Mr. Perfect

Reed's defences are consistently beat deep and rarely get those crunch time stops when you need them. Highly overrated. His tenure here previously as well as other places have ALWAYS left lots to be desired.

Already did the "been there done that" with Marcel and Etch. There's a reason they don't hold jobs very long. Same for Lapo and Reed. It will be interesting what happens with Cortez. Same with Milanovich as well as there has been reports previously if the Braley situation isn't figured out by next year that he wouldn't return. Obvious connection with O'Shea there. Defensively I think it's time for some new blood. There's so many recycled names out there that don't stand out. Much like Steinhauer who began his coaching career as a DB's coach I'd be curious how current Riders DB's coach Barron Miles would turn out as a D-Coordinator. I'd prefer giving him a shot over someone like Reed who is an average DC at the best of times.

BLOGS RAISE A LITTLE HELL Judy: 3 X 4 = 12Tom Brodbeck - October 10th, 2014 It may come as no surprise to some, but it appears mayoral candidate Judy Wasylycia-Leis doesn’t know how to count. Caught in an embarrassing moment during Thursday’s mayoralty debate, Wasylycia-Leis said her competitor Gord Steeves was “fearmongering” because of his claims that the former NDP MP was planning to raise property taxes by 12%. Wasylycia-Leis has pledged to increase property taxes by 3% a year over the next four years. However, it appears she needs some work on her times tables. Wasylycia-Leis couldn’t seem to figure out that a 3% property each year over the next four years results in a 12% tax hike. “My good friend Gord here is doing a Sam Katz and he’s out there fearmongering,” said Wasylycia-Leis sitting next to Steeves and waiving her arms frantically. “I drove here tonight, there was this huge billboard suggesting Judy’s going to raise your taxes by 12%,” said Wasylycia-Leis. Um, yeah. That’s what you’re promising Judy. “It’s dishonest and it’s fearmongering and I’d like to know why he’s engaged in these kinds of tactics that only produce cynicism among our young people and the electorate,” she said. Oh, boy. Just when you thought you’d seen the Full Judy, she does this. Steeves couldn’t contain his laughter. But he did respond. “I’m not an actuarial but what I did is I took the 3% and I multiplied it by the four years and I came up with the 12%,” said Steeves, prompting howls of laughter from the candidates and the studio audience. “I could run it again on my calculator if you like.” An honest guffaw by Judy, or does she just have trouble with basic arithmetic? Because last time I checked, 3 times 4 is 12. “If it’s wrong I blame my campaign manager,” said Steeves. “But I’m pretty sure it’s right.” Actually, Wasylycia-Leis’ original tax pledge when she kicked off her campaign in the summer was to raise property taxes at the combined rate of inflation and population growth. The media panel Thursday reminded her that under that calculation, a property tax increase would be about 3.5%, or 14% over four years. “Wait a second, is it three and half?” said Steeves to more laughter. “I gotta change my billboards.” The truth is, we don’t know how high taxes will go under Judy because she doesn’t even know that 3 times 4 is 12. And she doesn’t appear to care. Her solution to city hall’s financial troubles is to jack up property taxes every year. She’s not interested in finding savings within city hall, including from its bloated bureaucracy. She just wants to dig deeper into taxpayers’ pockets. She’s a New Democrat and that’s what NDPers believe in. That’s why when she was a cabinet minister in the 1980s her government jacked up the PST to 7%. And it’s why her government on Broadway increased that tax again to 8% last year. I just wish Judy could work on her math a bit.

Pity anybody forced to run behind the likes of Dan Gyetvai, Moe Elewonibi (in that stage of his career anyway), Mudge from 2004 on, and Benidict Ibisi. Charlie deserves badges of honour for doing that.

At this stage of the season, you're not bringing in a fresh rookie anywhere and throwing him right into the lineup. That's not how football works in week 16. Of course you can bring players in for a look, but you're not going to say they are better than X player at this point in time. But to be satisfied with the status quo? Competition is always a good thing. It's never bad. NFL cuts were a month ago & yet we stood pat.So we brought in a couple of receivers. No intl OL. No intl linebackers, running backs or DL?? Maybe one or two guys could have helped us immediately. If McManus is as good a scout as he is supposed to be then we may have found us a a keeper or two. We'll never know though as we didn't do anything. How can a team that went 3-15 last year & is on a 5 or 6 game losing streak now just blow off its fans by saying that nothing can be done? And MOS saying that his job is to build & not tear down? Just execute & play better? How naive does he think the Bomber fanbase is? Really? No his job & the same with Walters is to win. I know this team has a lot of holes & to make the playoffs is a herculean task. All the more reason to bring in players to fill these holes. Players to push the ones we have to play better. Or to push the deadwood out the door. And their not satisfied with the status quo, you can bet your bottom dollar on that. There's only so much you can do realistically over the course of a regular season. The bulk of the movement will be made in the offseason. There was lots of turnover last offseason, and you can bet there will be lots again in the upcoming offseason as well considering we are hosting the Grey Cup next year. If you asked people in May if they would be happy with a 6 or 7 win season, the intelligent majority would have said yes considering we won only 3 times last year. Starting off 5-1 was more of a curse than a good thing because it unfairly raised the expectations of the fan base. Make no mistake, the team is committed to building a winner, but it takes time. Considering where this team has come from in less than a year, there is no reason to believe that the powers that be will fail in making that happen IMO.

At this stage of the season, you're not bringing in a fresh rookie anywhere and throwing him right into the lineup. That's not how football works in week 16. Of course you can bring players in for a look, but you're not going to say they are better than X player at this point in time.

You could easily say the same for Kuale, Sherman, and Bryant just to name a few.

Because not every run is like that, and many times you see a running back turn runs of what should be a loss of two into a gain of 3. Grigsby doesn't do that.

To break a tackle.

Darrin Bauming ‏@DarrinBauming 12s12 seconds ago Mike O'Shea says Paris Cotton will start at running back this week. "Just trying to provide a different spark for the offence." #Bombers

Shawn Churchill ‏@ShawnChurchill 1m1 minute ago @EJKUALE will miss Mondays game vs Edmonton

May be much ado about nothing after all, though I don't recall tweets/media comments in previous weeks of Grigsby taking limited reps early in the practice week... Darrin Bauming ‏@DarrinBauming 2m2 minutes ago As has happened before early in practice weeks, Nic Grigsby taking second and third-team reps. Paris Cotton taking handoffs from Willy.

Other news... Ed Tait ‏@WFPEdTait 28m28 minutes ago Breaking news: doesn't look like Cory Watson will practice for the #Bombers today.But Troy Stoudemire is in gear. #bn

680 CJOB Sports ‏@CJOBSports 9s9 seconds ago Paris cotton gets first team running back reps at bomber practice--grigsby watches

Ed Tait ‏@WFPEdTait 24s24 seconds ago Paris Cotton and Sam McGuffie getting reps in #Bombers backfield while Nic Grigsby watches #bn

Anything in particular he said or just a gut feeling?When asked about reasons for the current losing streak he mentioned the defense and special teams as problem areas.Kind of a stretch to come to that conclusion if that's what you're basing it on.Did you miss the part where I said I get a "sense"? That's the most blame I've heard him lay. The presser is available for anyone to watch. Check it out for yourself and draw your own conclusions. The part I'm referring to is near the beginning. I am capable of reading yes. Regardless of how you want to make it up "sense" is still drawing a conclusion, albeit your conclusion. It's just a stretch is all I'm saying based on his comments (which yes I saw as well). No need to get your knickers in a knot.

Anything in particular he said or just a gut feeling? When asked about reasons for the current losing streak he mentioned the defense and special teams as problem areas. Kind of a stretch to come to that conclusion if that's what you're basing it on.

That Kyle Walters is such a bafoon always doing nothing. He should be fired, and the database should be brought back immediately!

Couldn't be a bigger idiot if he tried.

Budaj has been placed on waivers.

Unless Teague is blitzing the QB, he is useless on defence.

I must say I LOVE how he says "I can careless of your opinions" (which of course implies he does care if you ignore the grammatical error in "careless") but then asks his followers to retweet his comments. Just fantastic. ....Nevermind the fact that the correct way to word the statement is: "I could not care less", but as the Kermit the Frog meme says, that's none of my business. Seriously, I'm hard pressed to think of a football player we've had in the past 20 or so years that is as completely brain dead on and off the field as Kuale. Just dumb as a post.

L) Kpt Krunch reveals himself as Abe Simpson and goes on a search for Matlock to fight his case in forcing the Bombers to remove Drew Willy as starting QB and bring in Henry Burris as his replacement.

I have a hard time seeing either coordinator not returning next season unless they move on by choice to another job, not that I think that that's particularly likely.