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I will be interested to see when Durant actually suits up. His injury was severe enough that his fine motor control and arm stamina ought to take some time yet before he is in game shape and competitive.

In his Freep column today, Doug Brown said that it would make sense to play Marve for the next couple of games to showcase him. Brown believes that Marve's biggest value to the team is as a tradeable asset. Brown sees Marve as having a set of skills that make him ideal for the CFL, and that more than one team would be interested enough in Marve to offer real value in exchange. We are going to find out how aggressive Walters is prepared to be in rebuilding the team and how rigid O'Shea is in how he plans to run the team.

And Lawless also wrote that O'Shea has a volcanic temper and was likely to lose it on the sidelines. What the heck- one out of two ain't bad. Maybe O'Shea is on Librium.

I wouldn't cry myself to sleep (too much) if Bellefeuille was gone after this season as I am not sure if he had enough talent to work with, but Etcheverry has to go as soon as possible. I hope O'Shea and Walters have short-listed candidates for DC already, but if O'Shea is as stubborn as he has seemed to be this year, they both may be back. Brrrr.

We don't know if Willy is uncomfortable and/or ineffective as a roll-out QB, so there is that.

In the FreeP today, Lawless described O'Shea as very stubborn. It may have served o"Shea well in the past as a player or even as an assistant coach, but as a head coach, if he has difficulty seeing that he is wrong when he obviously is, it will not go well for him or the team. Determination is a great asset, but not if it turns into rigidity.

Fire Mack again. If that doesn't work, fire Burke as well.

And hand grenades. Was just about to say that .. And don't forget about nuclear warfare

Not very freakin' often, and Fitz seems to have pretty good hands.

Depressing, it is. Screwed, we are.

Welcome. If you can hang in through all the current misery, you ought to be ecstatic when we actually start winning consistently. Hopefully, that is not too far off.

As great as it was to see a back break tackles and make TD's, we won't know how good Cotton can be until we have a decent O-line and the scores in games are close enough that running the ball is an option. The O-line wasn't great last night by any means, but it was a heck of a lot better than it has been, so we have hope. BC will be forewarned and may prove tougher to run against, so I hope we will see Cotton catch a few swing passes.

The two-back set is not much of an option due to the horrible play of the O-line so the extra man is needed to shore up the blocking. A good old-school tight end could help with the blocking and even leak out into the flats for outlet passes to slow the rush once in awhile.

Its due to lack of talent, injuries and having a dolt for a defensive coach.

You don't really want to know the answer to that, do you?

Daniles not bad at all, but Goossen was beaten pretty soundly more than once, but that's the price you pay to gain experience.

Marve has the tools and the grit to do well in this league, but I am still concerned about his running with those wonky knees. Wouldn't put all my eggs in that basket.

If we play as well against BC next week as we did against Calgary, We have a good chance of beating them.

The best coaches have the best quarterbacks- makes me wonder what Berry or even LaPolice could have done with a decent QB.

Watching videos and practicing is all well and good, but there is no substitution for live fire experience, so lets get Goossen his. Waht's the worst that can happen- our QB gets sacked and we lose the game? Been there, done that.

Grigsby's tenure won't last long, so- no big deal here.

Sellers was the size of 3 running backs. Well then, do we have any linemen who are quick enough that they do not have to be timed in the 40 with a calendar?

Stepping away from the vitriol here for the moment, it seems to me that things started going downhill for this year's team when the O-line performance started to deteriorate about game six. I think O'Shea, Belllefeuille and Walters bear responsibility for not realizing or not reacting better to the problems there when they were becoming painfully obvious to almost everyone. Losing Moore was even more damaging because it happened at the same time Willy was becoming worn down by the beating he was taking, and finally, opposing offensive coaches figured out how to beat Etch's defence. Etch's defence worked until the weaknesses in the D-line and linebackers became obvious and all the stunts and confusication stopped fooling everyone.

We're playing for respect today, and for many, an invite to training camp next year. I'm hoping that Brohm looks able to handle the pressure and that maybe we will get to see Marve in game conditions. To earn the respect, we will have to hold Calgary to less than 100 yards rushing, and less than 250 passing. I have no illusions about winning the game, but maybe the O-line will look better and our receivers will look at least average, giving Brohm some quick-look targets in the short and intermediate zones. Oh yes, and 2 or fewer sacks.

Willy is the starter, and on a team with a decent O-line and running game, his team would be talking a Grey Cup run, so no controversy. But if the o-line is as porous as it has been, leaving him in would be just silly. We're done for the year. Willy has more 300 yard passing yards games than any other QB, and has nothing to prove, but Brohm and Marve do.