NorthernSkunk

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But the female ones make you think that it's a players mom. Men just sound stupid.

That's not being thrown under the bus at all and it wasn't the club who went to the media.
Being thrown under the bus would be Walters holding a press conference and saying something like "due to his game manager status and being injury-prone, we've decided to cut ties with Matt Nichols and focus on signing a real QB... Zach Collaros".
The reality is that once they made the choice that they want to bring Collaros back, they had 3 options with Nichols:
A) Give him a heads up so he can start making other plans
B) say nothing and leave him twisting in the wind
C) give him false hope that he'll be back as QB1.
They chose the most professional and respectful route available to them.

I mean, if you can get two guys with their talent level. Why not? That would be the ideal situation. Except maybe for the response of media/fans when one has a shitty game. 

I'd like to see Collaros and Mcguire to start the year personally. With Mcguire getting significant time in the pre season and regular season games. Really want to see what that guy is made of.

We will have to agree to disagree about what "throwing someone under the bus" means. Telling a player they won't be pursuing them before FA starts, as far as I see it anyway, is the right way to do business in the CFL. Let them know where you stand, Nichols can now focus on his next step instead of waiting on something that may never come.

When your coach calls you to tell you the team is going a different direction, you've already played your last game for the team.

And how have the bombers thrown anyone under the bus?

Plenty of males do that too. 

Just the female ones who call in after your team just lost 45-0 & is in the midst of a 4 game losing streak saying we should get behind our boys & cheer them on to victory.

And we thank him and move on. 

Shame, the Bombers or Collaros  do not win a G.C. without the leadership Nichols provided since arriving in 2015.  Colour your world with the shitty end of the stick if that's what you prefer.

I'm not sure if the Nichols is upset article has any truth/merit to it.
Lets say it is true,   then is this really a surprise.  I've pointed out numerous times over the last two seasons where Nichols has not accepted any blame and likes to pass the buck when it comes to his own poor play.  He's not a Duron Carter level diva,  but he has shown in the past that his emotions gets the best of him and I have not listened to an interview after a rough outing where he lumps the team in playing not well rather then saying he had a poor performance and needs to be better himself.
I don't give an F if his feelings are hurt... if it's all about loyalty and wanting to win then why not accept a back up salary with performance bonuses in order to stay with the Blue and Gold?

If the RBs aren't able to get Arbuckle signed, Nichols has a guaranteed job there, so he'll be alright. I just wish there was a way we could sign both Collaros and Nichols (if Strev is for sure gone...).... 

On a personal level you absolutely have to feel bad for Nichols. From a team perspective though they have to make the tough calls, QB being one of them.

Boo-hoo. That's professional sports. What have you done for me lately. Collaros has more tools in his tool box and the Bombers realize it.

Interesting article. I tend to think its time to let Matt go. 

Is Matt Nichols a pharmaceutical rep for Cialis or Viagra? #StayHard??

Matt Nichols responded to this tweet today, with this: 

So this is Tyrone Jones's kid? Well, ****.....he's a legacy. This is a done deal.

It was The players and the Defensive coaches.. 

wait wait you're telling me a pro athlete or coach talked to the media in empty cliches?  And on a Mike O'Shea team no less?  Inconceivable!
Dude had a radio show in 2010ish when he was the starter and it was clear then that he was never gonna be a Jeremy Roenick quote machine but I recall he did a real fine job handling the call-in yahoos, especially when the team wasn't playing well.  And I think that after a career of high-level play as a starting QB and a promising start in coaching, it's safe to say that he's figured out how to talk to football people.

Buck's impediment or whatever?   Talk is cheap, anyways.....

My guess is it wasn't a fluke. The guy has won 3 Grey Cups as a coach.

His interview performance had nothing to do with any speech impediments. The "y'know" thingie shows up in a lot of interviews and doesn't do the interviewee justice.