13 minutes ago, Mark F said:

what will the fans think if Macho gets his spot back?

can't lose a starting job cause of injury is one of the truisms of football opinionators

I know what I will think, and it will not be kind to O'Shea. Harris sounds like a good guy to have on the team, but any time you can replace an import with an equal or better Canuck, that's a no-brainer.

It would be great if the Bombers can steam-roll the Argos rather than edging them out. The Argos are a weakened team and should be very beatable.

17 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

They have this thing called a practice roster. The issue is nobody on the Rider's staff can count. They thought they had ten guys.

The whole thing is quite understandable, really. The Riders are so bad at math that they cannot even tell the difference between 12 and 13, so numbers higher than that really addle them.

Yet somehow, they are still in the game.

Esks should still be able to comfortably walk all over Montreal. The Als are hurting and wracked with internal problems. Ain't nobody happy there.

I think the proper penalty would be a loss of salary cap double what the Riders spent off the books. And that ought to be applied this year.

The 'lack of talent" argument goes only do far. O'Shea has made a lot of mistakes in assessing and using talent, choosing subordinates and managing the team on-field that his future should be far from certain here.

4 minutes ago, Mark F said:

bifurcated

That sounds painful.

1 hour ago, iso_55 said:

I feel bad for you. It's getting past the point of stupidity. I'll say this here as I've said this about the Bombers in the past. Jones was an experienced HC but a rookie when it comes to building & managing a team. Murphy seemed like the next up & coming GM but under Jones isn't as disciplined as he was under Hufnagel. Together they are inexperienced with no one to reign them in so  huge mistakes are happening. We saw that here with the Bombers under Mike Kelly & Joe Mack & it set the team back years. But even under the unhinged Kelly we've never seen what is happening with the Riders now. Rider fans should be asking what the hell is going on instead of being upset with Bo Levi Mitchell.

I also feel for Ripper and most Rider fans. The team we love and follow can`t win every game, or even compete in every game, but real fans want their team to conduct itself with fair play and dignity. The Murphy/Jones cabal is not only failing to win, it is opening the Riders to ridicule and condemnation. Those of us who still wake up screaming from nightmares of the debacles of the Mike Kelly regime know your frustration, anger and pain. And yours is just beginning.

 

Both teams are so much changed that its hard to guess who looks better on paper or on the field. Its a crapshoot, but we ought to be competitive.

30 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

http://www.draftinsider.net/reports/2013/ILB/Andy-Mulumba

"Expected to transition to linebacker at the next level. Fluid moving about the field, easily gets outside the numbers to chase the action, and shows ability in pursuit."

" Easily controlled at the point of attack by a single blocker. Marginal pass rushing skills."

1 sack in 22 nfl games, 4.5 in 2 years of college. thats 5.5 sacks in 46 games.

Has any one watched him play in college or in the nfl? He went to the nfl as a very raw guy with great natural ability. His skill set is similar to henoc muamba but better. Hes big for a mlb, but he easily has the quickness for it. 

Bass is improving game by game I would trade him for Mulumba in a heartbeat.

The Rider defence of "well, everyone does it" is laughable. Try that in traffic court the next time you get tagged for speeding.

25 minutes ago, WBBFanWest said:

Doesn't protect the "supporters" though.  Can't just hire Americans just because you feel like it.

You don't have to "hire" them....there are other ways to slip money to these players. Still, is a crime not a crime if it is done only a few times as opposed to many times? Whose hands are clean, and does the degree of cheating determine if it is cheating or not?

1 hour ago, Pete Catan's Ghost said:

Scott Mitchell further states that his sources have told him that the Riders have two houses where these types of players are being housed.

Houses of ill repute no doubt.

4 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:

 

Awfully decent of them to take in the homeless and indigent.

1 minute ago, iso_55 said:

Pre Practice squad? Jones... what a great choice to manage & coach the Riders.

Ummmm. our choices for GM and head coaches, not to mention assistant coaches haven`t been beyond questioning for while, either.

Some people will go to any lengths....

58 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

 

Darrin Bauming Retweeted

Drew Edwards

 

✔ @scratchingpost

Some levity from #Ticats Kent Austin in explaining his absence yesterday. "I had to get a lobotomy. You'd think after the last game, right?"

Kent Austin??? A sense of ha-ha??? CFL's  Kent Austin???

18 minutes ago, Mike said:

This isn't the military.

But group dynamics are group dynamics everywhere.

He may not measure up down there......

1 hour ago, 17to85 said:

Oh that's easy to get back. Make plays and that comes back right away. The hard part is for Willy to regain confidence in the team cause that's the biggest problem with him right now. He doesn't trust them to help him out. But that's something else that can come back I think. Given the good things that have happened the last 2 games it brings up everyone's confidence level. A rising tide floats all ships. 

I do not think it is that simple. In military Command School, if an officer or NCO screws up so badly that the troops stop respecting him/her, that person is moved out soonest possible. Command presence means that the subordinates execute without thinking or over-thinking their assignments. If they do not believe that they are not being directed in such as way as to give the best chance of success, they start free-lancing or hesitating, and things go rapidly downhill from there. You may have had such a boss who was neither trusted nor respected.

41 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Compromise, Walters digs out his big brass balls and summons Willy to his office prior to game #10 puts a gun to his head and demands that he stop stealing food from the mouth of Clarence Denmark's baby(ies).  Chop chop problem solved, takes the spotlight off Willy and a ridiculous contract that makes him the highest paid backup in the history of the CFL.  Like it or not Willy will be working for drastically less money from this point onward, he had his chance to grasp the golden ring and fumbled it under the lights at center field.

This scenario is the best one that Willy can hope for, short of Nichols blowing a tire and Willy coming out of his coma to light up the scoreboard. However, if Willy has lost the confidence of the team, I'm not sure if he can get it back.

1 hour ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Can't wait to see what our OL looks like with Foketi.  IMO Hardrick is the worst of the import OL.  

The NFL scouting report describes Foketi as loaded with potential and a sleeper but in need of coaching and experience.

1 hour ago, bearpants said:

oh sorry, I didn't read your post very well... I thought you were saying the callers were defending Willy with his stats... that's odd that Doug and Knuckles would do that... thanks

Not that unusual. CJOB is the house organ of the Bombers and their only claim to relevance over 1290 radio. If they get into bad-mouthing the Bombers, suddenly they would find their phone calls not being returned and players becoming loath to talk to them.

2 hours ago, yogi said:

I seem to remember the team sucking just as hard under Nichols last year as they did under Willy. Why are some of you trying to rewrite history and present Nichols as our teams savior and Willy as wet garbage? If Nichols was hot **** he would have been playing week 1, he had a large enough sample size to prove himself. 

You'd all make terrible GM's

And the Offensive Coordinator in 2015 when the team was sucking so badly was....?