the watcher

I consider this article to be an unusually bitter, personal attack on MOS. It's based on unfounded guesswork and a surprising lack of insight and research. 
For shame Wiecek, it's really poor piecework designed to fan the flames of ignorance amongst those fans who know no better. It's pathetic really, and for one who is critiquing another so ruthlessly, you are embarrassing. And you will be considered that among your peers. Such a low brow column really doesn't deserve any consideration whatsoever and if you were only half the man MOS is, you'd still be considered a pathetic writer..

Even the boys on the Big Show were hard on him for it.Westwood in particular was on him for it.It takes alot for the local media to turn on someone.I actually enjoy most of our local sports people.Wicek is the exception. Seems to me to be a very bitter man.He has probably been left far behind his peers as they have moved on and he sit and rots for writing crap like that.

The two earlier RTP calls are completely debatable.I have no understanding of how anyone who doesn't despise the Bombers (Ripper,Climie)could question the helmet to helmet.on the last series.

Poor starts...what poor starts?
Walker big hit on first D play.....
2nd play...Jeffcoat drops way back in coverage.....
Durant misses him.....and gets picked off
Hitch to Adams....3 yd TD run by Harris..under 3min. in...
D gets stop but Corney gets hands to face call.....
Stefan Logan gets outside for good gain....
....then ROC called for PI in the end zone...MOS loses challenge...
ball on the 1.  Als punch it in....
So-so kick return, holding penalty then backfield mix up......
Bomber O back to their first quarter ways....
Westerman takes roughing call on Durant...
...who promptly throws TD pass to Cunningham...
Is there some reason we play 6 yds off of receivers in the RED ZONE???
14-7 Montreal....Bombers taken 4 crucial penalties already....
Much better punting from Medlock, so far...
Bombers getting pressures...but Durant putting ball on the money..
Huge sack from the odious Mr. Johnson....
Oh, THAT poor start.....33 net yards in first Q, and 3 first downs.
Dressler horse collared by the even more odious Cox...looks hurt...
Tough sledding for Harris on the run....but some big-time effort.
...followed by pass to Harris.....more effort....
...and Nichols finding something fresh in Denmark, over the middle.  TD.
Bombers getting pretty good heat on Durant...but he hangs in there....
...against our zone D...that is all you have to do..
Bede short punt.  Medlock 48 yd attempt hits the post.....
Charmin soft coverage in Bomber back 7....
E. Jackson beats Randle on the post....perfect TD toss from Durant
Who is 18-22 -198 at the half.   D on pace for their 400 passing yds against....
Nichols misses on consecutive passes.....some boos ensue...
Bomber O 106 yds at the half.
Nice return from Logan....dumb out of bounds penalty....
....sets up Bede FG....... 24-14 at the half
Lankford draws chintzy PI on long pass....
Harris in the flat....Harris in the flat again.....
LaFevor sneaks for first down.....stays in....
....then scores on 10 yd keeper.
Some Montreal fullback type takes short pass....
...and runs right over 2 Bomber defenders for 40 yds..
Bede 35 yd FG  27-21 Montreal....
Westerman seems to be really in gear now.....
Jeffcoat and Thomas crunch Durant in the pocket...
Harris catching more passes, Lankford a couple...
Medlock FG makes it 27-24 Montreal
Jeffcoat drills Durant but gets tagged with bang-bang penalty
An AL brushes Nichols with two fingers...Nichols wins Academy Award....
This officiating has folks ...shaking their heads in the stands, both ways....
Lankford doing nice fill in for Dressler......
Nichols bombs away down the sideline....perfect pass to Adams..
Medlock makes 27-27......another barn burner, upcoming....
This guy Jeffcoat.... is not coming out of lineup anytime soon....
Durant hits receiver on broken play...Loffler knocks ball out....
...ball hits right on sideline ...TJ Cunningham picks it up....all the way to the 1
Bombers stuff back to back runs....MTL settles for FG.   30-27
Harris catches, Harris runs.  Medlock MISSES 39 yd FG attempt!
Will Justin be the goat?   2 misses for the automated one.
Durant completes 3 passes..... Bede makes it 33-28.  6 min. left.
Nichols drilled on blitz...takes another heavy hit on next play....
Rutley busts a run outside....Logan busts the exact same play...
Not excited about our linebackers, tonight....
Logan busts the next play INSIDE and runs for the TD.   40-28 ALs
A full Bomber payload of missed tackles tonight.....
Who needs Sutton, against this D....
...which looks like Chrissie Hynde's backing band...
Looking inept on both sides of ball in crunch time.....
.....stands emptying out in a hurry.....
Montreal in prevent D, anticipating victory.....
You know what they say about that.....
Nichols keeps popping away...and hits Lankford with TD pass. 40-35
The ole onside kick..47 sec left....and it is PERFECT.  Alexander recovers...
Als might want to use their last timeout.....their D looks pretty blown..
Nichols sacked...but Montreal.... roughing... the... passer.
Nichols hits Adams down to the 15.....with 16 sec left...
Matt scrambles out of the pocket...eludes couple of tacklers...
....down to the 1.  with time for one play...
It has to be Harris.   It is Harris..   TOUCHDOWN!!!!
On-field call is review.   Still a TOUCHDOWN!!
Down 12 with 1: 40 left?  What the hell!
Give up 500 yds on D?  And WIN.
15 first downs for Bombers in final quarter....
Improbable....unreal....and absurd....
Kind of like my gin drinking...



 
 

You can keep the ball ?Andrew, you deserve it.

I won't let Clime, or anyone else for that matter, spoil this mood. Did my old man proud by staying to the end of the game and watching that win in the stadium.

We pulled something out of somewhere.Totally  agree about both the kick and Nichols run,and Harris being Harris

Really  amazing, this miracle game ... most encouraging to me

This is a very unrecognizable feeling..  I mean, did we just pull the biggest, fattest rabbit out of a hat?
And Medlock? Talk about pulling yourself together.
A tip of the hat to MOS. Not an ordinary kick to the sidelines like every other team, but a perfectly executed kick to the hash marks, and the rest was pure will. Nichols getting that far on a run...whoa. Enormous effort.
And, of course, Harris, who is a RUNNING BACK...

Wow! One of my favorite  old movies and I never thought about what a perfect comparison  the 2 are.Well done Mark!(slow handclap).

You and me both

BC might think they have a good game plan but I bet the execution will fall just a bit short & leave them exposed.

Seems that Mike OShea uses different language. Where you say "Nichols should..." the coach prefers to use "we got things we need to improve on..". Where you say "can't ignore his bad play.". The coach again prefers to use "we got things we need to improve on...". That first quarter needed improvement. However wasn't the opening week being a bye week, NOT foreseen as a risk? The first quarter provided evidence the bye hurt the Blue. Bernie has only lost 3 of 15 games now. When was the last time our squad's qb did that? 

A lot. This guy still isn't getting the respect he deserves, and I'm not even talking here. TSN, Sportsnet, the papers, Nichols in general seems to still have the game manager tag on him. I have to think some of it comes from our play calling and how stupidly conservative we can get, and that's understandable I guess if your a fan of another team and just catch a quarter or two. But for full time analysts and our own fans, this guy isn't Matt Dunigan but he sure as hell isn't Garza or Dinwiddie. 

Nichols finished last night with a QB rating of over 120, 4 touchdowns, 300+ yards, and 64% throwing. Yet you would think that he needs to elevate his game if you read some of the posts from the game thread. So yeah, I'm going to make a Matt Nichols bandwagon because after watching a long line of terrible quarterbacks (including the anointed Drew Willy) I like winners. And Nichols is a god damn winner.

   

Very Cool! 

This is as pumped as I've  been in a long time for a season opener. A Win would be glorious! 

I like the fact he is a former player who understands the game & is a successful businessman running companies from the boardrooms. Unlike the guy he takes over from. Orridge always looked like  guy who would rather be at a wine & cheese party than a football game.

Hmm, how should I put this?
Well, In a very loose sense, Chris Jones is to GMs, what Donald Trump is to Presidents...?

He's a Gopher tho ? ?

IT WAS JUST ANOTHER GAME,
 
  

Yes but hind-sight is 20-20.  I saw Drew Willy degenerate much like I watched Buck Pierce degenerate.  suddenly that swagger was gone, as well as that split-second decision-making ability.  I still have the opening game from 2014 vs. the Argos on my PVR, and watching that game, you can't tell me that Willy wasn't starter material.  His decision-making was quick, his accuracy was almost perfect, and he was running a pretty potent offence.  2015 was his down-fall.  Not building a capable line to protect him was one of Winnipeg's biggest mistakes.

Thank God for that, Denny has had enough tribulation.

Despised that man when he coached in this league....biggest ******* there was, at the time. But without question one of the greatest to have ever coached the game. RIP "The Don"...

I would like to play poker with you

A big thanks to everyone for the camp reports and other general  info.I rarely check the papers now,I just read Tate's  stuff and here.