Deiter Fan

So much this.
Been following this team since I was a kid in the 70s. As a kid there were many heartbreaks with teams that had so much potential but came up empty. It might have been easier to take had the potential not been there...but the squandering of potential is always sad.
John Daly comes to mind. So much potential and talent seemingly squandered. 
I came into this season filled with that notion of a team with so much potential to right the wrong of last year's GC. The re-signing of important vets...the return of Lawler...the potential of another Wpg born back, etc...
Instead we're getting this schizophrenic team who doesn't seem to know who it is from week to week...world beaters or potential-squanderers?
I can take the down/rebuilding years...it's all part of the game...but watching these guys come out flat, giving up early leads and either having to scrap back to win...or lose...to inferior teams really p*sses me off. Combine that with some of the most incompetent officiating I can remember and I'm a frustrated camper.
I'll be the first to admit I don't have the football acumen that some on here do but I can't help but lay the blame for this frustration at the feet of coaches. Yeah professionals should be able to get themselves fired up/prepared for games but damn it, it's up to coaches to MAKE SURE that's happening.
If the only thing firing you up for a game is losing the previous game...well that doesn't seem like a recipe for success

So much this.
Been following this team since I was a kid in the 70s. As a kid there were many heartbreaks with teams that had so much potential but came up empty. It might have been easier to take had the potential not been there...but the squandering of potential is always sad.
John Daly comes to mind. So much potential and talent seemingly squandered. 
I came into this season filled with that notion of a team with so much potential to right the wrong of last year's GC. The re-signing of important vets...the return of Lawler...the potential of another Wpg born back, etc...
Instead we're getting this schizophrenic team who doesn't seem to know who it is from week to week...world beaters or potential-squanderers?
I can take the down/rebuilding years...it's all part of the game...but watching these guys come out flat, giving up early leads and either having to scrap back to win...or lose...to inferior teams really p*sses me off. Combine that with some of the most incompetent officiating I can remember and I'm a frustrated camper.
I'll be the first to admit I don't have the football acumen that some on here do but I can't help but lay the blame for this frustration at the feet of coaches. Yeah professionals should be able to get themselves fired up/prepared for games but damn it, it's up to coaches to MAKE SURE that's happening.
If the only thing firing you up for a game is losing the previous game...well that doesn't seem like a recipe for success

So much this.
Been following this team since I was a kid in the 70s. As a kid there were many heartbreaks with teams that had so much potential but came up empty. It might have been easier to take had the potential not been there...but the squandering of potential is always sad.
John Daly comes to mind. So much potential and talent seemingly squandered. 
I came into this season filled with that notion of a team with so much potential to right the wrong of last year's GC. The re-signing of important vets...the return of Lawler...the potential of another Wpg born back, etc...
Instead we're getting this schizophrenic team who doesn't seem to know who it is from week to week...world beaters or potential-squanderers?
I can take the down/rebuilding years...it's all part of the game...but watching these guys come out flat, giving up early leads and either having to scrap back to win...or lose...to inferior teams really p*sses me off. Combine that with some of the most incompetent officiating I can remember and I'm a frustrated camper.
I'll be the first to admit I don't have the football acumen that some on here do but I can't help but lay the blame for this frustration at the feet of coaches. Yeah professionals should be able to get themselves fired up/prepared for games but damn it, it's up to coaches to MAKE SURE that's happening.
If the only thing firing you up for a game is losing the previous game...well that doesn't seem like a recipe for success

So much this.
Been following this team since I was a kid in the 70s. As a kid there were many heartbreaks with teams that had so much potential but came up empty. It might have been easier to take had the potential not been there...but the squandering of potential is always sad.
John Daly comes to mind. So much potential and talent seemingly squandered. 
I came into this season filled with that notion of a team with so much potential to right the wrong of last year's GC. The re-signing of important vets...the return of Lawler...the potential of another Wpg born back, etc...
Instead we're getting this schizophrenic team who doesn't seem to know who it is from week to week...world beaters or potential-squanderers?
I can take the down/rebuilding years...it's all part of the game...but watching these guys come out flat, giving up early leads and either having to scrap back to win...or lose...to inferior teams really p*sses me off. Combine that with some of the most incompetent officiating I can remember and I'm a frustrated camper.
I'll be the first to admit I don't have the football acumen that some on here do but I can't help but lay the blame for this frustration at the feet of coaches. Yeah professionals should be able to get themselves fired up/prepared for games but damn it, it's up to coaches to MAKE SURE that's happening.
If the only thing firing you up for a game is losing the previous game...well that doesn't seem like a recipe for success

So much this.
Been following this team since I was a kid in the 70s. As a kid there were many heartbreaks with teams that had so much potential but came up empty. It might have been easier to take had the potential not been there...but the squandering of potential is always sad.
John Daly comes to mind. So much potential and talent seemingly squandered. 
I came into this season filled with that notion of a team with so much potential to right the wrong of last year's GC. The re-signing of important vets...the return of Lawler...the potential of another Wpg born back, etc...
Instead we're getting this schizophrenic team who doesn't seem to know who it is from week to week...world beaters or potential-squanderers?
I can take the down/rebuilding years...it's all part of the game...but watching these guys come out flat, giving up early leads and either having to scrap back to win...or lose...to inferior teams really p*sses me off. Combine that with some of the most incompetent officiating I can remember and I'm a frustrated camper.
I'll be the first to admit I don't have the football acumen that some on here do but I can't help but lay the blame for this frustration at the feet of coaches. Yeah professionals should be able to get themselves fired up/prepared for games but damn it, it's up to coaches to MAKE SURE that's happening.
If the only thing firing you up for a game is losing the previous game...well that doesn't seem like a recipe for success

So much this.
Been following this team since I was a kid in the 70s. As a kid there were many heartbreaks with teams that had so much potential but came up empty. It might have been easier to take had the potential not been there...but the squandering of potential is always sad.
John Daly comes to mind. So much potential and talent seemingly squandered. 
I came into this season filled with that notion of a team with so much potential to right the wrong of last year's GC. The re-signing of important vets...the return of Lawler...the potential of another Wpg born back, etc...
Instead we're getting this schizophrenic team who doesn't seem to know who it is from week to week...world beaters or potential-squanderers?
I can take the down/rebuilding years...it's all part of the game...but watching these guys come out flat, giving up early leads and either having to scrap back to win...or lose...to inferior teams really p*sses me off. Combine that with some of the most incompetent officiating I can remember and I'm a frustrated camper.
I'll be the first to admit I don't have the football acumen that some on here do but I can't help but lay the blame for this frustration at the feet of coaches. Yeah professionals should be able to get themselves fired up/prepared for games but damn it, it's up to coaches to MAKE SURE that's happening.
If the only thing firing you up for a game is losing the previous game...well that doesn't seem like a recipe for success

So much this.
Been following this team since I was a kid in the 70s. As a kid there were many heartbreaks with teams that had so much potential but came up empty. It might have been easier to take had the potential not been there...but the squandering of potential is always sad.
John Daly comes to mind. So much potential and talent seemingly squandered. 
I came into this season filled with that notion of a team with so much potential to right the wrong of last year's GC. The re-signing of important vets...the return of Lawler...the potential of another Wpg born back, etc...
Instead we're getting this schizophrenic team who doesn't seem to know who it is from week to week...world beaters or potential-squanderers?
I can take the down/rebuilding years...it's all part of the game...but watching these guys come out flat, giving up early leads and either having to scrap back to win...or lose...to inferior teams really p*sses me off. Combine that with some of the most incompetent officiating I can remember and I'm a frustrated camper.
I'll be the first to admit I don't have the football acumen that some on here do but I can't help but lay the blame for this frustration at the feet of coaches. Yeah professionals should be able to get themselves fired up/prepared for games but damn it, it's up to coaches to MAKE SURE that's happening.
If the only thing firing you up for a game is losing the previous game...well that doesn't seem like a recipe for success

So much this.
Been following this team since I was a kid in the 70s. As a kid there were many heartbreaks with teams that had so much potential but came up empty. It might have been easier to take had the potential not been there...but the squandering of potential is always sad.
John Daly comes to mind. So much potential and talent seemingly squandered. 
I came into this season filled with that notion of a team with so much potential to right the wrong of last year's GC. The re-signing of important vets...the return of Lawler...the potential of another Wpg born back, etc...
Instead we're getting this schizophrenic team who doesn't seem to know who it is from week to week...world beaters or potential-squanderers?
I can take the down/rebuilding years...it's all part of the game...but watching these guys come out flat, giving up early leads and either having to scrap back to win...or lose...to inferior teams really p*sses me off. Combine that with some of the most incompetent officiating I can remember and I'm a frustrated camper.
I'll be the first to admit I don't have the football acumen that some on here do but I can't help but lay the blame for this frustration at the feet of coaches. Yeah professionals should be able to get themselves fired up/prepared for games but damn it, it's up to coaches to MAKE SURE that's happening.
If the only thing firing you up for a game is losing the previous game...well that doesn't seem like a recipe for success

You summed it up quite nicely. 

So much this.
Been following this team since I was a kid in the 70s. As a kid there were many heartbreaks with teams that had so much potential but came up empty. It might have been easier to take had the potential not been there...but the squandering of potential is always sad.
John Daly comes to mind. So much potential and talent seemingly squandered. 
I came into this season filled with that notion of a team with so much potential to right the wrong of last year's GC. The re-signing of important vets...the return of Lawler...the potential of another Wpg born back, etc...
Instead we're getting this schizophrenic team who doesn't seem to know who it is from week to week...world beaters or potential-squanderers?
I can take the down/rebuilding years...it's all part of the game...but watching these guys come out flat, giving up early leads and either having to scrap back to win...or lose...to inferior teams really p*sses me off. Combine that with some of the most incompetent officiating I can remember and I'm a frustrated camper.
I'll be the first to admit I don't have the football acumen that some on here do but I can't help but lay the blame for this frustration at the feet of coaches. Yeah professionals should be able to get themselves fired up/prepared for games but damn it, it's up to coaches to MAKE SURE that's happening.
If the only thing firing you up for a game is losing the previous game...well that doesn't seem like a recipe for success

Based on how we've played on the road this season I'm not hopeful about our prospects to end up 1st in the West or get to the Grey Cup.

I mean, he doesn't call the plays, he doesn't seem to be an effective in-game tactician, he doesn't manage the roster properly, he doesn’t make solid choices with regards to taking the ball/field position, he doesn’t seem to be consistently getting the team ready to play … what DOES he do?

Well there goes our cushion on first.  Toronto is going to ******* kill us with this pathetic effort.

The officiatingvthis year is really turning me off the CFL.

Am I reading this correctly...
Friday's games overlap and 3 of 4 TSN channels pickup the 2nd game already in progress?
Just when I think TSN can't be any more dismissive of the CFL...smfh.

Am I reading this correctly...
Friday's games overlap and 3 of 4 TSN channels pickup the 2nd game already in progress?
Just when I think TSN can't be any more dismissive of the CFL...smfh.

As a devout, unenlightened follower of this team our offensive success seems like a no-brainer to me.
We have the best running back, the best qb, elite receivers and a high quality short yardage qb
Run for 4-5...throw for 4-5...sneak for 1...throw deep occasionally...repeat til the opponent is demoralized
When we struggle I am completely flabbergasted.

As a devout, unenlightened follower of this team our offensive success seems like a no-brainer to me.
We have the best running back, the best qb, elite receivers and a high quality short yardage qb
Run for 4-5...throw for 4-5...sneak for 1...throw deep occasionally...repeat til the opponent is demoralized
When we struggle I am completely flabbergasted.

As a devout, unenlightened follower of this team our offensive success seems like a no-brainer to me.
We have the best running back, the best qb, elite receivers and a high quality short yardage qb
Run for 4-5...throw for 4-5...sneak for 1...throw deep occasionally...repeat til the opponent is demoralized
When we struggle I am completely flabbergasted.

As a devout, unenlightened follower of this team our offensive success seems like a no-brainer to me.
We have the best running back, the best qb, elite receivers and a high quality short yardage qb
Run for 4-5...throw for 4-5...sneak for 1...throw deep occasionally...repeat til the opponent is demoralized
When we struggle I am completely flabbergasted.

With apologies to Do or Die for the plagerism and not matching your masterful brevity:
Bombers come home, looking to avenge the LDC, clinch a playoff spot, and once again quiet the narrative that they are on the decline after a loss. 
Perfect weather for a game, and pre-game tailgate with the Strevelation in the house…..
Castillo with the 9 iron chip shot kickoff and the Riders are immediately at midfield……
And a couple of short passes and a Walker Jr. head slap for an RTP later, and the Green gang are quickly into the red zone…..
Where Dolegala misses a wide open KSB on the goal line, the the Bombers dodge an early bullet, 3-0 Sask…..
Bombers take it at the 40 and Brady O wastes no time picking up where he left off last week….run of 9…..catch of 10…..run of 11….and a rare Zach scramble, and the offence is off and rolling
The inevitable Rider discipline rears its ugly head with a helmet tear-off and Winnipeg works its way down to the 1…..
Where Prukop follows the Tui Eli and Damian Jackson blocking across the line….Bombers up 7-3 
Another short kickoff - this Bomber kick coverage still leaving lots to be desired…….
Quick 2 and out courtesy of a solid open-field tackle by Holm on Sterns, the waif does not let many get away or give up yac yards……
Parker showing more assertiveness on his first return than he did all last week, and the Bomber offence is back on the turf starting at midfield……
Brady O has decided to own this game early….gashing and exploding for 36 on the ground…..
And after a Dalton Schoen sweep????, Collaros evades the rush just long enough to shovel it to Brady on the check down, who turns around and sees nothing but open field….and will not be denied, 17 yard TD and a 14-3 lead.
No time to rest as Sask goes 2 and out again, Dolegala’s sights starting to look off, and Rider receivers hearing footsteps……
When are coaches going to return to the ancient “let’s put 2 returners back on punts to cover the entire width of the field”? These Aussie punters and their sidewinder kicks to the far side are the new flavour of the day…a second returner would destroy that play’s usefulness pretty quickly……
Someone in green might want to cover Oliviera, who starts off drive #3 with a simple swing pass and charges up the sidelines for 23 more…..
Demski in on the act after a well-placed ball by Collaros and the short pass offence continues to move…..,Buck clearly talked to LaPo about returning to  a run-heavy, ball control, simplified offence during the week and has gotten away with the long bomb misses that plagued the offence last week….
More simplicity with Bailey on a couple of crossers to keep the chains moving….
And then a classic Rasheed block to seal the end while Prukop goes around the corner for 7…..
Before Zach finally throws a pass beyond 10 yards to Kenny Lawler, who spins, pushes, and (with an assist from Jackson pushing the would-be tacklers) stretches down to the 1…,.but wait…..
and wait…..
and wait……
while the command centre looks for a knee to the turf and can’t find it…,TD Lawler, and this game is on the verge of becoming a blowout…3 drives, 3 scores, 21-3 Bombers. 
Kick coverage marginally better with Castillo getting it deeper, and Parker looking much more settled this week on both ends of the return/coverage game with a sweet tackle……
More huddles from the refs, who must be making dinner plans and are asking command centre for suggestions………
Dolegala does have a decent arm when he dials in his accuracy…..
Redha Kramdi sighting, as he cleans up the Walker-Jake Thomas pocket collapse for a sack, and Saskatchewan settles for a mere 3, now down 21-6…..now, if their defence could get a stop…….
And they might after Collaros throws his first incompletion of the game 22 minutes in (what a difference from last week’s zero yard first quarter performance)…
But he is now hitting some intermediate throws, finding Lawler for 25 before offsetting fouls give the Bombers a 5 years advantage but wipe out the pass gain….
Oh yeah, we still have Oliviera, who is chewing up real estate, run or pass…..
Buck has kept it mostly short, simple, and high percentage with his play calls today. to great effect……
Finally, a deep shot on 1st and 20, and Schoen out-positions the defender for 42…..
Before completing the drive with a corner route and a 16 yard TD….
My lock of the week comes through , and the Bombers are fast locking down a playoff spot, up 28-6.
Riders can’t get anything deep on their passes with a swarming secondary, and find themselves 3 down at midfield…..
Where behind a deafening crowd, Pipkin gets nowhere, and this game has spiralled out of control at the 3 minute warning of the first half….
The less said about the TSN panel shenanigans, the better….
Collaros dinking and dunking the  Riders apart, Brady sapping their will to live…..
And Roadhouse with the kill shot over Nick Marshall, 31 yard TD, 35-6, 5 drives, 5 touchdowns, and a near flawless first half…..
And we’re not done yet, as the kick cover team finally pins the Riders behind their 20, and the D forces a punt after a thundering Kramdi hit. Can this offence pull one more score out of their hat with only 47 seconds from their own 37?
Why not?  After looking like they are content to run out the clock with Brady, Zach decides to heave it downfield to Kenny Lawler…..
Who gets behind the oft picked-on Nick Marshall, having a half to forget…..
And suddenly a 60 yard bomb later, Winnipeg knocking on the door again….
And Schoen answers with an 8 yard crosser over the line….40 seconds, 73 yards, turn out the lights,42-6 Blue at the half.
3 TDs for Schoen, who now has a league-leading 10, one more than teammate Brady Oliviera. Collaros an unconscious 16/17, 285 yards, and 5 (5!) TD passes in the first half………
Whole Bomber offence tied a club record with 42 points in the half……clearly, reports of their downward spiral have been exaggerated, at least this week…..
Nice halftime tribute and speech by Ring of Honour inductee James Murphy…..the pre-Milt GOAT of the Bomber receiving corps…..you young’uns who never experienced the 1980’s  era missed seeing a real gem in Murph……..
Bombers start on D again for the second half, and the Riders look like they aren’t ready to quit yet, stringing together some first downs, before another KSB missed goal line pass….
And then Jackson Jeffcoat blows through his block for a sack, and was that a fumble?…..
Break out a novel while the command centre looks at it……
Bomber ball. 
What is John Lu wearing? Hoodie suit jacket with Rider Grey cup tribute striping?…….
Another TSN third quarter interview while the game may not may not be going on, who knows?….but it’s James Murphy, so I’ll allow it…..
O’Shea seems content to play 30 minutes of kill-the-clock keep away, with Oliviera grinding out yards and burning time…..
Short yardage offence seems to be finding its footing with Prukop and the Eli-Dobson-Jackson heavy set…….
Zach finally tries to stretch the field to Lawler twice…..
And despite a mugging on the second throw, Lawler gets behind coverage and has one drop into his bread basket……
Drop being the key word, as he muffs the sure TD catch…..
First mistake on offence all day, but we’ll take the 3, now 45-6…
Willie J time, annihilating the Schafer-Baker jet sweep, then blowing around the edge to set up another Kramdi sack……according to the in-house stats feed, the Riders are ahead in time of possession (hmm, maybe the CFL stats team has been flown in to run the IG Field scoreboard today), but no sign of fatigue from the Bomber D…..
TSN with their “Coors Moment of Chill” featuring two Riders, well the Bombers certainly have put them on ice today…..
More Brady, because why not? Tack on another 33……..
Woli-world sighting as Guitarsky gets in on the fun…..
Injury spotters now saying “you know what this game needs? Another 5 minute command centre delay”. I’m all for safety, but could these breaks be measured in faster intervals than hour glass?……..
Prukop again making short yardage look easy, and though it won’t show up in the stats sheet, you can bet seal Jackson will get props in the film room for his blocking on these plays, as he and Eli manhandle the Rider front……
Final 15 and time for the reserves to come in and give the roster depth some reps……
Castillo chip shot to start the 4th, and the Bombers inch closer to the big 5-0 once more……48-6….
Another TSN in-game interview instead of watching the plays. Wonder if MBB will complain since it’s Streveler? 
Sarcasm aside, that’s how you do it in a blowout game, short and sweet by John Lu, no real game action overlooked….,
Dolegala outmuscling Jefferson to avoid a sack….give him time to grow, and we may have a future competant CFL QB……
Dru Brown in and quickly adds to the Bomber rushing totals….
Bailey the smoothest of the jet sweep runners, great vision, speed, and timing on his cuts…..
Another back-up steps up, as Johnny Augustine comes in and knocks off a 34 yard carry on first touch…….
Drive stalls as Lawler can’t make what would have been a great but makable catch, and Sergio knocks in another trey as the rout is complete at 51-6……
Rider scrubs in at last as the Bomber D chase yet another starting QB from the game this year……
Dickenson doing his flock of seagulls impression and calls for the morale-building “let’s keep it to 6 scores” field goal, but the Roder humiliation is capped off with a miss, and Parker finishes a nice bounce-back game with the return. Simple, straight ahead, effective…….
Augustine showing nice bursts….8 different Bombers ran the ball today……
With 20 seconds left, the 9 for 9 drive scoring streak ends as Sheehan comes on to punt (dammit! - does O’Shea have no sense of the moment?)……and skys one 56 yards with a picture-perfect coverage tackle by Hallett - all 3 phases now checked all the boxes……
51-6 final. Bombers again show who is the top dog and quiet the doubters following a loss, Collaros still has never lost 2 in a row as a Bomber starter…..
Playoffs clinched, step one accomplished…,
Blowing out the Riders, always satisfying….gin consumption, always satisfying. 

Well, we said that about Harris. This is pro football & two thing are cerrtain. Players move around & things change. I remember when Dieter Brock was our qb, I never thought he'd leave here either. Or that he never wanted to play here anymore. Figured he was a Bomber for life. Nope. Glad that he feels like part of the Bomber organization again. It was him & his agent that felt they needed to go to the NFL at 35. In his book, he said that was the biigest mistake he made as a player. He wishes now that he had stayed to play under Cal Murphy. 

Get her some noise cancelling headphones...protect her hearing and innocence...a solid 2fer

People in glass houses might as well answer the door.

One of the things on my list of things more enjoyable than the panel...
...shaving my head with a cheese grater while chewing on aluminum foil