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I heard we're bringing an import safety in too, I think his name is Chester Field or something like that.

Zoinks!  I knew that Desjardin was the reason people said Ivor Wynne stadium was haunted.  And he would have gotten away with it too, if not for the nosy posters at MBB.

I don't really want to deal with everyone calling for Glenn to take Willy's job after a few bad games.

Intriguing..... the Bombers making moves to improve?  That is Unpossible.
 
I like the move.  I like the attempts to improve.  I like that we aren't sitting around watching potential improvements just pass us by.

Or you could just, you know ... not be such a whiner when someone replies to your strongly worded opinion with strong words.

I've been wondering that for some time now. No one has really gotten better under him

Prefer just about any lineup, that doesn't include Cauchy Muamba......this guy is simply the defensive equivalent.....of Brock Ralph. 

I like the part where you say it in all caps as if I missed it the first time. I also like the part where you take a 2012 NFL draft report and apply it as if it is entirely relevant a year later in a different league.
 
Every player who comes from the NCAA/NFL to the CFL is a developmental player to some degree. It's all about their skill set and how quickly they adapt to the CFL game.
 
On top of that, I also like the part where you assume that because our OL has been bad for 3 years, our NEW general manager will be unable to find quality OL players.

So does that mean that the Bombers defense is part of the gang now after the number they did on Durant last weekend?

On television, it looked like Creehan wanted to punch one of his players.... He rushed the guy. Not good. Coaches can't be losing it like that on the sidelines.

Wow my argument has been misconstrued. 
 
Iso - I have no crystal ball, and nothing I said was with any strain of being remotely prophetic. BriceDream's contention was that he was resigned to the Bombers anointing Walters GM at the end of the season because he's a hard worker.  Walters could work 24 hours a day... all I am saying is that a GM should not be picked based ONLY on how hard he works.
 
You've trolled my post pretty good here... somehow pitting me against Walters and hardworking people everywhere.  Somehow you've twisted my words into meaning that Walters won't be hired, and that I can see the future. 
 
As a football fan, I want a smart, well-connected GM, who has experience managing football operations.  Not just a scout that works long hours.  Not just a capologist/Ross Hodgkinson contract type.  Etc.  I can see many Bomber GM candidates being hard workers... I just really don't see how hard of a worker Walters is being the defining characteristic that gets him the job.   There's a lot more to success as a sports franchise GM than just how many hours you put in.

If only he didn't have that one bad game....

One of the worst comments I have ever seen on here.The whinning, bitching and unrealistic expectations are making this entire board unbearable.

This post makes my head hurt on several different levels. 

You got that right.

HC - Not directed at you but I find it funny how much the Bombers have been criticized for hiring HCs who have no previous HC experience (Berry, Kelly, Lapo, Burke) but then when asked to name possible replacements they name a bunch of guys who don't have any HC experience like Jones and Dickenson. As for Chris Jones, I can't see him leaving Toronto unless he's offered a HC job and managerial role (GM or Assistant GM) as well. He's said in the past that management is his goal and he is Assistant GM in Toronto now. 
 
OC - Not sure why you're criticizing Barresi since it was Lapo's offence and Barresi seemed to be OC in name only. AC is pretty entrenched in Montreal. Doubt he would leave but then I don't want a first year coach as OC either. 
 
QB Coach - It had nothing to do with cheapness. Burke wanted a RB coach. If he had wanted a QB coach instead he would have hired one but he was satisfied with having Crowton as QB coach as well as OC. As for Buck, thinking he can still play doesn't mean he would be a good coach. 
 
O-line Coach - Don't know if it's official but I saw a reference to Bob Wylie being a speaker at some type of conference and he was listed as the retired o-line coach for Oakland. I know the Riders tried to hire him again after he left the Raiders but he turned them down.

Wait. Kelly is a bad guy for what happened with his gf but you want a guy who sexually advanced on a minor who was babysitting his kids????
Please never post again.

Honestly all the talk about firing people is way too premature. GMs midseason is absolutely useless, firing head coaches midseason is just as bad. You want to clean house wait until the offseason that's the time to do it. 

Hamilton:
 
Is Kent Austin a proven HC? I suppose to some he is and to some he isn't. He won a Grey Cup as we all know but that season as a whole was fairly average and they did run into some favourable circumstances. His NCAA career was fairly lacklustre but that probably has little to do with how successful he will be in the CFL. In my heart, I believe he will be an upgrade over Cortez (but how could he not be?) but I also thought Cortez would be a good fit last year. They have a rookie DC in Orlondo Steinauer and as terrible as Cortez was last year, the one thing no one can dispute is that he ran a great offense. It is probably a good thing for the Ti-Cats that he is gone, but they will be implementing a new offense which could easily not be as potent as it was last year, especially considering the fact that their offensive personell is not nearly as good as people make it out to be.
 
I'll start with Hank Burris. No one can dispute the career year he put up last year but that's the thing, it was his best statistical year in his career at age 37. The years prior to his change of scenery had been a steady decline and he is only becoming less and less mobile with age. People talk all the time about Calvillo being primed for a down year but I have heard little speculation that Burris will struggle. Frankly, a mobile QB at that age who had a "resurgance" after a few bumpy seasons is a prime candidate to disappoint. Of course I could be way off here but all those facts combined with the loss of Chris Williams and Avon Cobourne (who as underwhelming as he was as a runner, was a great blocker and an above average receiver out of the backfield) leads me to this possible conclusion.
 
I am also not even remotely sold on Chevon Walker as an every down RB. He had a sensational start to the season using his premiere speed but between getting hurt and becoming VERY underwhelming after the first few games, leads me to believe he isn't the second coming that TSN wanted us to believe. When compared to Cobourne, his blocking is atrocious and he isn't the between the tackles runner that is generally successful in the CFL. He does have great speed and is a good receiver out of the backfield but in my mind he is in a race with Hugh Charles for the worst starting tailback in the CFL and it's not really close.
 
At receiver, without Chris Williams these guys are not scary. I'd like to remind everyone that their number one import receiver is Bakari Grant. He's solid as a number two or three I suppose, but does he compare to Edwards or Matthews? He may even be just barely on par with Denmark. Fantuz was a sure-handed but slow SB who wasn't so sure-handed last year. Signs do point to a bounce back from him, but as of now he is not the dominant SB he was in his one great season. Giguere is no better than Poblah at this point in his career and Onrea Jones is the epitome of painfully average import receiver. Greg Ellingson had a good pre-season but does that mean anything at this point? Questions galore here.
 
I won't go into too much detail about the O-line. The interior should be good with Hage, Wojt and Dyakowski backed up by Husband and O'Neill but import tackles Marc Dile and Brian Simmons have been average for the couple years they have been around.
 
All I've been hearing is how much the defense has been improved this offseason. Sure, they couldn't get much worse than they were last year but other than McCollough, I don't really see it. They added Shomari Williams and Brian Bulcke to the defensive line. How those additions get anyone enthused will be an eternal mystery to me. As of right now, as far as I can tell the starting ends will be Greg Peach and Brandon Boudreaux. Both are decent if unspectacular players but both were also the ends for most of last year's debaucle on defense. Williams and Bulcke should sub-in at some points but as of right now, they are both overpaid NI spot starters. Terrence Moore looked good in spurts at tackle last season but the season before, so did Robert Rose and he washed out of the league last year after the obligatory couple of games for Saskatchewan. Torrey Davis is starting the year on the injured list but he will also be in the mix at tackle.
 
I have an immense amount of respect for Jamal Johnson at linebacker and he is really one of only a few really solid spots on this defense. Markieth Knowlton was once the premiere SAM in the CFL and was a deserving defensive player of the year a few years back. The last two seasons have been rough on him, however and he is at this point merely average at his position. The good thing about this group is that they no longer employ the abomination that was Kevin Eiben, but the third LB spot will either be Simoni Lawrence and MLB or if Johnson plays MLB, Ricardo Coclough at SAM and Knowlton at WIL. Both of them are former Eskimoes and had some success last season but neither are the big name free agents that everyone always hopes Joe Mack brings in.
 
In the secondary, I'd first like to discuss their starting safety James Patrick. I realize this guy is a "big name" and that gets people all hot and bothered but I can't stress enough how atrocious this guy was last year in Saskatchewan. He was never a strong tackler and made his money on turnovers much like Jovon Johnson. When the INTs stopped, the poor tackling became a bigger issue and his cover skills are in decline. He is most certainly a shaky part of this secondary. Evan McCollough and Dee Webb are both good players and should be solid parts of the secondary for the new few years. I imagine Ryan Hinds will probably start at corner and two years ago when he was a regular starter, he was a real nice place to attack every game. Based on what I read on the roster, the other starter at DB will be Delvin Breaux. I'm not saying this guy is not going to be good, but how in the hell would we know at this point? At least Demond Washington has some CFL experience.
 
I didn't even realize how many potential problems the Ti-Cats will have until I went through in all in my head. This is a team that many people have fighting for first place in the division (as per usual). I personally just don't see it. I realize that some of these questionable spots will probably work out for them but looking at the big picture, other than QB and mayyyyybe LB (but that's questionable) where are these guys better than the Bombers? And don't say Punter even if it's true.
 
Riders next.

meh not a big deal I don't think. It's always fun to see the entitlement in the press rearing it's ugly head. However Hervey might want to reconsider starting a war with the press, he can ask mike kelly how it works out.

It's embarrassing when people refer to athletes by their first names like they're friends.

Hey guys, here's an idea. How about we actually play a regular season game or two, with our true roster and full playbooks before crapping our pants like a bunch of infants. I swear this city, and fan base has the most unintelligent, uninformed "supporters" in professional sports. Mike Kelly may have been out to lunch on a lot of things, but when he said this city has the most schizophrenic fans in the CFL, he was bang on the money.
 
Sure there is a good possibility that it may be a tough season, but at the same time it may also be a good one as well. Does anybody remember our pre-season record in 2011 when we went to the Grey Cup without searching for it? Of course not. Why? Because it doesn't bloody hell matter.
 
****!

I think it's a given that the opening possessions will be pretty bad. If the Bombers are going to win this year it'll be on the strenght of their running backs with some help from a middling passing game.

I think it's a given that the opening possessions will be pretty bad. If the Bombers are going to win this year it'll be on the strenght of their running backs with some help from a middling passing game.