do or die

Well, Nate has to suck up to Rider fans......at this stage of his posting life....he has nowhere else to go.....

Now, now....according to Nichols, the Red Blacks started the game with a different look on D......this fully explains why we could not score a single point, in a entire half....in the CFL......in a must game. Having the opposition D coming out with more than one look, is patently unfair......no wonder we have had so many crappy first halfs. Life in pro football....is hard.

I dunno....those "YAC" plays for Denmark are brilliant. It will work. One of these years.....

We retained Marcel, for this year. Big mistake. We didn't dump him early in this season. Despite the total futility, we didn't dump him mid-season, deciding to ride out the year with him. How many clues did the our brain trust really need, to make an essential move, to give us some sort of chance? Hope that the folks who kept talking to me about stability, making panic moves, not being able to find an OC, after season start, etc, etc....are good and happy now.

D didn't start strong....

We have a number of problems on O, including dressing goofy rosters and simply terrible play calling,,,,

0-9 against teams with winning records Can't play anywhere near 60 minutes in a game Never prepared or ready to start strong, out of the gate Can't win 2 games in a row, no matter who the opposition is Leads the league, by a wide margin, in garbage time minutes... This does not look even remotely like a playoff team. More excuses forthcoming....because we have an endless supply of those.....

Raining...slick field... ST continues its big play mode.... Wild forces fumble....Castillo recovers own KO But deep handoff on 3 and 1...Blue stuffed on said wet field Just one more moronic call on O... RB's say thank you.... ...and drive 95 yds for TD on their first possession.... Burris having easy pitch and catch session, for first half... Nichols overthrowing....happy feet....looks bad... One first down on O, in opening quarter.... Ottawa O - quick tempo, spreading field, quick passing... Bomber O - slow tempo, all passing in front of DB's Wild playing well....but only takes part of the snaps... Marshall only guy doing anything on O..... But Bombers seem to lose track of him, for long stretches... While D. Scott accomplishes nothing.... except a fumble.... Tony Burnett had a forced fumble and a sack....as part of rotation.... the FB lining up as WR....very tricky, no? No. Bombers D gave up ton of yds...but good in red-zone... Hurl not that quick in pursuit..... Too many missed tackles after the catch, overall..... Bucknor still the opposition's go-to guy.... Blue Offense had all those popguns snapping.... ..ZERO points..3 first downs and 34 passing yds in 1st half.... 16-0 Red Blacks at the half...with 21 minutes TOP! Bombers come out with 65 yd TD drive.... ...as they discover that when Marshall is involved.... ...Nichols can run play action and half rolls..... ...and complete some passes... Too bad 3 of them went to the Red Blacks..... ..including 2 to (sigh) Jovon Johnson.... Overall, pass pro not bad.... Goossen looking pretty good... Bomber D runs out of gas in last 3 minutes... Ottawa gets long TD drive to go up 27-9 Bombers get a face saving drive for late TD... Then Ottawa gets cute and turns it over on downs.... Nichols hits Denmark for TD....with 30 seconds left ...some more lipstick for this pig..... Down 27-24...short kick miracle? ...it goes 10 yds...RB's recover...no rabbit in hat..... Pretty good 60 minutes from special teams, tonight... ..too bad D and O can't do the same.... ..as yet another disastrous 1st half...puts Blue behind 8-ball ....and puts playoff spot in dire jeopardy... ...and puts my liver at risk as well....

Lots of lipstick at the end of that game.......

Another classic first half on O......shutout yet again

Schooled by Jovon.......how embarrassing

So is Hurl

15 years? No maybe 10 though, I'd have a hard time rating any defence behind the crap that Jim Daley put us through. 2005 Bombers D still takes the cake. We actually had a decent O that year with Glenn, Roberts and Milt. 2004 and 2005 Bombers. How bad was it? They had a game where Nealon Greene threw for 300 yards........in a half.

The one he learned from Dave Donaldson......

Brohm turns back all comers.......

From here on in, we need heat, not just the light.....

Especially at 200K

He found out that Brohm was still ahead of him on the depth chart.......

Grooming Brohm.....for next year...

This might improve some of the tempo, on O, anyways......

Always liked DW, but the last 2 weeks have been a real struggle. Bucknor is simply the opposition's go-to guy for long TD passes.

So, fans need league guidance, encouragement and an actual activity framework, in order to maintain or enhance football rivalries? Man, I am way behind the curve here.....

Have to say....MOS talked about playoff mode....and proceeded to coach like it (finally). We have playoff calibre D and ST (with Wild and if Castillo is not a mirage). But this O.....could still hold things up. Yet another horrible 1st half, and finally a late TD, on a drive that required two 3rd down gambles, to go 50 yds. My major concerns with Mike...... was that somehow his attitude/intensity as a player, was not being transferred to the team as a whole, and his specility...ST's were subpar. Watching the way he coached and his demeanor on the sidelines, the other night....it looked like he might of turned the corner on those. Which would give us the quality HC, we invisioned, when O'Shea came aboard. Be real interesting to watch this down the stretch......

Gin bottle never collects dust......

that is it.....we have been getting plenty of help, the last number of weeks....