Blue-urns

Here's the thing Unknown Poster, Burke has no leadership qualities about him, none. If you think he does, give me some examples. I can give you a thousand examples of why he doesn't, I doubt you can give me one example of a leadership quality about him. As the head coach, it's HIS FREAKING SHOW. Don't you understand that at all? Have you not comprehended what a head coach does? He makes the 'final decisions', he 'sets the tone' for the players. 
 
Tell, what tone did he set? Please. I'd really like to hear your answer here. Think about it first, and be honest. And lets think back to the Goltz fiasco, when he announced him as the starter for the rest of the year, then 10 days later said he wasn't and said it was the "offense's decision". Does that sound like a leader to you? Does that sound like someone who is taking charge. 
Tim Burke is a damn good DC, no argument there. He can sit back, work on defensive schemes, and then call defenses for various situations. But he can't make decisions outside of that, and he proved it time and time again. As a head coach he was in way over his head. The teams record has nothing to do with it. The 'talent' has nothing to do with it. The issue was the overall attitude of the team, which takes on the personality of the Head Coach. Tell me, how many games last year did the bombers 'compete' in? I'll tell you if don't know  - ONE - the banjo bowl. The other two wins they got was a result of Montreal playing worse than us, not because we played 'better' because we played bad in those games too. 
 
I can't understand how you can defend him. Now, if Burke had said, in that interview, that he was in over his head, and didn't have the personal experience to run a team in that situation, and that ultimately what happens on the field rests with him, then I'd have gained some respect back. But I lost all my respect for him last year given how he never took responsibility for anything. So this article doesn't change how I feel.

I agree in the sense that if you talk to Tim Burke for 2 1/2 minutes (even though you had 2 1/2 years), you should get the sense that he's not a leader, and that by extension a very poor leader for one of the youngest assemblies of talent in the CFL.
 
But to not place blame at Burke's feet for failing to lead, for failing to motivate, for failing to get even an average level of effort out of the team... Burke had an opportunity to show those abilities, and chose not to.  How can you be doing your best, when you choose not to do anything to solve your problem?

That is really understating it there Tim.
 
But answer me this, seeing as Defence is your forte, why wasn't there any involvement in improving that abysmal defence that you help design?
Why were there no in game adjustments?
Why were QBs able to come in and, seeing your defence, able to complete an astounding 27 out of 20 passes, even though that's physically impossible?
 
Yes, Tim, it was all on the players.

Agree with this.
 
Here is the thing.   When MOS is asked in press conferences what keeps him up at night or where is he most worried about his roster his answer is always something along the lines of .... I don't worry about those things, we have 46 guys who have to be able to start, thats just the way it is.
 
Do you think he really believes that if some of the players on this roster are starting we have a hope in hell of winning of course not.   But here is the thing, every now and then, some of those guys who the coach thinks can't start, when he gets put out there, he shows up and shows something they've never seen before.  That doesn't happen with a coach who is "brutally honest" like Burke.  When it is obvious that the coach doesn't believe in the team.
 
The head coach is the leader of the team, he sets the pace and the tone.  And with leadership, sometimes you just have to stretch the truth for the good of those under you.  Some men are born to lead and some aren't.  

When things are in the past, a classy person takes the high road and says nice things. You gain nothing by shitting on everyone and the whole situation. But this shows me Burke's true colours. Thank goodness for MOS (...so far...)

If I saw Tim Burke in public, I'd probably ask him if he thinks I should get my money back for having to watch him crap the bed for an entire season.
 
Then he'd probably look at me like this.
 

 
or this
 

 
or this
 

 
and then I'd probably stare at him for about 30 seconds. and then look at him like this.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

It doesn't matter if it's your fault or not. If you were in charge and you're speaking in public, it was your fault.
 
If a QB throws an interception, it doesn't matter why. On record for the public, it was his fault. Same thing applies to Burke.
 
Then again why is anyone surprised? Burke never accepted responsibility for anything.

I think he believes he's honest. Makes it even more scary.

Aaron Kelly.

This is the entertainment business. If people don't think access and promotion isn't a critical aspect of the business then they should figure it out.

Media has deadlines for stories so I can see why they're upset. They have a job to do as well.

Let's not write some of these guys off b4 they get a chance
 
Bruce Johnson,Paris Cotton,Mo Leggett... these guys could be very good, saying our scouting is an epic failure because why? couldn't find a 5th receiver and couldn't find a defensive end?  that's going a little far. We got us some talent and i'm sure they will turn out to be pretty good. Heck Marve too.
 
It's not like we didn't find anybody.. look around the league, how many rookies are starting on other teams? Probably not many. 

I don't know, we just cut two guys who MOS admits we didn't even take a proper look at despite them looking pretty good in limited reps in Reed and Dell.  Jaymar Johnson showed that he could get open quite consistently and make a catch, came back from a couple drops in the first game and was very good.  Not to mention hundreds of guys south of the border who would love a call from their agent saying that a CFL team is interested.
 
But instead we'll bring in a guy who hasn't been an above average import receiver since 2010 and has nowhere to go but down.

He's also a complete bum who's original asset was speed and that's almost completely gone now. Not to mention significant injury history and the fact that he's a colossal ******.

I hope we pass.

If bryant was so upset he didn't want to play for Kelly then he shouldn't have. Half-assing it is inexcusable. Good riddance. On the other hand Kelly should have had the balls to bench a player if he was half-assing it

Doug Brown didn't quit on his team though.

This is the first season in a long time where I can honestly say we don't have the worst starting QB situation in the league.

Matt Nichols deserves to be starting somewhere as well, IMO. It's just too bad injuries have limited him.

I would say that Collaros, Reilly and Willy are the next three. They're all exciting players and that's what this league needs. I don't want to say any of them are the next Calvillo, but we need eventual successors to the trio of Ray, Burris and Calvillo. Durant has stepped up to the plate, but this league needs more QB talent and these three are it.

Starters
Bo Levi Mitchell (CAL) - 18/31, 176 yards, 2 INT
Drew Tate (CAL) - 8/17, 114 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT
Henry Burris (OTT) - 22/28, 287 yards, 1 TD
Zach Collaros (HAM) - 18/26, 248 yards, 1 TD
Darian Durant (SSK) - 14/19, 189 yards, 3 TD
Troy Smith (MTL) - 11/22, 141 yards
Mike Reilly (EDM) - 20/27, 177 yards, 1 TD
Kevin Glenn (BC) - 22/29, 245 yards, 1 TD
Ricky Ray (TOR) - 7/9, 90 yards, 1 TD
Drew Willy (WPG) - 20/35, 280 yards, 1 TD
 
I listed Mitchell, Tate and Glenn as starters. Don't know who will start in Calgary, Glenn is the starter for now in BC. I would say Willy's numbers are pretty exciting if you're a Bomber fan, especially factoring in things that don't show up on the stat sheet - for example, after watching all the preseason games, it's easy to say that no QB was let down by his receivers more than Drew. I'd say the veterans clearly outplayed him (Burris, Ray, Glenn, Durant) but you can lump him right in there with Collaros and Reilly, which is really what we should be hoping for at this point.
 
The yardage total is impressive to me as well, over 100 yards more than Reilly on the same amount of completions. The completion percentage is not exactly where I'd like it, but again ... preseason receivers letting him down makes that look worse than it actually was. Everyone has to deal with it as a QB, so it's not like Willy is exclusive, but he certainly dealt with it more than any other starting QB. For those who want to keep count of this sort of thing, Willy was the victim of six drops by my count. Three by Donavon Kemp, one by Aaron Kelly, one by Jaymar Johnson and one by Rory Kohlert.
 
Mitchell Gale (TOR) - 21/27, 249 yards, 1 TD
Trevor Harris (TOR) - 16/28, 167 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Casey Pachall (TOR) - 5/8, 104 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Robert Marve (WPG) - 5/8, 90 yards, 1 TD
Brian Brohm (WPG) - 7/16, 91 yards, 1 TD
Max Hall (WPG) - 6/14, 53 yards, 1 INT
John Beck (BC) - 12/27, 161 yards, 2 INT
Travis Partridge (BC) - 8/13, 116 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Matt Nichols (EDM) - 17/23, 262 yards, 1 TD
Pat White (EDM) - 5/11, 37 yards, 1 INT
Jonathan Crompton (EDM) - 3/8, 19 yards
Jacory Harris (EDM) - 0/2
Alex Brink (MTL) - 11/17, 108 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Collin Klein (MTL) - 4/10, 57 yards, 1 INT
Tanner Marsh (MTL) - 13/25, 137 yards, 1 INT
Jeremiah Masoli (HAM) - 9/12, 137 yards, 3 TD
Dan Lefevour (HAM) - 4/12, 45 yards, 2 INT
Stephen McGee (HAM) - 4/7, 49 yards
Corey Robinson (HAM) - 0/2
Adam Weber (SSK) - 2/6, 39 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Tino Sunseri (SSK) - 4/8, 39 yards, 1 int
Thomas Demarco (OTT) - 4/12, 97 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Danny O'Brien (OTT) - 5/16, 57 yards
Bryant Moniz (CAL) - 3/9, 3 yards
 
Included the list of numbers for the backups as well, if anyone likes that kind of thing.
 

I just don't see how anyone can spin this as a bad move... It's an entry level position that they created simply because they liked the guy as a guest coach. That to me seems like a smart way to do things. Hey we like what this guy is doing, let's create a spot for him on the staff and see if he grows into more than just a quality control coach.

You don't think there's a competitive disadvantage when you have a staff of 7 or 8 coaches when most other teams have 11-12-13 or more?  What would you say if the Bombers dressed 38 players instead of 44?
 
The more information and time you have, the better decisions you can make and the better prepared you can be generally, and there are only 24 hours a day, I'm assuming most coaches sleep for at least 3 or 4.  Of course there are individual coaches that are duds, but those guys exist on staffs of all sizes.

So because your son played for what you viewed as a corrupt staff of junior coaches (and let's be honest, you're not likely the most unbiased person about this ... what parent would be?) you are now willing to typecast EVERY junior coach as incompetent?

I'm not sure why you have such an issue with this.  It is obvious this isn't a position they planned on having for the coaching staff to start the season.   They liked what the new guy brought as a guest coach and made the budget work to hire him full time.
 
The way I see it, that is the exact opposite that you are suggesting.   They aren't cheaping out, they made room in the budget to bring in someone they liked.