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MOS will have to see film on Davis first. There is a completely sane reason. If Toronto beats BC and Edmonton beats Montreal next weekend, it will come down to week 20, the final week. They will play to win at that point...although I cannot see them winning. You have spoken heresy and will be pilloried here. Fantasy is so much more fun than reality.

At the beginning of the season, I thought that overall, the team had improved, but as the season draws to a sad close, the inescapable conclusion is that the team is a little better here, a little worse there but in total about the same. That has very little to do with money but mostly to do with the people in charge not doing their jobs well enough.

OK, but if they are back, and you don't take the year off, will you change your handle to backtracker? Touche'- but stay tuned to see.

I know a guy who was so despondent over the Bomber seasons that he determined to end it all by drinking brake fluid. But then he decided to stop.

I agree, that a loss is a loss in the standings. But if the team is playing hard, in the game for 4 quarters, and has a chance to win at the end, I enjoy the game. Falling down 20 points and then bringing the score close in garbage time is not a game I like to watch. Yup. I watched enough reruns in summer. It gets boring and irritating after awhile.

There is no sane reason for Davis to not see the field now that mathematics is the only indicator that the Bombers might be in the post-season. But I won't be surprised if he doesn't.

O'Shea has proven that he can neither manage a game well enough to win consistently, and his record of choices in assistant coaches is as bad as his win/loss record. He cannot point to one part of his job description as having met or exceeded expectations.

I'm not sure if money lies at the heart of this mess. We are bound by the same salary cap as other teams, but even though that does not cover administrative and coaching staff, it seems that it comes down to choosing the right people for the right positions. All of our coaching and scouting staff need to be looked at long and hard and even our GM needs to be challenged as to why he ought to still be here.

Would this get anyone extensions? if you mean hair extensions, then yes. otherwise......

You don't consider Darvin Adams as a premier receiver? I think he has done pretty well, considering the quarterbacking we've had this year. The other lacks, I agree with.

I'm not sure if Hall can be solely blamed for the losses and inconsistent play of the defence. The defence has been the only bright spot this year and we would have had a record like the Riders if he wasn't there. We are missing about three good defensive linemen and a dominant middle linebacker, so Hall has had to try to make do with what he has on hand, which is sort of OK, but far from great.

Well, there is Antabuse. If you do drink, the effect is produces is exactly the same as paying $60.00 for a ticket to watch the Bombers lose.

Joe Zaleski did. Actually he had a worse record than O'Shea's first two years. Bomber organization stuck with him for a third year and were rewarded with 3-12-1 season. I stand corrected, but still: QED

This mess has to be placed at O'Shea's feet. He chose his own set of assistants and so far the offensive, defensive, special teams and O-line coaches has been exposed as bad choices. O'Shea is probably a good guy and loves his dog and may be beloved by his players, but the results are just not there. You can call for continuity, as a good thing, but continuity means more of the same, and this is not close to being satisfactory. No rookie head coach has ever survived this sort of horrible first two years, and for good reason.

Any team can have a bad game or series of losses, but this is a pattern that has extended for two years under this coaching regime (with a couple of tweaks).

If either of these clowns is back next year as anything other than stadium ushers, I will be taking the year off from following them. I went to a couple of games this year (they lost both games) and I will not stand witness to another season of debacles.

That was one of the strangest calls in a series of strange call this year and last. Ottawa was killing the Bombers with their running and with lightweights on the D-line, Ottawa burned up the clock and got first downs at will in that last drive.

When he gets time he's okay, when things break down though, he becomes a liability. The frustration on his face at the lack of protection speaks volumes as to how bad the oline is. Bryant Turner probably had his worst day as a pro today, seriously January could have performed as well this season as he did. Nichols sacked 6 times today and a couple-three of those were bone-rattlers. That has to affect Nichols' enthusiasm.

This game against a middling team showed the whole Bomber team for what it is- not good enough in any area. The defence was handled for the most part and couldn't stop Ottawa when it counted and whoever decided to put lightweights in the middle should be given a good thrashing. Its not a tuneup for next year, its another (sigh) overhaul.

For some reason, Bryant Turner decided to come to play today.

Berry may not have been on his players' Christmas card lists, but he was the last winning coach we had, and he didn't have an All-star quarterback, either. This has come up here before, but there are a lot of winning coaches in many sports who were not beloved by their players- Tom Landry, and Scotty Bowman to name a couple. And we've had a couple of coaches who were well-liked by their players but disasters on the scoreboard. Kevin Glenn was a finalist for MOP and Eastern All-Star in 2007. Berry was the last winning head coach but his record here was 1 game over .500 No one has ever accused Glenn of being an all-star, and one game over .500 would look pretty good these days.

Jennings looks to be able to sideline Lulay permanently. Strange, though, how Glenn could be in Montreal for two weeks and pick up an offense enough to shine, but our QBs can hang around for months/years and still not be ready to play. Strange.

Harris has been pancaked.Ouch.

Glenn is doing as well as I expected him to. His style- quick looks and quick tosses interspersed with runs and the occasional long bomb to keep the DBs honest is very similar to Calvillo's. He is a stopgap for a year, maybe two while they groom Cato who looks to have the tools, not the experience as yet.

Why do you consistently rank us behind the riders when evidence shows contrary to that belief? The bottom-feeders were not ranked. BTW, you are in error when you say I continually rank the Bombers lower than the Riders, although the past ten years' performance would support that the Bombers have been demonstrably worse. When the Riders flub, its good for a chuckle or two, but I care enough about the Big Blue to give a damn.