Captain Blue

Super. We lost to Hamilton when our defense was good and our Pierce-led offense sucked. Now we've got a crappy defense and a Pierce-led offense. Pierce is genital herpes to this team. He's not good for you and he keeps coming back.

Tried and true. Now that he's gone Mack will be treated as the devil to every issue, regardless of whether it's his fault.

You guys aren't going by your real names? My birth certificate is Captain B. Blue. The B stands for Big.

Said we need to give our young QBs time to grow...

Playcalling will be the biggest change, in my opinion. Terminology will be a big challenge for Bellefuille, he'll have to stick with it. Many of the players have said that the playbook isn't that different from what other CFL teams run.

Let's hope so.

Which means they'll have Buck back in just in time for Labour Day... and a fifty point loss...

Not sad to see him go, though I don't think he deserved all the hate he got. OC is always an easy position to criticize. Interested to see what Bellefuille can do at the OC spot (who didn't see this move coming, honestly?). We have gone from one of the least experienced OCs to the most in one move. Time will tell if Bellefuille can do anything to save this offense. First decision for him will be to figure out who starts at QB. Have to think he goes back to Buck (/vomits). Burke and Creehan better figure out that defense quick.

Ya who exactly is he coaching up right now?

The uniforms were kind of neat but I found them just overly dark. The numbers are far less prominent with just an orange outline separating the black of the jersey.

We are long past firing individual people. I say with complete sincerity: FIRE EVERYONE.

I call BS, Goltz has read defenses at at least an adequate if not average level.

Both QBs have strengths and weaknesses. Goltz is athletic and still very raw. He's got good arm strength, allows us to run the zone-read, and makes good decisions. His accuracy issues are overstated here, in my opinion. For all the talk about it, he's two percentage points below Pierce and Hall. That is about about 1 completion difference per game if your QB throws the ball 30 times. I could go on and on about not relying on anecdotes like "Goltz one-hops the ball!" Dude made some bad throws. Overall the percentage still isn't that bad. Hall played well for a rookie. Very composed, definitely a fit for a traditional offense. Compared to Goltz his arm is weaker and doesn't allow us to run zone-read (at least not well). His decision making was solid in the first half, not so great in the second. He chalked the INTs up to miscommunication with the receivers so maybe I'll pick up on it more when I re-watch the game. The benefit I see in Hall is that he pushes the ball down field. That was probably the most aggressive our offense has been with any of the three QBs. Accuracy was good, not great. Goltz at 57.7%, Hall at 60%, and Pierce at 60.4% means that the difference right now between any of the three is negligible. I think there are building blocks for success in Goltz and Hall. Personally I'm a fan of the different things we can do with Goltz and for that reason I favour him, but I am really on team AnyoneButBuck. Both theses two QBs have positives and negatives. The only way to find out if either has long term staying power will be to play them and let them play even when their weaknesses appear.

If we fly a Bomber logo/flag upside down, that's not a copyright issue, right?

The refs were horrendous tonight for both teams. I couldn't tell what was getting a flag and what wasn't.

Keep calm and fire everyone.

First time in a while I've actually been interested in pre game stuff.

It's more like I'm at my usual excitement level for football, whereas at other games I'm even more amped.

I feel like tonight's game is going to be really boring. I'm just not that excited for it, though I will look forward to seeing Hall out there.

Sign him!

Out of curiousity why is the "About" gone?

Rather, playing and playing well aren't the same thing. I am sure this staff is so in love with Pierce that he will get another shot, but he won't do anything with that opportunity.

I love the colours.

But, but, but...BUCK IS BETTER BECAUSE BUCK IS A NICE GUY!!!! -- Even when comparing boxcar stats such as completion percentage, for instance, Buck has a less than 3% difference. Neither really lighting it up with Buck at 60.4% and Goltz at 57.7%. I would urge everyone to not go off anecdotal evidence - everyone remembers Goltz's passes in the dirt against BC for example - but it's important to consider the work as a whole. I honestly am not sure how people continue to support Pierce.

Not a big fan of this move but I'm excited that they seem to be moving quickly on some of these. Mack is fired and already we see Swiston go in for Morley (long overdue), a new kicker that hopefully won't put the ball into the benches so often and obviously Max Hall in at QB.