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  1. Pre-Season Game #2: Bombers @ Ticats - Kickoff @ 6:00 Ct

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    Managed to watch recording of game.

    For every one good Goltz play he made a boneheaded  mental mistake - pick for a TD was extremely weak. In other words he's a rookie and a work in progress. If that's what the org. has settled on for the inevitible Pierce injury then Bomber fans have got to lower expectations and be prepared for losses.

     

    Provide us the recording or it didn't happen! ;-)

  4. How Long Before The Club Makes A Big Move

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    If you want to panic you could think of it this way.  We were the worst team in the league last year and none of our presumptive starters got beat out in training camp.  That includes rotation or backup guys who inherited their jobs from better players who left.  I guess you could say Hefney but let's be honest about what else is going on there. 

     

     

    And the strength of this regime is supposed to be finding import talent.  Did even one import rookie stand out in TC or the exhibition games this year?  I mean some guys did ok (Markett) but there were no "this guy is obviously going to play a long time in this league" finds this year. 

     

    Wirte off last night if you want.  I certainly undertsand the context of that score.  But remember this, those guys were the best Joe Mack could do to try improve this team. 

     

    Caveat to the above: I realize finally cuts haven't happened.  Maybe Jovon gets axed for Markett or something like that.

     

    While I don't disagree that our record proved us to be the worst team in the league last season  .. I will offer one caveat .. we were decimated by injuries coming out of the gate and that played a large part in why our record was as bad as it was early last year.  That said, I do agree that on the surface it doesn't seem that we've found people to really push the imports we have on our roster .. if nothing else, the young guys who showed promise last year (Washington for example) will have another year of experience and SHOULD be more sound.

     

    While I am disappointed by the loss last night .. I try to keep things in perspective .. it *IS* just a preseason game .. and by and large, completely meaningless .. though it would have been nice to see the team learning to win together before June 27.

  16. Mack, Burke Give Each Other Room To Do Jobs

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    Hard to know what happened behind the scenes.  Always felt odd to me that Burke was handed the job without looking around and holding some interviews first.  52-0, 44-3, losing 29-10 at home to Jarious Jackson all would have been enough to give me pause.

     

    I think, chemistry wise, there was a lot wrong with the team last year .. it was pretty evident that the coaching staff wasn't all on the same page and that translates over to the players ..

  21. Burke Reaches Out To Vets

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    http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/football/bombers/burke-reaches-out-to-his-veterans-211939551.html

     

    Statement games are usually events that become prominent on players' resumes.

     

    For coaches, there are more wide-ranging opportunities to create highlights and turning points and to have course-changing influence and impact.

     

    Was Monday such a day for Winnipeg Blue Bombers' head coach Tim Burke?

     

    Part-way through the workout at the practice field just west of Investors Group Stadium, Burke, about to begin his first full season in charge, assembled about two dozen veteran players.

     

    Practice continued all about them, as if the small group was in its own little bubble, while the coach spoke.

     

    "Basically I told them, most of (you) guys are going to make the team," Burke said after practice. "Now it's up to them: 'What kind of team do you want to have?'

     

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  22. Mack, Burke Give Each Other Room To Do Jobs

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    http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/football/bombers/mack-burke-give-each-other-room-to-do-their-jobs-211939581.html

     

    The give and take between Joe Mack and Tim Burke is perhaps the most important thing the Blue Bombers have going, and with each day it moves toward a more productive place.

     

    GM and head coach don't have to like one another, although in this case they do, but they need to respect the other and allow him room to work.

     

    Mack can't coach and Burke can't scout. They have to trust one another to fulfill his responsibilities.

     

    Mack has to bring the players in and then get out of Burke's way.

     

    For his part, Burke must believe Mack's instincts are correct and the players he supplies are worthy.

     

    When the relationship loses balance in either direction it doesn't work. GMs can't fall in love with players because of tape or a workout and force them on a coach. Coaches don't have time to scout and can't be sticking their nose into that end of the process.

     

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  24. Etienne Grabs A Clue

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    Let's be honest here.

     

    Carter is a great story. But he ain't ready.

     

    Special teamer (at most) right now .. if he's in our lineup with any regularity .. we're in trouble.

     

    I'm rooting for the kid and it looks good that he's making a push but there's no way he cracks the 42 (or 46 for that matter).

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