Booch

“The best thing we do post-game win or lose is we try to look at the truth. You want to know the truth,” said Blue Bombers head coach Mike O’Shea after practice on Monday. I call bullshit on this...100%....Smuggy can't recognize "the truth"

Ottawa making a deal with Ham for that TE Robinson...maybe they lookin to tweak the ol roster......Cmon Walters....get Lewis outta there...

both those guys would have been superior to the 3 Canadian idea tho....more a matter of starting 3 canadians when we dont have to...when our depth to start 2 is questionable at best

he definately not wrong

Interesting comments BO made in regards to the offence...I sensing frustration there

Its been a 4 yr skid..each yr worse than the previous..first was the record...followed by position in standings.. and next earlier playoff exit..to the point we needed to cross over..whats the result this yr..no playoffs? Or just another cross over and esf exit?

But smart to neg list him regardless and keep him on it

Also on the dline and oline...and i dont think he gets talked into anything or we wouldn't be in this situation For all the "talk" its a collective thing he strikes me as the control kinda guy at end of day..his way or no way

Oh I agree...but having a guy already here..who in a crap offence put up almost 700 yards woulda been a nice compliment to our top 3..zero learning curve..knows the league DB's...looks etc..

they arent picking the lineup tho..input thats it...no HC with an ounce of smarts would dothat...as in the end its all on him....that be career suicide...then again maybe Osh is doing that cause he truly to me doesnt seem like the smartest knife in the drawer. HC just ever do that in my experince

I've alluded to and touched on this before....and some similar things....not far off the mark on your take he did not if the type of player and attributes they are asking for coming from coaching tho...thats what I wanna know...where is the disconnect A good example was Holm...we cut him out right,,,not good enough and brought back due to injury,,,was defaulted in and all of a sudden when he got to play was praised and had the best feet since Fred Astaire...where was that assessment prior to that?...and who knows how many other instances has that occured but nobody gotthe good fortune of a vet slug getting hurt? Most recent the Jenkins/Reese situ....this isnt isolated...ho9w many games did Josh Johnson get when apparent he just wasn't good...Mitchel after him....on and on...Singer now...outperformed everyone in camp... truth.. the bench...or apple and roadmap is a good start for if anything a couplegames...allows the slacker to get message and 2 games gives a failry good idea if the new guy has any upside as to who...well Corcoran out for Clercius is an up grade...Singer tho for the Cobb spot easily....Cobb can stay on as he actually possesses some positive attributes and is athletic...doable by either dropping the imort center as it is no better than Eli...or one of the import linebackers... Korn as well is pointless...add the Global kid to see what he has....Peterson would give us more usefulness The big ger issue and you allude to it in a different post our PR is total crap...and we keep guys with no chance and no better than what we have for no apparent reason as opposed to up grading and continually bringing in guys...now is that the HC saying we good...The G.M refusing to accommodate a coaches' ask?....thats the quation but based on many many Osh decisions in roster, in game decisions...inability to accept fault...I think it's a coach issue I pretty sure a group of 4 or 5 of us on this forum were handed the keys we could do a better job @wbbfan @JuranBoldenRules @GCn20 @Mike @SpeedFlex27 looking at you guys...amoung a few others nobody is worried about losing a job here...hence the malaise and lack of urgency....Coach included... You sit one vet and let it be known it was performance related....I guarantee you see a different attitude and vigor thru whole squad

after week 3...4 at most it should have been adressed yeah find out...some I have seen it I more interested on how many Canadians we are required to have on offence...and defence in the game some of each for sure...also tho...if guys are not making plays...is it maybe cause they not good enough...or not good enough anymore?...issues that stem from coaches placing them on roster...do they not see it?...can they not evaluate properly?....are they too fixated on you need all these old in the tooth vets? Lot's of blame to go around, and it's not isolated this yr...but for most the issues...poor scheme....poor prep....poor execution...all leads tothe same place...poor HC/coaching putting all this in place...and not deviating...and for most part since the 1st Cup flop and subsequent slide....there been basically 1 common denominator with the game day product...I'll let you all decide what that is, but it falls in line with what I been harping about for 3..4 yrs now in whats crippling us...

3rd highest and that with Myron Mitchell..Schoen...not playing full seasons but taking reps....but who's counting...still was top 20 in YPC so not like he was useless...and AGAIN...as a 5th option this yr would have been totally acceptable....and thats likely what he was destined to be with Pokey..Demski..White and the fanfare with Neild and to say he wouldnt have made us better than what we run out there...with experience with the team etc...is just b.s...We coulda let him walk after camp if we found a nw...better guy....but we didnt...we unearthed nothing...and he wasnt even a factor in the equation...thats just poor player management but why not yesterday...even sunday...CBA says 1 day...we take 3

i said that cherry picking doesnt tell the whole story if you actually read...so I showed an example...then i said u need 4..7 seasons to base a true indication of what a player is...or isnt based on "stats" and that too much can factor in in just a season...but the body of work over 5 or more yrs is pretty accurate...much like you alluded to about Neild...tho whatever tripe you get from Riderfans is likely a bunch of baluney lol

I wouldnt judge anyone over the work from last yrs offence....and as mentioned..Wheatfall would be the 4th 5th option...like he was last yr...and 655 yards in that garbage for a 5th option guy...with one game where we passed like what..8 times....more than good enough to be used where we are using Cobb/Corcorran...Thats the point ijn this...he wasnt to be "the guy" nor should we as a team expected him to be nicely explained...we are getting schemed and film studied to death....easiest team to plan against and like you said..the passive approach...gets us eviscerated and nice to see someone else here see's the ridiculousness of our practice and planning habits..I am sure there are many others but arent saying it ....it's really a joke I expect zero changes of anykind...and we likely make the BC scrub QB look like the second coming of a star

well Tommy Nield has never broke 550...in 5 yrs...Wheatfall was 655 in 16 games last yr...so there is that...he also has a better ypc avg in his 3 partial seasons than Neild...so there is that aspect too....and that cherry picking stats doesn't necessarily mean a lot sometimes as too much factors into things...same with projecting numbers to give a tru indication of things....4-7 yrs though of 16-18 games layed does give a better true isea of what a player is ...or isnt The argument being made is that Wheatfall would have had more value...and created more room for our top 3 guys, than going with what we are there...and wouldnt have cost much either coming into this yr after 5 seasons Neild was a guy who averaged 320 yards a season...1.4 TD's...not earth shattering by any means or a reason for us to figure we were "good" especially with the foolish idea to run 3 nationals yeah....its the 5th WR spot...but as per my previous post...Neild wasnt putting up elite numbers either for 5 yr...so the 3 national wr idea was flawed from day 1

my question for this week...with the issues we have had...some the injuries we may have to deal with....basically the suckage with scheme...and play of many on the field...game on Thursday....Why the hell we taking today off??...like really?...So we get 1 practice tomorrow...walkthrough Wed and then game....so to expect any significant shift/change/improvement is laughable...A real HC with some sense and a finger on the pulse of his squad would not be taking 3 days off on a short week after being embarrassed at home....I sure Sat and Sunday was ample time to take off...I'd have had them back on sunday trying to figure things out...Not Osh...Watched some film At and prob fixed it all...so taker er easy boys...see ya tues

Holms been a shittty tackler from day one...not a strong suit and having him in the spot he is...gets abused...He should be at a corner spot to run with the speed guys or safety And repeat offenders who continually get hosed with tackling...or just losing an angle for huge gains over and over should be replaced...or at least shown the pine in a game..Osh doesnt have the stones to do it...Or the ability to see it/recognize the issue yeah...**** talent....**** results....and icing on cake...no accountability for it...just go right out there and do it some more Also I not too certain with what we run that they are in not put in right position...if they were there wouldn't be so many guys free and wide open...and guys in chase..Teams see our film at eat our lunch...we play passive an know pre snap based on formation and who is out there the space they are looking at that they will cover....so the scheme the receiver to not go there...knowing we play passive and dont attack a ball...rather let the play stay in the designed cover area and then come up and make a play...dumb...especially when we see the skill of 3/4's of our secondary in tackling Then you also have guys run thru the arwa that we figure we are diverting the play to, and guys have no clue what the eff to do and guys are racing free....pretty obvious watching it

I stiil say for the immediate we talk To Rhymes...pay him a nice pro-rated deal...we can afford it Run out White, Pokey, Rhymes, Demski, Clercius inside as defacto starters...Neild super subs all over...Stop running BO out wide...Use Eli/Wallace/Neuf as our interior and Use MCI more than we use Daniels...I'd even sit him right now in lieu of Peterson and allow him to grow. Dump one of the seldom used DA LB's or the DB/Tweebner and roster Singer. We hardly use that DA on defence but could use the hell outta Singer...and If he doesn't push the needle...Use Womack....and actually bring in more for a lok see if neither do much...But I bet just the presense of either would drastically improve the production elsehwere. That be my oline fix and If whoever comes in at RT looks workeable...Leave them there when Broxton back...Make the shift at LT, Reserve roster Stan an as a pure vet and total team guy he wouldnt become a distraction and work him in practice exclusively at guard and see how he looks there That be my offensive tweaking in the immediate...and would be loads better than whats occuring right now... Defence...gotta think a bit but for starters we need to bring in some earth shaking DT's and drop em right in for Fletcher...They are a position that you can just plop right in with minimal learning curve and if we have to swap out one after the other until we find one...Do it!...They are not hard to find...only for us...Give Smith sole possession of WIL...and figure out the best bang for your buck outta 2 of Wilson..Jones..Ayers until Woodbey is back...I'd also be giving Shay reps to see what he has...and if nothing..move on..My gut says if given reps...and chance to develop...he's become a fixture...but he being blocked by fav's and vets and hold overs .

if we ponied up...he'd have been here..

Dobson did work at center here in pe-season...practices...not like we didn't see the potential of him there...we just chose Kolo....Coulda dumped Kolo and his 165k..Could gave that to Dobson coming off his rookie dal...added a few more bucks to it and that be that....we chose the other route...no foresight...and just dumb in a roster perspective And if we needed more cash...Dumped JT and his I am sure 120k+ money and put a rookie canadian of any position in his spot....We didnt need him for ratio...or rotation really....but nope....

What success has occurred since 2022...its been a steady decline in wins...place in standings...playoff exits..4 yrs is a long time in football life...and from looks of this yr..all 3 are gonna continue down same trajectory

How do you know that poor scheme and film work didnt contribute to the mistake..or what looked like one? You dont...looking at our schem we are blanketing or poo protecting areas..teams see that and run players thru it...or away from it..and causes a lot of what looks like errors/bad decisions or blown coverage...but is a player trying to make up ground in chase from a poor scheme and not being put in right spots to succeed The horrible tackling can 100 percent be from lack of practice and working on technique..that or just not being able to identify a player lacking that skill...again...yhats all on coaching and how you run practice and camp Yeah...how many times we heard that now...was execution issues but we will fix and be bettwr When will it be said its flawed system issues making guys look inept...or its inept players not able to handle scheme...or both?? Never with this staff...deflect..deny..no ownership or accountability and act pissy if pressed on it by media

White essentially replaced Schoen..Neild replaced Sterns...Cobbcorcaran replaced wheatfall...that's a fail in all 3 spots...tho if we had a true #1 game breaker or a dominant physical guy...White would be even more productive

Asked earlier...can you find out what we designate each side of ball for cdn's to satisfy ratio? Curious as to how and why they deploy subs Lots a coach could do...lose the bias over favouring vets or favorites..roster better plsyers...there's a thought...or at the least bench one to send a message...osh wont