the facts.
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2 hours ago, Noeller said:
BUT BUT BUT.........I HAVEN'T HEARD OF THEM! I'VE HEARD OF FLANDERS AND BALL THEREFORE BETTER!!!
And all caps to boot. Must mean you are angry or your keyboard locked! My point is that the stamps continue to bring in folks - whether they help this year or not whether they are any better than what they have is a moot point. They continue to bring in folks to evaluate even this late in the season. Means they are always looking where as we just seem to maintain the status quo as long as possible.
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10 minutes ago, Noeller said:
Nope....still doing a great job. We're on a 2 game slide, sure, but I know that Walters and Miller are doing a great job, and I'm pretty sure MOS is, too....
Welllllll! I would not say great - maybe good maybe sort of average. No problems with Walters or even Miller - MOS not sure about as his DC and OC are his responsibility etc. I do believe the talent is there - just not being utilized correctly
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9 minutes ago, do or die said:
Honest question. Must I really drink all that gin?
Honest Answer - Yes You Must - especially if you follow the Richie Hall Defensive Play Book! See I made this into a football related response.
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31 minutes ago, Deiter Fan said:
Yep. Getting pretty tired of the "guys love playing for Mike" line.
Some of my favourite teachers were the ones that asked the least of me...that pressed me the least...that held me the least accountable. It's human nature to choose the path of least resistance whether it's in our best interests or not.
Being liked doesn't make someone the best choice for a given task.
Maybe if they changed from "Love playing for Mike" to "Love Winning for Mike" we might see some improvement. I could care less about the kumbaya love fest in the locker room.
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15 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
Ritchie Hall putting up with crap? When you aren't very good you get crapped on. That's life. If it wasn't for O'Shea he'd have been fired years ago. Most other head coaches would have given Hall an apple & a road map by now. I hope he writes his book elsewhere, thanks.
What's with the Apple? Hall does not deserve an Apple nor road map. I would take him to the bus station and point him in any direction away from the Peg. -
15 minutes ago, deepsixemtoboyd said:
The above gets at the very heart of my post yesterday. The one where I rhetorically queried why the head coach gets a free pass (from some) while his coordinators wear it. This led somebody to ask "who you would have hired" in the off season etc etc. My point was actually not so much about the need to fire the coordinators but rather the need for the head coach to own his decisions over 6 seasons. There has been ample evidence for a long time that the defense (esp) has not been good enough and - for me - the fact that O'Shea has stubbornly (there's that word again) stuck with Hall for this long is evidence that he lacks the wisdom and/or whatever quality it is that allows more successful head coaches to make timely changes.
I'm also 100% with the posters who suggested: a) the current regime is WAAAAAAAAY too much 'we're just one big happy Blue family' here (i.e. they are too tight with one another to wield the accountability that goes with pro sports everywhere else) and b) that it is certainly not the job of fans to figure out who should replace O'Shea or Hall or Lapo or all three. This feels like the equivalent of my sister-in-law who likes to ask my brother - when he critiques the Jets or Bombers - "do you think you could do better?"
If a surgeon continually botches their surgeries, do you ask the suffering patients to perform surgery on themselves if they think they're so hot? Mike O'Shea is the reputed football doctor in the house. But his team seems to get sick most years about this time; right when they need to be in peak condition. Now I'm no doctor but I can certainly tell when somebody appears ill and it's only responsible to, at some point, ask: "Hey, maybe you should get a second opinion? Maybe you need to see a different doctor?"
For what it's worth, my view is that we've seen the Ritchie Hall **** show enough times now that he should have been gone at least 2 years ago. Lapo (though many here will disagree vehemently) gets a longer leash from me because - overall - the Bombers have scored more points during his tenure here than most other franchises and I think he has consistently been working with a QB (Nichols) with a lower ceiling and considerably less athleticism than the "biggest dogs" we gotta compete with (i.e. Calgary, Hamilton, Edmonton, and now Montreal and Hamilton).
So for me it comes back to O'Shea. He hired Hall and has stuck with him. He (unlike the other most successful coaches in the CFL - e.g. Buono, Dickenson - who have had success and won championships with different coordinators) has been unwilling to pull the trigger on a switch when needed. I think he is a very likeable and fiercely loyal guy whose players love him and that's great and all...BUT I don't think he's nearly as sharp as the other guys I just mentioned and I have certainly come to doubt whether he will ever get us the holy grail. So for me - like Blue and Gold said - anything short of a Grey Cup appearance and his head's gotta roll. Way too late for him to change coordinators now and save his skin.
Very well said - I tend to agree with all of your comments. I think MOS staying with Richie Hall way way too long may be his demise! I think any thing other that getting to the Western Finals (and that might be a stretch) means MOS and his Hall will exit stage left. 6 years of MOS with nothing more that a so so record may be enough depending on where the team finishes at the end of the year. If they have to go into Regina for the Semi and then make it to the WF in Calgary it is game set and match for MOS IMHO.
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not all Rider Fans that post there are as you describe - there are are a few like that on every site - including this one!