bluto

like being single is important...

i doubt that you will.
 
so far i agree with literally everything the WBB have done this off season and all i can do is hope that you guys screw it all up by taking Khari.

Who the F cares... I wouldn't give two craps if the club was fined a tonne of money and all draft picks were forfeited if it meant that we won a Grey Cup. 

new, higher CBA next season.
 
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Zontar, In a heartbeat, yes. Of course we'd like Austin here. KBF is just sayin'. Austin started off as a rookie HC in Regina & look what he did & has done since....Not all rookie HC's fail. Burke was a bad communicator &  his skills running a team were just not there. Thing is, you just never know with a rookie head coach, right? It was evident to a lot of fans (except Buchko & Mack) that Tim Burke wasn't HC material & never should have got an extension when he did. O'Shea played a lot of  years in the CFL on a lot of winning as well as championship teams. He also played & coached  under some great coordinators & head coaches so I think he has learned & understands the CFL very well. But like I said earlier, you just never know with a rookie head coach. I am optimistic that O'Shea will  be a great leader & have better instincts as well as having the Bombers better prepared as a head coach than Tim Burke ever did.

a TiCat fan hating on Osh...
 
...colour me shocked.

Yes you really get the impression that Miller and Walters sat down together and made a list of all of the things Mack did and how he did them, then underneath wrote in big bold letters "DO THE OPPOSITE OF THE ABOVE".  

not sure that he'd bring any of our staff with him. if Jones is bound for Edmonton, that may mean a big turnover for our defensive coaches though... hard to estimate how this could shake lose. As long as we still have the staff on offence intact (Brady, Mass, McAdoo) and if we land a solid DC (Burke would be fine by me) i really don't know what he would do with our position coaches on defence... Burke (if it IS him) may have to keep them if Barker has guaranteed their jobs. 
 
sucks that we're likely to lose 2 blue chip coordinators... but the fact is that they deserve their shots. obviously, as we've seen in recent years, being a very good coordinator isn't a guarantor of success as a Head Coach, but you've got to let guys like Stubler, Burke, O'Shea, Jones etc. have the shot that their skill as a coordinator has merited.
 
Osh is a stud coach. in the same way that he was a stud linebacker. he's never failed at anything... the guy just radiates "win". hard to see you ever having a problem with players not respecting him either (which has been a theme with your last few regimes). he was our original FIFO guy under Stubler (Fit In or **** Off). i could gush about the esteem i hold him in for several paragraphs more... but again... who can say if someone can make the big jump to HC or not...
 
...but getting a good QB and a good OC along with him could be the dawn of a new Bomber era in the west. and i wouldn't bet against him.

Only the CFL & Rider Nation thinks a Grey Cup in Regina is a good thing. Too small, not enough hotels, bus company holding up out of town fans for ransom. Making a national event a regional one. I could care less where Bluto is from because he's right.

Interesting takes from those who went, so thanks.
 
Bluto, I've said many of the same things and agree. Winnipeg got blasted for the transportation for the first two home games (rightly so) but the media wrote very little about the inability of Regina to host this event.

as iso said, yeah i stayed home this season.
 
as KBF said, yeah it was because i didn't want to be billeted in some stranger's house.
 
i have a group of friends who are annual attendees who couldn't go and went to Vegas to watch it instead. Robynjt went with them. want to bet where you'd have more fun?
 
i decided against Vegas since i had a group of friends going to a resort north of the city for the weekend that i got in on... then they moved the date to next weekend. so i could've done both but elected to wait till the new year to go back to LV.
 
ridiculous that this event which has clearly outgrown Regina can still be awarded to a city that due to its lack of facilities excludes fans from other markets. let me be very clear for all of the kneejerk apologists: this is not a slam against Regina nor the people who live there. it is a statement of fact. the Grey Cup can not be played in markets too small to house the fans seeking to attend it. end of.
 
(every time i saw the aerial shots at the game i raged... house, house, house, field, silo, stadium... throw remote...)

That probably had more to do with who posted it than what you said. God damn centre of the universe big city ******* trashing the prairies! Let's sacrifice him to our gods!

I hope Rogers turns around and invests some money into producing a quality NHL broadcast rather than the mickey mouse bullshit they've been putting out for the last ten years.  Are Nick Kypreos and Doug McLean still their analysts?  God help us all.
 
At least we get to keep TSN Jets.

I go to the Grey Cup every year....I don't even know the total.  I took my daughter this year, she's 22 and this was her 11th Grey Cup.  I sometimes take her, sometimes my sons, often my father, and sometimes my wife wants to go.   I'm a Grey Cup vet, and I have a true love for our game.  I've been to the Grey Cup in every CFL city except Hamilton.  (I Include Ottawa, as I was at the 2004 Grey Cup there, which was super)  I've been to multiple Grey Cups in most cities.  I offer the following opinions on this year's event:
 
 
The Good:
The fans immediately around us were good fans (even though they were all green)  We held decent football conversations with them.  They were good natured and we enjoyed meeting them.   The weather was better than anticipated.  Fortunately, we were protected from the wind in our seats, so it was quite warm.  The wind had some impact on the game, but for outdoors on the prairies, it was okay.   We got a good parking spot and were able to get to the stadium efficiently and also to exit quickly.  We walked about 1.5 km, which is fine.   The half time show was decent.  Much better performer than last year's. (I'm not a fan of the Beibs)  
The Bad:
Some very rude/obnoxious Rider fans as we were leaving after the game.  I understand that they are the minority, but obnoxious winners are much worse than sore losers.    Game production was substandard to virtually every other Grey Cup I've been too.  It just seemed to be run by amateurs.  This was also evident in the botched player introductions. It looked second rate.   It also really felt like a local only event.  Many of the sponsors were local, and gave local prizes.  Even the good things, like large donations to charity that were announced, were all local....so a business guy in a Rider jersey presenting a cheque to a local charity rep in a Rider jersey.    Nothing was national.  To me, at the Grey Cup, it should be a guy in a suit presenting a cheque to a national organization.  It should recognize the whole league.   Price/value.  300.00 to sit in a semi-temporary endzone seat and be restricted to limited temporary food services and porta-potties.  Really?  For that price, you should at least be able to access the main facilities.   The game wasn't competitive, but that just happens sometimes.  
The Ugly
The lack of hotel rooms.  I decided to drive to Regina for the game, and drive back afterwards, so as to keep my attendance record in tact.  I'm sorry, but I'm not interested in staying in a trailer/RV park, and I'm not comfortable billeting with strangers.  I normally go to Grey Cup on Thursday and attend events for a few days, and return on Monday.  In Regina, this isn't possible as the rooms were sold out prior to the game being officially announced.  It's not just the lack of hotel rooms that is the concern, but the effect on everything else.  Grey Cup is usually a national celebration, where you see many fans from all of the teams in pubs, restaurants and shops around town.  This Grey Cup wasn't that way, it was a Rider home game, with very little out of town representation.   The entrances to the stadium.  We arrived at the stadium at 3:45 for a 5:00 start.  We were directed to the North entrance and lined up for 15 minutes to the north east side of the north entrance.  When we finally got near the entry point an official came and said to all of us in line that we had to "go to the line coming in from the south west.  (directing us down a packed back alley).  By the time we got to the end of that line it took another 1 hour and 15 minutes to gain access to the ticket check point that we had previously been to.   With all of the temporary seating that they put in, they didn't account for enough ticket takers/access points.  We passed by 4-5 locked gates that easily could have been made to be entry points, so it was really just poorly thought out.  We finally got to our seats at 5:15, an hour and a half after arriving at the stadium.  1st Grey Cup I've every been too that I didn't have at least 1 beer, as I couldn't bring myself to stand in 2 more lines to get one  (you have to line up at one to by a token, and a second to get the beer)    Brutal start, and it really did sour our impression of the event. I'm not sure if I'd attend a Grey Cup in Regina again, and for me, that is a sad statement.  I am still a great fan of the game and the league.  I'll reconsider after they get a new stadium....but still worry about the hotel situation there.   
 
I'll be booking my hotel for Vancouver 2014 very soon, as that city is just better equipped to host the game.

i've known ever since we got Chris Jones that we'd be losing Osh someday in the not too distant future.
 
to whomever gets him, he'll be bringing leadership that demands accountability, emotional intensity and encyclopedic knowledge of defences and special teams... what he'll need is a guru for the offence. a Chapdelaine type. 
 
Khari was a poor OC and a middling QB coach and he gives me no reason to believe that he's a good choice for you.

been looking forward to watching this game less than any GC i can ever remember. just really can't stand the thought that either of these fanbases will get to welcome a GC champion home...
 
...at least the TiCats are doing me (us all) the favour of shitting the bed so as to save us watching the second half. thanks Hank.

Not sure where Ford is (he isn't in his regular seats...)
But I totally want to party with that dude.

going to miss Mike's avatars...

i get why there's so much love for Khari in Wpg. 
 
but i think that some folks are allowing that to make them think that he's some saviour of a HC in waiting... i see no reason to view him as such.
 
he was a middling QBC in Hamilton, then he was so underwhelming an OC that he ended up a middling QBC for another team the following year.
 
i thought that the consensus here was that the Bomber Fanbase wanted someone proven... KJ is anything but proven.

i get why there's so much love for Khari in Wpg. 
 
but i think that some folks are allowing that to make them think that he's some saviour of a HC in waiting... i see no reason to view him as such.
 
he was a middling QBC in Hamilton, then he was so underwhelming an OC that he ended up a middling QBC for another team the following year.
 
i thought that the consensus here was that the Bomber Fanbase wanted someone proven... KJ is anything but proven.

i get why there's so much love for Khari in Wpg. 
 
but i think that some folks are allowing that to make them think that he's some saviour of a HC in waiting... i see no reason to view him as such.
 
he was a middling QBC in Hamilton, then he was so underwhelming an OC that he ended up a middling QBC for another team the following year.
 
i thought that the consensus here was that the Bomber Fanbase wanted someone proven... KJ is anything but proven.

I am legitimately shocked and taken completely aback by this unexpected news.

more likely Whyte's errant aim decided it than 1 call...
 
whatever. i just hope the Argos smash the Cats for making me watch such a craptacular ESF (and because F the lolCats... but that should go without saying...)
 
here's hoping a week Monday the front page of the sports section bears the headline "Argos lick the *******".
 
 
 
EDIT: that shouldn't be censored! i meant the word as a synonym for "cats"...

East:
 
It doesn't matter who wins today...Ray and the Argos will win next Sunday
 
Argos win the East
 
West:
 
The Riders should win today, but my gut says B.C.  Sheets has played well against B.C. but with Lulay back Lions > Riders.  Durant does not play well in the playoffs.
 
It's hard to predict next weekend. Calgary has a good all around team, but this will come down to how well Glenn plays
 
Call me crazy...but BC wins the West
 
Grey Cup
 
Argos.  Even if it's vs. Calgary, I think Toronto wins it again.  Ray is the best QB in the playoffs, and he has played well in bad weather.

posting in this thread because i had a random musing which kinda fits here and the more i think about it, the more i think this is coming.
 
our Outstanding Lineman candidate is going to be a Redblack and Winnipeg's GM (whoever that is) should recognize and act on this.
 
Toronto has too many good NIs to protect... so maybe we keep Collaros to shield Keeping? whatever comes, i figure that VZ, Eppele and Holmes get protected (along with Durie, Gabriel and Laing) which means that guys like Jeff Keeping, Matt Black and Spencer Watt are exposed.
 
we might be praying that Ottawa takes ZC