TBURGESS

New year. Same old crap. You shouldn't have start arguments you won't finish. It's so tiresome that you make crap up that I don't say then complain about it almost every time I post anything. I didn't say signing Hall was a bad move. I gave reasons that the Bombers would prefer him over Benevides, including the fact that we don't have to compete to get him. Me arrogant? Pot, meet kettle.

what a crock of **** post. It's the holiday season, it's a brand new year and you pull the Debbie Downer crap? Come on now. Would it kill you to be positive for once? I started with he's better than Etch. What more do you want?

Hall's a safe choice and better than Etch. We don't have to go into competition (Read 'Overpay') to get him as Sask is the only other team that's looking for a DC right now and they don't want him. We'd have to compete with Regina for Benevides. Hall's a calm, nice guy so he should get along well with the rest of our coaches, the same might not be true of Benevides. Hall's defenses aren't significantly different than Etch's so we won't need to change out as many players as we would if we went with Benevides. Hall's not HC material so he won't be as much a risk to O'Shea as Benevides would be.

I'm happy with Hall, although I'd prefer Washington or Benevides. All are upgrades over Etch.

Gut feeling... No upgrades yet = Same as last year.

Way too early. Ask again after TC when we have a DC, a Draft, have 'Overpaid for FA's' and have brought in scouted players.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, etc. I hope you get everything you wanted.

Good signing. Can't have too many Canucks who can play when called upon.

Interesting move by Wally. With Cortez (rumor) and Washington (Another rumor) as coordinators, they should have a very good coaching staff.

I don't think the Portis signing means anything other than we wanted him back and I don't care if Brohm is back or not. I'd be happy to see Marve move into the #2 spot.

For those who missed the press conference like I did:http://www.bluebombers.com/video/index/id/107775

We finally get the presser to tell us what's going on and I miss it. Is there an audio link to it that I can listen to?

I voted for Benevides too. Lots of great experience and BC's defenses have been way above average in the last few years.

I think it's a poor decision to keep MB. I expect Willy to take huge punishment this year and to be broken down by mid-season again. I expect we will be having lots of discussions about how poor our O line is again too. Oh well. If we could only fire one coordinator, I'm glad it was Etch.

I can see why, given you are wrong so often. You don't get many chances, so take your cheap shots now.

I'm happy to be wrong Mike.

I can't remember a time I was happier to be wrong. Great move to get rid of Etch. I wish it had come a month ago, but that's just splitting hairs at this point.

Starting NI's are always great signings.

What do I expect them to do? Stand pat and assume that the decisions they made last year are all the right ones. I'll be shocked at this point, and so will Doug Brown, if our OC and DC aren't keeping their jobs. Neither will suddenly 'Get It' and change the way they've always been. Our QB will continue to get killed because MB's offensive leaves much to be desired in the protection schemes. Even Calvillo looked like he was done under a MB offense. Etch's defense will continue to be weak against the run and we will be told that doesn't matter. We need to re-sign guys like Wild and Sears just to maintain the current level of the team and we need some better players. Some will come from the draft, some from the scouting and some from FA. All places that every team picks from. We need to do a better job than 6 other teams to move forward in the standings. I think we are a lot farther away from a good team than most. My worry is that the first half of next years season will look a lot like the second half of this years now that the other teams OC's and DC's know what we do.

I consider Wild to be a must sign if he doesn't make the NFL. Sears, not so much. Hurt too often and takes too many undisciplined penalties for my liking.

Congrats DoD. Great news.

Doesn't make any sense to me. Cut a guy and you don't have to pay him for the season, unless it was a guaranteed contract of some sort. If it was, then huge mistake by the Bombers.

Another good signing. How much 2014 Cap space did we have left?

How do you know they don't already have arrangements in place with someone? And the notion that Ritchie Hall is a highly desirable candidate for DC? Check the battery on your watch, it might have stopped in 2006. I didn't say highly desirable. I said better than Etch. Two totally different things.

Sigh. I know. This is head against the wall stuff. And yet... Please list all the candidates. Benevides and Washington if the new BC HC doesn't want him are two that immediately come to mind. So out of curiosity ... let's say hypothetically Washington is our first choice. Then would you be alright with the current silence? Washington is my first choice and I know we have to wait until things fall out in BC to see if he's Wally's choice for HC. I'd still get rid of Etch because he's not good enough. You just finished criticizing Sask for firing Hall without having a replacement in another thread...now you want us to do the same? You don't get sarcasm do you?