the watcher

Lapo  seemed wildly inconsistent to me. At times he seemed to deserve the offensive guru label that the press loves to stick on him. Then the next moment he seemed to be way to cute. I think the "offensive guru " tag went to his head at times.Case in point the Sask game where he seemed to be trying to turn Strevs into a dropback passer. And wouldn't quit trying. I wish him all the best though. He OCed us to a Grey Cup.Thanks Lapo !

I honestly don't care one iota what happens this off season, in terms of player retention. I got a Cup in my lifetime which I was legitimately worrying night not happen, so at this point I can just die happy. Ha ha. Whatever happens this next season... Meh. 

I’m  one of those who did not and frankly still do not like Lapolice as an OC or HC. Yes I will agree that his offended put up some good numbers especially this year and yes he did win the grey cup and for that I congratulate him. For his position as HC for Ottawa I also congratulate him and wish him well. However it still does not take away the fact his offences are predictable and he continues to coach with a not lose instead of win attitude. He had a workhorse in Harris, an anomaly in Streveler, who he almost killed, and was rescued by a QB who hadn’t played all year. The stars were aligned so to speak. With that said out of the 21 games he called this year the Western semi final and the Grey Cup were the best two games of balanced offence I have ever seen him call and for that thank you and many accolades! Let’s see what happens in Ottawa, should he prove me wrong I will be front and centre cheering him on. 

LaPo came under harsh criticism here by me & others on a daily basis but this playoff season when it counted he guided our offense brilliantly. He was a huge reason why we won the Grey Cup. As I criticized him then I can sure can  give him credit where credit is due in winning our championship. I wish him well in Ottawa. 

He came though for us. 
He deserves a good send off..
 

Hope that Collaros gets a nice pregame Grey Cup ring presentation ceremony or something the first time he comes back to Winnipeg.  From broken-down castaway QB to out-of-nowhere Grey Cup hero, that's a great story to add to Winnipeg's football lore; give the fans another chance to applaud him.

Could be part of the overall deal...a kind of Zach and forth package.

Thanks to whoever makes this happen every year.  It's fun to participate and follow.  Congrats to the fans who pick the winners so well.

I want to see this video. 
I demand to see this video!

CALGARY — On an early morning last week, before the Winnipeg Blue Bombers travelled to Calgary for the Grey Cup, the team sat around and watched an unusual piece of CFL film.
They watched a highlight film of Mike O’Shea’s career.
They watched several minutes of O’Shea play, in all its toughness, all its intensity, from regular season games and playoffs games and Grey Cups games.
And then they went out to play Grey Cup 107. Not just play it. Dominate it. Just like O’Shea played.
“Inspiring,” Willie Jefferson called it. “Having a coach like him, talking to us every morning, every evening, before practice is over, you don’t have no choice but to play the game like him.
“Before we left, we saw that,” said the defensive player of the year. “You can’t watch stuff like that and play for someone like that and not give your all.”

WE ARE GREY CUP CHAMPIONS!!!!!!,!

They do not sell those in Saskatchewan. Makes them feel inadequate.

Yup he had hand on top..and hand underneath it albeit backward but still in control and ball never once was out of his control...was a great catch...and he was wearing his smart watch to boot..hahaha

That's how I saw it. At the very least, there wasn't enough solid evidence to overturn the call.

Bomber fans 33% off
Hamilton fans 12% off 
That is one hell of a pitch. 

I'm not sure if we missed the 10th Anniversary yesterday? Was this posted? 
 

Never gets old

That's the key point. I trust Walters when it comes to free agency. He's mostly been on point, doesn't overpay and when he hasn't (like Chris Matthews, Adarius Bowman) he moves on quickly. 
Winning the Grey Cup actually puts the Bombers in an even better position from a free agent perspective. We have options, depth, and now current players will likely want to stay even more. Other free agents may want to join the current Grey Cup champs. Sure seemed like Willie Jefferson wants to stay based on his comments at the parade. We're in a position of strength. 

Must sign? Oshea. 
 

Great!  I could use a fresh one of these.

Backed up by a case or two of this.

When I'm done with them, wrap me in a Bomber scarf and stick me in one of these.

Streveler is legendary.

Streveler parade attire for today......this guy is a folk hero.

No lies detected.

umm.... yeah.  Hanging out with hundreds of other Bomber fans in the first few rows as the clock wound down, cheering and hugging people you've never met!
Besides winning the actual game, when Gabe ran out on to the field and as he was about to get interviewed by CTV about to go live, I helped get a huge "DANCING GABE" chant going that went through most of his interview.  No one deserved the win more than Gabe, and that was my 1A moment of the weekend!

The high point of that had to be trying to get a guy who has never seen a CFL game to do the color.Dead air and a deer in the headlight look