Brandon

How about the eye test where he sucked badly once he played tougher teams and when the five yard dump off was game planned against. We blamed LaPo but clearly as the play off rum showed it wasn't all on LaPo. Rewatch the games we had receivers open mid and deep and he wouldn't throw it to them. Watch how badly he couldn't escape pressure. Look how much more energized the players looked once Strev and Zach played. Same thing happened two seasons ago, the moment Strev came into the game the offense looked alive and received who were ignored started getting balls to them.

So Bishop was Like 12-0 , Fajardo had a better record. I guess Reilly is a bum for his bad record.

Throwing five yard passes , when defenses took away the Harris dump offs he had nothing.

From what I've read about Storm he was a real good guy , very hard working and was one of the few ECW and WWE guys who lived a completely clean life. No drinking / drugs / partying, took the business very seriously. Also very easy to work with and a perfectionist. I'm surprised they didn't hire him to teach the young talent.

I want all of our guys to come back, at this point I don't even want them to spend money on an American receiver... Lawler and Bailey are fine by me.

Didn't Simmons get an award or a HOF induction during Grey Cup weekend also? 🤮

Way more money in a backstage WWE job then running a wrestling school. Good for him!

In a previous post I made a large post which showed his regression and how after his first injury with us he hasn't played well at all. Same O Coordinator and for the most part same players. Pre first injury Nichols had a tonne of 300 yard games .... post injury he's had only a few 250 yard games and a whole lot more with less. Same coach same players.... We had Lawler and Bailey in the line up earlier/midway in the season... they were only visible once Streveler and Collaros started playing. It's because those qbs were not scared to throw the ball more then 5 yards down field. The numbers were similar but the opposition that Nichols faced was vastly inferior to the others. It's sad that Collaros in only 4 games has way more highlight reel plays then Nichols did in 8 games..... it's because Nichols literally did nothing aside from dump it off to a fresh Harris who was facing crap teams. Regardless of the stats or opinions... look at how shitty his throws were when he did play... how many times did the receiver have to dive or go off balance to make the catch despite being wide open. The balls were rarely on target.

Someone suggested that we replace Kyrie ?? I can see people wanting to replace guys like Hecht ... but to replace a young guy who showed so much and is continually improving and who doesn't cost a fortune.... why>?

It's what I was saying.... Hockey is messed up.

You mean when Nichols played against all the easy teams and padded his stats? He played Ottawa, BC and Toronto each twice. How did his last 4 games go ... under 200 yards passing only 3 TD to 4 ints.... fell down at the slightest hint of pressure... and this was against easy teams. Collaros comes in late in the season with out any familiarity with the offense or the players and completely out shines him playing against elite teams. I dont' want LaPo anymore as an OC but that makes it clear as day that the issue is at QB. Just because you and Noeller bark at the thought of anyone crapping on Nichols doesn't mean you are right. Nichols in his last 3 games was trending at 175 yards passing per game with two of the games against BC and Toronto. This was with Harris and mostly healthy line up. The guy at this point should be a veteran insurance back up like Glenn was in his last years.

Based on the fact that he can escape pressure and make a pass over 5 yards deep? I think Fajardo is limited but he did more with far less talent then Nichols had at his disposal. Nichols of 3 years ago pre injuries was a far better player...but that guy isn't the same anymore.

It was reported that Carolina knew and handled the situation on their own.

Ehlers is having himself a damn good year.

Fajardo is better then Nichols at this point. But far from a QB that will win games on his back.

Now watch Calgary sign Babcock to replace him lol

I hope the club signs Jefferson long term... I do think this club has enough good will and a good track record for treating players well that we will be getting some home town discounts and will be attractive for other possible free agents for coming over.

This may not end well....

With Nichols you basically have to play the perfect game otherwise no chance of him at this point in his career caring the team on his back or at least making something out of nothing. Any sort of pressure will pretty much destroy our chances of winning unless our defense can completely snuff out the other team and we can win via 7 Medlock field goals. The guy was playing scared after getting hurt the first time with us.... how scared will he be now that he's been hurt yet again. The guy is a shell of his former self.

Jeeze way to many free agents ... I don't like the constant turn over of players on each team.

Also cut Nichols now ... who cares if he gets pissy about the money... I'd rather save the money and risk losing him and moving on with McGuire and Strevs.

Lol at people thinking the teaching job is some big roadblock. Come on now. I like how LaPolice has roots in Winnipeg because of his wife but he's freely going to coach somewhere else... however Collaros wife has a teaching job that pays less then 100 000 and no way in hell would he re sign in Winnipeg. These boards at times can be very riderfans-esque. Jeeze I guess every single American player will never sign with Winnipeg because it would be way to far for them to be away from their wives and family. Collaros will sign where ever he gets the best offer, I think O-line may play a bit of a deciding factor. But if Winnipeg offers 450 and Toronto offers 600.... the guy is going to take the money.

So you're saying words hurt more then trying to hit a guy from behind into the boards or to throw down and give a guy a concussion? In my opinion any coach that sends someone out to purposely injure someone else either in retaliation because of a clean hit or because they are mad should be instantly banned from the league.

How do you know he does more? Also that can be a bad thing, is he the one who wants to call conservative plays and ignore mid to deep throws?