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Killed em on special teams though, which is 1/3 of the game.

Or does Lapo just suck a developing qbs? Looked OK with Khari and Nichols but everyone else looks like a sack of crap... coincidence?

I bet Robert Gordon could still play.

Just want to point out that the team has lost back to back games for the first time this season since taking Lankford out of the lineup... Discuss.

Nevis has not been a bust, the team has just been playing silly buggers with the DL to try and get more Canadians playing but the DL and defense as a whole generally plays it's best when both Nevis and Poop are in the game. Makes it easier on everyone and Thomas does better when he doesn't have to be an every down guy.

That just goes to show the real problem with this team. They do pretty well scouting Canadians and players already in the league, but atrocious at finding guys who aren't up in Canada already. The American scouting needs to be better full stop.

Yeah drove me nuts, the guy can fire it but he was trying to baby everything in and was resulting in passes not even getting to the receiver cause that's too easy for the dbs. Suspect it's the fear of screwing up and losing the game, but you gotta play to win.

we've had a good run, might as well go out happy and watching the Riders lose would make me happy.

we lose Sam Hurl in an expansion draft?

yeah but when was the Bombers 2nd year of a massive rebuild? 1997? 2000? 2006? 2011? 2015? Sad fact is that the Bombers have been shooting themselves in the foot for so long that we've essentially been constantly rebuilding for 2 decades.

So no change from Rider fan behaviour at any point.

Oh please, the Bombers management isn't so reactionary. They're not going to start firing people based on how they do in the playoffs. They are all about stability and the process. Fans want firings all the time, but that's fans being fans.

Only cause the pansies in Ontario don't want to go outside their own little bubble in Southern Ontario. Christ if Toronto or Hamilton had to travel like Winnipeg did they'd never stop crying.

He might be a decent coach but he is a deplorable human being and suspect general manager. It's going to blow up in his face because he treats people badly and that doesn't have long term staying power.

Just need someone rich enough to sink the money into team and stadium, don't really see either of those happening though so we're just going to have to wait.

But didn't Edmonton have to bring in a million RBs to deal with injuries?

The way I see it you either play Nevis and Poop if Hurl is behind him or if you insist on playing Thomas at tackle then get a big time disruptive force in at middle linebacker. Since I don't know if they have that player on the roster at MLB then just play Nevis and Poop at the same time already! For fox creek it's not that complicated. Those two make life hell on opposing offensive lines and makes the D better. Do whatever it takes to the ratio to make it work.

as far as positions on a team go it's probably the easiest one for a guy to pick up.

Most CFL teams will accomodate players because they don't want to treat them poorly cause then word gets around and it's harder to get guys to come play in bum **** nowhere.

Damned well better, though Neufeld starting on the OL maybe we should play Davis just so we don't get Nichols killed

The fact is that everyone blames the D for giving up all the yards late in games, but a big part of that is the offense stops doing anything productive when they have a lead. They'll run for 5-8 yards then handoff again when everyone knows it's coming and get stopped and then have to punt. Lapo is passive to a fault and he plays not to lose rather than playing to win. It cost us in 2011 and it'll probably cost us again this year in the playoffs.

The reason they have to have so many last minute drives is precisely because Lapo is content to go 2 and out all game long until he has no choice but to try and win the game. At least Ritchie Hall is willing and able to adjust as a game progresses. I have no great love for the bend but don't break defense, but I much prefer a guy that changes according to the game to the offensive coordinator who bases his entire game around "don't try until you're losing"

Yeah that punt was damned good. Because of the camera work I was wondering if it had gone straight out of bounds, but it had to have bounced awfully close to the sidelines and honestly when a guy punts on the run you have no idea how far that thing is going to go downfield.

Remember what happened the last time Winnipeg lost to an eastern team they shoulda beat? Bounced back and dominated BC until garbage time when BC got meaningless yards and points.