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There was a bit of that, struggling to find a block that could be attributed to poor work by the line as a whole. But Greaves just got plain beat physically and knocked right into the backfield far too often. Major regression from what he had shown the previous couple seasons. We saw Goossen at guard, and yes he can't block well enough to play there for any length of time without our QB getting killed. That's exactly my point. We don't have a surplus of guards or "interior" guys because at least two of those guys (Goossen and Picard) can't block consistently enough to play anywhere but centre where they won't get isolated 1 on 1 with a defensive lineman very often.

Don't agree on tackle over guard. First of all, take the best player with consideration given to availability around the NFL. Secondly, we don't have a surplus of interior guys. Picard and Morley are just about done, Greaves is coming off a horrendous season and Neufeld can't stay healthy, Goossen looks ready to play centre. If two guys were equal, but I was sure one would be able to play guard vs a guy who'd have to adjust to the speed of the CFL to be a tackle (basically everyone available would), I'm taking the guard.

I'd be shocked if the dollar stays that high without oil coming back up towards $100 a barrel. I think we'll be looking a dollar in the 70s sooner than later. It'll be bad for Alberta, Newfoundland and Saskatchewan, but overall the money saved on energy by everyone, including business and government should flow back into the economy and lessen the blow on the whole for Canada. But certain businesses have a bad habit of hoarding capital in this country, namely the banks.

It's less of a practical day-to-day issue and more of an issue of satisfying the building code, which obviously forces structures to have more egress than would seem necessary for safety.

It says that Fitzgerald can't snap well enough to do it in the CFL, which we've known since his first training camp. Cronk had a lot of struggles in his last snapping stint in BC. I hope we keep some other options on speed dial in case he isn't past them.

"Oops." -Kyle Walters in July

My guess is there will be temporary concourses set up outside the stadium for Grey Cup.What's egress? Ways out of a building. Need enough to move people quickly in case of emergency, obviously more depending on the amount of people and size of the building.

Walters basically committed to Picard as our starting centre this season at today's presser. Banks was our SAM too.

Other than the fact that he can't block anybody 1 on 1, he can't block well enough to play anywhere but centre and his snaps have been unreliable the last 2 seasons, I have no issue with Picard. I doubt that he plays any significant role on our team unless Morley retires or is injured, and I really hope we didn't tie up more than a few thousand in bonus money on him.

I don't mind spending tax money on a stadium. I do mind the lying and moving of the goalposts that has happened throughout this entire process, by the previous Bomber regimes and the Selinger NDP. Trying to make it seem like we are getting some kind of deal and kicking the can down the road to the next election just makes everyone look like an idiot. Come right out and say we are building a $200 million stadium and it is going to cost the taxpayer quite a bit of that total. At this point I am hoping that our Grey Cup isn't a national embarrassment aside from the financial mess. I don't have a lot of hope as a source of mine who worked on the stadium for Stuart Olson Dominion said as of his leaving the project in 2013 that there was no plan for nearly 7000 temporary seats required for the Grey Cup. And this is not a simple thing. There is barely enough egress or concourse space at the facility for 33,000, they had to add more egress to the field to get a temporary occupancy permit in 2013. They have to satisfy the building code and the fire code, and they are just in the planning stages for a game that will happen this year.

But I'd assume Hall will pay more attention to run defense, right? That was the biggest shortcoming of Etch. Everyone wants to stop the run, but not many teams are scheming to do it because it has been rare for teams to continually rely on the run, Hall included. Will they run inside run in practice. Probably, but practices in season have so little contact that it is inconsequential to what happens on gameday. Players make plays, make tackles or they don't. Etcheverry is quirky, but his schemes aren't crazy relative to the rest of the league. The difference between Hall's D and Etcheverry's in 2014 was 7 yards per game and 2 first downs. The last game Hall coached his defense gave up 7 yards a carry when they knew Edmonton's QB's couldn't pass. There won't be a huge difference on the coaching side. Any change will come by upgrading personnel. Benevides would have been a huge departure from Etcheverry in terms of what kinds of players he prefers in the interior of the D and secondary, but Hall is very similar to Etcheverry.

Will be interesting to see the reaction when Hall deploys personnel very similarly to Etcheverry. Guess what? If Wild is back, he'll be playing MLB. Our nose tackle will probably be 280, not 300, and he won't be sitting in the A gaps all game either. Scheme will be very similar. Usually 1 LB and/or the safety blitzing and tons of zone.

What does that even mean? If a coach/manager thinks a guy can play for his team he'll sign him if it's his first team or his 100th.

If we hire a DC who expects DB's to be able to play man coverage in the CFL, Bucknor won't be a NI starter for long IMO. But gives them options to build the roster.

Sears caused more turnovers than anyone else on our defense to go along with a bunch of tackles for losses, and missed a bunch of games, many being O'Shea's choice to dress Unamba to only chase kicks while leaving guys like Sears and Markett in street clothes. Sears is an elite CFL defender. He'll be playing somewhere next season, wouldn't be surprised if he flees Winnipeg.

It's not about being liked, it's about completely losing control of the room, having zero working relationship with the majority of the players and basically completely giving up. Most normal years that 08 team would have been a 3-15 Tim Burke type disaster. That 08 season was just as embarrassing, Berry was saved by Toronto and Hamilton being awful that year and having enough veterans who basically took over that team on offense themselves.

I don't really see an advantage for any GM's. If anything certain guys who hit the open market will prey on a handful of stupid/desperate/Ottawa GM's with cap space and completely skew the market.

O'Shea has done way more media than he's required to, as have Walters and Miller. For instance, calling into 1290 once a week. For some reason O'Shea's professionalism and unwillingness to stand at the podium and shame his players or coaching staff is a lightning rod for some. Get over it, it's not going to happen. Are we going to have a different version of this thread everyday?

Hopefully fewer snaps for Teague Sherman.

Nebraska in 1985, 1995 or even 2005 wouldn't have considered hiring someone like Mike Riley. That's my point. Back when Nebraska was a top program they would have been poaching one of the top recruiters who have turned awful programs in Mississippi into national championship contenders or someone like those guys. That program has fallen off a cliff into the abyss of mediocrity and I don't think they could even poach someone who is already in a good power conference job, which is almost unbelievable to me given the prestige of that program when I was growing up. Used to be Nebraska and Miami, now they are getting beat by Minnesota and Duke.

Lately everytime I read one of Iso's posts I have a flashback to that South Park episode where Cartman takes over the school announcements, writes a book called What Happened to My School and "asks the tough questions."

As much as Riley is a legend here, it says a lot about how far Nebraska has slipped that he ends up being their next coach. Oregon State haven't posted double digit wins since 2006 and have only been bowl eligible 2 out of the last 5 seasons. Extremely odd hire IMO.

I have a hard time justifying $300 for my Grey Cup seat. Only way would be if the Bombers were in it, but can't plan that in advance.

Here's the deal - Wally will fix his problem, not sure the Bomber Brain Trust can do the same! The offensive line has been a problem for Wally for 3 years, remember how they had to start Kabongo and the pollster for 2 years? Not much progress being made there.