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Grab Marc Trestman as HC and Dave **** as OC. Now saddle them with the "talent" and "depth" Walters has provided -- Marve/Brohm, Bucknor at DB, our O-line, etc. We'd have more wins, yes (purging MB will do that) but we wouldn't be the Stamps or Ticats. You can't expect any HC to just shazam this squad of also-rans into a winning club -- especially once the starters go down .

Yawn. Lemmings gonna lemming. Walters should be gone immediately -- and Murphy would be a huge coup.

We have zero depth. Fire Walters.

Totally agree. I was never a fan of MOS as a player but you can tell by his time as a coach in TO that he can coach and knows the game very well. But in TO he had some very athletic players. Thanks to Walters, he has a lousy lineup with atrocious depth. So he's burning out. Same thing happened with LAPO here. Lame GM (Mack) kept feeding him garbage players and he's supposed to make chicken salad out of it. I absolutely guarantee -- if MOS was in Sask with their old, poorly built Taman team he would suck there too. But put him in Hammer or Calgary and he'd have a winning record.

Leave.... ISO .... ALONE! (Buy you a beer if you get this joke Iso, you old bastard.)

I miss 2001.

The problems with this team begin way higher than MB or even MOS. We have no damn players! While it's clear Walters has to go (and perhaps he's plotting his exit as we speak), Miller should also be put on watch. He hired his buddies, lied about the "exhaustive search for a GM," and now we have horrible depth and aren't even competitive. I am not the "fire everyone" type, but in my mind the order of axing should be: - Marcel - Walters - Miller - MOS Would like to see what MOS could do with a talented group of players before I call him a total bust. The other guys above? DUDS.

Ride out the season with this cast of clowns til we're mathematically toast, maybe see what Mr. Clemson QB and some other guys can do in some garbage time scenarios. November 1st, send Walters packing (he has NOT been good enough) along with MB. Let Hall know he's free to look for work elsewhere. Then put all emphasis on landing a solid GM (Murphy would be #1) and let him decided MOS' fate.

It wasnt boyd that hyped it as easy and truthfully, his coach was just pumping him up.. Not sure why so much angst about what was said.. It wasnt like Boyd was saying "imma come down there, kick willy and nichols off the depth chart and dominate until the nfl comes a callin.." I don't get the angst either. His old coach was simply telling him what he could do, not what he will do. Coaches are supposed to be motivators and telling a guy "hey, it's a pay cheque" is pretty half-assed motivation. Hey, works for Tim Burke and Fat Greg Marshall.

Beat the Lions and Als and you may not need to win any other games depending on what those teams do. Remember the Als would have to cross over and would need to flat out beat the Bombers record, doable but not guaranteed. If they beat the Lions as well then Winnipeg would hold the tie breaker over them and they too would need to flat out beat the Bombers record. Possible but not a given. If the Bombers only get to 6 wins those other teams need to get to 7 (or 6 plus a tie) Really the most basic thing you can do to make the playoffs is beat the teams you should beat and keep them behind you. The Bombers at this moment have a chance to do that. They wouldn't be the first team to make the playoffs below .500. BC has qb and coach issues, so does Montreal, I don't know how you give them the advantage if Winnipeg manages to beat them. I think most of us will not soon forget a certain 8-10 Calgary team from 2001... Lets put Dave Donaldson on Marc Boerighter, they said. DD is a local boy and really improving, they said.

Ask Kamau Peterson Miss the late Leif Petterson's pronunciation: "Kah-moo."

This is really MB's sink or swim moment. He got a new QB and running back. If the attack plan isn't significantly more creative he should be done. At the end of the season I mean. Canning him now does sweet FA. Can't wait for -25, watching Hammer vs Stamps.

Keep MB til the end of the year, it's too late to do much anyway. Send him packing November 1st. Conventional wisdom suggests Walters gets a chance to gas a HC to save his own ass, so expect MOS to hang around until next August or so. While MB is clearly terrible, I think MOS is marginally more effective as a HC as Walters is as GM. But its close.

I'd fire Walters -- he's subpar and we can immediately begin searching for a real GM. SK is already in the thick of it This would rattle MOS into actually making decisions of his own, like firing MB. Let the new GM see if he wants MOS. It should be his call

I can see what the team is lacking and with zero coaching experience I can see that Brohm does not have it. But alas lets blame Walters for not putting in Nicholls and starting Brohm. Yes lets all blame MOS for not starting a guy who hasn't even arrived yet. And yeah, it's MOS fault he has to try to make chicken salad out of chicken sheet.

I really think MOS has what it takes. Get the impression he knows a lot more than he lets on in the media. He knows what the team is lacking. Set him up with a decent squad and capably OC and he'd be fine. His mistake was picking MB as his OC. I would can MB today and Walters at year end. Get a real OC and someone who can find players like John Murphy. Then see what MOS can do.

Great job Walters. Credit where credit is due.

BS he was a hell of a bird dog. You want a hell of a bird dog, Murphy, Tillman, Paul Jones. I really, really hope SK signs Tillman so we can go after Murphy in a years time.

Did he? That was what, 15 years ago? Then what did he do in SK? There was a rumor that much of his highly regarded "birddogging" with the Bombers was simply following up leads (Ryland Wickman introduced him to Charles Roberts) and of course, Dave Ritchie. The guy is done.

Nice shiny ring he has on though. Yeah. Give Walters and Miller a stud, (at one time) unbreakable QB and a blank check and watch what happens come Grey Cup time. Actually, Walters would still find a way to screw it up.

Yes, we know you'd love that. It's also an awful idea.

I agree. And it will be a Rider mega blow out. But the team will gut out a win in the Banjo Bowl. Just so we can stay "status quo."

Strong chance Taman will be our GM as early as mid-next season. Source? None. Just years of watching this regime make lateral moves. And Taman is still a media fan boy around here. You wait, it will be "Taman will have to accept a full time scouting dep't and assistance in the draft. Club is considering talking to Duane Forde for that role." (Forde doesn't return call).

I'm not sure I totally agree with you about Walker being good in Hamilton. Guy is fast there's no doubt about that, but he's also a ***** who can't do anything if he doesn't have miles of space. There's a reason he wasn't protected in the expansion draft. Just not a football player. You got a track team then that's another story. Runningbacks are just such a dime a dozen position, why in gods name is Walters always signing retreads and wash outs? Because Walters is simply not an effective GM. Clearly, MB told Oshea to bring in a guy like Walker. So Oshea told Walters to bring in a guy like Walker. SO Walters brought in Walker.

The timing couldn't be worse for the Blue. With a fresh coaching change -- and moving to a players coach like Dyce no less -- the Bombers are now going into a buzzsaw. This will be a blow out of Tim Burkean proportions. 55-6 or something. Count on it. The Banjo Bowl will be closer but I still see the Riders winning.