AKAChip
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3 hours ago, M.Silverback said:
Anyone know what Gray's injury is? To me he's an upgrade at either guard position.
Also - broken record time - I've seen enough of Lucky. Not a CFL caliber receiver. He's a returner, period. And the big gadget plays he broke seems like a million years ago. I'd play Bailey and sit Lucky. Not sure who has the man crush on Lucky - Lapo or O'Shea.
He’s not even a great returner. He is terrible on punt returns. He had a nice preseason and a few games early on, and we’ve been chasing that since. He can be on the roster as a gadget guy and have a few plays designed for him but Bailey provides infinitely more as a pass catcher.
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I would imagine there’s less than a 1% chance he gets re-signed so I’m not particularly concerned about the potential loss of a first.
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Dumb and bad.
The move, I mean. Collaros himself is merely bad.
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I would like to have access to the wide angle camera for the last few games to see how many receivers are running routes designed to get them the ball while they’re standing still.
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I think what he’s suggesting is that if it’s a designed QB run and the defence is ready for it, Streveler should just run “better” and “stronger” to get more yards!
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Some would argue that MBT only slings the ball because of the pathetic running game and defence. He’s a pure volume guy who makes colossal errors as often as he makes a good play. And this is assuming that LaPo takes the training wheels off and actually designs an offence that features pushing the ball downfield and we all know that’s not going to happen regardless of the QB.
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What do you think Wade Miller’s responsibilities are?
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1 hour ago, Arnold_Palmer said:
It has nothing to do with other quarterbacks.. in 2016 he was 8-4, 2017, 12-6, and this year 7-2 I’m not sure what his record was last year but I know we were below 500 when he came back and finished 10-8. Simply put he’s won a lot of games when no one else has.
Do you consider a win a good performance by the QB regardless of his raw numbers? I mean no disrespect or sarcasm, I’m genuinely curious.
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1 minute ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
If it was as easy as you seem to be making it out to be replacing players we wouldn't be in this drought. It's not that easy.
It really doesn’t matter how good the rest of your roster is if your QB and OC suck. And either one or the other has been the case for almost all of the past 29 years.
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Just now, Arnold_Palmer said:
We’ve been dreadful without him going back to 2016.
I’m sorry but being better than Brian Brohm, Robert Marve and Dan Lefevour isn’t going to win him any awards.
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4 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
And yet it's been 29 years.
I’m not sure what that has to do with the current construction of the roster.
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4 minutes ago, Arnold_Palmer said:
It’s not. It’s a fact since he’s been here. Although be my guest.
I concede that Nichols has started a number of games that the Bombers have won over the past three years. That’s not really something I can deny. The concept that he’s a “winner” due to the quality of his own play is what can be disputed.
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1 minute ago, Arnold_Palmer said:
But he wins every year? And every year he’s out we lose. That’s not a coincidence.
This is a misconception that requires a longer post to sort out.
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3 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
We need help on the OL. We need better receivers. We need secondary help. We need new coordinators.
I feel like we have enough Canadian talent in the OL pipeline that we’re likely set for awhile. We really only need a Hardrick upgrade assuming Bryant has a couple good years left in him. Secondary is the easiest position to find Americans and even still, there are a ton of young talented American DBs on the roster already. Sayles and Rose are close to as good as it gets.
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Just now, SpeedFlex27 said:
And what will the O'Shea supporters say if he brings back his entire coaching staff next year after signing a brand new 3 year deal? Cuz I think that is what will happen.
I’d be quite mad.
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1 minute ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
It's more than a better qb & OC. We aren't just one player away.
I’m not sure that’s true, if we’re being honest.
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Just now, Dodge and Burn said:
Well we aint winning NOW which i think is more important that the Doc Brown fantasy you just said.
The whole point is that Nichols’ 7-2 wasn’t a sustainable 7-2. And he’s damn lucky he got hurt or you’d be seeing the same results with him and there’s be no chance he gets brought back next season over the mystique of “mayyyybe we were just one Nichols injury away from dominating our way to the cup!!”
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Just now, Captain Blue said:
Particularly given that every time the Bombers fire anyone remotely successful they almost always end up with someone worse.
Ritchie to Daley. Berry to Kelly. LaPo to Burke.
All three went to a Grey Cup (Ritchie, Berry, LaPo) and we replaced all three with absolute incompetence.
I am very much willing to keep O'Shea, particularly if we are getting a new OC.
I am inclined to agree. Frankly, unjustified loyalty to me is O’Shea’s worst quality by a mile. Surgically remove his two festering, malignant co-ordinators (or even just Lapo) and that should make a sizeable difference. Assuming competent QB play.
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1 minute ago, Dodge and Burn said:
What matters beyond "winz"
Future wins is more important than past wins. Other than in a specific championship scenario.
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1 minute ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
Yes, we might hire the next Jeff Reinbold as Head Coach & that's the risk but we might also hire the next Bud Grant. It's up to Kyle Walters to get it right when he does.
Then I guess what it comes down to is, do you think with a capable QB that O’Shea has any chance of leading this team to a Grey Cup? If you don’t, you may as well hire the next guy that walks into the office. But if we think this team is a QB away from being a perennial contender, I can’t see how we replace him based on the presumption that we MAY hire the next Bud Grant.
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Just now, Dodge and Burn said:
You kinda ran around alot of bushes on that post..
Still didnt really defend your stance on Strev giving us a better chance at winning did ya?
The bottom line is we’re never going to agree on this. We will never know how Streveler would have fared against the crap teams Nichols played or how Nichols would have fared over the past six weeks. To me, it’s clear the red flags were there for Nichols as well and he was regressive heavily before he got hurt. You’re free to disagree but you haven’t raised a single point outside of “Nicholz had seven winz!!!!”
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I think the thing you’re overlooking is that there are a LOT of bad coaches out there. A lot more bad ones than good ones. O’Shea is far from perfect but he’s provided this franchise quite a bit of stability. I generally hate keeping around the “safe” option because that’s often a recipe for constant mediocrity but we’ve seen so many horrible coaches come through here, I think it’s understandable to be gun shy.
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It’s not that there’s a huge worry that the two QBs get hurt, though that isn’t completely impossible especially in these conditions. It’s that the roster spot can’t be used on anyone else so they’re playing a man short for no reason.