Stubler's D left the middle of the field wide open for Durant in the semi likely costing BC the cup in the process. Dodged a bullet as far as I'm concerned.

Yeah that was strange how Durant just started running up the middle and BC did nothing to counter it, even after Durant exploited it for big gains several times. The tide of the game changed completely after that.

Strange, I wonder if the foot injuries for DiCroce had anything to do with the Bombers losing him.

 

Had really high hopes for him.

 

I only saw two training camp sessions last season, but DiCroce was horrible in both of them.  Dropping everything even in the warmup drills.  The day after the second one they announced the foot injury.  He certainly didn't look like a guy with CFL potential hands-wise.

and everyone was calling DiCroce the "steal of the draft" on the TSN panel. Oh well...

I thought I read somewhere that MB had said the offence will feature a lot of things he's learned over the past 1-1/2 years from visiting various teams (something like that). If that's the case I wonder how much of his past playbook is still being used now. It's possible it could be a completely new playbook compared to his times in SK, Montreal and Hamilton.

He can have my Blackberry Playbook for $10.

I don't think it will take much to improve the offence we've seen over the past year and a half. It's been just plain putrid, aside from some anomalies like the game last year against Toronto.

It's time for the Reinebold era of a Steel Curtain defence to begin in Winnipeg!! Release the Reinebold!!

Replacing Palardy with Sandro was one of the weirder decisions of the past year.

I think everyone was tired of Palardy's 35 yard kick-offs. Of course that was with a stiff breeze behind him.

No, he's no Mike Kelly that's for sure. But when he's not happy he shows it. When he's angry his answers are curt & to the point. He's never been adversarial with the media in the 6 seasons he's been in Calgary but it shows  when he's upset. Monday, he lost a qb, an OL & a safety all starters & he is joking & laughing because he knows with his talent & depth, the Stamps won't skip a beat. The most negative thing he says is he's not happy about it. Huff's favourite movie as a football coach is, "It's A Wonderful Life".

Jason Boltus' favorite movie is "The Longest Yard"....

IIRC, after he was named OC didn't MB say QB decisions were up to the HC.

probably. Between Burke and MB there was a lot of buck-passing and blaming going on - "it's not my fault it's Joe Mack's fault"...ok whatever.

I was told that Goltz did not see the field in the last few weeks because they did not trust his decision making at all.

even on a QB sneak? Isn't that the definition of "no-brainer"?

I really would like clarity on the whole Boltus and Goltz situation . if they hated Goltz so much then why didn't they cut him?

Why wasn't Brown doing qb sneaks?

Yeah actually that would be cool to see Doug Brown come out of retirement just to do QB sneaks. We'd get 5 yards every time!

Ok the Dickenson screw up was funny because you didn't do it on purpose.  Now you're just milking it.

 

Fair enough - but the visual of Doug Brown doing a QB sneak just makes me laugh for some reason...

Right now I am really hoping we can land Collaros and Willy.  It would be hard to pull off since I doubt Willy wants to move to another backup spot (though he could be sold on stepping in if Collaros sucks).  I was hoping Nichols would hit FA but now our options are slowly shrinking.

I agree - if we can pull off a Willy we should be extremely satisfied.

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hope he makes it out of training camp this year. I don't think Reilly is going to live through another 18 game pounding like he took this year.

Calgary is a winner only because they are one of the few teams who can absorb these losses & not be affected because of their depth. Like I posted earlier.Hufnagel had a presser & he was all smiles & relaxed. Not at all acting like a GM who lost 3 starters.

I get the smiles and relaxation thing but that being said, Huffer is no Mike Kelly either. Of course he's not going to come out and do a presser cursing and swearing and acting like a jack-arse.

I really would like clarity on the whole Boltus and Goltz situation . if they hated Goltz so much then why didn't they cut him?

Why wasn't Brown doing qb sneaks?

Yeah actually that would be cool to see Doug Brown come out of retirement just to do QB sneaks. We'd get 5 yards every time!

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A little surprised that anyone associated with the '13 offense would be back, but I suppose Marcel Bellefeuille deserves a full camp & year

 

Funny, that's exactly what we said about Tim Burke at the end of last season.

Yeah I thought it sounded familiar.

Wouldn't it be funny if Brink were to be signed by the Lions.....

That would be amazing.

I'd rather they signed Boltus.

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A little surprised that anyone associated with the '13 offense would be back, but I suppose Marcel Bellefeuille deserves a full camp & year

Re: Bomber/Rider.  Personally I just want to win football games.  I want the coaches here to be ones that give the team the best chance of achieving that goal.  Hiring Bomber legends is not likely to lead to success if you base their resumé on their playing days here.

So what you are saying is - Ken Ploen for OC! Yeah baby!! Mitch Zalnasky for receivers coach!!!

Does anyone know if Dunn ended up on sask's PR at the end of the season? Seems a real waste of a 2nd round pick or whatever he was... That guy is still young

http://www.riderville.com/roster/show/id/4243

I'm not wild about this hire, but considering what is out there right now for options, I think we did ok with MB. Doug Berry? Meh. He ran Charles Roberts out of town and for that I will still hold a grudge. Who else is there? Cortez? Well ok if he was available. Lapo? Maybe. I don't know. The pickings are pretty slim.

I am just so thankful we protected Sorenson.

Now he just needs to learn how to protect a QB.

If stubler ends up here, I think MB and him provide a great complement to oshea... What worries me is that we haven't announced stubler yet

if it turns out that we missed stubler - maybe walters isn't getting the job done... then I kind of wonder if MB is a consolation prize and we missed out on khari, etc

Surprising the dickenson's name is not really mentioned in any rumours too

MB, stubler and dickenson should give us a 500 season at least

Just need a QB coach and new OL coach

Dickenson already said he doesn't want to come to Winnipeg. So he's "not an issue" as he's been handled internally.

 

Craig?

OH. You didn't specify. Sorry.

If stubler ends up here, I think MB and him provide a great complement to oshea... What worries me is that we haven't announced stubler yet

if it turns out that we missed stubler - maybe walters isn't getting the job done... then I kind of wonder if MB is a consolation prize and we missed out on khari, etc

Surprising the dickenson's name is not really mentioned in any rumours too

MB, stubler and dickenson should give us a 500 season at least

Just need a QB coach and new OL coach

Dickenson already said he doesn't want to come to Winnipeg. So he's "not an issue" as he's been handled internally.

Calling it now - Crowton hired half-way through season as a "consultant" to the offence to help with schemes. Kit Cartwright brought in as QB coach.

Walters sitting across from Morley's agent and Morley: "So Steve, not sure we can really extend you this year..."

Morley whispers into agent's ear, agent slides manila envelope across the table. Walters opens envelope, sees donkey, thinks back to the trip he made last year to Tijuana, shudders, then gathers himself and says "so about that extension we were talking about Steve..."