Atomic

I'm thinking Cory Boyd

I think both are equally likely. It wasn't necessarily Mack telling Burke he can't fire any coaches, that may have been coming from higher up... i.e. we have no money, do not fire any coaches. Remember him publicly questioning whether he would be allowed to hire a running backs coach because he wasn't sure if it was in the budget? Pretty clear he wasn't granted total control over hiring and firing whoever he wanted.

Are those guys any more dangerous than Dressler? Besides that the Bombers zone defense is the worst thing in history and I wouldn't want to watch a game of that again. Stamps is better than Dressler IMO, and Dressler wasn't at full health last week anyways. Adarius Bowman brings something different to the table in that he is very hard to bring down. Our DB's have struggled with tackling at times, that's more of my worry there.

Should be interesting to see what we do on defence. We played a lot of man coverage against the Riders but I'm not sure how much man coverage I would want to play against Fred Stamps and Adarius Bowman... good recipe for getting burned.

I'm guessing Foster will be on the 4 man reserve this week

Yeah well that's an assumption not a fact

How do you know he was given any authority to hire and fire coaches? I'd like to think he was, but with this team you never know.

We will be able to chant BC Sucks more often as well.

what? They asked to move to the West? What? It makes sense. Why would the CFL want them to move to the west? What does it matter to them? Either way you have five teams in one division.

You don't think saying things like "Demond Washington will never return punts for us again" or calling one of his quarterbacks a "turnover machine" is burying a guy? Fair point but the difference is that Burke was asked about those guys, and everyone knew they had played poorly. There's no covering up a returner fumbling twice or a QB throwing multiple redzone interceptions. Nobody asked Hervey about Rottier and the average fan probably has no idea whether Rottier played poorly in relation to the rest of the offensive line. Hervey made a point of singling out Rottier when no one had ever asked about him. Not trying to excuse Burke here, just pointing out the difference between the two situations.

Paul Wiecek ‏@PaulWiecek6m The Bombers didn't get paid to move West because they asked to move. If they'd insisted on being paid, league would have had them stay East.

Exactly. Just doesn't make sense.

The thread at Riderfans is awesome. The fun part is deciding who actually knows something about the situation and who is just making **** up because they don't want the Riders to look bad.

Last time Burke mentioned Bo Smith, he said he was still behind Markett and McGee on the depth chart. That was a couple weeks ago though. I think he's more of a depth pickup than anything... Markett had a pretty rough time in his first real play time at halfback so it was probably a good idea to bring in a vet as insurance in case Markett didn't develop quick enough. I doubt Smith sees the field unless there's a couple injuries.

Johnson's okay. I'd like to see Washington get a little more work there though.

The Bombers' GM... is also a linesman for high school football...? That's amazing.

I actually like the jersey to be flowing around the midsection area. It makes for a much grander effect when I twirl upon entering a room.

Paul Wiecek ‏@PaulWiecek5m Pencer will start: Burke. #bn

I think we'd all like to see Pencer grab that spot and not let go.

Sounds like the starting right guard spot is still up for grabs... Paul Wiecek ‏@PaulWiecek 1h Henoc Muamba sitting out practice today. Also Dan West and Kenny Mainor. Tyson Pencer working with first team at right guard. #bn Paul Wiecek ‏@PaulWiecek 14m Tyson Pencer says he's hopeful he will start at right guard for Bombers vs Esks on Saturday. #bn

Probably has something to do with the new rules... the guys who would be eligible this year as seniors were already eligible last year as juniors

Jon Cornish

Or maybe he would have thrown two incompletions and gone off the field and his stats would look even worse. Pointless to get into hypotheticals based on dropped passes because guess what, every QB has to deal with dropped passes.

Only you can prevent forest fires

Darrin Bauming ‏@DarrinBauming18m #Bombers injuries: Simpson (foot) out but may be back next week, Etienne (head) to practice and see, Swiston (shoulders/knee) on 9-game list