M.Silverback
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1 minute ago, Fizz said:
Is there any chance you guys just got beat by a better team?
Just askin?
Yes. But, we did have chances
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On 2018-10-16 at 1:16 PM, Mike said:
I think Oliviera is a heck of a talent, but let's be realistic, he's not even close to a NFL caliber back.
It will definitely be a huge challenge for him. There are so many new drafted and UDFA running backs in the NFL each year. Be interesting to see if he gets an NFL Combine invitation. Long shot I think. More likely has a UND pro day, maybe skips the CFL Combine. I'd like to see him do the CFL Combine. As others have stated, I think he'd be a beast from a testing perspective. As a Winnipegger, I'd love to see him get an NFL shot, but, I'd also love to see him on the Blue.
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2 hours ago, Jpan85 said:
Name to consider also with Bombers having multiple first rounders is Brady Oliveria RB from Winnipeg playing at UND.
He definitely looks like a talent, and having another Oak Park grad running back on the Blue would be cool. Looks like he's going to give the NFL a shot first though. Not sure he'll be drafted in the NFL, but, any CFL team will likely have to wait until after he explores the UDFA market in the NFL.
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/amateur/fighting-hawk-has-eye-on-nfl-493358271.html
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13 minutes ago, BBRT said:
with the new rules in place in terms of Canadians working in the US - harder to get a TN-1 Visa I have to wonder how easy it will be for a Canadian citizen to get one. I assume for a Canadian to play and get paid in the AAF they will need a TN-1 Visa. Does anyone know more about this than I do? We had to get all of our Canadian employees TN-1 Visa's to work in the US this year.
Athletes typically get one of the extraordinary ability visas.
https://usimmigrationlaw.net/athletes-2/
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41 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:
If this new league can prove to be sustainable over 2-3 years the CFL will take a big hit with their Imports but it won't pave the road to a NFL career anymore than the CFL currently does. For mid-level talent players like Wolitarsky and others choosing to play in this new league will come down to $$ and preferred location, for un-drafted graduates of US College football or recent NFL cuts it will probably supplant the CFL as the most obvious destination to pursue their careers.
One thing the CFL can do to combat the outflow is ensure all of their player facilities and benefits are top of the line and each team's football program is run at a high professional standard across the league. Making the CFL a "nice place" to play football will go a long way to retaining vets. who have already given the NFL a go and are happy to play professional football in a good environment.
Agree with all of this. The other factor is overall competitiveness. Agents and NFL talent evaluators are going to have to wait and see what the talent and competition level is like in the AAF. I think they’ve got a good sense of the CFL level and how that translates to the NFL. The AAF is a complete unknown. Could turn out to be a bush league or a hidden gem talent league like the USFL. Either way CFL better do something in response
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8 minutes ago, Eternal optimist said:
It's unfortunate, but lots of good CFL talent is moving to this league by virtue of our horrendous foreign exchange rate.
Definitely. And they have a decent TV deal with CBS, we’ll connected football types running it. Hate to say it but if I was an agent for a mid level talent US player convincing me to choose the CFL over the AAF at this point would be tough. I think the elite players, like QB’s, will stay in the CFL. They get paid well, are treated like stars and likely don’t want to hold a clipboard in the NFL
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9 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:
I think wolly is a CFLer for life.
Hope so. His national status means he’s valuable in the CFL and should get paid. My worry is I think he has the same Minneapolis based agent as Zylstra and Thielen. Might get talked into giving the AAF a shot as a step towards an NFL look. But, I have no idea how US agents view the AAF. Some well connected football types running it though
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6 hours ago, WinnipegGordo said:
These are the guys that I believe aren't signed for next season;
Bennett
LaFrance
Miller
Dressler
Wolitarsky
Demski
Hardrick
Goosen
Chugh
Couture
Medlock
Rempel
Nevis
Thomas
Okpalaugo
Jeffcoat
Corney
Wild
Santos-Knox
Bighill
Briggs
Gauthier
Miles
Leggett
Fogg
Alexander
LofflerThanks for putting this list together. It will be interesting to see how the AAF impacts CFL free agency. I predict some surprises for all teams. I think CFL teams are going to lose more talent than you normally would see. Wouldn’t be shocked to see Wolitarsky, Santos-Knox and Jeffcoat look at signing in the AAF.
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48 minutes ago, captaincanuck12 said:
I said the same thing to my buddy when watching the game, "where was this all year?" . I was listening to TSN 1290 on the way to work, and Westwood brought up an interesting point. The defence has only allowed 1 offensive TD in the last 3 games. NOw it's a bit misleading considering we played Sask and Montreal before hand, but to do it against Reilly, perhaps there is something brewing here. All that being said, I don't believe, nor do I hope, this is enough to save Richie Hall's job. At any rate, I'm glad we are tied with the Schmoes and the Leos and actually are in a much better position to get into the post season.
I'm with you on hoping that this resurgence of the D doesn't give the team a false sense of where we're at overall. Hate being a Debbie Downer, but, overall, the team has been pretty mediocre for five seasons. Kudos to the D for playing great against Edmonton, but if we go one and done in the playoffs (if we make it), my biggest fear is management rides with the exact same coaching staff, scheme, starting QB, import WR's next season thinking we're trending upwards. We're not in the big picture.
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Tremendous performance by the D. I’m baffled as to where this came from. Hall is suddenly a decent DC? Or, have we all not put enough onus on the players? Not saying Hall is great, but, we have talent, maybe they just need to execute better. Bighill should be dominating every game, like he did.
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21 hours ago, J5V said:
I'll be happy when we have the best players and coaches in the CFL because that's when the championships are most likely to come. So how, as a fan, do I help that to happen? By accepting poor to mediocre coaches and players? Or by expressing my displeasure with the current situation?
It’s been 5 seasons of mediocrity. That’s enough. This regime has been given an adequate chance to raise the level. Changes need to happen. There have to be consequences (Kavis, 2013).
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38 minutes ago, Booch said:
If demski cant go..I'd put Woli in the slot and Simonese outside..we be a better offence with at than with Peterman in..still too inconsistent and has had 3 or 4 pretty bad drops last 2 games.
Simonese would draw constant attention on boundary and is likely able to cause some mismatches
I like that plan. Wolitarsky is likely a better slot receiver - good hands and size. I think they’re under utilizing Simonise. Size, speed, he’s definitely a match up problem at boundary. Makes so much sense it’ll never happen
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7 minutes ago, deepsixemtoboyd said:
There's such a thing as appropriately confident and self-assured, and then there's just flat-out delusional. Our coach is a nice guy who is the latter. While I don't share J5V's vociferousness about him (that I felt for Mike Kelly or even the hapless Burke), I certainly find it curious how many folks are seemingly eager to defend this paragon of mediocrity. I mean, **** guys, the man is 3 games below .500 over a 5 year career with not a single playoff victory under his belt. Is that good enough for y'all?
Key point being below .500 in 5 seasons. What pro coach in any sport survives that? It’s not an overreaction based on one or two seasons, it’s a trend. Nice guy or not, stubborn or not, poor coordinators or not, that’s not succeeding.
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1 hour ago, Tracker said:
A few thoughts from last night's game:
The only thing the Bombers proved was that they are better than the Al's
Nichols was not much better than Manziel, and Manziel was not good at all
Bombers still cannot make half-time adjustments to the offence
Thompkins can play well in thus league.
Harris's brittleness has to be a growing concern.
Even if the Bombers manage to make the playoffs, they will be one and done again.
Nichols was better but he still ain't good.
Agree with everything, possible exception Harris being brittle. He takes a lot of punishment. Too much. Defences go off on him because really he’s all you have to scheme against. He’s likely hurt every game but still plays at a high level. They need other legitimate weapons
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31 minutes ago, JCon said:
I think it's been widely agreed on this board that receivers are not making plays. If they were, things may be a bit different.
We're not looking at the same Nichols as we were a year ago. He's obviously injured, as indicated by the huge knee brace he's wearing and he's forcing throws, making bad decisions. If his receivers were making plays and catching the ball, his confidence might turn around too.
We'll see.
I think you're right, he's definitely injured. And, he doesn't have a talent level of an Aaron Rodgers who can still be great at 70% physical capacity. This is where the HC has to step up. At what point do you stop letting an injured player go out there and not help the team or himself? At some point you may have to shut him down. Enough with the "he's tough, or wants to play through it" nonsense. If we find out end of season Nichols goes in for ACL or MCL surgery, I'd be super pissed if I were Nichols and my coach let me poop the bed all year playing on a bad peg.
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3 hours ago, Mark F said:
We also don't have defenders like kahlil mack and Von Miller in our league.
Carson Wentz is not facing for example, Sam Hurl, as a rookie CFL qb is.
he needs to be quite a bit better than a QB starting in the CFL, cause the players he's facing are significantly better, as are their coaches.
Saying a rookie can't start here cause he isn't as good as an NFL rookie who starts, really doesn't hold up.
Apples to oranges comparison.
A QB facing Sam Hurl ... really made me laugh. Thanks for that. Interesting question about why rookie QB's seem to start more in the NFL than the CFL. There's other things to consider as well. One - most rookie NFL QB's who start are high draft picks. There's a hype and selling to the fan base aspect that just doesn't exist when you bring in some UDFA to the CFL as a QB. I think NFL teams draft them to be the face of the franchise, and jump on that train quickly. CFL rookie QB's come in as unknowns with zero hype. Related to that, I think NFL teams who do that are more apt to live through the bad games that they know are going to happen with a rookie. If Sam Darnold is your guy, you basically tell the fan base to be patient. Hope he turns into a top tier QB. Third thing is coaching. The QB coaches and OC's are just better than their CFL counterparts at prepping a rookie QB I'd guess.
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40 minutes ago, Ripper said:
You have no qb. simple. Riders have trouble with a passer. They wouldn't go after Harris for fear of Powell, and Powell was hurting us too. Perfect storm. Nichols scares no one, shut Harris down and wait for the Picks to come. Riders mistake was not blitzing, we should have went after Harris guns blazing and we didn't
Exactly. Not to flog the deadest horse on this forum, but, that’s the argument to start Streveler. He’s not Mike Reilly, but, as a defensive coordinator or player, there’s some fear. You lose containment, he can burn you with a run. He gets into the secondary, he can out run, or run over a DB. Teams are salivating to play Nichols now
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8 hours ago, 17to85 said:
Nichols was always going to start the next game. Streveler didn't go out and blow the doors off, he showed the same struggles NIchols was having so of course they'll go back to the veteran guy. Probably have Nichols on a shorter leash than in the past but he was going to be the guy.
I've pretty much been a Streveler fanboy, but, if you're going to try to salvage Nichols season (career?) and justify the $400K salary, I think you have to start him against the team with the worst record in the league (notice I didn't say worst team), and see if he can get back on track. A win; 270 yards, 2 TD's, 1 pick - sadly, that would be a "good" day for him this year. If he wins, definitely a very short leash the rest of the season for him. And tell him that Strevelation will be coming in the second he even hints at an underhand pick 6. If he loses, craps the bed, I'd suggest he start looking into coaching opportunities in US colleges.
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53 minutes ago, Goalie said:
Our biggest issue this year is Matt Nichols.. It really is the biggest problem. Hes gone from a game managing QB to throwing 5 interceptions in a half of football. The backup is a rookie. What u want MOS to do? Nobody expected Nichols to be this bad. .
Fire coaches all you want.. The cycle will repeat itself again tho because without a legit QB.. It don't matter who the coach is.
Totally agree that Nichols is the biggest problem. But, we have, and have had, other problems this year, and in past years. O'Shea seems like a good guy that players love. But, I'm just not sure what rationale you can have as a GM to retain a coach for 5 seasons who has a sub 500 record, never won a playoff game, and the team is regressing. We're getting worse overall as a team. How is the coaching staff given a free pass on that? How can you sell that to the fan base? Potential season ticket buyers?
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15 minutes ago, captaincanuck12 said:
All these names are being dropped... not all ex players make good coaches. Secondly, guys like Steinhauer have to want to come here. Just like you have to lure players, you've got to lure coaches too. I get that we are all frustrated with us not having a championship caliber team for that past 30 years. It speaks volumes to the passion of this fanbase, which i am a proud member of. The reality is you can't just expect to throw various names out and say this group of coaches will lead us to the promised land. I can certainly appreciate the imagination that you guys have, but the reality is you have to make incremental changes. Cleaning house has left this franchise a mess for years. We need stability. But I agree that we do need some new coaching. The talent on the field is being mishandled . BUt these coaches don't jsut fall out of the sky. You need a replacement first. Just my .02
For sure, firing coaches is a risk. You can target replacements, but as you say, they have to want to come. That said, most assistants want to become head coaches at some point. Steinhauer seems like one who would want to, and I'm not sure June Jones is stepping aside any time soon. The other thing is sometimes you just have to take a risk and make a change when things aren't working, or you're becoming stagnant. The Toronto Raptors just did that, fired a very good coach, because they were stagnant. May work out or not, but, at least they're avoiding the definition of insanity thing - stick with the same, hope for different results. We're reaching that point with the O'Shea coaching era.
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5 minutes ago, Colin Unger said:
New GM - John Murphy
Head coach - Devon Claybrooks
Starting QB - Chris Streveler
I’d also be good with Orlando Steinhauer
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2 hours ago, 17to85 said:
So forgive me if I don't buy into this crap that it's going to get better firing a coach or GM. We've been doing that for years and it's not gotten us a Grey Cup. This regime is the closest thing to consistency we've had in almost 2 decades. I am willing to give Walters and O'Shea more time to fix this.
Philosophically I agree that consistency in an organization is a better way to go. Organizations that constantly change regimes typically flounder. But, I also think you have to earn that right with success. If the San Antonio Spurs have a losing record this year, Pop and Buford have earned some time to fix it because they’ve succeeded big time in the past. A sub 500 record and no playoff wins in 5 seasons (which in CFL years is like 10), earns you nothing. And I think it only buys Walters one more after O’Shea with a new coach
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O’Shea’s 5 year record is 40 - 44. Realistically the Bombers will be lucky to win 3 of the last 6. I don’t think a five year record of 43 - 47 with no playoff wins is good enough to keep your job. Whether players love you or not. The personnel here is flawed but our roster isn’t as bad as our record (exception being 2018 Nichols, who I feel for, but man he is crapping the bed). He and his staff will be fired. Walters already has a double secret list of coaches he’s considering
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29 minutes ago, Mark F said:
who expected Nichols to implode like this? Five interceptions thrown in a half, two cancelled by penalties. wow.
If Nichols had played as well this season as he did since he took over, this entire situation would be much better.
Don't know what happened to him, but it has to a significant extent ruined this season.
I'm not expecting him to turn it around.
Also, it's on the coach, the head coach, that they didn't get some time for Streveler as this was unfolding, and did not seem to have plays for his abilities, when he finally went in.
Maybe somebody can offer a reasonable explanation for that apparent mistake.
This is just from an ordinary fan, maybe there's something I'm missing due to lack of knowledge.
You’re right. And it’s also on the coaching staff to help coach him out of this funk. Nichols has never been BLM or Reilly, but he’s shown he’s be an average CFL starter. Now he’s in Willy-meltdown zone. Feel for him, but it’s pro sports.
Game Day Thread- Week Twenty Three, WESTERN FINAL: Winnipeg Blue Bombers @ Calgary Stampeders November 18th, 2018
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The playoff win in Sask bought this coaching regime another season, like it or not. Given the expiring CBA, massive free agency on every team, the AAF impact, it’s going to be a very interesting off season and 2019.