Captain Blue

This is why I had no intention of watching the game and don't intend to start watching it now. This was an atrocious matchup.

I don't intend to watch the game, have to study but also because I don't honestly think this game will be close. Hoping Hamilton wins but I think the Riders are going to win by double-digits and cruise to victory. No thanks.

I think Khari would be a better choice. Not sure I think either of them are really strong candidates.

Berry did well here, I was not in favour of his firing. I've heard his players weren't that big of his fans though here.

This is the step we've all wanted and waited for, I am excited. I wish Tim Burke all the best as a DC in this league, he will be a smart hire for someone later on.

We do this all over again next year except Burke throws different people under the bus?

Just do what it takes to get a promising QB here. We can continue to play it safe and all that...or we can be aggressive and try and find a QB.

He is going to be really good in this league. Tremendous talent.

No we can fire everyone and start over again, and hopefully, this time we can get on the right track.

At this point the team is such a mess it's really hard to draw conclusions about how good or bad these players are.

I feel like the Worman move pretty much guarantees Walters is getting the GM job. If not, definitely not a smart move to bat out of order on this one. On the plus side, at least it is someone with experience to help him out.

Things I learned today: a) Gary wants Walters hired, big time. I am struggling to believe he actually loves Walters so much that he would write about this for that reason. Probably makes his job easier because if Walters fails, Gary can write about how the team shouldn't have hired internally. Gary is unable to name any other GM candidates other than ones that actually already are GMs. Man if we really miss out on hiring this Buono guy we're screwed! c) Gary does not believe hiring an external GM will give them enough time to actually build a team. For this reason, we need to promote Walters so that he can sign a coach and trade for a QB the exact minute after Toronto's season ends. The exact minute, you hear me? Because if not, we're going to take a few days to find a GM and then all the players will already be gone. By mid-December. d) Gary is still not very good at his job.

Seriously though I could just copy and paste every comment I always make about Sun articles...just ignore them, they're all crap [EDIT: In fairness, Penton is probably the most knowledgeable Bomber guy now, but I still refuse to read the Sun.]

Will Burke also be sitting this one out then?

I thought he was really good in the limited time I saw him in TC, definitely think he's worth another look next season.

Meh...Madani may or may not be right. Anytime he reports something I'm usually skeptical and so I'll remain skeptical here too. We are going to hear a **** ton of rumours over the next month or so as every possible reporter will want to get his/her name on a Bomber report to stir things up.

As a welcome back gift to Ottawa, the Bombers should voluntarily donate some players.

My reaction today went something like this: We won? /checks WE WON! /hmmm We won? Is this a good thing? As long as it doesn't end up as the supporting evidence to keep Burke I'm okay with it. But this win doesn't change that the coaches, and many players, have to be on the way out. I would honestly rather take the losses than have us pile up some late season wins and have people believe we are on the right track with this current team. The good news is I have no concerns that the Bombers could actually pull off a win streak.

well clearly the smart thing to do is not say anything. Oh please, then we'd find something else to attack him on. Perhaps his lack of confidence in answering a question. Or why he would clearly ignore a question directly posed to him from the media. Burke does plenty of stupid things and deserves criticism for all of them. This is not one of them. This is Troy Westwood-level criticism right here.

I clearly don't agree with Burke but I don't think he deserves **** for this one. Anything he said would be ripped here. "I've been crap, definitely deserve to be canned" would get him crucified too. Burke will and should be fired after this year.

The worst type of fan is an apathetic one. That is what I am right now. If the Bombers were anywhere close to decent I would watch them. Right now school and other things take priority, and giving up valuable time to watch them not do anything is not my preferred strategy.

Oh no! Now instead of losing every game for the rest of the year, we might lose every game for the rest of the year! Correct.

So any NI who started some games at tackle is a "starting NI tackle?" There's no variability in quality? Paul Swiston is therefore a NI starting tackle now. That's about the level of player we're getting, so don't get your hopes up too high. Neufeld has much to prove. The only reason this trade isn't a total fleecing is because we dumped a 14 pick for a 15 one when there will be a full draft pool, but there's no way we should have had to give up 2 rounds in that swap. Neufeld isn't a top 6 OL for the Riders and had very little chance of making their team next season regardless of Ottawa. Should have been no need to sweeten the pot, and if it was insisted upon, play hardball. Neufeld started 13 of 17 games in 2012 and the West-Semi...Pretty different from Paul Swiston's situation. He occasionally breaks into our terrible starting line.

when you're trading rental players you are doing it with an eye to rebuilding, if you're rebuilding you don't give up the better draft picks. Hall for this guy fine but having to add the 2nd round pick, which will be a high 2nd round pick is just unacceptable. Neufeld needs to turn into a damned good player for this trade to be worth it but right now one of the best DEs in the league and a 2nd round pick for a backup offensive lineman and a 4th round pick is not a good trade. You have all the leverage here you should not be the one giving up the better draft pick. Highly unlikely the Bombers had much leverage. Whole league knew Hall is going to the NFL.

One more thing: Walters strikes me as someone who "gets it." Despite what will be the typical "still trying to win" tagline from the Bombers, Walters realized that he'd rather be 2-16 with Neufeld added than 2-16 and losing Hall for nothing.