[Lawless Leaves Free Press, Joins TSN Full Time]

Sucks for us who drink in the sports media in this town.. The dank cesspool that weve come to know just got that much more murky.

Sigh.

Good on him tho to further his career onto the national stage. Tbh, print media is a dodo, just waiting to go extinct.

 

I don't understand SPuDS. He is just moving to another employer, he didn't die

[U of Guelph courting Kyle Walters]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah Lawless isn't as smart as he thinks he is when he's writing opinion pieces but the man is connected and there is a lot of weight to his rumours. Be interesting to see how it all plays out.

Lawless is the stupidest sports writer in Winnipeg. I won't read his crap and if he is ever on TV I mute it.

Do you ever have a balanced opinion? I get this visual of you yelling every word you speak.

What an ironic post.

Funny how those who think so highly of themselves as balanced/good always have to pull out the name calling and bullying.

I don't have to be balanced about Lawless. I do not find any redeeming qualities in what he does. I don't read Paul Friesen either, because I think he is often just throwing crap at the wall to see what sticks, but I cannot argue that he does have valid points every so often. Lawless just spews out opinions or information that has not been vetted and in some cases has been flat out made up. I will stick with paying more attention to the real reporters like Penton and co. Again, I may not always agree with them, but they have a much better track record and try to stay away from spreading rumours.

Umm...he didn't call you any names, nor did he bully you.  He's just asking you a valid question and stating his opinion on how you come across.  The only person I see name calling in this post is you calling Lawless stupid.

And I answered it. The thing is I shouldn't have to answer BS questions like it. This forum is for opinions and my OPINION is I don't like Lawless he hasn't provided any enlightenment to the sporting community here. Much like Friesen.

If you don't like my opinion that's fine but making me answer for my opinion while no one else has to is bullying.

Oh, and in case you cannot read he didn't call me names but he did dig into the personal insult pot with his second unneeded sentence.

 

Bullshit, everyone has to answer for their opinions. You are allowed to have opinions, but people are allowed to have the opinion that your opinion stinks and ask you to defend it. That happens to everyone here which is the entire point of message boards. It's not a forum for people to ***** and ***** and ***** and never have to back anything up, even if a lot of people want to view it that way. You have an opinion that's fine but you should always be able to justify your opinion because chances are someone is going to ask you to. 

 

 

No the only ones that have to answer are those who YOU or a collective do not like. I haven't asked you why you have an undying devotion to Gary Lawless. Wanna know why? I don't care, that is your choice. Gary produces subjective op pieces and I am under no obligation to agree with or read them. Period.

 

If you want to post love or trash about the Bombers you can absolutely do that. I MIGHT dispute your arguments but I am not going to get you to answer for them. I might ask you why you have those opinions, usually because I may not understand what you said or it might fly in the face of reason, but that is by no means bashing you for having those opinions or trying to force you to see it my way, which is what you and your buddies are trying to do in a not so civil manner.

 

I provided an opinion and an answer and becaus ethat answer was unsatisfying and I stood up to your good buds you guys continue to take me to task.

 

I don't like his rumour mongering, often he says really odd things that makes me question his knowledge, and many other things. He ultimately rubs me the wrong way so rather than have to deal with him and his opinions I choose not to listen. I don't care how connected he is, I don't care if you want to bear his children, I just don't like the guy and, I think many of his opinions are, like I said initially, stupid. If you don't like that so be it. Not much I can do about it. If you think I am stupid or whatever, that's fine too. So be it.

[Lawless Leaves Free Press, Joins TSN Full Time]

Not a surprise really. He had been doing more and more with TSN and I do not know how reagular his work with the FREEP was. Certainly there is more stability in television compared to print media. A good move for Gary.

[Mr Walters: What has Ottawa done that you have not?]

 

 

 

Hamilton, read Austin, put themselves in a position where they "say" they're not interested in trading for Glenn, because Austin stated at the start of the year that the team is built on the "next man up" concept, and he has pretty well followed that plan all year. Plus, he has stated that he has complete confidence in his QBs. Now, that concept will be mightily put to the test when you look past Collaros, and see nothing but Jeff Matthews, Jacory Harris and....Jeremiah Masoli.

I think Austin is making a big mistake by not trading for Glenn as quickly as possible. With the team strength of the Cats, Glenn gives them a passable opportunity to advance to the Grey Cup if they work him in now rather than later. It may take a couple of more losses before Austin sees that reality with his current QB's. Glenn can't carry the team but if he can put enough points up on on the board as he has with Sask. the Ti-Cat D can certainly hold opponents down long enough to win games.

Why would Sask. deal Glenn? I doubt it would go very far to fixing their issues and it would be a step back on offence (though Smith was progressing fairly well).

Smith was awful and getting exposed the more he played. No ability to pass the ball at all. People really overrate QB's who can break a tackle.

 

 

Well I saw part of his first game and much of his second and third games and he was progressing. Even TSN guy recognized this. The wheels fell off in Winnipeg but in their other games they were mostly in them offensively. He was certainly doing better than Marve and Brohm.

[Mr Walters: What has Ottawa done that you have not?]

 

Ottawa did what needed to be done and not just the bare minimum. Seriously, though Walters has basically already admitted that he doesn't see the whole picture very well (1). It took a year for him to do something about the OL (2), he barely did anything about the D line (3), he didn't bother trying deal with Sear's spot by finding an actual LB (4), he barely addressed the Canadian talent (5), didn't bother looking for any more receivers (6), etc, etc. Never mind some of his current hires in the coaching ranks (7). I won't even address the whole rebuilding attitude, other than to say that's for losers.

 

There's many things wrong in this post so I thought I would break it down by numbers for readers' convenience...

 

1) seriously, when did he say that? (maybe he did and I can't recall)

2) hard to revamp an o-line in one season... in the first 6 or so months he brought in 4 Imp tackles, drafted Goossen, and signed a couple UDFA NI players... not sure what else you expect in that short period of time...

3) you're partially correct about this... but signing the best NI DE in the league is a pretty good move... 

4) So you're not happy with the play of Bass at WIL and Randle/Leggett at SAM/DIME?... not sure if you heard of Ian Wild... and how has Sears been in Hamilton this year?... letting Sears walk and replacing him in house has been one Walters' best moves...

5) Do you know how many Canadians currently on the roster were there when Walters took over? 3 - Thomas, Kohlert, Pontbriand... we're certainly not loaded with Canadian superstars but to say he's "barely addressed it" is flat out wrong...

6) he has brought in many receivers... some aren't very good... some might be a result of our crappy system... but to say "he didn't bother to bring in any receivers" is just plain wrong...

7) you finally got one close... MB has been a serious blunder (although assistant coaches are hired by the HC, not the GM...)

 

 

Kyle Walters has been no where near perfect (I'm kinda hoping the Guelph thing "works out" for him)... but if you're going to make an argument against him... at least try to make it intelligent...

 

1) In admitting he should have brought in a proven back-up he was admitting he did not see the big picture. Though he did not have much of a look at Marve or Brohm it should have been enough to at least try and shore the postion up.

2) Yes it is hard to revamp o-line in a year but he did have the opportunity in year one to bring a few guys via FA. Nothing major but a couple of guys that could have brought experience to bear (Bare?) Yes he did draft Gossen but it remains to be seen if he is even going to pan out. To be fair no-one since and including Kelly really addressed the issue since 2009. Well, Kelly did blow up a line that was missing maybe two pieces.

3) Westeman was a good signing but did not address that particular empty spot.

4) It isn't a matter of who is playing the spot now it is the fact that with first Randle they moved him from a spot he was damn good at to a position he did not know. I honestly do not think that who has covered for the Randle move has done as good a job. At the time it was weakinging two positions. It worked out but it could have easily backfired.

5) Sure he has filled some roster spots with Canuck talent but for someone touted as some CIS expert the lack of starting or Canucks other fear is disconcerting. Even when Mack was GM Walters was not filling the roster with talented Canucks. It is a matter of me expect far more based partly on what Walters said when he took over the GM role and partly what the press/experts said about him.

6) For a postion that is supposedly a dime a dozen postion the lack of productivity should be disconcerting to most people. Again, as I have said in a few other threads, our receivers are serviceable but not very scary to other teams. Yes the system could take some of the blame but good receivers tend to stand out regardless.

7) I am fine with rebuilding but there should be something to show that it is, in fact happening, I just don't see it. Two years is plenty of time to show progress and in this league it is pretty much expected. (Sure the assistants are chosen by the coach but who chose the coach Two way street.)

 

Walters has been around for sometime now and it just hasn't been reflected on the field. He was a middling ST Coord, Invisible Assistant GM, and less than effective GM. He tried, he did some good things, but just not enough to improve the team in the way it is needed.

[Mr Walters: What has Ottawa done that you have not?]

Okay, but I would think that regardless of what is to come in the off-season they would still like to have someone in there that gives them the best chance to win. I also don't know if Hamilton is that panicked yet. Maybe if he can't get what he needs out of Matthews and whoever he might but that hasn't happened yet.

[Mr Walters: What has Ottawa done that you have not?]

Hamilton, read Austin, put themselves in a position where they "say" they're not interested in trading for Glenn, because Austin stated at the start of the year that the team is built on the "next man up" concept, and he has pretty well followed that plan all year. Plus, he has stated that he has complete confidence in his QBs. Now, that concept will be mightily put to the test when you look past Collaros, and see nothing but Jeff Matthews, Jacory Harris and....Jeremiah Masoli.

 

I think Austin is making a big mistake by not trading for Glenn as quickly as possible.  With the team strength of the Cats, Glenn gives them a passable opportunity to advance to the Grey Cup if they work him in now rather than later.  It may take a couple of more losses before Austin sees that reality with his current QB's.  Glenn can't carry the team but if he can put enough points up on on the board as he has with Sask. the Ti-Cat D can certainly hold opponents down long enough to win games.

Why would Sask. deal Glenn? I doubt it would go very far to fixing their issues and it would be a step back on offence (though Smith was progressing fairly well).

[A Request to the Blue Bombers]

I knew Hammy but I forgot Calgary. Sigh, sure hope they show for this Calgary game

[Mike O'Shea runs poor practices.]

Thanks. Damn, I wish my collective agreement gave me as many days off. Even with five weeks of holidays I still work more for less than many of these guys

[U of Guelph courting Kyle Walters]

lol. That is not uncommon. I have heard of many public figures banning people from social media streams for such thing or for things as silly as having a descenting opinion/calling them on BS claims. Scott Wolter of America Unearthed fame bans people all the time for calling him out his shoddy science, or whatever you call what he does on that show

[O'Shea believes Bombers better than their record]

What is he going to say? MB sucks and that we have no hope?

No, not at all. What I would expect is recognition of weaknesses and some detail on how they are addressing it. As time goes on coaches here seem to say less and less and that only adds to fan frustration.

I like to bring up coach Ritchie whenever discussion the last few coaches. He was a crusty fellow but he did tend to answer the questions even if it lacked more detail or was curt. I don't know but it just seems like our last few coaches understood that part of the coach's job is throwing a bone to the paying audience. There is nothing worst than turning on the radio after another loss and not getting any indication if the coach knows what is wrong and how to fix it.

[Mike O'Shea runs poor practices.]

I have no idea what a pro practice should be like but one thing that has always kind of irked me a bit is how the Bombers last few coaches have allowed the team to take a few days off before getting back to work. Now don't get me wrong I do believe they should be allowed to take some time off and all but at the same time are they really good enough to take as much time as they do? What were practice schedules like in the past? Is there something in the collective agreement that sets time off?

[A Request to the Blue Bombers]

Dear Blue Bombers,

 

On Friday, September 25th, I'll be coming to Winnipeg for the game and bringing my adult son for his first ever taste of CFL football.  I'm not asking you to win, but please don't stink it up like you did in Montreal.  At least try and act like you actually want to put on a good show for your fans, ok? Can we do that one little thing?

 

Also, if it's not too much to ask, could you do a public firing of Marcel Bellefeuille before the coin toss?

 

Thanks a bunch.

 

A loyal but very discouraged fan.

It might be a small straw to clutch at but they have been better at home than on the road and I don't think they have been blown out as much at home.

[U of Guelph courting Kyle Walters]

I am neither for nor against Dragon.  You might say that I'm Dragon neutral.  Having said that, Mr. Dragon, you do realize that he reports rumors, but that's because he leaves the reporting of facts to the reporters, while he looks for scoops.  Pretty hard to "scoop a Bomber media release, right?   I think it's fair to say that he doesn't just hear something and then broadcast it.  It does seem that he'll only talk about stuff that has either multiple sources or is from someone who would be in a position to know what they are talking about.  It seems to me that when he reports on these rumors, he turns out to be right a lot more often that random chance would allow for.

Thanks, I am just not a fan of the rumour mill thing. These days I don't see the value in when one can often get a pretty darn good solid lead on stories before they are official. There have been tons of releases with strong backing that have beaten the official release. TSN is great for breaking news before it is official.

Like I said too, it is more than the rumouring thing, he just says some really crazy stuff that often makes me dubious of anything he says because they are just flat out wrong or bucks against conventional wisdom.

[U of Guelph courting Kyle Walters]

Yeah Lawless isn't as smart as he thinks he is when he's writing opinion pieces but the man is connected and there is a lot of weight to his rumours. Be interesting to see how it all plays out.

Lawless is the stupidest sports writer in Winnipeg. I won't read his crap and if he is ever on TV I mute it.

Do you ever have a balanced opinion? I get this visual of you yelling every word you speak.

What an ironic post.

Funny how those who think so highly of themselves as balanced/good always have to pull out the name calling and bullying.

I don't have to be balanced about Lawless. I do not find any redeeming qualities in what he does. I don't read Paul Friesen either, because I think he is often just throwing crap at the wall to see what sticks, but I cannot argue that he does have valid points every so often. Lawless just spews out opinions or information that has not been vetted and in some cases has been flat out made up. I will stick with paying more attention to the real reporters like Penton and co. Again, I may not always agree with them, but they have a much better track record and try to stay away from spreading rumours.

Umm...he didn't call you any names, nor did he bully you.  He's just asking you a valid question and stating his opinion on how you come across.  The only person I see name calling in this post is you calling Lawless stupid.

And I answered it. The thing is I shouldn't have to answer BS questions like it. This forum is for opinions and my OPINION is I don't like Lawless he hasn't provided any enlightenment to the sporting community here. Much like Friesen.

If you don't like my opinion that's fine but making me answer for my opinion while no one else has to is bullying.

Oh, and in case you cannot read he didn't call me names but he did dig into the personal insult pot with his second unneeded sentence.

good grief man. Grow up.

Lol. I am fully grown it is just folk here that have really thin skin or don't seem to be able to handle their emotions.

Honestly? I don't see why anyone, other than Lawless, would care what I thought. It's not like it is hurting him or going to change anyone's opinion of him.

[U of Guelph courting Kyle Walters]

Yeah Lawless isn't as smart as he thinks he is when he's writing opinion pieces but the man is connected and there is a lot of weight to his rumours. Be interesting to see how it all plays out.

Lawless is the stupidest sports writer in Winnipeg. I won't read his crap and if he is ever on TV I mute it.

Do you ever have a balanced opinion? I get this visual of you yelling every word you speak.

What an ironic post.

Funny how those who think so highly of themselves as balanced/good always have to pull out the name calling and bullying.

I don't have to be balanced about Lawless. I do not find any redeeming qualities in what he does. I don't read Paul Friesen either, because I think he is often just throwing crap at the wall to see what sticks, but I cannot argue that he does have valid points every so often. Lawless just spews out opinions or information that has not been vetted and in some cases has been flat out made up. I will stick with paying more attention to the real reporters like Penton and co. Again, I may not always agree with them, but they have a much better track record and try to stay away from spreading rumours.

Umm...he didn't call you any names, nor did he bully you.  He's just asking you a valid question and stating his opinion on how you come across.  The only person I see name calling in this post is you calling Lawless stupid.

Thats just it tho.. You are either with dragon or against dragon! No middle ground!

Never has been..

And you are any different? You just don't like anyone that doesn't share your overly biased opinion.

You are free to ignore anything I say. In fact, you probably should since you cannot do anything but get into flaming/trolling me.

I certainly don't pay attention to the bulk of what you have to say.

[U of Guelph courting Kyle Walters]

Yeah Lawless isn't as smart as he thinks he is when he's writing opinion pieces but the man is connected and there is a lot of weight to his rumours. Be interesting to see how it all plays out.

Lawless is the stupidest sports writer in Winnipeg. I won't read his crap and if he is ever on TV I mute it.

And another tick in the "odd things to say" column..

Hes one of the most connected reporters in Winnipeg.

And yet it hasn't stopped him from saying some rather odd stuff himself or starting unsubstantiated rumours.

[U of Guelph courting Kyle Walters]

Some people clearly don't know the difference between a reporter and a columnist. Reports do just that...report. Columnists have the journalistic license to write their opinions.

Hey he can write his opinion all he wants but he should make more of an effort to base his opinion on fact and not rumour.

I also am free to share my opinion on him. He likely doesn't give crap what I say about him.

[U of Guelph courting Kyle Walters]

Yeah Lawless isn't as smart as he thinks he is when he's writing opinion pieces but the man is connected and there is a lot of weight to his rumours. Be interesting to see how it all plays out.

Lawless is the stupidest sports writer in Winnipeg. I won't read his crap and if he is ever on TV I mute it.

Do you ever have a balanced opinion? I get this visual of you yelling every word you speak.

What an ironic post.

Funny how those who think so highly of themselves as balanced/good always have to pull out the name calling and bullying.

I don't have to be balanced about Lawless. I do not find any redeeming qualities in what he does. I don't read Paul Friesen either, because I think he is often just throwing crap at the wall to see what sticks, but I cannot argue that he does have valid points every so often. Lawless just spews out opinions or information that has not been vetted and in some cases has been flat out made up. I will stick with paying more attention to the real reporters like Penton and co. Again, I may not always agree with them, but they have a much better track record and try to stay away from spreading rumours.

Umm...he didn't call you any names, nor did he bully you.  He's just asking you a valid question and stating his opinion on how you come across.  The only person I see name calling in this post is you calling Lawless stupid.

And I answered it. The thing is I shouldn't have to answer BS questions like it. This forum is for opinions and my OPINION is I don't like Lawless he hasn't provided any enlightenment to the sporting community here. Much like Friesen.

If you don't like my opinion that's fine but making me answer for my opinion while no one else has to is bullying.

Oh, and in case you cannot read he didn't call me names but he did dig into the personal insult pot with his second unneeded sentence.

[Mr Walters: What has Ottawa done that you have not?]

Glenn is way better then Hamilton's back ups.

And I wouldn't use BC as an example of good judgement.

I really respect Wally but in the last few years he seems to be losing his better judgement.

[Bombers now with MOS like Jets with Noel ...]

I don't think he's lost the room. Only people in the room would know that and despite what a few people say on here... the team didn't quit yesterday. They just weren't very good. There's a difference between quitting on the coach and just not executing. Yesterday the O really struggled. That's not quitting. It's just not being very good. Dropped balls and over throws is not quitting on the coach and I really don't get what people were watching yesterday if they think otherwise. The O sucked. Didn't execute. That's not on the coaches it's on the players. The talent just isn't there at the moment.

And further to that, the special teams didn't quit, they just sucked. It's been a problem all year, when your guys can't get down the field and keep the holes closed it doesn't really matter what the coach is saying. For all the praise Walters gets he's really failed in gathering depth on this team. Injuries to any position and we're totally ******. Do we even have an american who we can consider an ace on special teams? At least Unamba could run down field and cover kicks. We always had guys like Suber in the past as well who got down field quickly and disrupted things.

I agree with your response 17to85, however, you would think the coach would command enough, hmm, respect(? Not the right word but it's all I could think of right now) that they would be able to effect change on the squad. RH had a pretty undisciplined lot but he turned that around. I think MOS just isn't intimidating enough or whatever, because he sure isn't able to affect much change on the players.

[U of Guelph courting Kyle Walters]

Yeah Lawless isn't as smart as he thinks he is when he's writing opinion pieces but the man is connected and there is a lot of weight to his rumours. Be interesting to see how it all plays out.

Lawless is the stupidest sports writer in Winnipeg. I won't read his crap and if he is ever on TV I mute it.

Do you ever have a balanced opinion? I get this visual of you yelling every word you speak.

What an ironic post.

Funny how those who think so highly of themselves as balanced/good always have to pull out the name calling and bullying.

I don't have to be balanced about Lawless. I do not find any redeeming qualities in what he does. I don't read Paul Friesen either, because I think he is often just throwing crap at the wall to see what sticks, but I cannot argue that he does have valid points every so often. Lawless just spews out opinions or information that has not been vetted and in some cases has been flat out made up. I will stick with paying more attention to the real reporters like Penton and co. Again, I may not always agree with them, but they have a much better track record and try to stay away from spreading rumours.

[O'Shea believes Bombers better than their record]

I am surprised that anyone listens to what MOS has to say. I gave up long ago when I realized he doesn't say much other than everything is sunshine and rainbows.

[Mike O'Shea runs poor practices.]

I figured they didn't practice most of the time by the way they play.

[U of Guelph courting Kyle Walters]

Yeah Lawless isn't as smart as he thinks he is when he's writing opinion pieces but the man is connected and there is a lot of weight to his rumours. Be interesting to see how it all plays out.

Lawless is the stupidest sports writer in Winnipeg. I won't read his crap and if he is ever on TV I mute it.

Your loss

The guy has nothing worth hearing ... Ever. He mostly just parrots other people.