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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".

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".

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.

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.

yup.

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.

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.

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.

Disagree. It proves that nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently determined fool.

Another sad example of how talent and brains do not always come in the same package.

True, but once you get past Dressler and maybe Denmark, the pickings were pretty slim. Not too many all-stars.

Well, there is a 'Stones tribute band in England whose best number is "Hey, MacLeod, get offa my ewe".

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

WBB -- "(Sam Hurl) is trying to take (his leadership) to another level and I think he's doing a great job." ▶️ow.ly/kPs630dJGiG ?‍? Now would be the time, I guess, to insert my finding on Hurl's last game... ?‍?It isn't very often you see, or don't see, a stat that shows a team’s MLB doesn't register a single tackle in a game. Unfortunately, this has just happened with the Blue Bombers and their MLB. Anyone notice that they used the term "another level" and not "higher level". Verrry interestink....

And your point is.........?

I liked the part where she referred to "my Canada". I've heard way worse- Roseanne Barr's mangling of the US anthem is as bad as it could possibly get. With a crotch grab thrown in for good measure.

I'm sure this will be on The National tonight.

I beg to differ about Calgary looking like a juggernaut- they've played well enough to win most games but (IMO) they have been sloppy and beatable by a good team. Lets see how they do against BC and Edmonton.

By my recollection, he wasn't embarrassed too badly in the Toronto game, mostly because they didn't pick on him too much- to my surprise.

So, Ottawa wins its first game of the season.