Rich

There's almost no private or public organization that allows free media access to their employees.  They appoint a spokesperson.  I'm sure all of the leaders in the world are just terrible and weak.  I could be terminated from my job if I spoke to the media without clearing it through administrators, and chances are if I didn't have a specific reason to talk to the media, the administrators would handle it.  There is nothing wrong with the Bombers media policy.  The media have incredible access to the players, Walters, Miller and O'Shea.  When Mike Kelly tried to change the media policy and allow access to co-ordinators on specific days during the week, the media railed against that, they simply want what they cannot have, all of the time.

It isn't a valid question when it has been asked and answered the same way numerous times already.   O'Shea's answer is that he is the head coach and he can answer any questions they would have for the co-ordinators, it is his job to know.
 
Agree with his answer / policy or not, the media asking over and over just amounts to them bitching and complaining about the policy, not making it a valid question.

It isn't a valid question when it has been asked and answered the same way numerous times already.   O'Shea's answer is that he is the head coach and he can answer any questions they would have for the co-ordinators, it is his job to know.
 
Agree with his answer / policy or not, the media asking over and over just amounts to them bitching and complaining about the policy, not making it a valid question.

Loose lips sink ships. The reasoning is that O'Shea is very protective of everyone in his organization, his coaching staff, his players, no one gets thrown under the bus, he is putting all the spotlight on himself. The way the reporters in Winnipeg as leading or trapping questions he doesn't want to take the chances of someone slipping up and causing a controversy with an innocent comment that gets spun into something bigger. This isn't about him not trusting his coaching staff to say the right message, it's about recognizing what a bunch of morons the media in Winnipeg are. They like to take innocent quotes and spin controversy and try and lead people down a line of questioning to fit the column they want to write. 

Some interesting tweets from Lawless regarding the trade deadline, it isn't just Walters who is inactive at the trade deadline.
 

 

 
Anyone want to bet the GM that Lawless talks to is Taman?

It isn't a valid question when it has been asked and answered the same way numerous times already.   O'Shea's answer is that he is the head coach and he can answer any questions they would have for the co-ordinators, it is his job to know.
 
Agree with his answer / policy or not, the media asking over and over just amounts to them bitching and complaining about the policy, not making it a valid question.

It isn't a valid question when it has been asked and answered the same way numerous times already.   O'Shea's answer is that he is the head coach and he can answer any questions they would have for the co-ordinators, it is his job to know.
 
Agree with his answer / policy or not, the media asking over and over just amounts to them bitching and complaining about the policy, not making it a valid question.

It isn't a valid question when it has been asked and answered the same way numerous times already.   O'Shea's answer is that he is the head coach and he can answer any questions they would have for the co-ordinators, it is his job to know.
 
Agree with his answer / policy or not, the media asking over and over just amounts to them bitching and complaining about the policy, not making it a valid question.

If we continue to look the same when we get some of our key players back from injury, then I will be concerned.
 
If we look better this week with some of our key players back, then what it tells me is we just don't yet have the depth that we need.   Which, considering where we were last year, isn't surprising.   Takes time to build up the quality of your starters, and until you have that it is hard to up the quality of your backups because the new players you bring in jump right into starting spots.
 
The concerning part is most of our upgrades were made through free agency and not through "new / rookie" players that were brought in.  However saying that, I will give them a pass this year because last off season was essentially spent setting up their scouting network and system.   If we see much the same next year in the new batch of imports that are brought in, that will give me concern because they should now be rolling on all cylinders.

it is a stupid notion. It completely disregards how bad the team was last year. They are absolutely moving in the right direction and we are THAT much better than last year. Give up the idea that wins and losses are the only way to judge progress and you'll see it. We have a qb we know we can win with, we have what appears to be a good head coach who has the team believing in him. When healthy this team was winning a lot of close games, when injuries started piling up they're losing mostly close games. That tells me this team came a long way from being blown out before half time and that with some improved depth and the upgrades that come as a result of that this team is not far off winning more often. It's a process and steps forward are steps forward even if they haven't translated into a 12 win season. 

Key game.... Bombers need a good start.....
Nope.... A. Kelly bounces pass like a seal...for a RB 6...
Bombers needed a strong end to the half.....
Nope....Grigsby drops TD pass.
We throw a bomb on 3rd and 5.....turnover
Redblacks shred our D for a TD to end the half....
Redzone execution is not a Bomber specialty
Breaking tackles is not a Grigsby specialty....
Clarence Denmark is a competent player....
....but some question marks around the rest of the receivers...
RB Williams looks like a rising star.....
....helped by the Bombers horrible minor league tacking..,...
Short yard situations + shoddy tackling = killer gains....
T. Sherman had just an atrocious night in space......terrible....
Leggett had a 114 missed FG touchdown.....
...but evened out the scale with multiple missed tackles on D.....
Ottawa simply ate up them unbalanced D formations.....
...which make it sometimes impossible to stop the run....
...or in this case...another 188....
Meanwhile, Bomber OL did their pylon thing again....
January and Greaves really struggling out there.....
Willy really didn't play very well....
...but hard to...when NOTHING is going on around him....
Another 5 sacks and multiple hits on Drew....
Another plethora of penalties......
Kuale managed to snag 3 of them, before injury...
If the bench does not await, then I just don't know...
Under News at 11....Watson gets injured..left game
Our D had it all covered....no pressure, no tackling.....
Tonight....we looked like the expansion team, out there......
Need to start looking at guys at multiple positions.....
Need to take a hard look at our OC and DC, moving forward.....
Need to start benching guys for taking penalties/ poor play...
Need to start up my meds, again.....

Samberg's best work on SNL was with his digital shorts.

Samberg's best work on SNL was with his digital shorts.

Are you going to post this poll every week until he is benched?
 
Cause I don't think he will be.

Guys,
 
I've read through this thread this morning and see a number of different views.  From 5-1 glory, to 1-6 goat, Willy has been the exact same guy at the microphone after every game.  During the 5-1 stretch, he was as humble as can be deflecting complements from the press to his team mates who were "making plays" around him and stressing how he and his teammates wanted to "do every thing they can to make the province proud".  During the recent stretch he has been playing with an aching body yet going out there week after week and playing his guts out for this team and this province.  Once again he has stood at the microphone, taken the heat and fallen on some grenades for his teammates from the press for this team.  We have never heard a word of excuses from him in post game press conferences and he has always manned up at the podium.  Yes he's made some mistakes and missed a few throws on Saturday, but if you started this year knowing that we would have achieved twice as many wins as last year, I would have signed up for that.  He didn't go home during the bye week, but stayed in Winnipeg getting as much medical treatment as possible to get back on the field for us fans and I use the term loosely with some on this board.  How many offensive first downs were called back because of holding penaltie's and how many drops have we had?  How much have we missed not having Nick Moore on the field?  How much have we missed two defensive starters out with season ending injuries since TC?
 
We are very close as a franchise.  We need work on both lines, our LB's are two small, we need better Canadian depth, our discipline in some of the penalties we take are ridiculous and our special teams at times fall down.
 
To come on here and bash Willy (who is probably more critical of himself than any player I've seen) is insane.  We finally have a guy who loves to play for our province and leave everything on the field.  Some of you on here are just plain nuts.  I rarely post because rationale arguments with some of you don't fly, so I don't bother.  That being said, the man has one year on his contract left and I'm reading comments like "I'm not trying to run him out of town".  You want him to be accountable in this forum, when he has done nothing but BE ACCOUNTABLE in his public comments the entire season!
 
5-1 and enjoying free dinners in Winnipeg....Mr. P is right you don't have a clue or know a thing about the man.
 
My two cents.  Anyone going to Ottawa?
 
Go Bombers!

The tweet was in the first post of this thread:
 
"O'Shea puts blame on Hajrullahu on blocked punt. Tell him he has to get rid of it quickly on low snap."
 
He was mad because a reporter was putting words in his mouth and presumingly something he didn't do and he wouldn't do publicly.
 
And it wasn't his biggest complaint of the game.  It was what he said on air in the post game show.  He can't complain about the officiating, he won't throw his players under the bus.  So he complained about a reporter from CJOB putting words in his mouth.
 
I'm pretty sure this is the least of his worries behind closed doors....

The tweet was in the first post of this thread:
 
"O'Shea puts blame on Hajrullahu on blocked punt. Tell him he has to get rid of it quickly on low snap."
 
He was mad because a reporter was putting words in his mouth and presumingly something he didn't do and he wouldn't do publicly.
 
And it wasn't his biggest complaint of the game.  It was what he said on air in the post game show.  He can't complain about the officiating, he won't throw his players under the bus.  So he complained about a reporter from CJOB putting words in his mouth.
 
I'm pretty sure this is the least of his worries behind closed doors....

The tweet was in the first post of this thread:
 
"O'Shea puts blame on Hajrullahu on blocked punt. Tell him he has to get rid of it quickly on low snap."
 
He was mad because a reporter was putting words in his mouth and presumingly something he didn't do and he wouldn't do publicly.
 
And it wasn't his biggest complaint of the game.  It was what he said on air in the post game show.  He can't complain about the officiating, he won't throw his players under the bus.  So he complained about a reporter from CJOB putting words in his mouth.
 
I'm pretty sure this is the least of his worries behind closed doors....

So if he goes ahead and says what you want ... "This next game is critical and not just another game" ... and then he loses, then what do you want him to say?  He won't paint himself into a corner like that.
 
I want my coaches to be in the business of winning football games not entertainment and not pandering to the media.
 
It doesn't really matter what he says or does, the media here have proven they will fill their columns with drivel either way.

Easy solution. Go to the game live.

Not necessarily.  Lirim was a rookie and sometimes if you give kickers too much to do both areas suffer.  At the TC practise I was at, I thought Lirim out kicked Renaud.
 
I think they wanted to ease Lirim in, letting him get comfortable and good at kicking while keeping some vet experience in the kicking game.  When Renaud got hurt, Lirim was given the opportunity to take over both jobs.
 
If Renaud was the better punter, he would be back by now.

So if he goes ahead and says what you want ... "This next game is critical and not just another game" ... and then he loses, then what do you want him to say?  He won't paint himself into a corner like that.
 
I want my coaches to be in the business of winning football games not entertainment and not pandering to the media.
 
It doesn't really matter what he says or does, the media here have proven they will fill their columns with drivel either way.

Easy solution. Go to the game live.

So if he goes ahead and says what you want ... "This next game is critical and not just another game" ... and then he loses, then what do you want him to say?  He won't paint himself into a corner like that.
 
I want my coaches to be in the business of winning football games not entertainment and not pandering to the media.
 
It doesn't really matter what he says or does, the media here have proven they will fill their columns with drivel either way.

So if he goes ahead and says what you want ... "This next game is critical and not just another game" ... and then he loses, then what do you want him to say?  He won't paint himself into a corner like that.
 
I want my coaches to be in the business of winning football games not entertainment and not pandering to the media.
 
It doesn't really matter what he says or does, the media here have proven they will fill their columns with drivel either way.