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Yeah, the guy can do great things but only if the ball is coming his way. He was wasted in our offense. I hope we re-sign him. 

For once I agree with you. But just this once. Don't think I'm going soft or anything like that. 😉 

That was the best way to put it.
I think he's always been the most overrated coordinator in the league.
Deserves a HC job for sure though, so good for him.

Wish Lapo all the best.  Overall, he has earned another HC shot.  
I will really miss the game planning and first half Lapo.  The incredibly shrinking playbook, 2nd half Lapo..... not so much.

I wouldn't lump the west final in there with the good games. The play calling almost cost us that game. Thankfully the defense came ready to play. Grey cup was quite good as was the semi final.

I' am starting to think that Lapo's Offensive schemes and plays were very creative and far from predictable... I think it was his play calling. 

Woli doesn't get to choose how much he is targeted right ?  I was hoping to see him being used a bit more.

Ok, my bad.  I overreacted based my own misconceptions - apologies to TBurg. 

you notice how I lumped Harris in with the guys who make it work cause they are good enough to beat people when they know it's coming right? 
You notice I also said he feeds the ball to those guys a crap ton right? 
Andrew Harris being the focal point was always going to get big numbers. It's the other guys who get **** all for numbers. 

I would disagree...  I found with the receivers that he rarely ever used the strength of each receiver.   I found the opposite where he tried making players fit his system then fitting the system to the strengths of the receivers.

I do not think that any of our receivers were used to best advantage in LaPolice's pedestrian offence.

Some folks might roll their eyes....but really think this kid could become a more physical version of Jefferson

ZC has a hot wife... why weren't we seeing her before last night? lol... and she actually cheers while in the stands! looks good on her...

but for those that say Streveler 'can't throw a ball', well, look no further than that beauty he threw to Harris in the end zone last night.. talk about a throw...  I'm not suggesting that he be anointed #1 but there is definitely room for him to grow into a #1...

When I see Streveler complete passes (from his role as a short-yardage specialist), it really seems like he's dropping back and throwing to a spot. Repeating something that's been practiced again and again. McGuire's one pass looked identical. It can look really impressive, but if Harris didn't get to that exact spot....incomplete. 
When he became the starter and had to read a defence and make decisions...
 

ZC has a hot wife... why weren't we seeing her before last night? lol... and she actually cheers while in the stands! looks good on her...

but for those that say Streveler 'can't throw a ball', well, look no further than that beauty he threw to Harris in the end zone last night.. talk about a throw...  I'm not suggesting that he be anointed #1 but there is definitely room for him to grow into a #1...

50 years... wow... yes, I was speaking directly to you. lol... proud to be a part of the family and hopefully we can share many more Cups to come!
thx. booch... I really appreciate the fact that you can see that I am a honest and true fan for the Bombers... I'll be in Winnipeg next year for sure and I'll look you up, my friend!

but for those that say Streveler 'can't throw a ball', well, look no further than that beauty he threw to Harris in the end zone last night.. talk about a throw...  I'm not suggesting that he be anointed #1 but there is definitely room for him to grow into a #1...

honestly, I think there was too much pressure on Streveler when he all of a sudden became #1, self pressure any way... he was just trying too hard... once ZC comes on board it was like a safety valve releasing the pressure and you got to see him play as he can...

but for those that say Streveler 'can't throw a ball', well, look no further than that beauty he threw to Harris in the end zone last night.. talk about a throw...  I'm not suggesting that he be anointed #1 but there is definitely room for him to grow into a #1...

ZC has a hot wife... why weren't we seeing her before last night? lol... and she actually cheers while in the stands! looks good on her...

you felt so strongly about 'delete' that you posted it twice to make sure we all saw it?  lol... just fun-ing you a bit...
here's my deal with Nichols... yes, a lot of what's holding him back is Lapo and the schemes that he wants to use, but, Nichols owns part of it and may be part of the reason why Lapo does what he does as well... say what you want but the numbers, other than yards, do mean a lot to Matt Nichols... he looks to his efficiency numbers, completion %, TD to INT ratio as justification of his skill... he's not completely wrong in this aspect but it's part of the reason why his ceiling is 'good' to 'very good' but will never be mentioned in the same sentence as the 'great' or 'elite'...
Nichols plays it too safe, except for the occasional slant or deep ball he wants to see the numbers on his receiver's jersey to pull the trigger... the part of his game that is missing is you don't see him 'throwing his receiver open' or the back shoulder type of pass.  if he doesn't have a receiver sitting in a pocket or hole he checks down, which is evident by the throwing chart I posted... also, he doesn't play situational football, meaning that depending on field position and down and distance we will still throw the ball away instead of taking that shot down field... yes, there is a chance of interception at times, but, depending on those things I mentioned it equals to no more than punting anyway if you are intercepted... however, you down throw away the chance of a completion, or the frequent PI call, and deep the offense moving for the sake of not throwing the INT... in a lot of instances you may rather have your QB throw that INT to a DB instead of punting to a return specialist... it's not something you necessarily plan to do all the time but there are times in a game where it makes sense...
Lapo doesn't exhibit a lot of trust in Nichols by the game plan he gives him... if Nichols happens to throw an INT, Lapo really tightens things up in the manner in which he calls plays... you'll see all of our receivers in the same 5 to 7 yard zone trying to find a hole to become a target...
another thing with Nichols is that he seems to be very streaky, i.e. when he gets on a roll and things are going good we gets better as he goes... on the other hand, if he gets off to a rocky start he tends to keep moving in the wrong direction... look at the first time he played Hamilton this year, he was coming off that long streak of completions and in his first throw of that game he threw an interception and from there on the wheels fell completely off... he had 3 INTs that game and maybe a fumble as well... the offense as a group had 6 turn overs... but it was like quicksand for him that night, just kept getting worse...
the best thing that can happen for Nichols is to hit a long ball right out of the gates and he builds on it... when he's on, he's very good... but if you give him safe, as Lapo does, that's what you get, safe... but, if you give him a scheme that creates seperation for the receivers, gets the defense out of the way a bit, it allows for larger throwing windows and lanes for him to pass, which he really benefits from... but if I were his OC, I'd try to start with a big play out of the gates and then a few shorter passes to get him a good place and then start opening up the offense with more layered routes and at varying depths to allow him to be successful early and to build on it... otherwise, we have a hard time 'turning things up' if needed late in the game and tend to struggle greatly to move the chains and keep the ball and scoring...
Nichols has gotten the label of 'game manager'... people try to spin that into a positive but we all know that it's a negative... nobody wants to be labeled a game manager because it says you lack the ability to be a dynamic QB... it basically says 'you suck'... when being a game manager becomes acceptable it also becomes the norm... we have proof of that...

sometimes you just have to want it more... that was on full display yesterday... the better team did in fact win...

without a doubt... our Bombers were road tested against the toughest competition in the playoffs... it should have been no surprise to anyone that they would come out and smack the TiCats right in the mouth...