On 2026-03-24 at 5:34 PM, bigg jay said:

It's not just us though. If MOS thought Hogan was doing even a halfway decent job, he'd still be our OC. The fact that he was demoted, speaks volumes.

I still harbour a suspicion that if it was up to O'Shea, Hogan would still be the OC.

5 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

There was some kind of weird things going on between Osh & JJ. I don't think they meshed at all. Too bad as I like him as a qb coach/OC.

JJ was probably making Hogan look bad.

8 hours ago, GCn20 said:

At any rate if they are signing QBs it's because they are not happy with their depth so even if Elgersma survives the cut, he is likely pushed down the depth chart. This is something I find interesting because both Hiers and Smith (Elgersma's QB competition) are true ham and eggers that are below CFL quality. Hiers got a quick looksie at the end of 2024 by the RIders but never made it to 2025 camp and Smith has not played ball of any significance since a pretty underwhelming college career. If Elgersma has trouble beating these guys out, it should really temper our expectations for him as a CFL future starter.

Agreed, but his passport does give him some value, although this will drop his stock a lot. This may also smarten him up enough to consider a Bomber offer.

2 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Their expectations shouldn't be non existent but realistic. Elgersma's chasing a dream that is becoming a shadow. He has a soft landing spot with the Bombers to continue his career. Elgersma has no idea how lucky he is. My son was at the CFL Western Combine in 2015 & standing beside him not 15 feet away was Chris Jones. He never even acknowledged his presence as at that time CFL teams didn't draft qbs. Never said a word to Tyler.

Tyler at the CFL West Combine in Edmonton, March 2015.

Things have changed a bit since then, but there used to have little but contempt by American coaches and GMs for Canadian pivots.

6 hours ago, 17to85 said:

Not moving on from collaros while we had brown was an error by this team.

Then, instead of Collaros getting pulped because of a crappy OC and O-line, we would have had Brown getting pulped, but at a cheaper price. Not sure that would have accomplished much.

1 hour ago, Bigblue204 said:

Adams and Evans are the only two that make sense really. Decent enough with some potential to unlock still.

Evans is a particularly sad case- talented, athletic but too often unable to cope.

32 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

I think I'd rather have him come in next year with the embarrassment of wealth we have on the ol right now.

It's a strange time for him to retire as well. You'd hope from a team standpoint that a guy would make it clear before FA starts.

I would be surprised if that doesn't accelerate us bringing in another arm now. Maybe 2.

Maybe he finally got the message that he would never have a chance to unseat Collaros.

IMHO, we have had a massive overall upgrade, but still have a couple of concerns. Firstly, I would have been happier with an incentive-loaded contract for Collaros as he is getting to the age where the wheels are gonna fall off. We absolutely need a backup QB to step up. The longer the Elgersma situation drags on, the greater the likelihood he will be delayed in arriving- maybe never.

On 2026-03-02 at 10:20 AM, 17to85 said:

Soooo...if he shines, would he be Dazzle Brazzell?

On 2026-02-02 at 1:49 PM, FrostyWinnipeg said:

TBF we wanted him as coach

 

I wanted him as coach/GM. Maybe the fire went out.

20 minutes ago, wpgallday1960 said:

So I checked NFL.com for a list of the invitees to their combine. As expected Elgersma isn’t even listed. I hate to use the term but his throwing for WRs is a real Hail Mary. Just wish he’d acknowledge reality and get his CFL career started.

too bad for him, but may be good news for us. Depends on his mindset if/when he arrives (NFL hangover?)

17 minutes ago, Noeller said:

^^

Going as a Camp Arm:

"Each year NFL teams can invite select free agents to the NFL Combine and Elgersma has garnered an invitation. He’s going along with Kyle Trask to help throw to the other positions during the combine process. Trask was selected in the second round, 64th overall during the 2021 NFL Draft. The combine runs from Monday, February 23 through Monday, March 2 at Lucas Oil Stadium."

Just a practice arm. That ought to wake him up.

16 hours ago, TBURGESS said:

Zach was horrible last year yet he got paid like a top tier QB. Personally, I didn't want him back this year, let alone the one after that.

We have no one brimming with potential ready to replace him, so we have to give him and every other QB an honest shot to become the starter.

3 hours ago, 17to85 said:

Honestly I think the root cause was hanging onto expensive guys too long and not moving on sooner. Helps balance how your cap is allocated and increase the overall competition.

Just my opinion anyway.

To me it looked like Walters got passive and did not challenge O'Shea on his player utilization, likely because O'Shea had accumulated an aura of infallibility, or maybe Walters just trusted him and gave him carte blanche. In his recent presser, Walters had a completely different tone to his statements than in previous pressers, and maybe he had a fireside chat with Miller.

3 hours ago, wbbfan said:

I think that is a big part of it. I also think we kept sitting on money for flexibility. Glad that is over and we are back to competing in free agency.

Its difficult to understand Walters' thinking in not going all-out for a Grey Cup game at home. Many fans and players will not have a second chance to see their team win The Game at home. It would have been legendary.

39 minutes ago, SectionKBlackout said:

Except they didn’t and played Montreal in the East-semi.

Picky, picky, picky.

I bow to the experience of the mods in deciding to update the site. Looks good to me and works well.

4 minutes ago, SectionKBlackout said:

He criticized a Collaros throw and was benched for the playoffs.

Oh. Then it was a Good Thing that the bombers missed the playoffs. Less conflicts.

Way back, when I was considering retirement, my brother, who was in the RCMP at that time, told me about this beautiful former mining community in BC that was literally giving away modern homes as the mine had run out and people were abandoning the town and their homes. I briefly considered moving to Tumbler Ridge, but decided that it was too remote. Thank God.

3 hours ago, 17to85 said:

The writing was on the wall when he was handed a glorious opportunity and didn't excel in the role.

He was good but just not often enough.

There is a very recent development for athletes (mostly football and hockey players) who have been diagnosed with a variant of Traumatic Brain Injury- Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, AKA CTE. As most if not all here are aware, this is a terribly debilitating condition caused by repeated impacts affecting the brain and to this point, nothing could be done to alleviate the suffering or effects.

There is now hope. Researchers at the University of Utah have reported dramatic and lasting improvements using near-infrared light treatment. The treatment so far is in its infancy but has shown great promise and is non-invasive. Matt Dunigan ought to be very interested.

19 hours ago, bryan35 said:

I thought Peterson played well when he was put in.

Oliviera did not dominate for his first few games, either so Peterson would need time to relearn how to read a decent Online.

22 hours ago, johnzo said:

this is awesome.

I wish that coach call-in shows worked like this.  If some fan wants to talk out their ass on the coach's show, first they need to buy the coach a beer. 

It would be a better product from every perspective.

It would be a Winnipeg edition of Drunk History once the inhibitions were anesthetized.

On 2026-02-04 at 8:06 AM, GCn20 said:

We already saw it last year. When BO went down we went with Peterson initially but the change was made to IMP RB shortly after.

Due, no doubt, to the genius of our OC.

On 2026-02-03 at 7:37 AM, GCn20 said:

Weird take given our record over the past several years. Do you really believe that we have a bunch of players in our locker room that didn't like winning? I don't. That's a massive reach you guys and S27 are trying to make now. We weren't some last place team hanging onto aging vets who didn't care about winning. That is complete rubbish created by fans taking it over the top, 

Given how O'Shea hung onto players that were close to useless to the detriment of the team, the message had to be that players could play very poorly and still keep their jobs so long as they kissed up. Word gets around. 

 

20 hours ago, GCn20 said:

That had a lot to do with our HC. Yes he became loyal to a fault, but it did help us retain our guys that mattered. I am sure you will disagree but look at Mace, cutthroat and it costed him.

When players are treated like they are a commodity and nothing more, they return the favor.

There are a few times that MOS took his lumps for being overly loyal and he needs to dial that back for sure, but guys still stick with him. Mace shouldn't have thrown players under the bus like he did at times. We criticize our coach for not speaking to the media about players, but the players appreciate that.

I suspect the real reason that some guys liked that they could under-perform and still have jobs. There will always be those who prefer that security over winning, or at least being in the hunt every game.

8 hours ago, Mike said:

We already have most of these replacement pieces in house.

Shay, Kelly, Smith, Bailey, Novak, Ball

Griffin was resigned

Stewie or Peter?

6 hours ago, bryan35 said:

We did but brought him back a few weeks later due to injuries.

O'Shea's pets have at least nine lives.