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More a case of talent succeeding in spite of the head coach perhaps.

Rust left the team during the season .. sometime around August if I recall correctly.

Especially when you construct your team in such a way as to allow for roster flexibility .. suddenly those "traditional" NI spots are up for grabs and you aren't forced to pay / play NIs when an Import might be a better option.

I've always said I don't give a rats ass about the HC's personality, how he interacts with the media or how well liked he is by players .. if he wins consistently (and brings this team a championship) .. he could throat punch Bob Irving for all I care.

I think the only coach on that list who's ever had a co-ordinator quit / leave the team mid season was Jim Daley .. it wasn't as disheartening to watch as the Burke lead Bombers but that team was a complete shambles. How people can put Berry in the "worst" category without mentioning this guy .. have to give my head a shake.

Our defensive line was tremendous last night, especially those interior guys. The rotation of Johnson, Nevis, Thomas was pretty solid and will only get better as the season moves along. What we need is more disciplined play from the end position. For as much as I love Westerman, he can't keep taking these selfish roughing penalties. He's developing a reputation and that doesn't do him (or the team) any favours.

God their NI depth is just gross .. makes one really appreciative of the job Walters has done to get us to this point. Some might argue the quality of our top end talent but nobody (with a straight face) can question the flexibility we have.

So .. nobody wanted to play defence in this one?

He (Marshall) was criminally under used as a receiver while he was here in Winnipeg and I think that's an area SSK can exploit. Until we consistently demonstrate that it's tough sledding against us on the ground, I won't have a lot of faith in our ability to stop the run. We have the talent to do it but are players being put in a position to be successful .. can they execute.

Clermont-esque.

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He also makes a "decent enough" depth guy .. he's not someone I'd want starting on my team (if at all possible) but to step in a pinch, able to play multiple spots on the line? He's valuable enough. For us, we are developing a solid pool of young players and Neufeld is a guy we can likely afford to part with.

I'd agree and the funny thing is that it wasn't so long ago that many people wanted to blow the whole thing up or didn't believe in our "rookie" GM.

Haha .. maybe I SHOULD be more optimistic ..

Unfortunately, a lot of people aren't going to be happy with *anything* this team does until we win a Championship. It's the sad reality for an organization that hasn't won a Grey Cup in 27 years.

For all the flags they threw last night how they didn't throw one when (Lankford?) got popped out of bounds on a return was beyond me. It was pretty damned obvious, official right there .. and the entire sideline reacted to it. As a general comment, I hate how much the CFL errs on the side of the offence when it comes to PI calls .. more than a few instances last night where the refs threw flags (against both teams) where I thought to myself, "Really?" Let defenders play for Christ sake.

Yeah .. he played, along with the rest of the starters, in the first half .. was the DB who got beat on Edmonton's first TD.

Screen usage has been my only real pet peeve as well and I *continually* mention it when the Bomber office reaches out to Season Ticket members for feedback. I understand the need for advertising and it is one of the more visible spots in the stadium but I always found it such a waste that half of the space on those gorgeous screens was filled with ads. Kudos!

7:30 kickoff.

Tend to agree. Yeah it would be nice to have found that diamond in the rough, someone to be groomed and allowed to develop but .. in the here and now .. I have to acknowledge that we *appear* be enjoying some of the best QB depth we've had 'round these parts in a long ... long time.

It's just night and day better compared to when it first opened. There's the odd snarl but, outside that, game day is relatively painless.

My 10-15 minutes to and from games would beg to differ with you.

Was over there for my first couple of years at IGF .. was a great spot .. now behind the Bomber bench.