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No, not at all. What I would expect is recognition of weaknesses and some detail on how they are addressing it. As time goes on coaches here seem to say less and less and that only adds to fan frustration. I like to bring up coach Ritchie whenever discussion the last few coaches. He was a crusty fellow but he did tend to answer the questions even if it lacked more detail or was curt. I don't know but it just seems like our last few coaches understood that part of the coach's job is throwing a bone to the paying audience. There is nothing worst than turning on the radio after another loss and not getting any indication if the coach knows what is wrong and how to fix it. And he defended Etchevary in public last year too and everyone said he'd stubbornly stick with him until they were both fired too. People really need to get over the non answers O'Shea gives in public. Talk is cheap but so many people here treat it like gold.

If you really believe that then I don't know what to say... You admit you didn't read the whole thing and then you also assume that travel days are a day off? Guaranteed they are practising the maximum amount they are allowed to. Too many people stuck in the past where coaches in their mind are supposed to be a ruthless task master. That doesn't work in professional sports anymore.

Bellefools offence getting guys injured again. Our receivers seem to take a lot of big shots as well as the qbs and rbs.

Wonder how long that agreement is for .. BC is going to be DEEP at LB next season if Elimimian returns to form .. I'm curious to know what it took to get Curran to come out of this "hold-out" type thing he was doing... money or finally accepting the NFL would not come calling... I'll go with B. without question B. The NFL is already going and no one is calling they're not likely to sign you now after deciding they didn't want you all offseason.

Like him or not Durant is a winner. Sometimes it's not about stats it's just about making the right plays at the right times. His record speaks for itself with regards to Durant. They'd probably still be a losing team given the stats you cited, but I just don't think Durant is a guy that loses that many games for them. exactly. bang on. certain players just find a way. Ian Wild is one of those players, he just makes plays at the perfect time. Noeller hates the comparison but I always sort of thought Durant was similar to Khari Jones. Not in style, just in the fact that they always seemed to find a way to win more games than they lost. Some qbs are just like that.

No. But given that Wild can long snap .. it also raises the question of whether or not we need to roster both Cronk and Rempel on game day .. and frankly, I'd have no issues dropping Cronk from the game day roster .. And replacing him with who? Ratio still comes into play unless I'm mistaken and Cronk is actually an american but I don't believe that is the case.

I am not asking for full pads or full contact, I know what a practice should look like I have coached and watched many of them. What I am suggesting is that one of the reasons they are so bad on offence is they don't go full speed when running their plays. And they don't spend enough time in practice working on Scrimmaging to prepare for the games. just keep piling on the arrogance... you do not know what a practise should look like unless you're a professional head coach in disguise. Are you a professional head coach?

See this is what happens when we've seen such shitty offenses for so long, we forget what really good actually looks like and the bar just gets lowered too much. With Willy I'd say the offense can be passable, but it's a far cry from really good. If it was really good Hamilton and Edmonton wouldn't have pwned it like they did.

Well what other possible explanation is there?

In the interest of fairness wasn't that line about "YOU WILL NOT FEEL SAFE IN YOUR BEDROOMS" Something that actually came from the nutter ISIS types? I seem to recall reading that and laughing about it. The only real story here is that they've grasped onto that line to start their fear mongering. The article kind of makes it sound like the Conservatives just came up with that on their own.

I hate that line. Government has spent money on some pretty terrible stuff, so nearly anything can be justified this way. I don't see it as justification, I see it as simply putting things into context.

I don't think Calgary were always healthy on the OL. When we played them they were using a DL on the line because they had run out of healthy guys. Pretty sure he meant Ottawa's Oline has been healthy... Calgary and Ottawa have had healthy QB's all season. It shouldn't be hard to follow, it's a thread about Ottawa, just added in the Calgary bit about qbs and resumed talking about Ottawa.

Like him or not Durant is a winner. Sometimes it's not about stats it's just about making the right plays at the right times. His record speaks for itself with regards to Durant. They'd probably still be a losing team given the stats you cited, but I just don't think Durant is a guy that loses that many games for them.

Don't forget the hitch with no blocking so it's one against 3!

Calgary said they weren't playing him cause he wasn't good enough on special teams, I didn't notice him on special teams here either, you sign wild who is probably a better player anyway AND Wild gives the added benefit of being good on special teams as well. Just a no brainer.

Yeah Lawless isn't as smart as he thinks he is when he's writing opinion pieces but the man is connected and there is a lot of weight to his rumours. Be interesting to see how it all plays out.

I mean this with as much disrespect possible, how the **** do yo know what a good practice should look like?

I dont think coming back to the ball is an issue when you dont throw deep balls several games in a row. Even intermediate routes where out the window. While i think our talent is good at wr, if there are upgrades available id take em. I dont think you limit your self to positions of need when scouting americans, take the best of whats familiar. I think you're wrong. Moore is a good receiver, Denmark can be but he's pretty invisible these days, Adams has been putting way way too many passes on the turf so what good is he? Veltung is a rookie who shows some promise but isn't at the level we need yet, the Canadians are OK but not really threats, more of the solid but unspectacular that you can't really lean on types. We need Moore to stay healthy and add at least one more big time consistent threat.

worst phase of the game in montreal was special teams, we know O'Shea was a good special teams coordinator in Toronto, special teams still suck that to me screams poor players. Why blame O'Shea when Walters hasn't given him the required tools? The depth on this team flat out sucks. The starters aren't great either but when completely healthy it's an OK group, but you lose one key player and it all goes to ****. Watching Adams and Veltung drop passes makes you wish Moore was in the game, watching the qbs we've tried since Willy went in makes you miss them. It's just ridiculous how a couple injuries can so derail a team. Depth also is what makes special teams good and our special teams have been **** all year.

So with Collaros out for the year does that leave just Ottawa and Calgary as not having a significant qb injury on the year? Add to the fact that they've also stayed healthy on the OL it's no wonder they're having success. Can you imagine if the Bombers had stayed healthy on the OL and QB? How different might things look for us?

Players keep getting bigger and faster and stronger is it any wonder players are getting hurt? in addition the extra DI on rosters is really allowing defences to rule and when defence is on top it means offensive players are getting hit.

Using it for votes is slimy, but donating to charity? There's worse things the government spends money on.

And further to that, the special teams didn't quit, they just sucked. It's been a problem all year, when your guys can't get down the field and keep the holes closed it doesn't really matter what the coach is saying. For all the praise Walters gets he's really failed in gathering depth on this team. Injuries to any position and we're totally ******. Do we even have an american who we can consider an ace on special teams? At least Unamba could run down field and cover kicks. We always had guys like Suber in the past as well who got down field quickly and disrupted things.

The logic behind keeping bellefool was sound. Spend money on the OL and see if that helps, it didn't. This offseason we tie the can to Bellefool and hire someone who can get a decent product on the field.

You should see the mail outs I get from the Conservatives. It's actually rather off putting how fear mongering it is and how they try and prey on stupidity. You don't need to go full ***** to get votes in Calgary