Captain Blue

Also, does anyone else think Benevides maybe isn't the easiest guy to get along with? Seems a little weird that two guys turned down opportunities on an established team with a proven QB. If people are gonna speculate about the Bombers, these questions should be asked about the Lions.

I don't think it's fair for you to expect Stubler to be interested in your life, especially while he's working.

I have it on good authority that one half of the jersey is RED and the other half is BLACK.  The colours are known as REDBLACK RED and REDBLACK BLACK.

I have it on good authority that one half of the jersey is RED and the other half is BLACK.  The colours are known as REDBLACK RED and REDBLACK BLACK.

Personally I think Kavis Reed has been tremendously overrated throughout his career.  It's not like he's creating great defenses (or STs) where ever he goes.

I wanted to punch his face through my radio.
 
In fairness I usually have that reaction to Lawless, but it was a stronger emotion after that.  Because in Gary's world, he believes you can just do whatever you want.  Fake titles for everyone!  Hire all the candidates!

I wanted to punch his face through my radio.
 
In fairness I usually have that reaction to Lawless, but it was a stronger emotion after that.  Because in Gary's world, he believes you can just do whatever you want.  Fake titles for everyone!  Hire all the candidates!

I like Cortez, even if he strikes me as a royal a-hole. I think he would be similar to Doug Berry, and that's not necessarily a bad thing.
If we hire MB I will flip out. Do not want. I am hoping that it was more just out of courtesy.
If I am choosing out of this list I would take Cortez, O'Shea and Khari- in that order.

The flaw in the logic is that Walters was already AGM here under a previous regime.  I get what you're saying, and I think the optics of this hire are pretty darn bad myself, but I do not subscribe to the theory Walters is just some schmuck.  

I like Walters a lot.  Still not happy that they hired the guy in the next closest office once again.  Thinking maybe I'll hang around the stadium a lot this year, probably be promoted to assistant GM.

I like Walters a lot.  Still not happy that they hired the guy in the next closest office once again.  Thinking maybe I'll hang around the stadium a lot this year, probably be promoted to assistant GM.

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.

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.

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.

No, because if a Tim Burke-led team can win a bunch of football games, then I just don't understand the Canadian Football League anymore and essentially my whole understanding of the way the world works go along with it.

My spiral into insanity would probably start with work -- I'd start behaving more erratically, throwing things at the wall and shouting, "One of these has to stick! It finally did for the Bombers!" I'd be fired.

Then it'd move to my relationships with my girlfriend and friends. Anytime I'd stub my toe or stay up too late watching TV, I'd email the local media and tell them how it's my girlfriend's fault I didn't sleep well or that I was trying to answer a call from my friend when I walked right into that potted plant. When they'd ask why I'm throwing those close to me under the bus, I'd take out a full-page editorial exclaiming that somehow this has turned into wins for Tim Burke, so even though I understood the world differently, this is the way the rules of the universe work now!

By the end, I'll just be running around town doing exactly the opposite of what logic tells me to do, knowing that boneheaded decisions inexplicably lead to success. When confronted by the police for my clearly out-of-control behaviour -- including vandalism, public indecency, and theft -- I'll come up with reasons left and right why all that stuff was stolen or why my pants were off. None of those reasons will include me admitting in any way that I've failed as a functioning member of society. It couldn't possibly be my fault! And besides, I'll say, this kind of oblivious, no-responsibility, chaotic attitude is a winning one!

I'll spend the rest of my days attempting to convince psychiatrists that I'm not crazy -- I'm just a Bomber fan.

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

Different people, but so many they may need a different bushttp://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/Articulated-buses-have-arrived-231185421.html

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

Will Burke also be sitting this one out then?

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

Will Burke also be sitting this one out then?

You're confusing what Burke's duties and responsibilities as a head coach are when he's on the field with what Burke's duties and responsibilities as a head coach are when he's in front of a microphone. He has absolutely not lived up to on-field expectations; the record speaks for itself. But he is absolutely supposed to stay on message and consistent with what the two management levels above him are saying. And Burke did not say anything in this interview that hasn't already been said by Walters and Miller.

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.