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Unless Nichols is able to shake off whatever ails him real soon, the logical thing to do would be to swallow hard and take the growing pains of starting Streveler for the rest of the season. However, with O'Shea being who he is, I cannot see that happening unless Nichols is dismembered.
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2 hours ago, J5V said:
He's a helluva nice guy. Runs a decent locker room. Smart? Sure. Smart enough? Not so much.
I do not question O'Shea's intelligence, but his stubbornness and rigid thinking is a continuing concern.
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2 hours ago, NorthernSkunk said:
I just read a thread on the ridersforum about our loss...........whoa there are some crazies over there
This is news???
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3 hours ago, USABomberfan said:
Well, he might get us a better defensive coordinator for one.
That might solve some of the Bomber problems but not all.
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2 hours ago, JuranBoldenRules said:
That was a flop.
Okay.Upon reflection, I'm having a hard time defending Lankford.
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I have no confidence that LaPolice is the answer at head coach. He cannot seem to adapt the offence, so what would he do as head coach?
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2 hours ago, AKAChip said:
What about his one catch, two drops and poor kick returns where he once even let the ball hit the turf (!) made you think he played reasonably well?
I was expecting Lankford to completely flop, but he did make a couple of catches as well as dropping that guaranteed touchdown pass which might have changed the whole flow of the game But he did not cost us the game, and it is clear to all that he is not a kick returner and if used as such, it sets him up for failure.
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2 hours ago, AKAChip said:
Going for one almost never is the right call. Even if we assume Medlock is more or less 100% on converts, we would need to go under 50% on two point converts over 10 tries to end up with less points than the maximum number of points we could get on 10 good one-point converts. Even if you make the argument that in small sample sizes, trying a slightly more risky two point convert is not worth giving up an automatic single point, not going for two when you could make it a two score game rather than three is not only foolish, it's negligent.
I think its symptomatic of one of O'Shea's failings as he sticks with what he has used rather than adapt.
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2 hours ago, Floyd said:
I'm very hopeful for Thompkins but I don't think I'm ready to say he's a great find - we've had so many guys come and go that have a couple good games, then disappear
The Cdn scouting team is finding more receivers than Danny Mac right now...
Clarence Denmark would be a good signing right now - maybe he fades at the end of the season, but he's 100% better than Lankford
Even if Dressler had played at his 100% last night, we still would have lost badly. I have been critical of Lankford, but he played reasonably well last night, given his long benchwarming. I would still have started Peterman, though and replaced the late Mr. Loffler.
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After consideration. I cannot see that this is about the talent. The talent could always be better, but this has to fall at the feet of the coaches and if O'Shea cannot make the changes needed (Hall), then he is the wrong choice for head coach. As frustrating as it is for us fans, it has to be at least as bad for the players to see their head coach not do the right thing to make the team competitive.
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In this case, the fans were correct. The Nichols supporters will cry that this was only one game, but if you look at the losses we have had this year, Nichols has looked bad in all of them, and the defence saved his butt in a couple of the wins. We may never know why Nichols is off his usual game- he may never be an all-star but last year he played much better with a worse offensive talent. It was a given that O'Shea would struggle as a head coach for a couple of years until he gained the experience to make the right calls at the right time, but the same problematic stuff he showed earlier is still there.
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2 hours ago, BBRT said:
What worries me other than the Bomber defense is the balance of our schedule. We have Cal, Sask, Sask, Mtl, Edm, Ottawa , Sask again , Cal and then Edm. I see us winning 2-3 at the best of the remaining games. not going to beat Calgary or Edmonton in my opinion and with 3 games against the Riders we might win 1 or 2 at the most.
Given how poorly the team played tonight, I am losing confidence that we can even split with the Riders in the home and home. Jones will be desperate to keep his playoff hopes and job security alive and we've been getting worse.
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2 hours ago, JuranBoldenRules said:
Find it hard to be critical of the DB’s with the amount we blitz Bighill/JSK/Leggett/Loffler on passing downs and play cover zero. Any decent pro QB is going to rip that apart and there’s not much the DB’s can do. Middle of the field is wide open because 6-7 are rushing most passing downs. Can’t expect 5-6 guys to defend the whole field. You’re gambling the blitz gets there, but most often it doesn’t affect the throw.
So the question is why could Ottawa blitz so effectively and we could not?
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2 hours ago, wpgallday1960 said:
Some bad coverage for sure but Ellingson is a premiere WR. Total team loss, imo. Soft D and too many 2 and outstanding from the O. Nichols wasn't great but not terrible either. Ottawa just kicked our ass today.
Disagree. Nichols was terrible, particularly when blitzed and this is the third or fourth game this year when he has looked bad.
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2 hours ago, bustamente said:
Yup
And Sayles, Loffler and Nichols
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2 hours ago, blueingreenland said:
I know this is a bit of a ridiculous comment from a very frustrated fan (me), but I'm ready to start Streveler and let him grow and improve. We have to get better.
Just really frustrated. And flabbergasted that O Shea would leave Nichols in the game.
Agreed. For whatever reason, the team and Nichols have regressed.
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Aaand, there's the icing on the cake.
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A fitting end to the game with our vaunted O-line caving in almost every play
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O'Shea's goddam pigheadedness probably cost us the game.
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2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
This is a playoff team. But nothing more.
If .500 will do it, yes
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Lankford was better than I expected but no one player change is gonna save this team
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There needs to be some big changes here.
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2 hours ago, Piggy 1 said:
Nicholls doesn't play defense......
And apparently doesn't play offence very well, either
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Agreed. That made me furious and was a damning condemnation of the defence. It wasn't like the Ottawa offence had the whole field to spread out- just the end zone and a bit and the Bombers still could not stop them even once. This game could be the turning point of the Bombers' season and the end of some coaches' careers.