Captain Blue

Hell no to Tillman. I want to win, but I don't want to root for that guy to succeed. This Chevon Walker signing is downright embarrassing. I don't know what we employ American scouts for at this point.

I think Kyle Walters might be the biggest problem for this team right now. I'm sure many will point to Bellefeuille or even O'Shea, but the fact that we have gaping holes at so many roster spots falls to him. There is no head coach or offensive coordinator that is going to look good with Marve or Brohm at QB, and certainly not behind some of the OL we're playing. Basically, I think Walters "hit" on his QB and HC, but struggles with most of the other job. Canadian depth has improved but the bar was also set low. His American scouting is awful, and free agency is hit and miss. In comparison, I think Mack's biggest flaws were selecting head coaches and finding a long term answer at QB. His American scouting was solid, but his Canadian work was poor. Ironically, I think they both have created one-half of a good football team but never a whole one. Personally, I would have liked to have seen what Mack could have done if Willy was here.

Definitely getting concerned with the direction of the team. I like Osh, and I think he's done some good things here. The defense is becoming a strength of the team but the offense can't do anything without Willy. Special teams remains a weakness overall too. Honestly though, Marve's got issues we can't hide. I do think we have to completely overhaul the game plan (hello option plays) for him to have a shot at success. He can't go through reads, he isn't hanging in the pocket, and he can't complete a deep ball. I want to say that you roll with him and try to get him to learn the position...but I'm not confident that plan will ever succeed. The learning curve seems really, really steep.

I find it funny that some fans can in one breath insult our organization, then claim that the solution is to rapidly fire our head coach and instantly hire a guy who just got canned. Good organizations don't do that. The circus is in Montreal and it can stay there.

This is crazy. And not even Thorpe taking over.

I went to the last Cup here and it was great. I'm not overly concerned with ticket sales yet, I would imagine that whichever teams make it will have their fans scoop up plenty of tickets.

Picard then Neufeld. I think Picard takes this title in a landslide though. Sure Bucknor is not very good, but at least he isn't exposed almost every single snap. I think there are several DL who could make this category too. Peach for sure, maybe Turner if we are basing it off just this year's work.

I agree he has improved from terrible to adequate. Still room for improvement at the position though. I see him as not as good as Henoc, but better than Labbe...somewhere in the middle of those two. He's playing quite well actually right now (in fact, our defense as a whole has improved too). I feel fairly confident that the only real reason people want to replace him is because they decided on his career fate early on this season and refuse to consider otherwise. He's a Canadian linebacker who's played very well in the middle of a defense that has struggled to find consistent DL pressure. Punishing him for not playing like Henoc Muamba (who ironically, people hated too early on) is as fair as punishing Robert Marve for not playing like Khari Jones.

People might want to update their view on Hurl.

Why did O'Shea put them in that position? With a 20-14 lead the Bombers are stopped on offense deep in their own end. O'Shea sends LH out to punt from his own end zone. Lirim out-kicks the coverage and the Argos bring the punt all the way to the house. Score: 21-20 Argos. The game is over at this point as the momentum shifts in Toronto's favour and the Bombers never score another point. Why doesn't O'Shea have LH take a safety giving up two points. The argos then can: a. Scrimmage at their own 35-yard line, b. kickoff from their own 35-yard line or, c. Accept a kickoff from the 25-yard line of the team who conceded the safety touch. Either way, we preserve the lead at 20-16 and probably gain tremendous field position? Isn't this another coaching blunder of epic proportions by O'Shea that proves he doesn't know what he is doing out there? Am I wrong about the safety? With points so hard to come by prior to that TD, I am good with punting. In general actually I prefer to punt, I think giving up two and giving them the ball again is generally a poor idea based on such a strong fear of losing field position. The problem was the bad coverage and several missed tackles on that play. Really the game changing moment.

Couldn't challenge. No timeout Yup, burned it just before the three minute warning. Bad decision there.

It was read option, Marve should have given it to Marshall. That's not on MB. What is on MB is the call in the first place. I don't like the decision there. Time is precious, would rather have called a straight pass play. At the very least you hope for a flag. Our line was terrible and even worse with Daniels out. Trusting them was folly.

I feel bad for Marve. Talk radio has laughably high expectations. Dude's gonna have to throw for 300 and run for another 100 at this point.

Sitting Collins is a complete mistake. Horrible decision.

We need to use the read option a ton. Marve is still a limited passer. Simplify things down, force the defense to make choices.

Too often I think people confuse restraint with not being angry (or in this case, caring too much). You can be absolutely ticked off with things and just handle it differently than some would. He's called players out. He just doesn't scream and jump on the sideline. I have some concerns with him, but his sideline composure is really not one of them.

But he wasnt hurt. You ARE following the posts right? Miraculously, I am following. Though I find your condescension hilarious given that at the point of the picture, Rob Bagg actually didn't know whether he was seriously injured or not.

Making fun of injuries isn't cool, no matter the team or player. Don't think it was meant maliciously but could have chosen a more appropriate picture for sure.

Nothing I like better than to see a team grind out the clock with power running. There was some discussion on 1290 today regarding our running game, and the need to get Marshall and Cotton more touches. It's not good enough for our two running backs to have a combined total of 10 carries in a game. Got to be more than that. Eh, that might be where we disagree. I agree that we should run more than 10 times a game, but I wouldn't run a helluva lot more. I love our pass game, and I think running the offense through Willy and distributing to the receivers is the best option for this team. I don't think our OL is good enough to run consistently and expect to win a lot of games.

I think Cotton is the perfect lead back for this system. They're gonna use a time share anyways so really "starter" is not as important, but I like having Cotton used early on and then bringing in Marshall for some inside yards later in the game.

Smith looked awful. A windup and steps needed just to make a long or hard throw. Struggling with reads and pocket presence. Very poor accuracy. Maybe he winds up becoming a good player, but he wasn't yesterday. I think Bomber fans tend to like other teams' young QBs simply because they're not on our team. For some the grass is greener always on the other side. I'm not even a big Marve fan but I would take him over Smith right now.

I'm interested to see if Chapdelaine gets the nod as interim HC if Chamblin gets canned.

I think the discussion is maybe not less after a win, but just different. It's easier to talk about the positives and negatives of the game because there are less people here that are interested in yelling at the top of their lungs. Less rants about 25 year Cup droughts and firing all the coaches. I know after a loss I tend to comment less because there's less discussion and just more shouting.

It was his decision to throw the football. He should never have the green light to ever do so again until he can prove he can take his head out of his ass & know how many yards there are to go for a first down. And for cryin' out loud, just kick the damned ball deep. The days of directional punting are over with the new rules. Ya added that in with an edit.

Oh, and Lirim's job should be getting shakier by the day. No mishaps on FGs/PATs but several terrible, terrible punts. There's no consistency in his game and its hard to have confidence in either of his kicking roles. He may also want to know the down and distance before deciding on a fake.