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11 hours ago, SPuDS said:
Oh, so its ok to heap blame on him but completely ignore all the positives that are on the defense? Kind of a myopic way to view things, no? There is no denying we caused opposition to turn the ball over better then anyone else in the last 2 years.. we also increased our sack and pressure totals.. Its not like Hall was a complete failure.. Maybe the reason he is still here and it doesn't make sense to us is because at the end of the day, we are only fans and have no clue what transpires behind closed doors or the causes of the failures on our defense.
Heap blame? He is the DC. The man in charge. He'd get praise if his defense played great & criticism when they didn't so it goes both ways. Doug Brown being an experienced DL knows what goes on when it comes to team dynamics. I guess the question I have is if there was freelancing & rogue play by certain players to bring glory onto themselves then why wasn't it dealt with swiftly by Hall & O'Shea? Some benchings should have happened. If it continued then player releases. I think Brown was asking the same thing & pointing out the lack of accountability by the players. Why didn't the coaches do something?
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31 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:
With a Constitution like ship going back 75 years in the past that should have changed the future more so.
Never try to explain quantum time mechanics.
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11 hours ago, SPuDS said:
dont you have have huge concerns every off-season though? lol.
and I don't get this, just because other teams do things one way... we are clearly doing things wrong and heading for a nose dive into the depths of hell?
you do realize we just came off of back to back double digit wins and are clearly trending upwards?
I know that. Thank you btw.
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26 minutes ago, blueingreenland said:
Milt's TD record will never be broken. The guy was money when it counted, and considering all the forgettable QB's he played with, it makes his accomplishments all that more special.
Rod Hill was also special. He was so good that when Les Browne (all time CFL INT leader) was on the other corner QB's would prefer to throw to Browne's side instead of Hill's.
Now if we could get our defense even remotely close to those great 80's/early 90's defenses we become Cup favorites.
Fred Glick was our DC back then, wasn't he?
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1 hour ago, 17to85 said:
Actually if you notice I generally throw in lots of vague statements which provides ample room to backtrack out of things should the need arise. Yeah I argue, yeah I take positions some people don't make, but I rarely make statements that are as definitive as you did with the "they're throwing assistants under the bus"
Yes, you do argue. Vague statements thrown in? You're pretty direct. But fired coaches while the boss stays is to me, throwing them under the bus. If that's definitive, so be it. BTW, I've never had a problem with your posting style.
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14 minutes ago, 17to85 said:
the difference is that I am not making statements like you and passing them off as fact. I know that I don't know, you are quite different.
Yeah, you are. You do it all the time & get all pissy about it when you do on any number of subjects here. You're right & everyone else is wrong so how can you say you don't? LOL.
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7 minutes ago, 17to85 said:
Yes we will see what happens next year and yes the D does need to improve, but none of that has anything to do with your claims that they're throwing assistants under the bus and absolving blame from Hall.
I'd say that with O'Shea indicating he will be more involved that is a pretty big "on notice" to Hall.
And since you don't work for the Bombers you don't know if they weren't, either. Both of us don't really know as weren't in on the discussions that led to the Hall decision. So, my opinion carries as much weight as yours. #speculation
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58 minutes ago, Goalie said:
I wanted Hall gone also.. Was convinced it would happen but to put it all on Hall is crazy.... At some point.. You gotta look at the players... Like our loss to Edmonton... It was breakdowns in coverage... Dbs got beat... Is that on Hall or is it on the players? Maybe some of our players on D (more than just Hurl) werent good enough?
I've never seen a team use their MLB like we did Hurl before. In bantam football (14 year olds) you have pluggers who are like extra OLB's called who just stay close to the end of the LOS turning the play inside for the lbs by stepping into a rb path on a sweep or off tackle play if the back books it outside. Hurl reminded me of a plugger playing inside. Just diving into the LOS & plugging a gap on every running play. Compare how we played Hurl to other MLBs in the CFL. Imagine if Solomon Elimimian was used that way.
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2 minutes ago, 17to85 said:
and where have they said it was the assistants fault? You're the one making that claim and no offense, but you have no clue the reason why there are changes with a couple assistants. Hell I'd bet that one of them is purely to get Younger on board.
We'll see what happens next year. Bottom line our defense has to play much better for the Bombers to get to & win the Grey Cup.
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10 minutes ago, WBBFanWest said:
Where did I say that I was happy with it? I'm just not into temper tantrums and stomping my feet.
Temper tantrum? I don't recall the last time I ever ranted here. Am I disappointed? Yes. However, I've tried to stay away from that. Not saying I'm perfect but I really don't have time for that anymore.
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32 minutes ago, 17to85 said:
and when did that happen? Just because they didn't bring a couple assistants back does not mean they are blaming them for the D problems. But hey, you're welcome to keep jumping to the conclusions to justify your hate of Ritchie Hall.
So, you keep the architect & throw away the underlings because after all, it's their fault. If that isn't blatant, well?
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13 minutes ago, Noeller said:
Another thought I had.... A scenario: Wade says "He's got one year left, I don't want to pay two coaches... Let's leave him to finish his contract but I want you (Mike) to oversee everything..."
I'm not saying that happened or, if it did, that it's the right thing to do.... But the point is, there's a dozen things that could be going on behind the scenes. It's ridiculous to go claiming you know exactly what happened and why.
I'd say that may be pretty accurate.
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58 minutes ago, WBBFanWest said:
Or, he made his decision on Hall a long time ago, but failed to keep us in the loop. He's got a lot of nerve... If I were you, I'd write him a strongly worded letter. That'll show him.
You're clueless. You seem to think I'm the only one here disappointed that O'Shea is keeping Hall. Read the comments here & elsewhere as I'm not the only one unhappy. Or as per usual you always seem to point out something I said that you don't like yet ignore others . We'll see how good this defense is next year under Hall. If it isn't you'll be bitching like everyone else.
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My biggest issue with all of this is throwing the 2 assistants under the bus & basically blaming them for the issues on defense. Hall was the architect of the Bomber defense. The assistants teach Hall's philosophy to their players. Hall designs the schemes & yet... even though he has failed he still gets to keep his job but it's the assistants fault. This decision makes no sense at all..
I have a huge concern about this off season so far. We have see some teams being very aggressive looking to improve for next year. Ottawa relieves Mark Nelson of his DC duties replacing him with Noel Thorpe. The Als cleaning house of their coaching staff which was expected. The Lions firing Khari Jones & other offensive assistant coaches. Meanwhile it took O'Shea 2 months to make his decision on Hall.
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2 hours ago, DR. CFL said:
Rotator cuff surgery for a QB, similar to Ray’s situation. Not likely ready for the start of the regular season. Not something you want to screw around with for your franchise QB.
It's not rotator cuff surgery.
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2 minutes ago, BigBlue said:
Does anybody know about QB Bo Levi Mitchell's injury status?
Anybody can see he played most of the season hurt .... wondering if he had any off season corrective surgery or if he is just resting his bo-bo ...
Yes, he has tendon tears in his right shoulder & elbow. Will have or has already had surgery. Facing rehab afterwards to be ready for training camp.
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5 minutes ago, WBBFanWest said:
So your theory is that if you really really mad, O'Shea will somehow notice that and fire Hall to placate you? Can't see how that doesn't work!
With new football seasons come change. Say the Riders under Collaros win 12 or 13 games? The Lions improve at home & on the road or the East Division actually becomes competitive with the West? Like I said, if our D doesn't improve under Hall & we fall back a bit on O then things change. It has nothing to do with placating me.
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1 hour ago, Noeller said:
there's no need to sign an extension "just because".......people just gotta calm down and see what happens.
The problem with calming downs means we accept another season of shitty defense. If our offense falls back even 10-15% in productivity & we have to live thru another year of what we have lived thru with Ritchie Hall's defense the past 2 years then a 12 win second place season in 2017 becomes a 9 win scramble for third place or crossover in 2018.
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2 minutes ago, SPuDS said:
uh... wut? has dementia set in and he wants to flip to the other side of the x's and o's??
never get tired of this lol
at what.. OC? I guess his defensive mindset would be interesting to use against other defenses but I kinda think you'd want someone with a bit more, oh, I dunno, offensive skill sets to handle that side of the ball..
Stubler is a defensive guy. At 70, he'd never be an OC. It's funny just talking about it.
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40 minutes ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:
less ******. south Korea, Guam, Japan, any thing with in reach of KJU's conventional arms will be ******- most other people will be fine. I don't see Canada being greatly affected by that. Just to clarify- most will be beside themseves with grief, anger, disbelief and so on- just not bombed the **** up.
The world would be plunged into an economic depression as the economy of South Korea would be destroyed. There would be untold millions of refugees. There would be radioactive fallout worldwide. Perhaps an atomic missile dropped on North Korea would escalate into a World war. Whose to say N. Korea doesn't launch a nuclear missile that impacts the Continental US? Canada would be greatly affected. We don't want to go there.
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1 minute ago, Noeller said:
Lapo signed an extension.....that's why he was "announced"......there's nothing to announce re: RH!
No extension for Hall (announced) yet. But c'mon...
Rule Changes For 2018
in Blue Bomber Discussion
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Just fix the PI & IC rules. The way they are it stinks. Defenders should be allowed to fight for the ball. The way it stands now, a defrnder can be called for IC if a receiver deliberately runs into them. They have to allow more physicality. Keep the coaches challenges to one each per game.