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We have coaches that pretty much refuse to make changes to who is playing unless forced by injury so i would reserve some judgement on the GM at this point. The lack of accountability on the field is the #1 issue for this team right now.

Now do a receiver!

Yeah wearing too many hats is always a problem. Honestly that was Mike Kelly's biggest problem here too. Think it's ego with some of these guys.

Wait am I out of the loop did I miss something?

Those days are long gone. NFL cuts are next year options

I am convinced Jake Kelly is only torso the way he tackles. Which is fundamentally a problem given how this system seems set up for the safety to come down and make tackles.

It's not even about whether Lewis is washed up or not, it's about we need help at receiver and who the **** else is out there at this point?

I dunno how well some guys know how to tackle.... I see guys constantly trying to make tackles with only their shoulders..... Is it anyone wonder opponents break tackles in that scenario?

Not like anyone is suggesting bring in Geno Lewis as a #1 option, just as a veteran guy who brings a type of receiver we lack and might be able to make some plays and help the offense from the standpoint of he could be a supplemental guy in an offense that realistically needs to spread the ball around to be successful. Not like you'll find anyone better at this point in the season. Plus signing a veteran with a reputation of being a top guy (even if he's well past it) might give some other guys a bit of a kick in the ass to step it up.

Thing is his flaws used to be able to be overlooked because of the positives... But after 13 years he's a lot more stubborn and doesn't have the prime guys that he rode hard. I believe we need a change and if the coach won't change himself then it might be time to consider a change at the position.

Well given his release his current salary is 0.... So looking around the league where the **** else is he going to play? If he wants to play this year he won't be in a position to demand huge coin.

Once upon a time maybe, but O'Shea has overseen this decline and done nothing to indicate he can recognize or that that he is willing to change. He has been here for a long long time. No one coaches in one place forever, least of all people who can't adapt

The numbers Charles Roberts put up with a lot of shitty teams are ridiculous. That guy never gets talked about as an all time great in the CFL.

Yeah well we're not going to wind up getting a guy like Mack for the rest of the season. Given the Smurfs we have now adding Lewis for this year might help. In the offseason find a real solution

You said it yourself, coaching cost one grey Cup (I would argue 2 but seblantics) I would also suggest that given how talented those teams were we could have been even more dominant with better coaching. So the point is, when you get a supremely talented team that by the coaches own admission ran the room and you also had coordinators at the time who had been head coaches doesn't that perhaps speak to the limitation of our head coach? I want a coach who gets the most out of his roster. If you're doing that and still losing then you know exactly where the problem areas are. When the coach isn't getting the most out of his roster it is a lot harder to separate the good from bad

In the CFL? When we have something at QB? Not a chance it has to be that long

Because he was trying to get a first down at a desperate point in the game.

We're onlyn4-4 because our DBS can't tackle and our receivers can't catch

Brian Not Yet amirite?

Ok so we're getting closer to you admitting that there's some legit criticisms of the coaches and that they shouldn't be criticized just because there also needs to be some better scouting and recruitment. Nobody is placing the blame squarely in one corner but if you have a coaching staff that isn't getting the most out of what they do have that's your primary issue because even if you do get all the Allstars at every position what good is it if the coaching staff isn't making them as successful as can be?

Whether they're working out or not isn't the point, the point is they were pretty aggressive going and getting some name guys.

You think they weren't aggressive in free agency this past offseason?

Do you really honestly believe that this team is operating at it's absolute best level based on the players that are here? Like everyone is maximizing their potential and this the is best they have?