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  3. 2025 CFL (Non-Bombers) Season

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    18 hours ago, Tracker said:

    I know you are exaggerating to make a point, but there is ample proof that O'Shea has been playing favourites to the detriment of the team. That said, there seems to be a dearth of talent on this edition and a good deal of that blame lies elsewhere. Plenty of blame- enough to go around.

    That's a fair assessment. At every level from management down to players, we are underperforming.. No team can win like that.

    16 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

    300 and 327 yards passing, 28 and 31 points, several explosive passing plays, is our defence really showing a marked improvement? The past two, we've been good for a quarter (Calgary) or a half (Toronto) and then seem to have issues.

    Too many big plays surrendered to be suggesting our D is playing good

  4. 2025 CFL (Non-Bombers) Season

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    3 hours ago, Booch said:

    Solution

    you can be Prez

    @wbbfan @GCn20 are co-G.M's

    @Mike head of scouting...pick yer 3 mates

    I gonna HC this ship...combo of old school and player coach who's relatable

    @JuranBoldenRules new position...Game day efficiency guy

    @17to85 you gonna be finding our co-ords....I have faith

    @SpeedFlex27 since you an old fart no real position...just roam around with the years of knowledge and cool stories you have about the league and team and 

    @Noeller dedicated poster...not sure where we fit you in but we will give you sideline access none the less....hahaha

    There we have it...done....finished...solved 🤣

    funny part...I bet that crew could have squeeked out a couple cup wins thru 2022-2024

     

    I respectfully decline, wbb it's all yours. Lol

    3 hours ago, Goalie said:

    Perhaps this is part of the problem this season. Kyle. O’Shea. They don’t give a fuggg. I feel if one goes they both go and maybe even Wade also. 

    We hosting the cup and we did nothing this off season but let guys walk. Signed Jake Thomas tho. Beastie Boys know what I’m saying…  it’s sabotage 

    It was a very baffling offseason for sure.

  5. 2025 CFL (Non-Bombers) Season

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    3 hours ago, Booch said:

    THATS what I said...Walters is involved in the National scouting...ie....Canadian draft

    G.M's dont build the roster...they bring in the players but DONT tell HC who to cut/retain....if thats happening your in real trouble as a franchise. So how is it telling y=that Osh keeps guysyr after yr rather than replacing them...If it's tellung anything it's saying Osh isnt held accountable to a certain degree

    Fact of the matter from HC up we been bumbling and stumbling and that combo has been a huge reason of our erosion and total lack of deoth and top line talent...and usually more times than not the HC is expunged before anyone.....or they clean house top to bottom....I think we need to change one of the pieces and see if that changes things for the better first....then go from there

    GMs don't build the roster, they just bring in the players. So..in your estimation we have all the OL/DL/receiving talent here to be tops in the division but MOS is refusing to play them? Do you know how highly unlikely that is?

  8. 2025 CFL (Non-Bombers) Season

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    Posted · Edited by GCn20

    56 minutes ago, Booch said:

    walters doesnt go out scouting save for canada college guys.....thats on his staff....and even then....we keep literally nobody new the last few yrs other than due to an injury where we forced to....so cant toss that alll on Walters. And even then Osh has his nose right in there in who we target in draft and what he likes...and its pluggers and slugs that for most part will never crack a starting lineup.....

    And yes...they give/gave Osh way too much say on player retention and also he picks the squad at end of day...and chose to keep washed up....aged out...and in a few instances...not good enough guys....yr after yr

    yeah across the board our talent is not top 3 or 4 in league.....million dollar question tho......who's to blame for it?   and why?

    sad part a mere 4 ..5 yrs ago we were loaded top to bottom...but let many walk....kept many over their best before date hoping we could recapture the past with them, and do probably the worst job in the league in developing guys on the fly, so when it mattered most...they had experience and trust...that part of the problem is easy to pin on one guy and one guy only

    Baloney...Walters definitely is very involved in NAT scouting and your argument that O'Shea has too much say in player retention is more telling about the quality of Walters job than O'Shea's. Talent level of any roster is 100% on the GM. That is not even debateable. GMs build the roster, and coaches coach the roster that is assembled. If Walters is listening to O'Shea too much then that is on him. It's his job to assemble the talent not Osh's. Bottom line.

    1 hour ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

    We're navel gazing on the 35th roster spot when spots 1-30 are getting killed every week aside from our kickers and a couple DB's.

    Been my argument here for the past 2 years, but round and around we go. Everyone was willing to overlook the fact we are hemorraghing talent because MOS apparently likes Jake Thomas. Still way too many people here blaming roster usage for our record. It's not optimal to be sure but if we are going to have a 2 year conversation and calls for dismissal of anyone, it should be the GM and even that I don't agree with.

  9. Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

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    Posted · Edited by GCn20

    6 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

    Him and Jarious Jackson have only been efficient passer/play caller together.  Otherwise they've both been awful in those roles in this league.

    Only a portion of that contract is guaranteed and the likelihood of scooping anyone better than Collaros is almost nil.

    Amazing what losing does to a fan bases common sense. "We are losing this is awful but I would significantly downgrade our starting QB to save money that we can't really spend right now because there is nothing worth it." Geez Louise.  People here expecting high level QBing on the cheap and it just doesn't happen all that often.

    If we had a Dru Brown knocking on the door behind Collaros again, then it might be a valid idea but we don't and it becomes an over reach.

     

  10. 2025 CFL (Non-Bombers) Season

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    55 minutes ago, Booch said:

    I dont know...Canadian receiver who has put up two 500+ yard seasons with 5 td's...one in only 12 games....Not sure he wouldn't offer more than Corcoran...Cobb...and be nice depth...also a guy who has had made big explosion plays

    Don't really see Cobb or Corcoran ever being that kind of guy...if you not trying to get better and find guys...what the hell are we doing?

    Like I said. you guys are not wrong to be pining for Mayala....BUT has it really come to that? Like so many positions on our team, Walters had really done a poor job restocking the shelves. That damn O'Shea telling him not to acquire talent all the time.

  12. GDT - Bombers at Stamps- Aug 9

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    2 hours ago, Booch said:

    Or Jones....Allen...Woodbey....Eli at center....Shay or Smith....Bailey....Finally gave Person a shot and wow....guy can play...

    And we have guys we know are not good enough, and really not good depth cause...they not good enough....but here they stay...and continue to play

     

    I have no issue with NAT rookies not being tried at positions. They are on 3 years deals and we have ample time to let them ripen on the vine so that we don't put them in a situation where we shatter their confidence. That's what any smart team endeavors to do. I get that IMPs are a different story because there is no real team control for the same length of time so they got to show up quicker in the lineup to survive. However, grousing that Shay or Smith are not in the lineup and getting meaningful reps in the first half of season one is not a valid point imo.

  14. GDT - Bombers at Stamps- Aug 9

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    31 minutes ago, TommyClements said:

    This argument is flawed in so many ways. CFL teams are constantly cycling through other team’s cuts, at least the intriguing ones, because they are all familiar with largely the same pool of players. The ones who are cut and never heard from again? Usually there’s a reason.

    This take is a way to avoid ever saying you were wrong in getting excited about a camp cut.

    Hamilton is winning because of former Bombers? Other than Lawler, what difference maker have they brought in? Their D stinks and I don’t think Johnny Augustine and Drew Wolitarsky (who hasn’t started) make opposition coaches shudder.

    There are some who believe that rotational mediocre DLinemen Fox and Garbutt will lead the Ticats to the promised land.

  16. 2025 CFL (Non-Bombers) Season

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    Posted · Edited by GCn20

    Has it really come down to us pining for Hergy Mayala. Not saying any of you are wrong about it, just kind of hits home you know.

    I know politics is taboo so delete if required but Premier Brad Wall is rushing a bill through his legislature before Labor Day to outlaw the reverse cowgirl position.

    He said he wants the fans coming from Winnipeg to know that Saskatchewan is not a province that will ever turn its back to family.

  17. GDT - Bombers at Stamps- Aug 9

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    Posted · Edited by GCn20

    5 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

    Which is why the coaches need to see the writing on the wall and take the 3 points. The Bombers did not play well, but this should've been a win.

    At the time we gave up the singles we had the lead and were going against the wind. The points are irrelevant if we don't blow a 17 point lead.  You play field position against the wind with the lead. 

    Look i get that those points were the margin of victory but it's not why we lost. Should have never come down to that. Asking a coach to predict his team shatting the bed is asking him to have a defeatist attitude and that permeates thru a locker room. You coach to win believing your team will make the plays that justify your decisions. Instead they drive only to fail on 3rd and inches. Those points were the margin of victory lost.

  19. GDT - Bombers at Stamps- Aug 9

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    Posted · Edited by GCn20

    15 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

    They built a great team.  As it’s aged they haven’t replaced a multitude of all-star players.  Then it’s death by a million paper cuts with assignments being missed down after down, no spectacular plays and silly decisions around scoring or giving up points just piling on to the struggle.

    It's not just that we bled talent, we bled the players who shined brightest when the game was on the line. I don't care if a guy is mediocre for 59 minutes but makes a big play for the win. No one is making nearly enough of those game deciding plays for the win and we have too many big plays for the win going against that's for sure. 17-0 even after the 1Q was usually garbage time for the rest of the game because no team could ever, or at least very rarely, erase that against us..now it's being done 20 mins of game time.

    Even last year, our D was shut down..now with mostly the same personnel we are getting torched. I don't get it, other than Younger got figured out and has nothing else up his sleeve, or does not have the personnel to fix it.

    Last week we got 2 players playing out of their minds (Vaval and Jefferson) and it tilted the game in our favor..this week bupkus.

    We need standout performances more often, doesn't have to be the same guys, but football is a game that requires those half dozen huge plays a game.

    Lawler would give us at least a couple a game. That's why he was a bigger loss than his stats even showed.

  20. GDT - Bombers at Stamps- Aug 9

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    29 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

    So Mitchell 3 catches for 22 yards, caught all his targets.

    Case 2 catches, 10 yards, 1TD, caught 2 of 5 targets.

    I'd say Mitchell is at least an upgrade.

    22 yards isn't much of an upgrade

    7 minutes ago, sweep the leg said:

    lol, this is such a fan site thing to say. Groupthink has made people believe he’s the single biggest problem this franchise has ever faced.

    He is a problem but it's way down the list.

  22. GDT - Bombers at Stamps- Aug 9

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    27 minutes ago, Mike said:

    Sure but this other guy sounds like you combined me and Noeller and then fed the result thirty IPAs 

    The 30 IPA part might actually be accurate but kudos to him for following his passion.

    16 minutes ago, Booch said:

    So let go of the past..aka about 4 players to start...and maybe a coach or 3

    Our coordinators are getting thoroughly outclassed.

    21 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

    If you replaced all those guys with rookies you'd have low six figures saved.  So like basically the difference between signing Vaughters or starting a rookie DE there.

    Them being here doesn't stop them from signing other guys.  

    Yep..not to mention the vet contract status is now in effect so we gotta pay them or 6 game them no matter what. Other than sending a message it serves zero purpose SMS wise to release any vet.

  23. GDT - Bombers at Stamps- Aug 9

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    2 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

    Money not an issue there.  If they sign a rookie they maybe save $20,000 in that spot.

    Stupid to let Lawler walk.

    If we want to complain about money...look at Mitchell.  His money plus a rookie salary = Lawler.  We have 2 starting receivers on rookie salaries anyways.  No financial barrier to keeping Lawler.

    You can't let a guy like Lawler walk and not replace him. 

  25. 3 turds plus cranky honker don’t say roster management edition

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    Posted · Edited by GCn20

    34 minutes ago, Booch said:

    cause we likely aint going anywhere with the bulk of the current crew...so may as well get jump on 2026 now.....as opposed to trying tomsort out bulk of it in TC...and ya never know...maybe they gel...and slither in playoffs via a back door cross over or we stay ahead of the Lions and catch lightening in a bottle like 2019

    Not so much spending money we dont have, but dropping guys who should have zero purpose here next yr and playing the guys we have, and if they cant cut it....try some more fresh blood. At the very lest some come back to camp with some actual playtime and film under their belt

    I dont mind sending guys packing but we are on the hook for their full salaries if they are vets. If we shuttle out vets we may not have the money to play a new face. The only guys we can shuttle out without impact to the SMS are rookies. I believe after game 8 all veteran contracts are guaranteed for the rest of the year. If we shuttle out, for instance, a Jake Thomas we have to pay him his full salary against the SMS. That limits how much you can do really because new guys get game cheques too. Some budget is left for that for sure in every SMS, but not blow up the roster mid season money. I would rather we take that SMS wiggle room we have and Walters be active in NFL cut down.

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