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Man she completely dismembered that douchebag, and he tried to spin his way out of it. She's my favourite of the Democratic nominees anyway. She's well informed and intelligent and is not afraid of facts.

I am confused now...

While I agree, he has had some day late and a dollar short tackle attempts too.

Hey I'm on record as never wanting those coordinators in the first place because their MO was well known and I didn't like it. But I'm also not going to blindly ignore the things that they do bring to the table.

But his passing has been getting better and better each week... No I don't think it's that, I really think it's a case of the play calling isn't doing him any favours because it's Lapo who doesn't trust his ability to run the offense. He just seems to think he's got a running back at qb.

The unfortunate part is that there is evidence out there that they do do their jobs, at least statistical evidence. If they were clearly awful it would be different, but it's that they are capable of doing good things but have their issues which prevents them from being the best. Honestly it's probably just a case of both coordinators failing to truly adapt to the modern game and are stuck running their stuff that was pretty effective a decade ago.

This is one of the things that is not getting nearly enough attention after the Hamilton game... they took so many penalties on punt and kick returns it seemed like every drive was starting deep in their own end, and coupled with Medlock being ass for a 2nd straight game the field position which they usually fair well in was just awful. This team relies on all 3 phases doing their jobs, but it really did not get any help from any phase vs. Hamilton.

Most of the upgrades are likely to come from players getting healthy. I know people are shitting on Bighill for example, but come on, no one is replacing him. We've used a crap load of different DBs this season due to injury, if Alexander is healthy that's a big boost to the unit already... so where realistically do we need to add someone?

I swear people don't read they just keep saying their same piece like it's true.

Hecht had a brief stint as capable at the start of the year but he has been getting exposed for being slow and out of position lately. I believe the roster flexibility is there to play an american at the position so they should absolutely try it.

Actually I am not pretending anything, I am saying that based on the evidence that we can see what gets said to reporters is different than what gets said within the team. We have seen O'Shea being hard on players and coaches in game when the mic is on, but he never says that in the press. Like I said, you are simply being obtuse and arguing a losing point, as per your MO.

You know that they signed a pile of guys to the PR last week right?

Hall is to blame for the easy catches that let teams get first downs on 2nd and long, the players are responsible for the big explosion plays where a guy is running free in behind everyone.

They really are banking on the people just accepting this crap. I think they're in for a big shock when they suddenly have an unruly mob on their hands. They keep acting this way there will be guillotines on every corner and rich ladies muttering about eating cakes.

And 07 was the year Joseph was MOP so he played well that season. But yeah going way way back to 01...

and the contention I am making is simply that what he says to reporters is different than what gets said behind closed doors. It seems you agree with that, so why be so obtuse?

God missing that guy basically all year has played havoc on the secondary. Is he healthy now?

yes. It's the same team it has been for the last few years. They win when they take care of the ball and generate turnovers and big plays on special teams. That's the way they are coached. **** up less than the other guys. They've ****** up a bit too much the last while but this is a team that is destined to always be in close games, and when the margin of error is slim sometimes you lose.

You mean like spending yourself into problems like the BC Lions did? No the way to do it in the CFL is develop your own QB or get lucky with a backup developing after you get them. Generally. Bombers are on their way anyhow I believe. Just need to get some coordinators who are a little better in game.

it is evidence that what is said to the media is not the same as what is said behind closed doors. here is another, you never hear oshea say bad things about players in the media but during a miced up game he immediately gave Grant **** for taking a return wide rather than going up the middle. So where is your evidence to support your stance?

lots of evidence in the different category though... remember the "matthews will be a big part of this team" talk a couple weeks before his release?

who was the last team to win a Grey Cup with a sub par quarterback?

You make the playoffs based on the regular season, the difference between coordinators and the head coach is that when the playcalling suffers it can be attributed more to the coordinators who have dominion over that sort of thing. The role of the head coach in that regard is to make the big picture judgment of his his staff is performing. Oshea is patient but it isn't limitless patience.

The fact that so many people are so willing to fire the head coach that has given this team a level of consistency that it hasn't reached in ages is mind blowing... yeah they have 1 playoff win, but you can't judge things purely based on the playoffs, especially when they always seemed to wind up facing the very best qbs the league has to offer in the playoffs, and a team like Calgary has been very good in all aspects outside of some Grey Cup disappointments, but in the west playoffs, particularly the west final they usually host they're a tough nut to crack. Now we can nit pick things, but in my mind firing O'Shea isn't even close to being something we discuss. Give the guy fresh faces at the coordinator position and see what happens, or if he does refuse to make that move when the time comes we can talk, but in the mean time I will be happy to deal with "only" winning double digit games in a season. It's so awful compared to the seasons where we're out of it by the fall.