James

I honestly just didnt know about this feature! This really solves my problem... thanks a lot!

I honestly just didnt know about this feature! This really solves my problem... thanks a lot!

I honestly just didnt know about this feature! This really solves my problem... thanks a lot!

I honestly just didnt know about this feature! This really solves my problem... thanks a lot!

I honestly just didnt know about this feature! This really solves my problem... thanks a lot!

There is validity to this, to a degree.
I have enough to keep me busy that I don't need to re-arrange my day to watch a Tim Burke led team get annihilated 50-0 for 4 hours.
Tim Burke almost made me leave this team forever.
 

End of the day, it's entertainment. As my wife always said during that horrendous 2013 season:
"At least it's an outing."
Which, as I age, I am realizing is very wise advice. Whether you fret over the the ebbs and flows of the regular season get to your or let it slide, it really doesn't matter. Everyone here wants to see them win including myself, I'll always attend games and will always cheer for them, will I lose sleep over it? Probably not. To each his own.

I’d go with ZC all day long. 

So are we willing to give up that 1st rounder to extend Zach???  
He escaped the pocket and extended a few plays tonight that only he (and not Nichols) could do? 
I'm willing to keep him around for the 1st rounder....

you felt so strongly about 'delete' that you posted it twice to make sure we all saw it?  lol... just fun-ing you a bit...
here's my deal with Nichols... yes, a lot of what's holding him back is Lapo and the schemes that he wants to use, but, Nichols owns part of it and may be part of the reason why Lapo does what he does as well... say what you want but the numbers, other than yards, do mean a lot to Matt Nichols... he looks to his efficiency numbers, completion %, TD to INT ratio as justification of his skill... he's not completely wrong in this aspect but it's part of the reason why his ceiling is 'good' to 'very good' but will never be mentioned in the same sentence as the 'great' or 'elite'...
Nichols plays it too safe, except for the occasional slant or deep ball he wants to see the numbers on his receiver's jersey to pull the trigger... the part of his game that is missing is you don't see him 'throwing his receiver open' or the back shoulder type of pass.  if he doesn't have a receiver sitting in a pocket or hole he checks down, which is evident by the throwing chart I posted... also, he doesn't play situational football, meaning that depending on field position and down and distance we will still throw the ball away instead of taking that shot down field... yes, there is a chance of interception at times, but, depending on those things I mentioned it equals to no more than punting anyway if you are intercepted... however, you down throw away the chance of a completion, or the frequent PI call, and deep the offense moving for the sake of not throwing the INT... in a lot of instances you may rather have your QB throw that INT to a DB instead of punting to a return specialist... it's not something you necessarily plan to do all the time but there are times in a game where it makes sense...
Lapo doesn't exhibit a lot of trust in Nichols by the game plan he gives him... if Nichols happens to throw an INT, Lapo really tightens things up in the manner in which he calls plays... you'll see all of our receivers in the same 5 to 7 yard zone trying to find a hole to become a target...
another thing with Nichols is that he seems to be very streaky, i.e. when he gets on a roll and things are going good we gets better as he goes... on the other hand, if he gets off to a rocky start he tends to keep moving in the wrong direction... look at the first time he played Hamilton this year, he was coming off that long streak of completions and in his first throw of that game he threw an interception and from there on the wheels fell completely off... he had 3 INTs that game and maybe a fumble as well... the offense as a group had 6 turn overs... but it was like quicksand for him that night, just kept getting worse...
the best thing that can happen for Nichols is to hit a long ball right out of the gates and he builds on it... when he's on, he's very good... but if you give him safe, as Lapo does, that's what you get, safe... but, if you give him a scheme that creates seperation for the receivers, gets the defense out of the way a bit, it allows for larger throwing windows and lanes for him to pass, which he really benefits from... but if I were his OC, I'd try to start with a big play out of the gates and then a few shorter passes to get him a good place and then start opening up the offense with more layered routes and at varying depths to allow him to be successful early and to build on it... otherwise, we have a hard time 'turning things up' if needed late in the game and tend to struggle greatly to move the chains and keep the ball and scoring...
Nichols has gotten the label of 'game manager'... people try to spin that into a positive but we all know that it's a negative... nobody wants to be labeled a game manager because it says you lack the ability to be a dynamic QB... it basically says 'you suck'... when being a game manager becomes acceptable it also becomes the norm... we have proof of that...

Marshall, Purifoy, Gainey... that secondary is full of awful people

I still cant believe Sayles didn't intercept that pass

That overthrow to Darvin - Nichols can't throw it that far...anyone who questions that Collaros isn't more accurate than Nichols is just plain silly and hasn't been watching the last three games.  Not saying Nichols is garbage cause he isn't but ZC just throws a better ball.  
 
still unsure on what direction I would like the team to go for next year...right now Collaros has a very good o-line protecting him, he is using his feet to avoid pressure, not taking undo risks with running and delivering a very accurate ball to the receivers - not much more we can ask of the guy.  

Yes we win with Matt or any other damn QB we put in there because we are better than the Riders. We are going to the Grey Cup and the RIders suck.

Same story IMO.  Force the most difficult throws.  They are going to run a ton of max protect and be ready to beat the blitz.  We need a better plan.  We have sucked for years now against Hamilton running this same D.  Come up with something a little outside the box or it won't be much of a game.

The after whistle **** by the riders was garbage. The refs need to get a handle on it at the beginning and not let it get out of control. But again they turn a blind eye to it and then it gets out of hand. When I reffed I would set the time early and the players knew that I wasn’t going to let them get away with that crap. But this reffing crew let the players dictate the game and the longer they let it go. The harder it was for them to get the game under control.?

When it comes to Blue Bomber history, he who cannot draw on the last 11 years is living from hand to mouth.  Look at where this team was at after 2008 & 2009 - the cupboard was bare.  Other than a 2011 GC berth, we had absolutely pathetic seasons after that.  
O’Shea brought success and competence to this team.  To include the first two seasons just to make the point that he is .500, given the mess he inherited, is misleading. 
Other changes need to be made, but the coach who turned this team and organization into something respectable needs to stay.  
Meanwhile, we can keep lamenting our 9 - 6 team.  In other news, the Grey Champion lost to the predicted tire fire. 

How is Lucky still in the lineup? He brings nothing to the table for our O or special teams. 

Omg... those cryder tears are delicious. The angst on riderfans is delectable. 

Haven't changed my opinion much. Have been a huge Streveler fan since Day 1 but don't think he'll ever be good enough to be a legit #1 in this league. Matt Nichols, with or without Andrew Harris, would have won that game yesterday and I'll fight over that. 

Dude... if you have such a problem with ppl forming opinioms why do you go on forums?

Dude... if you have such a problem with ppl forming opinioms why do you go on forums?

Yeah.. at 21 and still lots of room to grow and learn I would hope to see him back competing..the guy was constantly in hustle mode and the screw ups he made were from being young and inexperienced and not from a lack of talent 

He made mistakes, but he made them at full speed and with intent. Bring back Walker