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  1. Permission to talk: Is O'Shea leaving?

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    2 minutes ago, Booch said:

    So Argos apparently wanna give osh big say in personelle...obviously they delusional and wanna be wandering the wilderness aimlessly....have at er

    But new HC and era about to start here. 2 yrs too late but still a good thing

    From what's been reported,  he already has a big say in personnel here so is that really a big selling feature? 

    Just now, wbbfan said:

    Even out side of FA, bc swung a deal last year involving an elite imp T. 

     

    Yep, BC paid peanuts for Allen (who was a pending FA).  There are moves available to be made.

  2. Permission to talk: Is O'Shea leaving?

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    20 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

    Would love Drew back. 

    Manu is struggling with rehab with the Lions. He tweaked his knee and was supposed to be out 4 weeks, which wasn't supposed to be season-threatening. But he's missed 4 games plus a bye week, and it sounds like he isn't close to ready to practice or even have an updated timeline to return. 

    Hard to know what to make of his injury/return. It is the kind of thing that can expedite a guy's departure from a team/league. But facing tough injury rehab is as likely to push a guy out of pro football altogether. 

    I hope for the best for him, he was just starting to get on down there.  

    The last update on Manu was Nov 5th where Campbell said he didn't see him starting in the next week or two.  He's eligible to return on Sunday but he hasn't practiced so that's not happening.

  4. Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

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    44 minutes ago, Goalie said:

    Perhaps it’s just time for both to move on. I’d guess Kyle stays if Osh leaves tho and we see a pretty drastically different off season. Head coach would be priority. I’d be ok with Lapolice honestly. I’d talk to a few others tho like Mueller in Sask and maybe even Younger but don’t see it honestly as he likely follows O’Shea. Maybe if speak to the Argos Mike miller also. Maybe even our Mike miller lol. But honestly. None of the potential head coaches here really wow me. Hamilton obviously talking about the gm position with O’Shea and Argos seemingly willing to give him total control which im not sure ends well.  

    I felt the same when O'Shea was talked about as a potential HC after only 3 seasons as a ST coach and that seemed to workout well.  Any new HC is going to have a learning curve but almost all of the guys being mentioned have a lot more coaching experience than MOS.  JY also has had the benefit of working under MOS so he might be the best bet to slide in without it being a complete teardown/rebuild.

  5. Permission to talk: Is O'Shea leaving?

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    6 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

    I think both Osh & Walters thought his career was practically finished so they refused to pay him & Hardrick moved on. At the time, I can't say I disagreed. I think Lofton played well anyway. We miss Hardrick's leadership in the locker room but not his onfield play. Other guys needed to step up as leaders when Adams, Alexander & Yoshie left & haven't. 

    Walters said it came down to money.  They had just shelled out big money to get Schoen & Brady back but that left them without the cap space for a few other players.  Hardrick was coming off a season where he was the West nominee for best lineman so it wasn't a performance issue and he cashed in with the Riders who made him the highest paid American O-lineman.

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    The Bombers general manager signed both running back Brady Oliveira and receiver Dalton Schoen to lucrative contracts on the same day last Tuesday. Even Walters was surprised that he was able to get both back, but he is now feeling the effects. Both players signed pacts that will pay them around $230,000 each in 2024.

    “It was interesting because, on that day, it was such a high of ‘Holy, I just really can’t believe that it just came together,'” Walters said at a media conference on Wednesday. “But then, it was quickly the next day, when you add the dollar to those, the reality of (it). So, it went to a high of feeling pretty good on Tuesday and not feeling good on Wednesday when you saw the domino effect of what we’re talking about. So, it was short-lived.”

    That domino effect mean that Walters did not have enough money left on the $5.6 million salary cap to attempt to re-sign six starters — defensive end Jackson Jeffcoat, offensive tackle Jermarcus Hardrick, defensive backs Demerio Houston and Winston Rose, receiver Rasheed Bailey and guard Geoff Gray.

    Bombers feeling pinch after signing Oliveira, Schoen to lucrative contracts | northeastNOW

  7. Permission to talk: Is O'Shea leaving?

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    I don't know that they offer him the GM role.  Dinwiddie left because they (MSLE) are pretty happy having Pinball in that role and he has no desire to give it up right now.  That could change if they feel it's necessary to lure MOS away but I also don't know if that's something MOS wants?  I've never gotten the impression he has any interest in a GM role but who knows.

  11. Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

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    2 hours ago, johnzo said:

    Mike Miller?  Is that guy on an OC track?  (I honestly have no idea) 

     

    1 minute ago, wbbfan said:

    Yeah, he was in discussion last year with us. He has been an oc in the nfl and cfl previously. He was an nfl offensive qc/pass game co another 6+ years. 

     

    Just now, Noeller said:

    Are we all talking about the same Mike Miller.....?

    Mike Miller Toronto QB coach, not our current ST coach.

  12. Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

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    35 minutes ago, Noeller said:

    That seems right... So that would be another week from today. So if they wanted to talk to him THIS week, they needed to ask permission... Or else wait until next week. 

    But let's be honest... Rules or no, O'Shea and Pinball are old friends who both are likely to be hanging out this week during GC week. Conversations are going to happen, regardless. But Pinball being Pinball, is going to take the high road and keep up appearances...

    Already have according to Naylor.

     

     

  13. CFL East Division Final: Montreal @ Hamilton

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    1 minute ago, blue85gold said:

    Other than him grabbing his hammy one time, did he look injured? I didn't even notice.

    Yeah he did his best to hide it but he wasn't moving quite right & the Als had MBT warming up for a good chunk of the 2nd half for a reason.   If that happened early in the game, I doubt he finishes so the question is can he last a full game against the Riders?  You'd have to think they're going to bring a ton of pressure in order to make him move as much as possible.  

  22. CFL East Division Final: Montreal @ Hamilton

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    3 hours ago, johnzo said:

    the prestigious MBB poll voted decisively in favour of Montreal.

    Would be interesting to see how the MBB predictions fare against the cfl.ca ones...

    Historically, we do better in our picks and this year is no different but it's close.

    On CFL.ca, Pat Steinberg is in the lead with 56 correct picks.  The rest of them have 53 or 51 correct picks. For this game, they are pretty split (3 MTL and 2 HAM).

    On 3DN, JC Abbott leads with 57 correct picks.  The rest of their group ranges between 46-54 correct picks. They are picking the Als in this one by a margin of 8-2.

  24. 2025 CFL (Non-Bombers) Season

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    1 hour ago, Goalie said:

    Not saying Dinwiddie isn’t a great coach but gm also is interesting. Good luck to RD tho. Wonder if we see sone interesting changes in ottawa. Not if actually but how many. 
     

    I think lapolice is the obvious choice maybe with Khari as OC and maybe grab a Montreal assistant as DC. If Osh leaves. 

    From what Dinwiddie said at his presser, he was already doing a lot of GM duties in Toronto because MLSE is cheap and ran a lean front office.  He actually expects his workload to lighten in Ottawa because Burke will still be doing a lot of the GM stuff (like contract negotiations).  Dinwiddie made it clear to MLSE earlier that he wanted to be HC/GM but they were happy keeping Pinball in the GM role so that's what prompted the move to Ottawa.

  25. Bombers @ Birds: ESF GDT

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    7 minutes ago, Goalie said:

    I mean I’m fine with that. He’s the head coach. I just think 9 straight playoff appearances 5 straight cups and the first time it’s like no cup final it’s time to move on is a bit premature. I think O’Shea actually deserves to be here. Kyle or the GM tho needs to put their foot down a bit and not sign guys past their prime. It’s that simple. If Osh doesn’t want to move on from Jake kola Willie Neufeld Stan etc then you either move on from O’Shea or you don’t sign the players to contracts or you release them because it’s football. The goal should be winning. And that means making the “tough” easy decisions.  If it’s not to O’Shea anymore then ok time to move on.  But I’d give him an extension and tell him it’s time for change. Cuz they ain’t getting any younger. That leash would be short tho. Much shorter than it has been. 

    That's pretty much what most people here are saying.  If MOS is not willing/able to make those much needed decisions, then like it or not, we need to part ways. If he can do that though, he should be brought back ang given an opportunity to right the ship. But I would be having that conversation before any extension is given.

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