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The O'Shea supporters here have pretty much given up defending him and O'Shea's mien on the sidelines in the last two games (and the last one in particular) indicates that he has given up as well. He is going through the motions, but he is a dead man walking and he knows it.

Hall is the only coach who has shone this year, so if he thinks that Hurl is or will be a good MLB, I would give him the benefit of any doubt.

It would not speak well for Walters if he dogged it in the last few weeks of his regime if he is planning to leave. I will assume that he is going to earn his pay to the end, whenever that might be.

Bilukidi arriving in Winnipeg in the next couple of weeks could save Walters' job- if Walters still wants to be here. Can't see him being of any help this year unless we make the playoffs (snort). My money is on Walters bolting.

I also find it amusing to see how many people take things at face value. And "off field issues" could be anything, including my theory.And ya, O'Shea is nothing but forthcoming with the media So explain to me exactly how the conspiracy that you put forward actually helps the Bombers in any way. A player has been released from the PR. It's done all the time for any number of reasons across the league. How do you think that lying about the reason would help the Bombers? I think that, given the fact that the league is so small and that eventually, other teams would find out the "real" reason, the Bombers would be taking a huge risk of looking like complete and total jackasses, willing to say anything, to lie about the reasons for releasing someone when they had no good reason to do so. In that case, how do you think they'd be viewed across the league? But hey, I get it, conspiracy plots are way more fun that the boring old facts. Personally, I heard that Miller ordered it because the real reason that Boyd was released was that he found out what the secret ingredient in booster juice is and he was getting ready to tell the world. Soylent something or other... Moreso than they have in the past couple of years?

Agreed. The only question is the degree and timing of the change(s).

Hall is bright and personable and his defence has been the only bright spot this year despite a weak D-line, but his record when a head coach wasn't great, if memory serves. There may have been extenuating factors but if so, I don't know what they would have been.

Nah. Klezmer or nothing. Or 20 minutes of nose flute solos.

When was the last time that there were three such horribly inept teams in the league? The commissioner ought to disqualify all three in disgust.

So after watching the Montreal debacle does anyone still want to rush to Glenn's defense? Yeah there were more problems than just him but he was pretty crap all on his own. It was a first game after two practices. Lets wait until next game to pass judgement.

It is also possible that he didn't like the circus here- inept coaching and passive management. And in Montreal, there's always Rue St.Catherine's. But this doesn't quite jibe with the Bombers pronouncement of "off-field issues". More like a rodent abandoning what he sees as a sinking ship.

TWO.....PROGRESSIVE......YEARS??????

Dead on. If the Bombers are going to make the changes as they ought to, they should be making that decision right now, even if it is not going to be announced until later. Otherwise, we are looking at leftovers again. Time to go shopping.

You mentioned 9 linebackers (listed) and 1 backup receiver. Explain why this was a roster management no no. Serious question.Cause our offense sucks and we are playing Stoudemire as one of our REC? Like WTF? EXACTLY.

I vote for Gino Vanelli or Jian Gomishi.

I seem to recall the pattern that if it comes down to close race between and offensive and defensive players for the CFL MOP awards it will go to the offensive players almost every time.

There is a point to firing Bellefeuille soonest possible- it sends a long overdue message that incompetence has consequences and in reality, a nutless monkey could lose games as OC.

For those who continue to support O'Shea's continued presence as head coach- what has he done exceptionally well to deserve a stay of execution? Win-loss record? Nope. Smart choice of underlings? Nope. Assessment of player talent? Nope. Roster management? Nope. Inspiring sideline presence? Nope. Making changes to player personnel before crisis? Nope.

There was nothing wrong with Wild's long-snapping, but he was getting pulped by the opposing tackle.

And who made those decisions, as well as choosing Etch and the now-departed ST coach?

Wild has the athleticism and instincts to play MLB, he may be a tad too small to play the position, particularly if he is expected to long-snap as well. Our best hope is that Bilikudi will show up, and that is no certainty.

The team won/loss record can be argued as irrelevant to assessing O'Shea, but the other things that cannot be dismissed so easily are O'Shea's record in choosing subordinates, player assessment and game management. All have been very poor and, when added to O'Shea's record, make a compelling case for a change in the head coach position.

O'Shea's and Bellefeuille's game management continue to be a puzzlement. O'Shea on the sidelines looked about as energetic as a funeral director. We can carp about Nichols all we want, and he deserves criticism but the problems start at the top.

Exactly. i would even say the Redblacks Canadian content was ahead of ours after the draft, which is embarrassing. I cannot concede that starting a team from scratch is an easier task than taking over an existing but gibbled one. We are here because we haven't been as good in signing imports and free agents and also because of some very questionable coaching. We simply haven't done our homework as well as most of the other teams in the CFL, and that has to change.

(Moan) The faithful cannot stomach another blowout, and one at the hands of the RedBlacks would be devastating. If we get butt-kicked tonight, we might as well concede the remaining games and call it a season.