Drew Willy gets hurt. The Als win without him. That is telling. He is totally snake bit. 

Playing Carter at corner. He lost that game but sure looks good on him. 

They call a qb draw with a qb that can't run??

Als are brutal. The Riders are handing this game to them & they just give it all back. 

What happens to Willy is inconsequential to me as I'm worried about the Bombers right now. If the Als want to keep playing him & losing, then more power to them. 

How can anyone say the offense is the reason we lost last night?? It was a factor, sure. But not the reason.  It was our garbage fire dumpster defense & the arsonist DC who coaches it. 

4 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

The offence didn't play well enough that is just a fact. Unless people think 290 total yards is good for a cfl team. Saying that, I'm not blaming streveler. I think he's played as well as anyone expected. Better even. Just pointing out that this is a different team with Nichols under centre. And that it's still early enough for changes to be made on D. None of that is wrong and is backed up by stats.

Saying both sides of the ball played poorly isn't putting the blame on one side of the ball or one player. It's just what happened.

I'm more worried about the D than anything. But it's still early. Still reason for optimism for me. I don't care if their is none for others.

I'd be optimistic about our defense if I knew MOS would do something. If he wouldn't fire Hall in the off season, I'd doubt he'd do that now even as the losses & yards pile up against that unit. 

10 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

146 yrds of passing is not fine. Not in modern day football....Especially with this D. Nichols brings a more consistent attack. I like the strevalation but this is still Nichols team. And it's still a better team with Nichols in the line up.

Not trying to make excuse. Just putting things into perspective. The D is still the bigger problem. But being that it's only week 3, there is lots of time for things to change.

Streveler is a rookie. Last year he was playing at South Dakota State & had never seen Canadian football.  Dressler dropped at least 2 catchable balls early in the game that would have sustained drives although he did come back & made some nice catches later. No way I'm even mentioning Streveler as a reason we lost. I'm throwing everything at Ritchie Hall. 

2 hours ago, 17to85 said:

Oshea is patient but he's not stupid. He won't let this continue for ever. 

Well,....Cough. Cough. 

It just sickens me that it has come to this as a discussion about Ritchie Hall. That it appears loyalty by the head coach usurps winning by  the organization.  Nothing is going to change keeping Hall. 

4 hours ago, Stickem said:

Hall is done....as long as we hold on to incompetent coaching we will suffer the consequences...The talent on D is there...Subpar performance Ritchie...time to hang em up...And please nobody try to say it isn't the coach who is out there making the plays...Tired of that one....The proof was all out there for everyone to see tonight and Hall can't hide anymore 

Coach will protect Hall. He won't throw him under the bus. Next game & every game after that we'll give up huge yards vs the pass. Things won't change. 

When you have Front Four that can't pressure & a secondary that lets receivers catch everything in front of them because the DC is scared the Hamilton receivers will get behind them this is what you get. We all knew Hall's defense would suck but MOS refused to make a change.  We are as bad vs the pass as we were last season. We can't stop anyone thru the air. Versus the run for every good stop we had last night we'd let the Ti Cats rip off a 10 or 20 yard gain. Mercer fricking Timmis??? Are you kidding me??? Then that other Ti Cat back with a last name of a first & last name??? He was ripping off chunks of yardage against us... Nothing has changed defensively from last season. Nothing will change until Ritchie Hall is shown the door.

I don't blame Streveler for this loss at all. The kid will struggle as that's part of his steep learning curve. Every start gives him real time experience that will help him down the road to be a damned fine CFL qb.  He has heart & is becoming a leader. He needs experience to improve & he's getting it under fire. Once Nichols get back watch how Darvin Adams & Adarius Bowman get used.  We'll be a lot better vertical team.  Nichols will use everyone & spread the ball around. But that defense... We'll never win with that defense... Hall has got to go. 

4 hours ago, Gotmilt said:

I'll be very disappointed if Hall isn't fired by Monday

Prepare to be disappointed. 

16 hours ago, raklar said:

This actually is pretty accurate, I got season tickets to the stamps this year after not having them for a while, and the front office was practically on their knees begging me to buy them, throwing in all kinds of discounts and offers for some pretty decent seats. Apparently they are absolutely floored by the number of season tickets not renewed over the off season. They are definitely already beginning to feel the hurt. Not a good sign when they are hosting the cup next year...

 

Personally I think the underlying issue is Calgary is somehow a huge NFL city, and a good chunk of people here consider the CFL bush league compared to the NFL. And until they fix that image in the city it will continue to suffer a bit in this city.

Losing back to back Grey Cups to clearly inferior teams has turned a lot of fans off of the Stamps here. They win so many regular season games & are the most arrogant team in the CFL. They bully, intimidate & run up the score on opponents during the regular season but then when it counts in the Grey Cup they choke.

It's hard to believe (when you're a Bomber Fan & after suffering thru some ghastly seasons) but winning 15 games means nothing to football fans here. Winning their last game of the year does. The Stamps have won more games than any other team in the CFL the past 5 seasons but to fans in Calgary they are nothing but choke artists.  Fans are saying they have better things to do. I do notice that this season less & less people care. The Stamps are barely on the sports radar here anymore.  I kind of figured that would happen. 

On ‎2018‎-‎06‎-‎27 at 3:06 PM, Jacquie said:

I'm not sure if this was posted already. 

 

LOL!! Jones is so stubborn... 

On ‎2018‎-‎06‎-‎27 at 2:50 PM, Jpan85 said:

Interesting Andrew Harris and Jeff Hamilton have a podcast and Harris commented that he was not a big fan of them bringing in Muamba. Felt like he would not be a good fit in locker room. Implied he did not have good leadership qualities.

Muamba showed his leadership qualities last week...

camera angles for reviews on TSN are terrible. 

Stamps although not playing well offensively are starting to pull away. That receiving corps is scary. 

Davis just sucks. 

Just now, Mark F said:

what a dirty hit by hebert. 

Wouldn't feel bad if someone broke that POS legs. He tries to injure players every game. 

More concerning is Stamps attendance which is in free fall. Great team but the crowds are getting smaller & smaller.... Fans just don't want to go to games at the 58 year old McMahon Stadium. Plus losing the last 2 Grey Cups has pissed a lot of people off here & have decided that they don't want to go to games anymore. Those 2 losses has really hurt the bottom line. We need a new stadium here but no one wants to build one. The Flames who own the Stamps only care about their team. They want a new $600 million arena for their hockey team & the City & the Flames are back negotiating but it does not include a new stadium.  Meanwhile the team keep winning but fans stay away.  The scary part is someday the Stamps will fall on hard times & when that happens the stadium will be a ghost town. 

Mitchell is just missing his throws. He's a long way to being washed up. Most CFL teams would love to have a washed up qb like Mitchell.

Nothing on Stasny. Looks like he's leaving. 

3 minutes ago, Zontar said:

Looks like Thorpe's defense is going to be a thorn in everyone's side again. Giving CAL all they can handle.

Stamps put it in the end zone but it wasn't easy. The Stamps taking a lot of unnecessary penalties. 

9 hours ago, 17to85 said:

you know what, if this team winds up in a situation where both Nichols and Streveler are too good and both need to play and earn money I'll call it a good problem to have. 

M.C. Strevols.