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Just now, Blueandgold said:
Kuale was the worst of the bunch, inexplicably rotating with another player(Wild?) and committing three unnecessary roughness penalties against Saskatchewan.
Hes easily, and this isn't hyperbole, the worst player we've continuously started in the last 15 years or so all considered. Not only was he a bad player, he was undisciplined and committed atrocious penalties. This isn't with the benefit of hindsight either, I can't think of many people aside from the most severe homers who had anything positive to say about him whatsoever.
Kuale might have been the most wrongest player ever to have been signed by the Bombers.
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This game looks like a toss-up. Bomber passing game is mediocre at best, but Alouette defensive backfield is suspect. Montreal's front seven is good, but our Oline ought to be up to the task. Alouette passing game is not great but our D-backs have been weak, so a toss-up. Maybe special teams will decide the game.
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1 hour ago, bearpants said:
If you're trying to suggest that the team completely ignores mistakes and does not make adjustments to improve.... that's complete bullshit...
Your quarrel is with Bauming. I cannot fully disagree with him, and last year at this time was some evidence that O'Shea is slow to learn.
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1 minute ago, 17to85 said:
Hey if we got Wally as GM we'd be able to finally find a qb, he's supplied most of the league with qbs for years.
Maybe he would become head of player personnel?
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And, if at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.
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3 minutes ago, blue_gold_84 said:
Huh... I don't remember that when Kelly was canned. I don't remember that when Burke was canned, either. I also can't say I recall that happening when Noel was canned (just to bring up other sports).
Crappy head coaches don't get fake love from their players, especially the ones who have no trouble dumping on their players.
There are exceptions as you have noted, but it is far more common for players to fawn over the departed coach. And BTW, Kelly was "a players' coach".
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9 minutes ago, Mark F said:
agree.
I think it's pretty safe to say in general the players sign where they can get the most money. Within some limit or other......give or take five thousand bucks or so, and playoff cash. I don't know about that.
They're not going to go on twitter and say "I signed with ________ cause they offered me __________dollars more than any other team"
It's probably true that players like O'Shea. What's not to like? Seems like an excellent guy.
Almost every time on every sport, when a coach gets canned, the players flock to the microphone to say how much they loved playing for him. I suspect that, for the best players, a coach who gives them a chance to win every game is held in higher esteem than a "nice guy".
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Durant is very good at the 10-15 yard passes which is what killed us against BC. With the liability of Hurl in the middle, I expect that plus Carmichael's area to be the main targets for Durant.
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BB, I disagree with your premise that Durant is better than Nichols. That may well have been true if Durant was at the top of his career, but I would take Nichols tonight every time. Our overall talent is better but that means squat when the whistle blows to start the kickoff. It all comes down to execution and the truth is that we have a crappy defence, not on paper but in performance. Time for the team to prove it is a contender, and there is no reason for the Big Blue to lose this one.
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Just now, Mr Dee said:
I'd really like to hear these exact words myself. Are you, @tracker, talking about the afternoon ride show?
yup.
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To tell the truth, for at least 90% of players, its all about the money. The odd one, like Dressler may choose to be in a given place because its close to home, but those are few. Would a player sign for less because O'Shea is here? I doubt it. If they signed in expectation of playoff money, they were disappointed.
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Just now, Noeller said:
I'd like to know exactly what that means and how it was presented...
Go to the 1290 archives and you can hear it verbatim. The gist was that O'Shea doesn't admit when he/the team has made an obvious mistake and say something like, "We made a mistake. We'll learn from it and move on." It's just ignored, and that may be why we have had so many instances like the Drew Willy era where the coaching staff didn't seem to learn.
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2 hours ago, 17to85 said:
He's a rookie playing one of the hardest positions in the game. A month in isn't the time to decide a guy is useless. There's lots of other new faces on D as well so it's going to take some time.
On the afternoon show on 1290, Darren Bauming had a couple of interesting tidbits from his chat with O'Shea. The first thing Bauming had of interest is that O'Shea never admits to making a mistake. The second thing is that they are going to start Carmichael against the Alouettes, because " they want to see what he's got". I could have sworn that he's already shown what he's got and it isn't good enough.
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2 minutes ago, blue_gold_84 said:
A moronic and short-sighted decision made by a former regime that didn't have a clue what it was doing doesn't prove anything.
Disagree. It proves that nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently determined fool.
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Just now, ALuCsRED said:
Ryan Smith
Weston Dressler
Clarence Denmark
Travis Moore
Rory Kohlert
Romby Bryant
Aaron Kelly
Tori Gurley
^^^ All free agents who chose to sign here. Is the receiver success due to the receiver, or is their success tied to the QB and the offensive production.
True, but once you get past Dressler and maybe Denmark, the pickings were pretty slim. Not too many all-stars.
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Well, there is a 'Stones tribute band in England whose best number is "Hey, MacLeod, get offa my ewe".
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1 hour ago, SPuDS said:
you saying Leggett, Heath, Randle, Loffler, Westerman, Nevins and Johnson are not upper echelon players? What about Medlock? I'm pretty sure they wouldn't be unemployed long if we cut them. Hell, I dont think Wild, Alexander, Okopulgo or the rookie DE playing for Oko at the moment would last long on the open market either.
our offensive line is one of the best in the league.. we have the best combo back in the league. So, our average QB and somewhat average receivers are essentially the only spot where we can say we are "willingly" accepting sub-par performance. Riddle me this batman, how would you correct that? bring in players to push their spots? we did that. nobody adequately rose to the occasion..
So in synopsis, this theory that we are just oh so happy to sit on sub-par or mediocre players is a laugh. We have upgraded a few spots on our team from last year.. stood pat at others which were not needed to be addressed.. By all means, feel free to refute this if you'd like to. should be interesting to watch.
It would be nice if the O-line started playing like all-stars. Haven't seen them blow too many D-men off the line of scrimmage so far. They've done a good job of protecting Nichols for the most part.
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Just now, BigBlue said:
And my point is we have the random expression of frustrations (its the coaches ... its the schemes .. its the...) and nobody is zooming in on what is really going on
I would enjoy some real insight and analysis instead of just belches and bellowing at the first thing that comes to mind ... even if it is in several other threads: its just farts; I am hoping for more than that in this thread
Our slow starts are not because of a lack of film work or a lack of creativity .... I am wondering about mindset though
Could it be that the "Swaggerville" culture we had not that long ago has been starved to death by a succession of dreadful coaches and GMs when our beloved Bombers were more likely to be humiliated than win?
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46 minutes ago, SPuDS said:
yea really sucks when a rookie DT doesn't just light it up right out of the gate huh.
who'd have thought he may need to adjust to all the nuances of the game or develop his skillset a tad more.. or maybe even work on his conditioning considering how much more reps and how fast the game is..
No one is expecting him to dominate the first season, but seeing him get near the opposing QB every now and again would be nice.
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7 minutes ago, Arnold_Palmer said:
Can't take Montreal lightly. They did beat Calgary after all. If we play the way we have in the 1st, and 4th all season we probably won't come out of this game with a W
The inconsistency with which the team has played this season means that there is little room for overconfidence. When the Bombers start keeping the opposition to under 20 points and powers over top of them, then its swagger time. We're just scraping by.
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If there are bands, it might bring in a few extra people, but what the team needs is a winning tradition and entertaining football, not a team that plays occasional quarters and flubs winnable games with the same passive play selection.
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24 minutes ago, SPuDS said:
pretty sure he made it by making his original statement but if you reallllly need it in layman's terms..
why are we discussing the exact same thing that is taking place in another thread, over again in another thread..
And my point is that there is duplicate content of postings in differing threads all the time. The wording may vary but the content is the same.
Game day thread: Montreal here
in Blue Bomber Discussion
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Lankford has had a hard time finding steady work for good reasons. He has very good straight line speed- among the best in the league, but as stated above, he is careless with the ball and he has trouble reading his blocking, which makes him indecisive. We need better.