TrueBlue4ever

What a shock. 40 minutes into the season and you want Maurice and Wheeler gone. What, did they steal your lunch money in grade school?

Power play doing everything but scoring. Chance #4 coming up.

Well, we could run him out of town. Like we did with another kicker who set a club record for accuracy in his rookie year, and then got turfed the following season when the average dipped. Went elsewhere and re-found his game with a new team, became an all-star and then went on to the NFL. Went by the name of Hajrullahu or something. Remind me again who everyone is now begging management to bring back? Be careful what you wish for.

At least a couple of them do. And if you believe the rumour, one of the Jets’ married players got involved with an ice girl and left town in a trade later.

I love this idea. Want to see how the average armchair kicker handles the boos when they miss one, or gets 12 pages of hate speech on MBB describing how useless they are. O’Shea is keeping him for now, has identified the issue as an alignment one that is being worked on. Like it or not, he is the coach, and to quote the movie Moneyball, he is the man, he answers to no one but management and God. And given where he pulled this club from and where they are in the league at this moment, he’ll get my patience and acceptance if not my thunderous applause and unwavering approval at this time.

Also if you know what you are drafting for. Canadian players are supplemental pieces. I don’t want this to sound like a slight, but your starting QB, best receiver, best linebacker, top defensive back, dominant end rusher, even best o-lineman are now going to be American. Even with the current fad of Canadian running backs, it was not always this way. And the league is now shifting to American kickers. So trying to land a Canadian star at a glamour position is unlikely, and viewing the draft as a means to turn your organization around in one fell swoop with a franchise player is not reality. The draft is for long term depth building for the most part. It requires patience from upper management and tolerance from fans. Let’s not forget that it took Miller, Walters, O’Shea and co. 6 years and more than a few failures before they climbed the mountain, and on more than one occasion fans screamed for their heads, right up until we beat Calgary in the West semi. That patience has allowed us to (for now) be a team with long term success and not just a flash in the pan. Their draft strategy is a sign of that long term thinking and patience. Not every club approaches it that way or has that luxury.

I actually am on the same page as you with the karma thing. Keep your head down, keep the bragging to zero. One of the less endearing things about this site for me is the noise about our greatness and other teams’ suckiness. But it comes with the territory, and there is much more good on MBB than bad.

That’s surprising given that you want to, in your own words, “piss on everyone from the top of the mountain” now that the Bombers are on top and you can exact revenge for the last 29 years. Seems like you would enjoy the sparring with rival fans rather than just sitting and watching the game quietly. But to each his own. Hopefully you are still able to do your thing while others do theirs. I go to watch the game too and not mingle in the end zone, but they don’t get on my way and they bring in extra revenue for the club, so the entertainment side does not detract from my watching on any way. If your section is too rowdy maybe try moving seats to a more staid area.

Then go by your Moose season tickets and enjoy that rather than ripping on the big club. 😉

When you go to Bomber games do you sit in your seat and no nothing but watch the game? Or do you hang out at the Rum Hut? Who loved the racing dogs, the cheerleaders, the giant inflatable ball race? Do you enjoy the Hardrick hop? All of this is entertainment to draw new eyes when the game alone does not sell anymore. And it’s not just Americans who do it. Adding entertainment does not turn a franchise into a joke you can’t take seriously. Vegas has shown by the product on the ice that they are very serious about hockey and building a winning culture. The extra stuff is about providing fans entertainment value for their money. You want a joke franchise that is destroying a once serious hockey market? Look at Buffalo. Adapt or die.

Why in such a rush to get him to the NHL? Let him develop so when he arrives there are less hiccups. Keep his salary under control for a bit longer. Ville Heinola today is not the difference between a Stanley Cup and a lottery spot.

OK, so we don’t trust Mourtada right now. But maybe should we trust O’Shea and his judgment?

Funny that Mike O’Shea says he blocks the internet for the players (OK, not really, but he tells them NOT to read their press clippings, both good and bad) so that they don’t hear all the outside noise and just get down to business on their own. And no culture problem here. Any player worth anything shouldn’t need the internet to tell them how they are doing to get their internal motivation.

Already calculated all of this. This is current and accurate going into Week 11. Had Montreal lost to Ottawa yesterday we would have clinched. But quite simply, a win on Friday and we are in the playoffs. See below for the breakdown: So we have 16 points now. Calgary and BC can tie us in points and be ahead of us in the standings provided they win the season series. Saskatchewan and every Eastern team needs to get to 17 points minimum to pass us. Edmonton and Ottawa already cannot pass us based on the tiebreaking rules. So, although they have not mathematically clinched a crossover playoff spot yet, for the Bombers to miss the playoffs ALL of the the following needs to happen: - Bombers lose every game from here on out, including to Calgary by 3 or more points and to BC by 22 or more points. - Edmonton loses every game from here on out - Ottawa loses every game from here on out - Other than games involving Winnipeg, Edmonton, orOttawa, the remaining 6 teams must all get exactly these records in games against each other for all of them to finish ahead of Winnipeg: Sask: 1-1-1 Cal: 2-1 BC: 2-2 Tor: 1-2-1 Ham: 2-1-1 Mtl: 0-1-1 The odds of all of that happening are so small that I cannot compute it To simplify things, no matter what else happens, if the Bombers win one more game they clinch a West playoff spot. Win 2 and they clinch a home playoff date. If one of those two wins is against BC, or even if they lose to BC by 20 points or less but still win 2 games, they will finish number 1 in the West. So they can clinch top spot in the West within 2 weeks.

Just wanted to put your mind at ease. Who cares when the CFL figures it out, just want us to start the playoff prep as soon as possible. We all good.

The Bombers will officially clinch THIS week if they win. It is a mathematical impossibility for them not to, even if the next game involving Calgary and Sask is in the future. But I get what you are saying about how the league does these things. They won’t put the “X” in until next week’s game, but they could and should after this Friday if the Bombers win. But 4D chess has never been their strong suit, just look at video review.

Refs don’t share your imagination. They save all of their imagination for the replay booth when trying to conjure up an explanation for their decisions.

Yes, but even if Calgary wins, they still play Saskatchewan next week. If they lose then, then they go to six losses. If the Riders lose that game, they go to 5 losses and we would be 9-5 with the season series against them. So either way one of Calgary or Sask can’t pass us. All we need is a win and no matter what else happens we clinch a playoff spot.

The Calgary game is irrelevant. Since Calgary plays Sask again, if the Stamps lose that game they have 6 losses and cannot catch a Winnipeg team with 9 wins. If Sask loses they have 5 losses and lose the tiebreaker with Winnipeg based on the season series. If the game ends up tied, Calgary would still finish behind Winnipeg in points. So just a win and we have a playoff spot.

This weekend’s game scores seemed to show how close the teams are other than Winnipeg. Those other 3 games could have gone either way. So the rankings could be flipped from 2-7 and really hard to argue it. But taking recent trends into account: 1. Winnipeg then the Grand Canyon, then 2. Toronto - at some point you are what your record says you are. Two wins this week, beat Calgary in Calgary and hung the only L on the Bombers this year. 3. BC - should not be this high, but with the other teams’ movement they get it by default. 4. Hamilton - they should not be this high having lost two straight, but those were razor thin losses and they still have the talent and coaching to make noise down the stretch. 5. Calgary - rising but I am still not convinced they are anywhere near their past selves. 6. Saskatchewan - in a tailspin ever since their set against the Bombers, may be some infighting now that the cracks are showing so definitely trending down. 3 to 6 you could pick names out of a hat and whatever order they came out in would be acceptable. 7. Montreal - so they have won 2 in a row and get Ottawa twice more, so they will end up with a decent record, but they look really bad doing it. Three of their 4 wins have been against the Elks and RedBlacks and their 4th was a game Hamilton gave away. Probably should have lost yesterday. And here’s an interesting debate. Which phenom QB from last year looks more like a pretender this year, Fajardo or Adams Jr. ? This may be too low, but I have given up trying to figure them out. 8. Ottawa - very little talent, but they are scrappy and that defence actually looks pretty good. 9. Edmonton - Hard to believe that with some of the supposed star power on paper they have, especially on offence, that they are so inept. Blow it up.

Tell me about it. Bomber scapegoat of the week has been hard to come up with. Have to defer to Rod Black, LaPo, and Dave Donaldson in lieu of active scapegoats.

Apparently there is a lady in Nebraska who is 114.

Remember when people thought the schedule was so unfair to the Bombers because we did not get to face Ottawa like every other team and were stuck with Edmonton 3 times?

If I read the rule book correctly, the ball must be BETWEEN the goal posts, and the goal post is imagined to reach up to infinity. So a ball over the top of the goal post is imagined to hit that goal post, so the field goal attempt would fail.

Over talking things that don’t deserve our attention is the #1 hobby around here. Exhibits A and B - all things Saskatchewan and Glen Suitor.