Mike

I honestly can't believe we'd criticize Walters for inquiring about another "unavailable" QB. I'd phone Hufnagel every day if I was Walters. "You ready to trade Mitchell yet? No? Okay, call me when you are."

I still feel like Ottawa takes him in the expansion draft and tries to lock him up before free agency. Winnipeg might have to pay to get that opportunity.

To be fair, our red zone offense is almost entirely based on running whereas most teams have a lot more pass plays in those pages of their play book. Still brutal though.

I'm officially on the Collaros bandwagon. He's for real.

You JUST called Muamba "exceptional by NI standards" on the other site. Make up your damn mind.

Burke's attitude is the type of attitude that instills a losing culture in a locker room. He shows no faith in any of his players, he's a horrible motivator and he is no good at maximizing the talent (no matter its shortcomings) he has at his disposal. I mean really, who can possibly have respect for a head coach who throws his entire roster under the bus by saying "I'm doing the best with what I've got?" How can I respect a guy who doesn't even have the stones to go for a win on his HOME FIELD with 30 seconds and a timeout remaining? Burke may not think much of the roster he has to work with and that's his perogative, but a good coach or even a sensible one would find a way to get the most they could out of that talent by motivating them and sticking by his guys even if they didn't necessarily deserve it. Burke, OTOH, seems content to mail it in and not even try. We were tied with the ball in our possession last night, our team is 2-9 and while I'm not expecting it to spark some kind of miraculous season turnaround, Burke had a golden opportunity to show his offensive guys that he has trust in them. No one would have blamed him for trying and failing, it's not the end of the world. But instead of taking his guys aside and telling them that he felt they could give it a shot, he basically mailed it in, showed them he doesn't trust them enough to do a damn thing and said "**** it." How do you think our players feel? Tim Burke literally could not trust them for 30 seconds because apparently he thought the most likely result was a turnover. What the hell is that? If that's the attitude he's going to coach with, we may as well forfeit. It's absolutely embarrassing. FWIW, I heard a few stories from the Legacy Dinner the other night. Couple conversations with some of our stronger defensive players and apparently it was a good chance to get their honest thoughts instead of the "proper" media replies. I bet you can guess what they think of Tim Burke and his coaching staff. I'll give you a hint. It's the same thing I think of them.

They are not mutually exclusive. Trace what Burke does and at the end of your drawing you will have a conclusion that Burke shares the blame...heavily. Just go back to what I asked, is he or isn't he responsible for the personnel who are starting? We have seen more personnel turnover in the last month under our Interim GM than Mack made in his 3 years. So I ask again, who is responsible the personnel on the field and why aren't they making plays when the opportunity hits them right in the hands. You want to talk personnel, then lay the page out. This thread is on Burke and if you have decided he shares no blame..then say so. All I will say then is, put any other coach in the league in Burke's shoes and how do you think he would fair. If you answer that question honestly then you will see that the HC position is meaningless for this current mess. I disagree.

You can (and I will) easily point to Burke being unable to get ANYTHING out of his players.

Well alrighty then.

What does Suber's injury or Reilly's statistics have to do with our offense?

But at least we could say we tried. In throwing that ball you have a percentage whatever that is with Goltz, taking a knee you have zero. I would even venture to say going for it gave us a better chance than hoping we could beat them in overtime. We had scored 7 points in three quarters. I know, it's easy to be a Saturday morning coach. What gets me is they still had a timeout as well. If Burke just planned intelligently, they start at their 35 with 24 seconds left. Then they'd need what, 30 yards in 24 seconds to have a shot at a single? 40 yards to give it a shot at a field goal? With a timeout remaining, you have at least one play call where the whole field is at your disposal. You can't be assuming as a head coach that your QB is going to throw an interception or fumble the ball. If that's the best assumption you can make about him, don't even put him out there in the first place. Use those 24 seconds to stretch the field, it's enough to get 3 plays off especially with that timeout in your back pocket. At least TRY. No one is going to be mad at you if you try and fail, we're already all aware that our team blows. But not even trying just makes you an absolute coward.

No kidding. Bellefeuille is middle of the road at best.

Flip side is why are their fans who hate Burke so much calling out his coaching ability yet treat Joe Mack with kid gloves? Saying that if we were more patient he'd have built a winner. There's absolutely no proof that would have ever happened. Why can't these fans be as critical of Mack as they are of Burke? This team doesn't have the talent & that was the responsibility of Joe Mack. A GM gets more patience because he's further from the direct result. His mistakes can take weeks, months or years to reveal themselves. A head coach is criticized immediately because his stupid decisions have a more immediate impact.

Hall is decent but he's not even close to approaching a level that makes me think we don't need to go after Collaros this offseason.

Jarvis Jones looked like a stud. You can tell which guy came from Arena ball and which guy was in NFL shape. Knapp will be alright but his NFL weight dragged him down as the game speed caught up with him.

Other than just my emotional frustration, I also have so many questions about his thought process. No faith in the offense so you have Edmonton kick off? Bad decision right there, give them as much time as possible and put them in the best possible spot to succeed. I just don't get how he can say that the BEST decision was to put Goltz on an even playing field in OT when he clearly had no faith in him. ******* idiot. How can the club expect fans to support a team when this supposed "leader" doesn't even try to win?

What a *****.

I made the following comment to somebody at Riderfans ... and he replied ... Little early to be drinking, even for a Friday.

A DI offensive lineman is literally the least efficient use of a roster spot EVER

last picture, dark hair in the front row

Watch, now we'll hire Dave Dickenson and in the ultimate heel turn, he'll fire his brother.

GIF away. Don't put GIFs in here, or I'll start another thread...

Seriously? Good on you.

If Pencer goes to tackle and gets hurt half way through, then who backs him up? I don't know, just asking the question. I do agree that I'd like to see him at tackle. I think if Swiston hadn't gotten hurt we'd have seen at least one of them starting this week at tackle, something I've wanted to see all year. Would much rather see Knapp backing up and with a plan to juggle the ratio if Pencer got hurt... Okay Bart Andrus.