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2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
We don't need a gunslinger. Our qb is fine as he is. The other members of the team have to pick it up. Everybody has to do their jobs. Coaches & players. Nichols included.
Agreed, for the most part, but Nichols has to be better. Whatever ails him may not be his fault, but he is the lightning rod.
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2 hours ago, Floyd said:
I would not start six receivers. Just my preference.
That would confuse the snot out of the opposition, though.
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3 hours ago, wbbfan said:
It hasnt been 6 years of futility. We saw consistent increases in performance. From cellar dweller to home play off game and expected grey cup contender. We went from an offense that relied on medlock kicking a record number of FGs to win games to an offense that can roll average 30 points and roll 50+ at any time. We went from no pressure on the QB to one of the better teams at getting to the qb. so on and so forth.
5 years of rebuilding, zero playoff wins=futility and year six is in doubt
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4 hours ago, wbbfan said:
I would suspect their action was based on believing they could shape and hone hall into a much better dcor then what was available on the market. Should things have been improved beyond this point by now? Yes. But this coaching staff is always slow with fundamental change. Is that slowness bad? yes. Is it enough to clean the slate? not this off season. Maybe the following year though.
So six years of futility is not enough to drive major changes but seven is? I do not share your patience (or is it fatalism?).
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2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
We have issues with our DC & something needs to be done in the off season. I think we have the talent in the secondary to be very good but not with Hall. We've seen Hall's defense over the past few years & I want to see a change, You won't get any argument from me.
Agreed, but the larger issue is why O'Shea cannot or will not address what to many is a glaring problem that is hamstringing the team and has for years now.
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2 hours ago, M.O.A.B. said:
Does Ryan kick FGs?
Not when he was here. If O'Shea suddenly wanted to replace Medlock with a home-grown, I'm sure Felix Menard is available. Ottawa sure did well with their new Canuck kicker.
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2 hours ago, pigseye said:
You're right, I was an idiot to every question the talent on the team, of course it's the best we have ever had and will undoubtedly turn out to be the best season ever.
I think you are in the minority in your assessment of the talent on the team's receivers. They are not the best group of pass-catchers in the league, but they are not the worst by far, and better than last year's group. If Washington replaced Lankford, we would move up a notch or two. Or even if we just got ride of Lankford and platooned the receiver position.
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3 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
This may sound hokey but if you really want to stick around here & are sincere then respect is earned & not given. What you said when you first posted here about how we were basking in the sunlight a week ago... doesn't cut it & you won't get any modicum of respect doing it that way. You have to prove you're not a Rider troll by the style & substance of what you say. For me, the jury is still out.
QuoteThere is a kernel of truth in what was said. Many Bomber fans were ecstatic over the three-game winning streak but there were those who were cautious because the Bombers beat up on the weak sisters of the league. What concerned me was the second game against the Lions where the Bombers stormed out to a lead only to have it evaporated as Wally and Co. adjusted and the Bombers went status quo. It was a replay of many games over Hall's tenure as DC but O'Shea does not escape blame either.
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4 hours ago, trueBlue83 said:
do they still do the Coaches Show on CJOB on location somewhere, or is this just done in studio?? Definitely want to listen tonight, but would probably head down to wherever it's being done if they still do that!
I do not think that you will hear anything of substance on OB tonight or any other coaches' show. It is 90% commercials with a few cliches and generalities sprinkled in.
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2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
I have no problem with Matt Nichols as our starting qb as he's the best we've had since Kevin Glenn in 2011. He needs help from everybody on the offense from LaPo to the offensive line. He also needs MOS to stop butting in & playing the qb carousel game at times. His actions started this whole thing plus his words of, "He gives us the best chance to win" when down by a bunch of points with 2 mins left. MOS was the problem. Not Nichols.
You neglected to mention the pathetic effort from the defensive part of the team. As much as Nichols was not as good as he ought to have been, if he was on the field longer, that may have altered the outcome, even if the Bombers still lost. And it is not for nothing that the coaches will be blamed.
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18 hours ago, J5V said:
Walters loves Canadians, which I don't have a problem with. Besides, he got us the sure-handed speed burner, Lankford.
Speaking of speed, have you seen Petermann's 40 yard dash time?
Curse you for pointing out the obvious and potentially embarrassing our head coach and OC. Logic has NO place here.
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And we're not gonna want to see the league team ratings this week.
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3 hours ago, Jim McD said:
New CFL fan here. Long time fan of the NY Giants and disgusted with the NFL. Thought I would start to follow the CFL and picked the Bombers as my team. Love the nickname. I'm in NJ and cannot root for Toronto because I am a Yankees & Islanders fan. Same with Montreal. Cannot cheer for a Montreal team when you're an Islanders fan. It was between the Bombers & the RoughRiders as my team and the gold & blue won. Have my 3 Bombers shirts already and I do get strange looks when I wear them.
Welcome aboard. We are still reeling from having out team's collective butts kicked in a game which ought to have been winnable, but the sun will still come up tomorrow. If we have a repeat performance this coming weekend against what is still probably the best team in our league, you may want to stay away from this site for a few days.
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2 hours ago, Mike said:
I don't doubt it was awful and I'm sure it didn't have any benefit to what's happening out on the field, but neither did Nichols going out there when our backup QB was working the ball down the field and Nichols had been playing terrible the whole game. At that point, it was kind of a "if the head coach doesn't care about this game, why should I?" moment for me.
I generally like O'Shea and think a lot more of him than some folks do, and I'm certainly a Matt Nichols fan as well, but I'm not going to blindly worship them if they're making bad decisions on the sidelines or playing like dog ****.
Winnipeg fans are the best in Canada if you ask me, but that doesn't mean we should be expected to put up with that kind of stuff from the team we cheer for. Matt Nichols has been great for us, but he hasn't been anything beyond average this year and he shouldn't be the unquestioned leader of our offence at this point, if you ask me. He's the starter but he needs to pick up his level of play or fans (not his coaches, because it's pretty clear they're going to throw the blinders on and ride or die with him this year) are going to start calling for Streveler. I won't start pushing the narrative that Streveler has statistically been better than Nichols this year, even though there's an argument to be made for it, but the one thing I did notice on Friday was that as soon as Streveler went in, our offence had a level of confidence that they hadn't had for the entire game until that point. If that continues to happen, Nichols is going to start getting a lot more boos than what he heard on Friday and if he doesn't like it? Too bad. Play better.
Nichols is being paid big bucks to do his best and take what comes with as much grace as possible. Blaming the fans for hurting his feelings when he was not playing well is not going to endear him to the fans.
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On 2018-08-18 at 10:02 AM, blueingreenland said:
I just read Darren Bauming's tweet (retweeted) about Nichols moving past Jack Jacobs in the all time Bomber passing yardage. You'll never guess who leads the passing efficiency rating stat?
Interesting.
Maybe, stepping back a bit...we need to cut the guy some slack.
The stats are averaged over his Bomber career, but does not address his performance over the past say, 10 games. That would be telling.
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5 hours ago, Sard said:
Actually we stopped them twice, but took a couple of dumba$$ penalties to give them a 2nd shot at it.
So,,,you're saying they scored every time, right?
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2 hours ago, rebusrankin said:
Who? Williams-Lambert and Evans have been playing all year.
Haven't seen much of Williams-Lambert
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Well, that field goal should pretty much decide the game.
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I guess we have to take back all those comments about Collaros being washed up. And the Riders had a practice roster receiver step in and contribute big time- must make Corey Washington wonder
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2 hours ago, NorthernSkunk said:
I almost made a post about the lack of scenery compared to Montreal games.......then yeh they found her lol
Must have been an import.
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Still feels weird to cheer for the Stamps, though.
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2 hours ago, kelownabomberfan said:
Ottawa barely beat Montreal. We should have smoked them.
The problems that were beginning to become evident in the Bomber wins really blew up in the Ottawa game, and Ottawa was slowly improving. Despite Calgary's performance thus far in this game, the Bombers are going to have their best game of the year to win
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Despite the Stamps' implosion last game, the Bombers are going to have their hands full with them. I don't know if, given the current state of affairs in Bomberland, a win is likely, but they have to show they can compete. Another blowout loss would make the locals here very unhappy.