AKAChip

I’m sorry but being better than Brian Brohm, Robert Marve and Dan Lefevour isn’t going to win him any awards. 

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. 

I’m sorry but being better than Brian Brohm, Robert Marve and Dan Lefevour isn’t going to win him any awards. 

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. 

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.

Replacing a known commodity who is subpar (Nichols) with an unknown commodity who may or may not be subpar (Streveler at the time) is something I will always unapologetically advocate for. 

Replacing a known commodity who is subpar (Nichols) with an unknown commodity who may or may not be subpar (Streveler at the time) is something I will always unapologetically advocate for. 

What a narrative! We’re all wiser from listening to you pontificate about the intricacies of this great sport. 

Not convinced we have a grade A receiving corps, either...

Easy for you to say when he hasn’t played a single game against B.C., Ottawa or Toronto. And an odd thing to say considering he’s beaten Edmonton and Saskatchewan as well. Streveler was bad today. Terrible. Full stop. But Streveler struggling does not make Nichols a good QB. 

But our receivers are good enough and there’s no point adding a go-to guy because we just wouldn’t use them!!!

That’s all fair. 

Nichols is just as Teflon to some as Streveler is to others. The downhill slide very coincidentally started when the Bombers stopped playing the three worst teams in the league. 

Nothing gets Rod more pumped up than 34-yard field goals. 

Easy for you to say when he hasn’t played a single game against B.C., Ottawa or Toronto. And an odd thing to say considering he’s beaten Edmonton and Saskatchewan as well. Streveler was bad today. Terrible. Full stop. But Streveler struggling does not make Nichols a good QB. 

Nichols is just as Teflon to some as Streveler is to others. The downhill slide very coincidentally started when the Bombers stopped playing the three worst teams in the league. 

Nichols is just as Teflon to some as Streveler is to others. The downhill slide very coincidentally started when the Bombers stopped playing the three worst teams in the league. 

There’s truly no reason to have Whitehead in over Bailey. Whitehead hasn’t provided anything since like game three. 

We played the shittiest teams in the league and lost to 1 of them also. 

On 2019-07-07 at 12:07 PM, AKAChip said:
I have concerns with Streveler as well, don’t get me wrong but reading a defence is hardly Nichols strength either. If it were up to me, we’d go hard after Arbuckle in the off-season if Streveler looks mediocre in reasonable reps this season. Our record should be good enough that we can afford to give him a few starts. Again, really no downside to giving Nichols the Toronto game off. 
Ahem. 

Not defending Streveler, but really every other team in the league no matter who is playing QB has receivers open, outside of us and Ottawa.  Something is really wrong with the design of the routes and protections regardless of who is at QB, and it's been that way with Lapo forever back to his time as HC, pre-Crowton.  Our QB's aren't great but they aren't this bad either.

I’d like to see Lapo on the next plane to Siberia. 

I’d like to see Lapo on the next plane to Siberia. 

Defence was pretty damn great lol 

Defence was pretty damn great lol