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Around the league: Maas' butt was saved by Mike Reilly vouching for him and threatening to leave if Maas was canned. In Vancouver, Hervey has made it known that he will not consider any candidates for HC who have held a previous CFL head coaching job.

It concerns me that there were two good MLBs in Woods and Taylor and there was no indication that Walters pursued either.

Agreed. This is a BIG "if".

Unless the entire coaching staff of the Bombers suffered massive brain cramps, I have no doubt that he would have started immediately with the Bombers as well.

Tough call.

In a way, this hurts more because we looked to be so close, only to be let down.

Do you not think that this same weakness would have led to similar injury during another play? It was probably an accident waiting to happen.

Walters may be good, but when did he become deified?

If I have over-reacted, I apologize, but this is a hot-button issue for me from a clinical point of view. In my practice, I have seen the effects of unresolved emotional trauma and how devastating it often is. 'Nuff said.

Agreed. The book on the Bombers was "take away the short game and Andrew Harris and you've got them." As so it was. Realistically, Adams was the only deep threat and he was largely ignored because it looks like he will not make the tough, contested catches.

You broached the subject of 1990. My point is that the reason we were so bad for so long is that there were a bunch of bad hires and passivity on the part of the fans. There are multiple examples in the CFL of teams being turned around (or started from scratch) and becoming successful in a couple of years, so the current Bomber regime is running out of excuses. The Bombers were in very sad shape, financially and talent-wise for much of that time, but winning one playoff game in five years is hardly a stunning success.

More than the horribly inept series of coaches and GMs that we've had?

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This is a complete fallacy. Ask any veterans who served in combat zones or victims of assault. All unresolved trauma does is sink into the unconscious to surface later as physical or mental illnesses.

Yes, I did, but he still needs to get help before he is of any use to anyone\

Until this year, I would have totally agreed with you, but he had a major meltdown in Toronto thus year. I would want to be sure that he had his poop together before I offered him a contract.

And yet they beat the Stamps in the Grey Cup game.

To be the Devil's advocate, how do you know that Nichols was following the play that was called in to him? We just do not know and we sure as heck are not going to hear that sort of pronouncement coming from O'Shea because it might hurt someone's feelings.

Not true. I cannot speak for the whole game but can recall at least two instances where receivers were open and Nichols was (slowly) rolling towards his right. One in particular, Demski was wide open on the left about 12-15 yards downfield and Nichols tried to force it into Dressler (I think) who was triple covered. Nichols is not the worst starting QB in the league, but he is not the pivot who will seize the game and win when the rest of the offence is struggling. Streveler might be that quarterback, but he still has to make his bones.

Damn. Sooo close.

The CFLPA is appealing the suspension, presumably for the sole reason that Rose would then play in the Grey Cup game. I sincerely hope that the appeal is denied- that was one of the egregious abuse of an official that I can recall seeing in the CFL.

I'm not sure upgrading just one of those positions is going to produce the desired effect.

So long as that does not involve Lankford deviating from a straight line, we got that one.

Heck, yes. If you are ahead in the first 20 yards in the 100 yard dash, you have it made, right?

But...but..but..we have the answer in our midst: Ryan Lankford, do we not?