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Just now, Colin Unger said:
If Bo Goes to the NFL and Claybrooks raids Calgary we are going to finally find out how good of a coach Dickenson is.
Dickenson did pretty well with all kinds of receiver injuries, a suspect O-line and a QB who did not have his usual stellar year. Huffer and a heckuva scouting staff have his back.
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If there is no reciprocal agreement between the CFL and the AAFL, what would stop a player from jumping mid-season from one to the other?
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1 hour ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:
Big "If". What does Chamblin's success or failure have to do with how Miller looks at Walters and O'Shea record?
I will leave it to you to puzzle that out.
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35 minutes ago, Stickem said:
I guess it's harder for the old timers (ahem) on here that have known winning years and winning coaches ,that have a few Cup rings, and now see an endless drought...There's no more fans than the old war horses around here that want to see success...We're all Bomber fans through and through and because opinions differ, that doesn't change things...I'll give this present coach and admin. one more kick at the can....er Cup and if we continue down the same old bloody road of failure to win it all, I think it'll be time to take the bluengold shades off and do some serious reflection about changes...
Its all well and good to have a love-in about finally winning a playoff game and having better NI talent and a credible quarterback, but the Bombers and the faithful have been waiting along time for a championship- too long actually. How much longer does the current regime have? If Chamblin manages to cobble together a winning team from the wreckage, how much pressure does that put on Walters and O'Shea?
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2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
Does anybody care?
Nope.
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2 hours ago, Bigblue204 said:
Bolden and Hefney for me. Bolden was just too good. Hefney was just clutch. Best open field tackler in the CFL in his prime.
And a punishing tackler, too.
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48 minutes ago, bustamente said:
Trump probably hasn't figured out that he is individual 1, because his name is Donald J Trump.
Trump has been able to get away with outrageous and illegal conduct all of his life due to his being born with a silver spoon in his mouth and his father using money to smooth over things for Don. Trump grew up with the attitude that he was beyond the law and carried that into his presidency. However, in what will probably be a shock to Trump, the betting in Washington is that Don Junior will be indicted next week. Trump is showing signs of coming unglued already and has been snarling at his whole staff this week. Next week ought to look like a political China Syndrome.
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5 hours ago, 17to85 said:
There is no etc, it's those guys and no one else and even Ray is probably too old to really be considered in that group. After those two guys you're left trying to find someone who is good enough, which Nichols has shown plenty of times that he is.
You don't win as many games as he has for this team by accident.
And you do not find yourself being rated as being somewhere between the 5th or 7th best quarterback in the league by accident, either.
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A couple of points: everything about O'Shea's modus operandi says that he will stick with the status quo as long a she can. His history with the Bombers is replete with examples, so we can expect that Nichols will go into training camp as the anointed one. Nothing about Nichols' track record indicates that he is an elite quarterback ala Bo-Levi, Frito-lay, Reilly etc. He is a good QB, and his acquisition probably saved the jobs of Kyle Walters and maybe even O'Shea. Nichols looks like a more fragile version of Kevin Glenn- he will be only as good as the players around him. Doug Brown's assessment of him as being the 5th or 7th best QB in a nine-team league supports this opinion.
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2 hours ago, blue_gold_84 said:
Sounds like a Bomber sort of guy. Positive attitude, small college, and he shouldn't be fazed by our weather.
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46 minutes ago, Blueandgold said:
They sure liked him as their DC in 2017. I think he has a good chance at getting the job.
But as a head coach, he was part of significant problems despite some success.
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55 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:
Not really around our league but:
Report: Brandon Browner pleads no contest to attempted murder, sentenced to eight years in prison: http://deadsp.in/N3QotNt
Well, boyz will be boyz.
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3 hours ago, Brandon said:
So instead of picking the current sentimental favorite you would rather go with the former sentimental favorite? I'd stay away from Khari he really hasn't done much anywhere...
In Khari's defence, in BC he had a brittle quarterback and a porous O-line, and in Montreal, he had even less to work with. No guarantees anywhere, though.
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1 hour ago, Mike said:
Am I missing something here?
In reading through his CV, nothing stands out. Looks like an also-ran.
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Steinhauer will do just fine as a HC. He is experienced in the CFL, smart and adaptable.
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2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
I don't think Nichols is mediocre. He was dealing with a knee injury that probably bothered him all season. Let's see how he does when he comes back healthy next training camp.
If this was predominantly a physical issue, then a week away during the bye week would not have produced the quantum improvement in play. Rather, it would have been a steady, gradual improvement. Moreover, his disastrous play during the two Rider games cannot be ascribed to physical causes. His decision-making was beyond poor. Ergo: the big owie was and maybe still is in his head.
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Evan Clark's bio screams "training camp fodder". Underwhelming.
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3 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
LaPo's system is designed for the qb to not be the star. Dink & dunk. Controlled short to medium passes. Ball possession offense.
Is that not an assumption on your part? Or is LaPolice forced to tailor the offence around a mediocre quarterback and receivers who, as a group, do not scare many defensive coordinators?
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2 hours ago, Ripper said:
Its pretty well known that a lot of people don't like Jones. I don't think however anyone should be able to just report things like this without any proof. If there is more to this, then I want to hear all about it.
Do not underestimate the will and ability of organizations to squelch news such as this. All you need do is look at the Paterno mess etc etc etc. You can even generalize it into the business, entertainment and political realm. If true, and I want to emphasize this, I cannot imagine how damaging this would be to a community-owned and run enterprise like the Riders which is so woven into the cultural life of the province. I worked for an organization who sheltered a sexual predator- the staff and management knew but perp was wired into the the "in crowd" and it took a flagrant incident and another vulnerable victim to get him fired.
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9 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
Nichols didn't lose the game either. I also think Harris has been in the league long enough to know veteran CFL qbs make more money than starting running backs. Canadian or American.
In a game of that importance, your quarterback ought to be at least one of the stars, and Nichols was not. That is not good.
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