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If an athlete cannot crack the starting lineup in 7 years, it is never gonna happen, no matter what the sport. If he's the best backup McManus can find, that's just sad.

I cannot imagine the misery it would be to sit in the stands for that match-up. I would prefer 3 hours of root canal work, or a colonoscopy- at least you can be numbed for that.

Brohm's stats can't get any more damning than that. If the coaches still believe he can lead the team, there is something terribly, terribly wrong.

Whatever kicks Stoudemire did field, he had virtually no room to move before the Esks were right on top of him.

I've been a Bomber fan for some 40 plus years and I've been there through good seasons and bad. With that experience, it gets easier to see when a team is going though a rough stretch and with little hope for improvement in the short term. By the way, I was complimentary to the 'Cats as well, but they have not been the subject of ridicule in this forum as the Riders have. I was comparing the effort and execution of the Riders to the Bombers in their most recent games, and that is a valid comparison.

We could put up with Brohm having the personality of flatulence in a closed elevator if he had the right stuff, but if he does, he must be saving it for the prom.

The way things look at the moment, the Riders would be rated higher than the Big Blue, even though the Riders haven't won a game to date.

No matter who is the returner, if we don't block better for him, we will get the same result.

Just finished watching the Sask-Hammy game and I was watching the discipline and effort of the Greenies while the Saturday Bomber debacle was still fresh in my memory. As much as we have slagged Chamblin, Taman and company, the Riders played as if they cared about the outcome. Had Glenn not been injured, they might even have won, but the point is that both teams played the game with energy and like they were well coached. The contrast to the Bomber performance of late was stark, and the only conclusion I can draw is that the problems of the team are more of the coaching variety than the talent, and that means we are in for another disasterous season and probably no better than last year, Willy or no Willy.

Worse yet, even though they lost against Toronto, the Lions look like they would have little trouble beating the Bombers, so there ain't no easy two points there, either. O'Shea and company are going to have to pull off a small miracle to win, even with Willy back in, which seems likely.

And by the way: exactly how was Stoudemire better than the returner (Veltung)he replaced?

The real question is: will it make any difference to the outcome of the game against BC?

The real point is that it is not the loss, but how it came about. We have played 5 games and in three of them the team looked incompetent, being humiliated in two of these. To beat an old drum, losses are inevitable but being routed is not. The fourth quarter last night was unacceptable for a team whioh is trying to establish an identity as a contender.

That Chris Jones is quite the despicable little man. And classless. There is absolutely no reason to keep the gas pedal down on offence right until the end, nor sending blitzes when obviously, the game is over. Putz. The reality is that it was a third-string quarterback who did that to us. If the situation were reversed and say, Marve was in there with Willy out and Brohm ineffective (as usual), I would have no problem giving my third stringer all the experience he could stand even if it was already 48-0.

With the offense's lack of effectiveness in the game, it was only a matter of time until the Esks broke away and ran off with the game. Willy's departure was simply a marker as to when the landslide began, and it sure as spit looks like the team has ZERO confidence in Brohm. If that is the case, it is only a matter of time, if it hasn't happened already, that that attitude spreads into disrespecting the coaching staff and we have the Burke/Kelly/Reinbold/Crowton eras all over again.

Wouildn't that be putting too much pressure on Brohm? After all, he apparently said that he hadn't progressed since high school.

If the whole team implodes as soon as a single player (even a starting quarterback) goes down, there is somehting terribly wrong at the heart of the team. And as far as I can see, the heart of the team is the head coach.

Its not one thing right now- its almost everything. Passing, running, kicking, returning kicks, defence, coaching....

Tait and Bauming said he's hurt. And yet Marve was in full unform on the sidelines at every practice. Methinks I detect bovine excrement.

Yes, but if Marve isn't better than Brohm, he has to be worse than Yantz. Now listening to O'Shea trying to polish his turd- apparently the players were "trying to do too much".

Bob Irving says that Marve is 100%

Willy did not look like he could win even before he went down. If Marve isn't better than Brohm, Marve ought to be replaced by jordan Yantz immediately.

It may not be time for O'Shea to be canned, but it is starting to look inevitable.

Injury bug infecting the Stamps- two starting O-linemen and now the best running back in the league.

This is his good game this year.