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Maybe the Riders should go after Ottawa for compensation?

Maybe the Riders should go after Ottawa for compensation?

It's only a pair of journa...oh, I can't even give them enough credit to call them that...writers, we'll just say writers, that have ever complained about it.  And the only reason it ever mattered to them isn't because they care about what the assistants think.  It's because they want to find conflict to write about.  They are such shitty writers they can't even begin to think of stories or angles beyond conflict.  So now there is a second voice, and if the assistant's answer about a player doesn't match OShea's word for word... ta-da!  Conflict!
And that isn't crying for the sake of crying.  It's crying because their comfort zone of stories is incredibly narrow, and they do not have the ability to work outside it.

Means it's more likely a OL drops to us.

Damn straight.
I'm probably in the minority in never feeling good about supporting the Jets tanking/losing to increase their chances at getting the number 1 draft pick.
I want them to win no matter where they are in the standings, no matter where the season is at. Look how Vancouver is getting blown out lately, Look at Toronto, Look at Edmonton. Historically look at how draft picks have helped teams move from have nots, to haves and the time frames, if any of these three teams secure Austin Matthews does in no way secure their 'have' status. Again, getting a player like Matthews would be great, but it's just a bonus that's it.  
I could really care less if we land Austen Matthews. If it happens, great, bonus but I'm not supporting the, 'this is what we need to put us over the top' type mentality.
I'm more looking at the bigger picture needs and what our Coaching Staff, GM and Owners are going to do about getting this team to a better place.

Maybe, but your consistent sentiments like above really come across as, 'Whose my favorite Team? 'My favorite team is a team that wins all the time'.
Yes, we all are frustrated, impatient, provide critique/opinions  and want our team to win, but we also balance that with being ardent supporter that will defend this team anywhere, anytime. The Bombers could go 0 and 18 and I would still wear our colors proud and loud. 

When I picture Mike O'Shea in a trench coat.....I get bad thoughts.

It is Drew's responsibility to keep Drew healthy.
 
I kind of read that comment as "...don't try to be a hero, if everything is falling apart around you, ditch the ball..."

It is Drew's responsibility to keep Drew healthy.
 
I kind of read that comment as "...don't try to be a hero, if everything is falling apart around you, ditch the ball..."

It is Drew's responsibility to keep Drew healthy.
 
I kind of read that comment as "...don't try to be a hero, if everything is falling apart around you, ditch the ball..."

An interesting article that underlines many flaws the Bombers had last year, many of which had already been pointed out, but I get the distinct impression that Bellefeuille is being shielded in this article and many of his flaws were glossed over. It's no coincidence that recognizing our offensive plays did not take wizard to figure out, and it wasn't very hard to 'guess' what play was coming. Even though we may have had inferior players, I'm not sure how good you have to be to overcome that fact.

So it seems that Orridge did the right thing, there will be no compensation to Ottawa for the Maas hiring in Edmonton. It's not that I don't believe this is not a topic worth discussing for the League, but bring it up at a manager's/ owner's meeting, it should not be tossed into the ring when there is no formal rules on this.
 
     http://www.tsn.ca/no-compensation-owed-to-redblacks-for-maas-hiring-1.463269

That was 2009. Eight seasons ago. Kelly turned out to be a terrible choice but the coaches & GM's afterwards chosen afterwards contributed to our continuing mediocrity as well. Kelly was inexperienced, Mack was inexperienced, Butchko inexperienced, LaPo inexperienced, Burke inexperienced, Miller inexperienced, Walters inexperienced & O'Shea inexperienced. That's a whole lot of inexperience thrown at us. In all that time, not one hire with past & proven CFL head coaching or management experience. Are we really expected to believe it's just coincidence or the fact the team won't pay to bring in experienced people?

I think it more attests to just how bad of shape this club has been in for so long - tough to look good when you got ****. tbh I think Kelly was the biggest contributor to that all, especially when one of his first orders of business was releasing Kevin Glenn when we picked up LeFors, that started a carousel of instability at QB for years.  Even picking up Buck Pierce proved to be too much in and out.  For all the knocks on KG he was relatively healthy, and while not a world beater has proved time and again to be capable. 

Renaud used to do that until he ran into a real football player and tore his ACL.  Then he didn't do it anymore.

I'm with you on this, except I always get my hopes up too high. Wouldn't have it any other way.

and man I'd hate to be the team that gave him the experience so he could become a legend in Toronto........like, sick to my stomach....

I still think MB had a lot to do with our O struggles, especially on the Oline, i think his schemes were just that bad. We will see this year but i expect the OLINE to be much improved... Bryant is a good to great tackle, Chungh looked good and was a rookie, Goossen will be better than Picard, Daniels is very underrated as a tackle.. They have 4 good pieces on the OLINE, the one guard spot is a mystery but... maybe they go American there also... 
 
Think MB's Schemes played a huge role.. it's like Montreal all over again, he got canned and the next year they gave up less than half the sacks they gave up when he was there. I think history will repeat itself that way. 

Hi Guys! Finally decided to join after lurking this place for a couple of years. I'm not much of an X & O's kind of guy, but I have followed the CFL and the Bombers since the '70s. I just love the 3 down game. This seems like a friendly site with some pretty knowledgeable people, so I figured it should be a great place to humiliate myself.