JohnnyAbonny

Hockey after the beginning of April is ridiculous.

I would say I started to see the cracks in Sept/22. Stayed in denial for about another year. The Crumback was the game where my eyes really opened to “they could be really screwed here if they let the whole team age out at once” The Calgary game on the road, again with Brown starting and a bunch of young guys on D flying around and making plays, only to all sit for the playoffs and GC when they really needed some youth/intensity and freshness. That’s where I fully saw the mistakes that were being made. My only hope left (and it’s a slim one) is that they figure it out and reload for next year, giving us more of a 1989 deal than a 2004 one.

Very unhappily agree. Our O and ST have been head and shoulders below everybody else’s.

F both these teams and coaches, but even Edmonton looks better than us right now

Yeah Flat brims make most ppl look like Toad from Mario and snap backs are for children and seniors. Give me a flex fit low pro with a curved brim.

Hockey in the summertime is ridiculous

Biggies past it for sure, but tbh I didn’t think he had a bad game. I’d rather him in the middle than Kyrie, if it’s gotta be one or the other.

100% I’m gonna go the rest of my life pissed about them not getting 4 straight and it sucks. I don’t wanna say it, but part of 21 hurts too in that there’s always gonna be that asterisk for the Covid year. As it all ages, the 2019 playoff run was the really special one for me, the one I’ll tell my grandchildren about. The one I’ll talk about the way my Dad talks about 1984.

Nothing that I know of. Tre Thomas was my TC favourite, as I posted a million times. Upshaw is probably more needed right now. Love to see either/or back. Probably wishful thinking.

Didn’t hear one way or another how bad Fox injury was, or even see what happened. If he’s out long term, a 30 front of Willie/Woods/Adams wouldn’t be bad in itself but they’d still have to bring someone in.

If it weren’t for my kid, me too. I’ve gotten better but my weekends (and more) went as the Bombers did for much longer than I’d care to admit. Even then, dammed if 22 and 23 didn’t hurt just as much as 2001 and 2007 did. Quite honestly lot of the mean stuff I say about the team in-game is just residual heartbreak from us getting robbed of the true dynasty I’d been waiting and hoping my entire life for.

Yeah, JY uses a lot of 30 front. I actually like a lot of the looks on D, even if it’s by necessity due to injuries/personnel When they’ve blitzed it’s (so far) been less telegraphed than under Hall. Granted the lack of Offence, rookies gelling, injuries, I have no major beef with the defensive performance overall. Room for improvement but the amount of points they’ve given up is more than good enough to win games with even borderline competent O and ST.

I hope they can get Garbutt off the 6 game early because frankly he’s starting to turn into a bit of a white buffalo. Lotta guys made the club from the tub this year. If he’s staying the full 6, you’re right they need an airlift already. Silver lining, I’m pretty sure Hubert already offers more than Anthony Bennett did.

The massive stadium makes it look even worse. I went to a game in 09 there with over 30k and it looked empty, this is like the western big O now.

The home game against Edmonton on a Monday night after 9/11 was one of the best I’ve seen in my lifetime. Iirc it wasn’t even televised. It does feel that way, with a little 95/96 mixed in. I have a vivid memory of going to the ‘95 home opener and my Dad telling me “Look, I don’t want you to get upset but the Bombers aren’t going to be very good this year, and the games are going to be very different”

With everything else going on with the team, please don’t make us think about 2001. Thinking about Fleming driving Khari into the turf still hurts all these years later

I enjoy your posts, but this simply isn’t true. Speaking for myself, I’d love it if the team went on a huge heater and everyone mocked me for being overly critical. For real, I genuinely want to be wrong about this.

My Dad and Aunties too. The Bomber diehards run deep.

I work with a bunch of 20-25 year olds, it’s nice to come on here and still be the young guy ngl Just one of those weird dudes about football history…my old man had the 85-93 CFL Facts figures n records in the shitter for my entire childhood hahahaha

Mine is 1. Roster/Interior OL choices 2. O’Sheas stagnancy. 3. The QB situation at the moment. 4. Letting Dakota Proukop throw that ******* godamn bloody pass in the 2022 grey cup still and forever. Not bad considering I was born in 87 hahaha

I see it as the C being the main weakness too. Everything in football starts from the middle, and I’ve just seen dude knocked on his ass so many times in so many games when the other linemen were getting it done. I just can’t see how a proper center wouldn’t make the line look 100x better.

That’s an interesting choice for sure. He did play for Cal..

Ideally next week, I’d like to see Wilson/Mitchell/ plus either Kolo/Neufeld off (if they insist on 7 OL) and Johnson/Clercius/Vanterpool on. I’d rip the bandaid off right now and have the OL Bryant/Dobson/Eli/Wallace/Lofton with Vanterpool as the 6th and one of the 2 crappers as 7th. If an OL goes down, Vanterpool goes in and Clercius comes in for an American receiver.

If they did it midseason it would be Richie Hall taking over anyway most likely, which would be completely pointless. I’ve seen exactly one in-season coaching change work in the CFL and that’s because BC’s coach bailed 6 weeks into a season, not even a firing.

I don’t think the casuals have it figured out yet, but if/when they come out like this against the Lions, oh man.. BC and Sask get the drinking crowd more riled up and the stadium can get ugly quick when we lose to them.