Mike

I remember when people called me dumb for saying the Argos would be a better team than us this year. I remember when people also called me dumb because I said O’Shea’s roster management was going to cost us games this year. Maybe people should stop calling opinions dumb just because they don’t like hearing them.

I keep asking you this but I’ll ask again. What magical behind the scenes stuff do you think is going on that prevents us from signing competent players to the practice roster?

That’s totally fine, but if that’s the case … it really just goes back to what Booch and I said all off-season. Why would you not have competition in camp? We’re starting Les Maruo and Rehda Kramdi this week and the only reason is because longevity on the roster is all that matters to O’Shea. Absolutely no competition at either spot. And this is what we’re left with.

You know who else can play DE? An actual DE

I hate to say it, because it seems like such a ridiculous idea and I know it’s never gonna happen anyways but … if O’Shea is going to just blatantly handcuff our roster with his stubbornness and overall mismanagement, are we going to let him just because he won two Grey Cups? Or is Miller actually going to step in and do something? At what point do you tell O’Shea get your **** together or thank you for your services but they are no longer needed? That roster is literally a joke. And we’ve done it to ourselves.

That lineup is ******* pathetic

I’m more annoyed about Kelly. Classic same old ****.

This exactly. Loyalty to one isn’t loyalty to all. We need a bit less of the first and a bit more of the second.

He doesn’t, I just don’t think the majority of fans who are watching defensive backs play really have a hot clue what they’re looking for. Defensive backs are going to get beat. It’s inevitable. Every single one of them does. The expectation of performance can’t be a 100% success rate. Look at the scheme our defense plays, the whole idea is to keep guys in front of you and not give up the big play. Now go look at Nichols/Houston’s tackle numbers compared to ADS/Lawrence/Holm, etc. the side that plays opposite of Houston/Nichols gets targeted because those two guys have essentially locked it down. The numbers are low for Houston because he rarely, rarely gets thrown at. If Houston was as bad as you think he is, he’d be seeing a lot more targets. Teams actively gameplan to throw away from that side of the field on us. There’s a reason for that.

Darby needs to go, whether they put Parker/Holm/ADS there … there needs to be a change. I’d even consider putting Alexander there and moving one of Parker/ADS to safety, as well. Get him closer to the line of scrimmage. Something’s gotta change though. This is exactly what I was talking about in the off-season, so many people suggested we were going to be good because we were good last year and guys just weren’t gonna fall off a cliff. Neufeld fell off, Kolankowski fell off, Alexander fell off, Darby fell off, Hardrick fell off, Thomas fell off and now look. We sleepwalked through training camp, handing out spots to guys who didn’t earn them instead of attempting to bring in actual legitimate competition. We roster guys to thank them for their years of service (hello Jesse Briggs) and don’t let the best players on the field when we need to. I understand the loyalty and I understand there’s a lot of merit in his approach, but O’Shea needs to be loyal to the locker room in its entirety, not to each individual. As stupid as I think the whole FIFO thing is and as much as it makes me cringe when Noeller parrots it like some battle cry of the super fan, the team sure isn’t doing much fitting in right now. There’s no reason for the personnel decisions we’re making, I saw it coming a mile away and some of you laughed when I said coaching and roster management was going to cost us games this year. Then I see **** like Jesse Briggs being on the field collecting participation medals because who the hell knows why, and it’s apparent that coaching and roster management really is going to cost us games. The worst part is, they’ve mishandled the whole situation entirely and now it’s probably too late to fix it this year - we don’t even have most of the pieces we need on our practice roster because we’d rather work on having 7 globals and 5 offensive linemen we’ll never use. On top of that, O’Shea is so stubborn that even the advantages we could pick up, he won’t because he doesn’t believe in them. Stupid.

lol what the hell? Demerio Houston is legit one of the best corners in the CFL.

Nothing they have done this year is going to be a good look for player recruitment going forward. It’s become an old boys club.

I can’t stand it. It’s going to be his undoing.

Neufeld and Gray absolutely terrible too How are we not making any lineup changes? Don’t worry though, Kyrie Wilson and his repaired ACL and Achilles are coming to save us.

Terrible performances by old veterans whose role on the team has gone unchallenged … Alexander and Darby have been handed spots and been useless all year No depth and an absolute insistence on using good young Canadian boys at spots they’re not capable of playing … watching Briggs completely whiff on a huge missed tackle It’s just infuriating

Everyone’s gonna say player performance but that is some piss poor coaching and roster management

Chad Kelly is the truth

Breaking news: MBT to Ottawa

We should. So many idiot fans in the stands these days. Shoutout to the dummy in the north end zone trying to start the wave while our red zone offence breaks huddle.

Biggie and Willie look like they had a buy one get one coupon on stem cells in Brazil this off-season. Completely rejuvenated. Biggie still can’t wrap up though

McCrae Willie Bailey shoutout to Buck for pulling his head out of his ass at halftime

When did the Bombers become so pathetic? This is ***** football

I like when they do the football that puts the ball in the place that makes the score on our side go higher

Big fan of these moves

One day we will solve the mystery of which family member of Booch’s Evan Holm assaulted. I can’t wait to find out.