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4 hours ago, wbbfan said:
We gave up a lot due to having no pressure. Tackling does need to improve for sure though. That’s all on leadership, discipline and accountability which no CO can install with a soft hc, and players like wj coasting. Especially owe this length of time.
That's the system the DC designed. The lack of a pass rush is on Younger. That's why our D is all linebackers & dbs. They got lit up last Saturday. Another year of Osh means more of the same. More Younger. More Cheetos.
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10 hours ago, Booch said:
Exactly this...as well as our ratio and how we use it and allot the money and the value you get from it, and how it rapes you elsewhere, compared to the lower price tag and actual better more impactful play from an American...I talking SAM.....Interior d-line.....even center.....Second Canadian receiver
Our flat out refusal to to never stray away from 3 oline...RB...2 receiver's and the pile of garbage that is JT Inside has just handcuffed us...allowed us to either miss out or not even consider an impact player in FA in any of those spots and made us weak....shallow in depth and just hanging onto garbage and never getting better.....because this "belief" we have that this is the winning template....cause it worked half a decade ago now
To be the best, and stay the best you need to be continually getting better...bringing guys in....looking forward, not at past success.....and if you find a guy thats better than who is starting currently....you plug them in and your depth guys continually are being better along with your frontline guys....worrying about bruised ego's and loyalty aint gonna keep you succesful
When is the last time....almost anytime under Osh where we have adjusted how we run our ratio....or cut a vet...a 2 yr..3yr starter....for an up and comer? I can't think of once....Only time we replaced anyone of significance is due to a player leaving for better opportunity/money or a guy was so injured even Osh couldn't justify dressing them...and even then he has played guys who in now way shape or form should have been dressed...let alone starting.
And....hence....here we are and from sounds of some the soundbites from Osh....prepare for more BS nad from some personal discussions and chat I have had...expect some exodus cause of it...Sure the team is gonna spin it that "they are moving on from player X...PlaYer Y" and if you believe that get a hold of me cause I got some merchandise that I can sell you at a crazy wicked deal....it's awesome legit stuff 😁
We are a chaotic mess riht now....no real clue or plan and sounds like it's gonna fester into 2026..
If we continue on this path it'll lead to us falling off a cliff. I foresee terrible times ahead.
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7 minutes ago, wbbfan said:
Yep.
Imo if you brought in khari he’d be a position coach and support Jackson who’d be the oc. You could have both work with qbs, and khari also coach wrs while being offensive assistant.
Qbs are underrated as wr coaches. They’re much better at helping wrs and qbs build chemistry and understand what the qb is looking for.
Khari was also one of the last qbs to call his own plays, is much better coaching rpos and btl screen packages.
Though I do worry if khari would be the worst guy to put with zach. Two guys who just wanna chuck bombs lol
That's why you need a competent OC... someone like JJ.
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The RedBlacks went deep & signed Dinwiddie. They're serious & all in about winning. How serious are we???
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10 hours ago, M.Silverback said:
I like Brady. And I like the Winnipeg connection. But good teams, NFL and CFL, don't tend to overpay RB's any longer. Supply and demand. Decent RB's are plentiful. There were 5 other 1000 yard rushers in the CFL last year. I think all, or at least 4, made less $ than Brady. Plus there's Scott in Montreal who ran over our D in the semi final who looks like a 1000 yd rusher. Someone will pay him, I just wouldn't if I were a GM. I'd rely on my scouting department (if I had a decent one, not sure Bombers do now) to find me a new crop of American RB's every year to pick from and pay them accordingly.
Sure. easy, peasy. Okie dokie...
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3 hours ago, GCn20 said:
If Brady doesn't want to be here at a reasonable price I'm good with him moving on
That's crazy. Brady's the heart & soul of this team. Someone is going to pay him $$$ to leave if we don't as he's in his prime. If he was 30 or 31, I'd agree but he's not. You want a 3-15 season? Then that's the way to do it.
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15 hours ago, bigg jay said:
Hopefully Elgersma, in time, can become that guy for us.
Will he sign with us? The rookie salary cap is ridiculous. How the CFL runs sometimes s a joke. we're 5 years out of the pandemic. The league will cut off their nose to spite their face. Some players deserve more than others.
14 hours ago, TBURGESS said:Eli was a great collage player who has done squat in the pros. Nothing to do with MOS.
It has everything to do with Osh. He & Thomas are the worst example of pandering & favouritism by our HC.
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15 hours ago, Booch said:
if osh is back....be more of the downward trend...poor roster...stupid decisions...same ol same ol
A HC has huge impact and say on the roster and who they retain and who/what they request....and the G.M and his team accomodate...hence why we are littered with garbage....The G.M and coach will always work together in a fluid and functioning system and are not gonna really but heads, and the G.M isnt gonna go against what the HC vision is....they hired him for a reason.....but there also comes a time when the G.M and or President need to step in...and lay down some law....or remove things from the equation....and this wasnt being done here, and if we bring back all the same cast of characters....it's just gonna continue on....plain and simple
This team is broken now at the top...they have no clue in the right way to get out of it and I can see several defections coming player wise with guys who want no more part of this, another season of big whooptydo FA signings and an even poorer roster...and how that's even possible is mind boggling but it's gonna unfold right in front of us....not even the real off-season yet but from sounds of all that in media reports...it's already disappointing and just gonna get worse
Osh needs to grow a pair and not worry about this mt nice guy image he wants to portray and yeah....rip some new arses and explicity say where things are not optimal....and actually have a plan to fix it...He's a pro football coach....not a babysitter of fragile egos and minds.....just gutless...season is over...was a pathetic excise of one at that....take some accountability for it....make others accountable....but nope...smug grin....like what we have....guys are awesome...blah blah....fuckingblah
Great summary. If what happened the past year is allowed to continue we'll be a 4 or 5 win season real fast.
2 hours ago, rebusrankin said:I get the money thing but honestly to lose Brady potentially because Walters is overpaying Collaros would be frustrating. Zach at 450,000, fine. Zach at 600,000 not fine.
I'd rather we get rid of Willie if they need to save money.
We'll lose Brady if we don't fire Hogan.
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3 hours ago, Booch said:
If osh is back...and i hope hes not...but if so...it better be on a short leash and any resemblance as to whats gone on of late...and games that look like this yr...that fire button better be pressed
I think bringing him back is a huge risk sms wise cause if he just continues as he has..and we need to cut bait...and who really thinks he will change? Then we on hook with money to him on the coaching cap aspect
Yup...somewhere along the way in 2022 to this yr we lost the plot..the foresight...ability to project and the ability to make the tough decisions...can these 2 get back to that? Maybe? But if they can't and we committ again...only to have to can them...then we really gonna be wandering in the wilderness for a few yrs...they did it before...was it just lightning in a bottle and things just lined up perfect? Or was it from actual things they did...and then got too fat and complacent?? There's arguments for both cases...huge decisions coming here that could affect us for a few yrs running...in either direction..
According to Paul Friesen's article today, it sounds like Osh is back & he doesn't want to make a lot of changes. Sigh. Expect more of the same. More Kola & more Thomas. More playing his pet players. More playing useless veterans than promising younger players. This team is headed for a cliff.
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3 hours ago, GCn20 said:
Not nearly as bad as Tui showed. Did he play Centre..no..did he show an inability to block..yes.
Excellent as the 6th in heavy sets is not a ringing endorsement. I am not pleased with Kola but let's not pretend Tui offered more. Our centre position could have and should have been addressed in the offseason but our GM was not up to the task
Compared to Tua, what did Kola offer? Absolutely nothing. I'd have moved Eli to Center over that loser two years ago. he still would have outplayed him.
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10 hours ago, Tracker said:
What a joke thanks to Randy Ambrosie. He actually believd that the Maritimes could support the CFL? All it took was 6 years to get the money back. Imagine what a **** show that franchise would have been?
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59 minutes ago, Tracker said:
Younger may not have a choice as to who he fields or even puts on the active roster. I cite Buck Pierce's offence in BC as more effective than he led here.
Buck has a young qb still not in his prime but getting better & better daily. As well as dynamic receivers. We didn't have any of that.
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On 2025-11-01 at 7:45 PM, HardCoreBlue said:
I’m having a hard time reconciling my Riders suck with my BC sucks.
What am I to do?
Riders usurp the Lions. Full on hate for that team.
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55 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:
It also brought back a childhood memory where Rick Monday, ironically from the Dodgers, hit a ninth inning homerun to beat my Expos in five games in the National League Championship.
Crushing.
The Expos might have won a World Series the year there was a baseball strike.
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12 minutes ago, Booch said:
Yeah...Love Stan.....and he wasnt a detriment, but he is ageing out and will only be going downhill now...and could be fast on the edge...inside tho he would be like a playing coach and he would be able to make any blocking call with what he has seen and knows....But we have some young talented tackles in waiting here so we gotta let em take over and grow....I like that they are athletic as hell and with a real OC...and the right weapons there is a lot you cn do
Stan's nearly 40 & they should be grooming someone to take his place. i don't know if I want a 40 yer old Center & a 37 year old guard to his right beside him although anything is better than Kola.
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5 hours ago, Booch said:
why.....Dumb and even dumber were nobody...nothing's...unknows too when they started....and it showed in first 2.5 yrs with Dumber until he got his feet held to the fire and "had" to make some changes to save his smug face
Internal would be the dumbest thing...we seen how that panned out with OC guy...we need new vison/idea's...philosophy...the foundation and way we do things here organizationally is set and solid....but we need a new driver
Everything built here wont fly out the door by canning the HC....and as the HC claims...he rarely knows the pulse of the room...the vets keep it in working order....that being said...perhaps he should be more hands on and coach and be part of the pulse....and actually coach and be the disciplinarian when need be....
i agree. We can't promote from within. The only coach I'd accept from this group as HC would be JJ. He's an outsider who has experience with a lot of different CFL organizations.
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2 minutes ago, wbbfan said:
The large majority of those guys are locked up for next year.
he brought in the rookie ends who looked damn good.
He wouldn’t talk to the media late season, Nor would he or the other gms now eliminated do any thing before gc week. Even then, the majority of the pressers league wide will wait till after the gc. Doing it during the play offs is poor form.
Because the gc is here, if we have a plan we can start right away, announcing what we can during the gc week makes sense.
The off season is 2 weeks shorter than before. They can't afford to sit around & wait.
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On 2025-11-02 at 7:56 AM, Super Duper Negatron said:
As a bandwagon observer that was a hell of a fun series to watch. But I was transported back immediately to past Grey Cups, especially 2022 and 2023. I know exactly how long that will take Jays fans to get over. It sucks.
Blue Jays had every opportunity to win that game 5 or 6 times and just couldn't get it done.
I was texting my niece in Toronto whose husband & son wer watching the game They were going crazy with stress. When that HR happened, I texed, "Wow. Sorry, that's crushing. Been there. Done that. I know how you feel". And I did. The past 3 years.
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3 hours ago, Bubba Zanetti said:
I agree. Its truly shocking how Walters just stopped giving a s**t about the lines. Vaughters was his solution after multiple years of declining d-line play.
Where is Walters? Has there been a sighting in months?? You'd think he'd be talking to the media today. I don't buy he has no contract bullshit. Osh talks to the media everyday. Total effin bullshit. Now, if he does have a news conference today I'll eat crow.
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8 minutes ago, Super Duper Negatron said:
That interview with Collaros is stunning. Imagine your starting QB saying after 21 games that your offense couldn't settle on anything they were "good at", and that you spent training camp running stuff you never used. Is that normal?
I don't even know what to say...
And we have a Head Coach who seems clueless.
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9 hours ago, wbbfan said:
“(In training camp) we repped a lot of things that we didn’t rep during the season. I didn’t get a lot of reps with the guys who were playing. My situation put us in jeopardy there with the suspension and trying to manage that. I think it’s getting reps — reps with the players, reps with what concepts do we like? On second-and-six, second-and-five with the game on the line, what are we going to call because we know we can execute the play? I don’t know if we had that this year, so getting good at something, I think, matters
That all tracks, but boy is that a pile of red flags. No wonder our go tos ended up being old holdovers from lapo/buck and why zach couldn’t build a repoire with any one this year. And yeah as has been said ad nauseam, the concepts we ran were trash.
If Hogan comes back as OC for sure we lose Brady. That would be massive & the biggest red flag I see. Hogan has to go. But will our stubborn HC admit he was wrong & actually do it? Will his ego trump what's best for the team?
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17 hours ago, bigg jay said:
Did a quick list based on what I can quickly find from news releases and/or when players signed (I assumed the standard 3 year rookie deals for nationals & 1 year with a team option for a 2nd year with imports unless a specific length was announced). Might be off on a few and I'm sure the list will dwindle by the time FA officially opens.
- AYERS, Michael
- BONDS, Terrell
- BRYANT, Stanley
- CADWALLADER, Tanner
- CASE, Kody
- CASTILLO, Sergio
- COBB, Gavin
- DEMSKI, Nic
- ELI, Asotui
- GAUTHIER, Shayne
- GRIFFIN II, Michael
- HALLETT, Nick
- HOLM, Evan
- JEFFERSON, Willie
- KELLY, Jake
- KOLANKOWSKI, Chris
- KRAMDI, Redha
- LAWSON, Cameron
- LOFTON, Eric
- MAKONZO, Enock
- MITCHELL, Dillon
- NEUFELD, Patrick
- NICHOLS, Deatrick
- OLIVEIRA, Brady
- PARKER, Jamal
- RANDOLPH, Kendall
- SCHMEKEL, Tanner
- SCHOEN, Dalton
- SHEAHAN, Jamieson
- STERNS, Jerreth
- STREVELER, Chris
- THOMAS, Jake
- VANTERPOOL, Micah
- VAUGHTERS, James
- WHEATFALL, Keric
- WILSON, Kyrie
- WILSON, Terry
- WOODS, Jamal
The following players ended the season on the PR, making them FA's immediately:
Devin Adams, De'Shaan Dixon, Ben Dooley, Matthew Jackson, Jay Person, Hunter Poncius,, Fabian Weitz, AK Gassama, Justin Mayers.
Who was that rookie Defensive End I believe from Florida or Florida State who sacked Bethel-Thompson a few times in our last home game?
11 hours ago, TBURGESS said:Re Zach: Under contract means whatever guaranteed money he has is sunk, but it doesn't mean we have to or even should keep him. He's way overpaid for his performance.
I think he's guaranteed 1/3 of his salary so he'll be around. I'm one of the few here who still believe in Zach. He was handcuffed by a subpar reciving group, old & slow OL & a **** up of an OC in Hogan. I'd like to see what he'd do with a revamped line, better receivers & JJ calling the plays.
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Through all this discussion about our useless GM Walters, Osh leaving for Toronto (please go), firing Hogan or maybe losing Brady if we don't, Zach's unhappiness, Younger & his Cheetos no pass rush defense, Walters not doing enough this past off season, Osh roster management issues.... All I want is a change.
The room has gone stale. It stinks. We need Wade Miller to go in & open the window wide to let a fresh breeze in. As a fan, I want change. Meaningful & serious change. I don't care if that means head rolls & we don't renew the contracts of Walters & O'Shea. After 12 freaking years, the team has to do something to shake it up. I don't want to watch my team decline further while we have a GM mail it in another off season. While players & coaches who should be gone get special treatment & undeservedly stick around for another season.
After 12 going on 13 seasons, I don't think as a fan that I can take anymore of this **** because I know it'll just get worse.