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I don't know why everyone hates on the Dressler rush plays. I think they've been awesome. They've certainly been effective. Nobody else in the CFL runs anything like that and does it so well.

Would love to see Barker here as Director of Player Personnel.

Jones isn't wrong. But basically what he is saying, is that his offence doesn't do the same because he has too much respect for the game. No, Chris, you aren't doing it because you didn't think of it first. I think teams have the responsibility to push the boundaries of the rules, and if it's a problem, then they can change the rules. You can't rely on teams to play within the "spirit" of the rules out of sportsmanship. This is pro football.

I honestly don't think that's so bad by Hebert. Kinda funny.

Actually Montreal's seven starting Canadians look pretty good! I'd put them on par with our own, maybe a little better actually.

I can understand the issue in regards to people who played before and are now suffering health problems. They legitimately didn't know. But people know now. You can't avoid hearing about the link between brain injuries and football/other sports. Let's put our cards on the table. This is football, this is how it's played, and it's a dangerous game. You can, and almost certainly will, suffer serious injuries to your brain and body. And that's okay, because you know it and you make the choice to play. Just because something is dangerous doesn't mean it should be outlawed or changed. Danger is okay when people know the risks. They didn't know the risks before, but they do now. Participate at your own discretion.

Lol that story is so ridiculous, I simply can't believe it is even remotely true. He got on his knees and begged her not to tell Kurt Angle? Really?

I'm hoping we feed Harris as much as possible. Nichols is the same every week no matter who we face.... protects the ball and throws for 250-300 yards. We don't need a high-scoring game to win, just protect the ball and let Harris do the dirty work.

I'm expecting a win this week. Key matchup is BJ Cunningham and Ernest Jackson against our secondary. Win that battle and we win the game.

I don't think he's available.

Well haven't you heard? Every other coordinator calls the right play every time, and ours call the wrong play every time.

Weird that you know how to properly tackle but none of the coaches or players seem to.

No change during the season please. If we did, it would likely be Costello taking over as OC and Glenn Young as DC. Pretty hard to get anyone talented to come in mid-season because they are already employed elsewhere.

Yeah he beat us by 3 points. And since you seem to be so fixated on how far into the Walters/Miller regime we are, Buono has had 15 years. And he can only beat us by 3 points! Pretty sad, really.

No. If Miller doesn't like Lapo's offence then he can tell Walters or O'Shea. And they can choose to listen or not. If they choose not to, and the team suffers for it, then Miller can make the decision to let them go. What Miller CAN'T do, is tell Lapo what plays to call or how to design plays. Then he is micromanaging. Then there is no point in even having an OC because he has no latitude to do what he thinks is correct. Similarly Miller can tell O'Shea "Hey, Carmichael isn't working out." And O'Shea can choose to listen, or not. And if it costs us games, that's on O'Shea and again, Miller can decide to let him go. But he can't tell O'Shea which players should be playing because again, that is micro-managing, that is not the role of the president, and it's effectively cutting off O'Shea's ability to coach. You're old-school. That's fine. But there's a reason old-school is old-school. Because it's deprecated. Extinct. Gone. The guy in your avatar was old school too. And where is he now?

No it's exactly what you're saying. You either trust your coaches or you don't. I'm sure Miller provides feedback. But if that feedback becomes "You MUST use this player, you MUST call this play", you no longer trust your coaches and you are interfering directly. You have no evidence that Miller does not provide feedback. We've fired an OC and a DC in Miller's time here.

Because players have been quoted multiple times saying O'Shea was a factor in them coming here. Just because your favourite player isn't on the Bombers doesn't make that point untrue.

So you'd prefer that the president of the organization has final say over who is in the lineup. Not a fan of that approach.

So because we don't have Manny Arceneaux, O'Shea is not able to attract good players? That's some fuzzy logic.

So why don't we just fire everyone every year they don't win the Grey Cup? Never mind that we actually finished ahead of Edmonton last year. But because at this present moment in time we are behind them in the standings, suddenly we aren't competitive with those teams and our management is terrible, coaches are mediocre, etc. More knee-jerk BS IMO.

Sorry it's not wrong, it's my opinion and what I would personally do.

Yeah. It was pretty clear that firing Berry after 3 straight years in the playoffs, including a GC appearance was a stupid move. It was also pretty clear that firing Lapo 8 games after making the GC was also a stupid move. But hey, it shows that mediocrity isn't good enough and that we're always looking to upgrade so I'm sure all the "I'VE BEEN A FAN FOR 60 YEARS AND DESERVE BETTER" fans were happy with those moves.

Vandervoort was the right play at first overall, IMO. We took Ekakatie with the expectation Thomas would be starting and we needed a capable backup. Now that didn't happen so the positional need was only imagined and the skill-level of the player is not equal to what a first overall should be. Basically we reached for a positional need that wasn't actually a need. Kinda the worst thing you can do. I still think Ekakatie has lots of potential, I'm just not sure he was the best use of that pick. All that being said, it looks like this was a pretty weak draft so I'm not sure it's worth crying over.

So then how would Doug Berry disagree with me? Your post made no sense, is all I'm saying. If O'Shea goes three straight years with playoff appearances and no wins, I'd agree that we should probably cut ties with him at that point. However that seems incredibly unlikely and I doubt we ever have to cross that bridge.

Jerome Messam