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As much fun as it is to gloat over the Riders' implosion, lets not get to feeling too smug until we have a couple of years of being over .500 and going deep into the playoffs. I am happy to see the Riders get beaten by a team with pathetic quarterbacking, but we have more than enough work on our part to be a contender and there are some serious questions about the coaching here that have to be resolved before we can move forward with confidence that next year will be a lot better than this one. Last year at this time, if we had been offered Sunseri, we probably would have taken him over Willy -Sunseri looked that good. Then the wheels fell of Sunseri completely and Taman, who had every right to think that Sunseri would have been ready to step in for Durant, got caught with his pants down when Sunseri failed. Taman deserves to be criticized for not realizing earlier in the season that Sunseri and whomever they had as the #3 QB were just not good enough and not bringing in someone to shore up the deficit. But damned few teams can survive their #1 9and pretty good) quarterback being knocked out for the year, and the Bombers look to have some talent in the bullpen.

There is a big difference between attacking the man and criticizing his work, and Etcheverry has left himself very much open to having his body of work criticized. Agreed that stats can be twisted, but no matter how you look at it, the Bomber defence collapsed for the same reasons that Etcheverry's defences have collapsed in the past. The surest way to prove that you understand the current situation is to be able to predict the future of that situation, and many here predicted exactly how Etcheverry's defence would unravel over the course of the season. Complaining that we just didn't have the right kind of people on defence doesn't cut it- it would be little short of insane thinking to keep on trying to do the same thing when it isn't working for whatever reason. If a manager cannot adapt his/her strategy to take into account the people he/she actually has as opposed to those wished for in an ideal universe, then incompetence is at work. A musician who can play only one song doesn't survive (C&W music excepted).

I disagree with you, Rod. its the 99% that give the others a bad name.

Gotta agree with this- Ottawa's bigger problem was not the O-line, but receivers, and NI receivers at that, so it would make sense for Ottawa to take Demski. But Desjardins has defied logic before.

I could see Taman going hard after Brohm. Not beforehand?

Lawlessmust have burned a number of bridges with that BS speculation. Nothing new for him, I suppose.

In it on paper only.

Isn't that a little young to be drafted?

There is no joy in Mudville- the mighty Riders have struck out.

Yup. Not at all surprised on these.. Mea culpa. Mea maxima culpa.

If the Riders had an actual quarterback, they could win this thing.

Ouch. That sack had to hurt Reilly,

More like a mega-dose of Lunestra.

Can't see either team providing more than token resistance to Calgary (and I'm not talking about pot).

Its not a penalty if you don't get caught.

You must have a pretty sad sex life. LOL!When I started dating again after being alone for three years, I didn't even remember who got to tie who up first. Are you Jian Ghomeshi? You are confusing B&D with S&M. I don't have enough money or sycophants to be Ghomeshi.

You must have a pretty sad sex life. LOL! When I started dating again after being alone for three years, I didn't even remember who got to tie who up first.

You must have a pretty sad sex life.

And Saskatchewan narrowly avoids embarrassment.

Barely.

I wonder, after watching the BC-Montreal game, O'Shea still thinks that the running game is irrelevant?

So, are you saying the Als had a little Divine Intervention on their behalf helping out today? How else could you explain this debacle? Snow is just another form of water, and I definitely saw Crompton walking on top of it so......

Anyone else notice that Crompton looks like he could audition for the role of Jesus in Godspell?

I would take Khari over all other candidates for offensive coordinator or whatever they are called now. I can see Khari becoming a head coach in a couple of years.

If we get our two wayward NI draft picks who are pining away down south to come home, everything changes