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There ought to be no surprises for either team. Montreal and the Bombers both know that if Willy gets hammered a few times and/or harrassed, the Als will win. The same is true for Montreal's QB- give him time and he looks to be able to pick the Bomber secondary apart. I thought the Bomber secondary would be the Bomber strength, but it has proven to be one its weakest points. So, run the fourletterwording ball!

That may be a helluva epitaph for Willy and O'Shea.

Again, I think there is a really good reason, and that's that it's going to take time for this defense to come together, and with the new rules in place, it's effecting a lot of teams. I just wanna see baby steps forward and am not expecting monumental things until Labour Day. I am fully willing to be patient with this defense as long as they show even a modicum of improvement from week to week.I think Labour Day will be too late to assess this edition of the Bombers. Last year, we knew by mid-August that the players would be booking flights home in October.

He wouldn't even have been allowed out into the tunnel to stand there and watch the game if there had been any doubt. I suspect that he shouldn't have watched the debacle that was last Thursday's game for fear of emotional trauma plus nausea.

Having worked as an EMT for a few years, the default assumption is that if there is any doubt, the event is to be treated as a concussion until assessed by a doctor otherwise. No doubt that will be the Bomber's position as well, and with this huge lawsuit in progress, I cannot see Willy being allowed to practice, let alone play if there is any doubt.

Knowing Kevin Glenn, I have absolutely no faith that we actually win in 2007 with him at the helm. Revisionist history. I remember the 2007 season clearly, and if Glenn doesn't have his arm broken, we kill the Riders with our defense alone. Hell, they came within 4 points of winning the damn thing with Dinwiddie, and that included an "interception" that actually skipped off the turf and wasn't overturned because no replay yet... [/quote Could have .. should have .. would have .. doesn't matter. "Close" only counts with horseshoes and hand grenades. And nuclear warfare.

The Bombers will have no excuse if they lose this one. They were humiliated in their own stadium last game, they ought to be as healthy as all getout, the coaches have had time to compensate for the blitzes, and Montreal has a lot of key injuries. If the Bombers lose, it will be bad news for morale, and if they are soundly beaten again, all sorts of alarms bells should be going off.

Probably for the same reason there are any supplemental drafts at all - a guy wants to get a job in the CFL and his chances greatly improve if he's declared a NI and he didn't get his supporting documentation in in time for the most recent draft and he doesn't want to wait a year for the next draft. Having two is an oddity, but the reasons are probably exactly the same as when there is one. He missed the draft, then he missed the supplemental draft. My early scouting report: he misses things. Makes sense... you'd think if a guy misses the draft AND the supplemental draft he'd be SOL till next year... also thanks for not pointing out my horrifying grammar error We must be sure to speke (and rite) gooder Inglish.

Could this terse reporting be a reaction to the closed-mouth approach of our current head coach who talks but usually really says nothing?

The thing I hate about statements like the ones you're making, is you make it seem like they WANT to lose. Like they aren't trying as hard as they can to win, and doing everything they can to win. You don't think these guys are desperate to win?? What more can they do than everything possible...??This is the problem in a nutshell- if you think that the players did as good as they could against Hamilton, the team is in big trouble. Hey, you changed his wording from "trying as hard as they can" to "players did as good as they could." No fair. Because there is a difference. There may be a shading of difference, but if so, it is minute. If this is the best the players can do, we are still hooped. What is it? Are the players not good enough? Was it a bad game plan? Are the players not listening?

The thing I hate about statements like the ones you're making, is you make it seem like they WANT to lose. Like they aren't trying as hard as they can to win, and doing everything they can to win. You don't think these guys are desperate to win?? What more can they do than everything possible...?? This is the problem in a nutshell- if you think that the players did as good as they could against Hamilton, the team is in big trouble.

A BIG loss for the Alouettes- Woods was as good as any middle linebacker in the league and better than most.

Everyone is playing zone so far this year in their base defense. It's pretty much impossible to play the man/match coverages when you can't run receivers into "checkpoints" downfield and toss them off their routes without it being called a penalty. The Bombers problem is in their front. Agreed. We are getting almost zero pressure on the QB's. The main reason why Hamilton dominated Willy (after that first drive) and then Brohm was that they dominated in the pass rush and residually controlled the run game with that pressure and the score. Until we get some consistent pressure we could have Roy Bennett, Rod Hill, James Jefferson, and Vince Phason back there and we'd still look silly. So far, on defense, IMO the biggest disappointment has been Westerman. Has he even made a tackle yet? Is he even playing? I don't even see him when the bombers D is on the field. While Westerman has not made anyone forget Doug Brown, there's lots of blame to go around. If none of his linemates can consistently break through in one-on-ones then the opposition can put two on Westerman and that's the end of that. If memory serves, the biggest pressure last year came when Teague Sherman blitzed from his outside linebacker spot. Maybe we could name this lot "Four on the Floor".

But but but...wasn't it all Richie Hall's fault. wasn't it?

Does anyone except me wonder why the heck the coaches didn't call a time out when the Hamilton blitzes were coming on every other play and fix whatever wasn't happening properly? Heck, that should have been done when the Bomber offence wasn't on the field (which was a lot).

In today's Freep Doug Brown held forth on this subject- apparently this vulnerability existed last year as well and teams exploited it to make life miserable for the Bomber QB's. Apart from O-line talent (or lack thereof) which coach bears the responsibility for this?

Yup. At some point, often-injured athletes have to think about their lives after football and whether they want to be able to go for walks with their kids and not be in pain every moment.

As I've made clear I'm no fan of Brohm, but on the other hand, it could also be a credit to the coaching in Montreal for Cato's success by good game-planning, while Brohm's poor performance was based in the bad play-calling of our OC. Brohm was bad, but the plays he was forced to run were just awful too. We'd sure as spit better hope it was a spectacular, unexpected performance by a rookie quarterback. The alternative, that it was largely due to the Alouette coaches cooking up a really good game plan, means that we have a really inept coaching staff.

Willy states that he was not unconscious at any point, he has total recall and in the interview, his affect is normal and his speech is linear, so he looks OK. Whether anything else will pop up during the week is anyone's guess, as is the decision as to if he will start or play next game. No doubt there will an abundance of caution.

That's just the kind of comment that led to the demise (or near demise) of OB.com. Too many ppl who knew too much who took their ball to a "more knowledgeable" forum. Don't think so. I know why I gave up on "our bombers", and it had nothing to do with the people that were thinking they were more knowledgeable. I don't want to see a bunch of threads about "O'Stubborn" and some of the other silly stuff that proliferated in the last few days. And I'm not "knowledgeable" I have no problem accepting that there are people who know a lot more about football than I do. Fortunately there are quite a few of them posting at this site. I appreciate reading the opinions of people that know something about what they're discussing. How anyone here can know whether or not Mike O'Shea is stubborn is beyond me. Well said! I don't mind new posters at all. But when you start a thread and it's very title is essentially an insult to the HC of the team whose forum you're on. Well I wouldn't expect a lot of positive replies. Also it's friggin weak 2. It certainly was.

You talking about the "erotic" blitz's? Sort of. If we introduced nudity for our O-line, it would probably distract onrushing players but you would have to stick with shotgun snaps for the center or else....

Perhaps we could try Gbill's suggestion and introduce a more....physical approach by our D-linemen and linebackers.

There will be no credible excuse for the Bombers losing to Montreal, if it comes to that. A loss would mean at least a couple of new faces in the lineup shortly thereafter accompanied by the sound of cracking ice under our head coach's feet.

BTW: Welcome back, Bluto. Good to see a familiar face or avatar, for that matter.

Wow. Harris looks very good. The coaches in Toronto must be wondering if Rcky Ray has a place in the Argo lineup.