Brandon

I wouldn't laugh it's true. I made a point about this 2 seasons ago where the moment Streveler came into the game the team all of the sudden woke up. I don't think the players hate Nichols by any means, but they definitely rally harder and definitely play with more energy when Strev or Zach were in.

A reminder that Jefferson took less money to come to Winnipeg and has said many times that he's been very happy with how management and the city has treated him and his family. I think he stays if they give him a fair offer.

I'd like an extension on Walters as well... that would be nice. It would be really really good if they can extend all the guys who seem to love it here such as Jefferson, Rose, Bryant, Hardrick... before they hit the open market.

How many play off wins and cups has he won for us Collaros has done more in a month and a half then Nichols has done in years. Yes Nichols definitely came to our club and gave it life when he first started. No question about that. After his first main injury with us he has been on a steady decline to a point where unless he can dump it off to Harris and Harris racks up massive yards... he can't win us games at all. Now after a 2nd major injury the odds of him some how reversing to the player he was when he first joined us is massively low. At a back up salary he's worth the value... at starter salary it's terrible value for the dollars. MBT at this point would be better value at half the price.

The O with Nichols put up similar numbers against the crappiest teams. The O with Collaros put up similar numbers against the best teams.

That's insane considering they've had home field advantage frequently in the play offs and in the regular season they've had an insane home record.

I disagree, Collaros extended drives and made big throws that Nichols would of not made. Clearly the D was the main reason we won, but I wouldn't ignore the contributions from the O.

Storm was a great mid card depth wrestler. He made tag team matches in the mid card much more entertaining.

Is he not already a legend?

Reilly BLM Harris Evans Collaros No way is he top five even at his peak. At this point I'd put Arbuckle Fajardo (look at his win loss if you're going to argue) Masoli Adams Ahead of him Nichols literally is only better then MBT , Franklin, Jennings, Davis and maybe on par with Streveler. I dare you to disagree with putting him ahead of those top five I listed.

What was Nichols record this season vs Calgary and Hamilton compared to Collaros? All of this with only a few weeks of practice under our offense. Collaros did more with this offense with only 2 weeks of practice compared to 3 - 4 years with Nichols. Streveler unfortunately regressed in his passing game this season compared to his first... but go back in year one and Streveler did more with yet again a few weeks of practice then Nichols did. He also at least has some upside and despite being so young he's already more of a leader then Nichols ever has been and his team mates get ramped up and rally behind Strev. The team never rallies behind Nichols.... they look so lethargic when he is in and maybe it's because they hate being thrown under the bus after he shits the bed and blames everyone else aside himself. Without Andrew Harris , Nichols would be completely toast. He's a one trick pony at this point and is terrible. Aside from dumping the ball of the Harris and his one long bomb to Adams per game... what the hell does Matt Nichols brings to this team?

Escaping the pocket and making plays, throwing the ball more then 5 yards, not losing his cool and melting down when things stalled.

This story has a double twist!!! How many more twists!

Tweedle dee and Tweedle..... The quality of your guys posts are very similar to the stuff I read on riderfans. What is funny is that you guys mock them so much yet literally post the same stuff that they do with the exception of using Nichols instead of Fajardo. Lots of barking but damn sure are quiet when LaPo proves you guys completely wrong when he has a real QB running the offense.

Nichols not playing took us and won us the Grey Cup. Collaros gets all the credit at the qb position for getting us the cup.

Played stronger competition, didn't have Harris for two games. Defense went cold. He's basically a rookie with a fraction of the experience and made rookie mistakes. What's Nichols excuse when a non rookie walks in and in a few weeks notice completely outshines him. Nichols had one good game against a good team this season (Edmonton).

Him and Petan will be KHL legends

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.