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That Nichols was benched for the whole game when the game was still undecided means that it wasn't a simple strain or cramp. I wonder if he will be available for the next game or whether he will be held out in caution. If that is so, we better take nausea suppressants prior to the game.

As regards Harris, I would bet that the Lions, knowing that Adams and Flanders were sidelined and that only Dressler was any threat, schemed to key on both Harris and Dressler and that was the game.

Agreed, for the most part. Typically, a GM gets two head coaches before he gets the can tied to him. It has to be a difficult line to walk for Walters- he has to pressure O'Shea to get better results without micro-managing, and if O'Shea is still a believer in Hall, that may be a deal-breaker.

Somebody has to be responsible for the two consecutive pathetic outings in a row and have their feet held to the fire. O'Shea and Hall seemed fine with the defence giving up 400 yards every damned game and so long as there were timely turnovers and 30+ points by the offence, all was well. Predictably, that wasn't going to last. I have no hard proof, but I continue to believe that our defensive personnel is a lot better than they have looked (apart from the linebacking), and that has to be laid at the feet of Hall. Time to set up the scaffold.

Google "Zach Bauman" his video clips looked impressive.

With the time he has spent on the roster, Davis should have looked better than he did. He looked tentative and intimidated.

We need you to report to the lab to pee in a cup.

What the heck- only receivers we had last game or two worth mentioning were Dressler and maybe Givens.

When Flanders was playing, he took a lot of attention off Harris. We have Bauman on the practice roster, and before you you say "Bah, humbug"- Did Richardson not contribute well for the Riders last game?

Agreed on the inflexible playcalling, but you are going to have to put up with Lefevour for the next two games plus an appropriate period of dithering.

That would look a lot like the last half of the game yesterday.

Too bad we don't have another promising running back around.

if the games this past weekend were the measure, the Eskimos are the team most likely to come out of the western conference. I can't believe the pounding the Reilly has been taking this year and can still stand upright without assistance, form complete sentences and even win games.

It occurs to me that if the Bombers drop another stinker like the past two games, it would be better for them to play the WSF playoff somewhere else. One more game like the last two played in front of a hopeful home crowd, and the Bombers will not be able to give tickets away. Unless they have access to a neuralizer, that is.

You must have been watching a different play than me. I would take oath that it was an unmistakable and probably deliberate helmet to helmet hit that the refs should have caught and the league ought to punish with a hefty fine and suspension.

My initial reaction when Walters and then O'Shea were hired was that both a rookie GM and a rookie head coach would mean several years of struggle. That guesstimate was based on the hirees being smart and willing to learn, but there have been decisions that O'Shea made which were puzzling and Walters-his scouting crew, really- have failed to recruit well in critical areas. The injuries served to make a team marginally competitive team into a bad one. I cannot see how the Bombers can do well in the playoffs, even with Nichols back, so we are looking at 2018.

Ask Tom Higgins about that.

Davis in his time on the field gave little reason to believe he could run an offence.

That would be nothing short of humiliating, and I would be very close to turfing the lot of them.

Most coaches and GMs have something to recommend them- personality, football smarts, experience, a sense of humour, etc, but Joe Mack had none of the above.

O'Shea and Walters are good guys but the Bomber record is the Bomber record. I really hope the needed changes and recruitments are made soonest possible to give the fans hope for next year instead of empty cliches.

I agree that O'Shea and Walters will almost certainly get another year, but I expect/hope that there will significant changes in the off-season. And, yes I think the Bomber playoff record will "one and done". We can only hope the Rider suffer the same fate.

You missed the point. In this league, as in many sports, the management and coaches make absolutely baffling, nonsensical decisions in defiance of all logic.

And when we got a FG, they rolled right down the field and got a TD. With the Bomber defence as flaccid as it has been as was, it was obvious that the odd field goal wasn't going to do it.

Who you see in Blue and Gold is who we are going to have right to the end of the line. Nothing is going to change.