blueandgoldguy

Game might as well be over. O'brien and that garbage o-line are not doing crap against the Saskachewan defense.

Who do you want as head coach if O'Shea decides he wants to head back east and signs with the Argos?

Never mind that. Were those stories about Dallas Page and Eric Bischoff swapping wives during the WCW days true? Inquiring minds want to know.

Let's keep in mind that besides the weather factor on Saturday there were: 1) 2 Cirque du Soleil shows at Sterling Lyon Parkway with close to a few thousand people at each show 2) a Manitoba Moose game with over 5,000 people 3) Replacements playing the Burt with over 1,000 people When you live in a city with over 250,000 people you have a tad few more major entertainment options with your disposable income. Now that might be hard to comprehend for our neighbours to the west who typically never travel beyond the outskirts of Moosomin but there it is.

You pee yourself due to his hatred of the Riders?!

Is Strev learning? Maybe, maybe not. His throwing mechanics...well, they need some work. I'm not sure if that's fixable as I would think that should have been resolved in College.

1. Harris 2. Jefferson 3. Medlock

Dinwiddie has been considered a great offensive mind going back to his days with the Als. That is a fact. Bombers hired Kelly as coach, Mack as GM, Miller as CEO, Walters as GM, re-hired Lapo largely based on familiarity, not necessarily because they were the most qualified for the job. In some cases it worked out, most of the time it doesn't. FACT!

Despite the setbacks in recent weeks, I expect the Bombers to win tomorrow. Home game, in snowy, windy conditions. Run game should feature more prominently. Vernon Adams shouldn't be able to run roughshod over the secondary...if they show up. Keep the turnovers to 2 or less, create 2 or more turnovers, run for over 175 yards...those are my hopes for the Bombers. Likely a low scoring game. Bombers 26 Als 17.

Dinwiddie is considered the greater offensive mind and he has a lot more experience with Qbs. Sadly, the Bombers may go with the lesser of two options as familiarity and nepotism play a larger factor in the hiring process than quality of candidate.

We faced Evans in his first game coming in cold off the bench and we still had our butts handed to us.

Yep, we were lucky to win that game vs. Calgary earlier in the season. They outplayed us.

Montreal's owned by the league and are losing millions this year....giving away 2-6,000 free tickets per game . They are not any further along in finding ownership for the team in Montreal....probably because the Wettenhalls left them with a massive accumulated deficit (who pays for that? League or new owners?)...and also because the team is likely to lose $7 million in 2020 under new ownership. Hardly an attractive investment. If the league's owners are willing to foot the bill in 2020 as the team struggles to find new ownership you can be sure they will be scrutinizing every penny spent. Bombers, being the second largest revenue team in the league can easily outbid them...and yes, I know there is a cap on coaching and management. The Als may very well not exist in 2020 if no owner is found and the BOG decides to no longer fund the franchise.

We took a chance on a special teams coordinator 6 years ago to lead the team. Why not take a chance on Ryan Dinwiddie to lead the offense next year?

Unfortunately it's 5.5 years too late for us that Zach is coming to Winnipeg. Hey at least maybe now he will say we have a better stadium than Hamilton!

Ugh, I don't like his chances of lasting more than a game especially with our o-line struggles of late. I wish Walters has made a play for MBT instead. Better than Collaros and not so injury prone. I would have taken Willy over Collaros actually. Wouldn't cost any picks

First Joe Mack for 17to85 and now Mike O'Shea.

Righting a wrong from the past...unfairly fired in 2012 without being given a chance to right the ship the rest of the season? I'm not saying that would justify it but that is how it could be framed in some people's minds. Outside the forum, where there is quite a bit of groupthink, I bet there are quite a few season ticket holders and casuals who would be fine if Lapo was hired as head coach.

He used up his one more try when he brought back both co-ordinators this past off season most likely. anyways we will see what happens in the final 3 games of the season.

Anyone remember what WWE's ratings were on TSN in the late 90s? 500,000?

Drew Willy is still out there. Just sayin'.

Well that did happen with Kent Austin. " Austin stay down you bum!"

hehe I did say it is a possibility that he will be hired as head coach should O'Shea be offered a job elsewhere with a more attractive financial package/Walters chooses not to re-sign him.

It's not as simple as that. From his days in Baltimore to the early days in Montreal Popp found high-end talent at most positions. Montreal had one of the best o-lines in the league for most of his tenure, some of the best receivers, top corner, top linebacker, the best running back of all time and top Canadian talent. Sure, he had Ham and Calvillo, but for them to reach their full potential Popp had to surround them with high end talent....and that he did. Towards the end of this tenure with the Als, it was apparent he was no longer bringing in the talent he once did...not just at the Qb position. Whether that was a result of his contacts drying up or a lack of drive, I do not know. This did appear to carry over to his tenure with Toronto. Two consecutive terrible seasons with some of the worst defense we have seen in recent years.

No the team in 2000 turned around near the midway point when Khari supplanted Bell as the starting QB. 5-3 in the final 8 games of the season. They also won in the east semi-final over the Ti-Cats before losing in the east final.