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Reffing always gets blamed on a loss, and it almost never is the factor fans say it is. I will say this much, the Alexander roughing penalty was for a violent but not dirty hit. Caught him high with a forearm because he was going down. Should it be a penalty? I would say no, but the refs are going to call it because of the result and to avoid things spiralling out of control with players looking for retribution. May not be the letter of the law, but in the spirit of keeping the game clean, it is going to get called. And just a hunch, if Darvin Adams got crushed like that some here will call the same hit dirty. Uniform colour affects perceptions. Beyond that I think the refs have been directed to call the game tighter. The rough play on the Argos for the late hit out of bounds was pretty chintzy in its own right. And the late hit on the QB in last night’s Stamp-Als game was weak as well. I’d prefer a “let them play” approach but I sense that’s not the directive from the league office right now. The only weird call was the spearing. Rolled over the player on the tackle, but hardly led with the helmet like an arrow. Only one yard on the penalty so not a killer. The pick was a push-off by Alford the receiver went down pretty easy, but with how PI is called on today’s game, it was a penalty As for the “catch/no catch” plays, on Darvin Adams’ one, it looked like when he went down he rolled over top of the DB rather than hitting the ground, so in real time it looked like he did not survive contact. Might have been worth a challenge since the ground can’t cause a fumble. On the Argo RB non-catch, he caught it and was hit as he spun, so another bang-bang play. Refs were being consistent by calling both incomplete, but both hurt the Bombers since their catch/fumble went out of bounds and the Argo one would have been likely recovered by the Bombers (although a quick whistle negated that presumptive ruling).

Can we discuss Wolitarsky? Lots fall all over themselves to say how brilliant he is and how he was mis-used by LaPo/Nichols, but they barely throw to him in this new regime. Could it be that he just doesn’t get open? I’ve scarcely heard of such a big threat in the fan’s eyes who has produced so little.

We get points off of one missed FG, so we would have picked up 5 points, not 6. So still down by 1 even with a 2 point convert. And irrelevant since we couldn’t stop that last Argo drive and get the ball back. I have no faith in Crapigna, but we lost this game with terrible play along both the o and d-lines and our secondary playing soft on quick passes.

They were exposed before this game. Or was I wrong to say the coaches did not trust the kicking game? Miller has missed tackles for 3 games now with Josh Johnson injured. Nelson was proven to be an emergency back-up as a returner and receiver last year. Bailey has exposed how thin the receiving corps may actually be with one injury at any time. Pierce is learning to be an OC, I would give him some more time.

Perspective. It’s one game. We were never as good on offence or special teams as the 2-0 start suggested, and not as bad on defence as the 30 points today suggest. One game does not “expose everything” on this team.

Quit blaming the refs. Loser’s excuse. They had nothing to do with us losing today.

Annnnd……Josh Miller with the missed tackle again.

Can’t cut Miller until Josh Johnson is back or we bring in another suitable replacement. Can’t cut Nelson until Jenarion Grant AND a suitable replacement receiver are back/brought in. Crapigna can go, but I’d still hunt for a placekicker given that Legghio lost the uncontested job in camp. Can’t cut Bailey until Demski back and Wolitarsky decides to make an appearance. Cutting Homer Simpson-style is all fine and dandy after one loss, but we need actual players to replace them.

1) I’ve seen worse. 2) No, it wouldn’t.

Fans are stacked behind the player benches. Bad optics that the far stands are the ones they sell last but are the ones on TV.

Bad pass. Too low.

Collaros with a bad pass into triple coverage for a pick, then an awful throw on a swing pass. Matt Nichols would not have made those mistakes. 😉

Thought you left to go outside.

QB wins first start Have Stamps turned it around? Nah Now there’s tape on him Penalties abound VAJ not the next big thing yet Stanback abandoned

Elks still not great, but Offensive threats do enough To screw my week’s picks Reilly Man of Steel O-line is his kryptonite Superman grounded.

Well, he hasn’t been fired. But he has quit.

Not every joke will land, especially in black and white type. But I always appreciate the effort of those who try, and doubly appreciate those who re-think to craft a good one and make it better. Keeps this place entertaining.

Again, the problem is that “the record” is a slippery slope with today’s technology. Trudeau’s brown face was a snapshot at a party, hardly a formal definition of “the record” like Hansard in the Parliament, but he was pounced on nonetheless. With video surveillance and smartphone cameras today, we basically need to presume that every single thing we do do is “on the record” now, whether we intend it to be or not. This fact requires people to self-regulate better and decide en masse to the same standard what is unintentional and what is truly offensive. As humans as a species have been shown to be woefully inadequate at that skill, and opportunistic when it comes to selective outrage depending on the target.

Sometimes the lack of self awareness when trying to break everything down to the plain “religion” argument as your default astounds me. BTW, nice clothes, glasses, make up, computer, smart phone (for those missing the irony).

No probs. When you start with “I can’t tell if you are serious or kidding” then I assume you yourself are serious and not joking. A sarcasm emoticon would do wonders around here for the clueless like me. Maybe we should copyright this one:

Although I think the interview with the new owner was very important and not as egregious as other in-game interviews have been (Keith Urban, anyone?), could they have not waited until half time and devoted that free time to him instead of the usual panel rather than miss 5 minutes of game action including a TD drive?

I won’t speak to the veiled racist go-to that was the genesis of the comment, that’s not how I took it. I was reacting to the argument that there are times here where an argument gets personal (be it LaPO or Nichols sucking, power rankings, or extreme right vs left wing to cite 3 recent examples) where posters deviate from their initial stance to rip someone with a different viewpoint and instead of offering counter points to bolster their argument or make a reasoned argument against the original thought, default to the “well that’s just stupid and you are stupid for thinking that, and if you can’t see why you are wrong I can’t be bothered to explain my correct viewpoint to you” as a simplistic out with the comfort of hiding behind your keyboard to bolster your arrogance and confidence. At least that is how I read the comment and added to it, not that people here default to racism in their arguments. The point of that specific COVID example is rather than explaining why the low vaccination rate is NOT responsible for the high contraction rate (which is the most reasonable explanation and likely cause, but would make the governing party look bad) the politician defaults to the same fear-mongering trope of “it’s the evil immigrants” as their knee-jerk cop out with no substance to back the claim. Possibly an inaccurate comparison and not clearly delineated from the original issue, but the concept of taking shots rather than explaining your position was what my part of that response was about.

Although I don’t mind calling out Senators who are anti-mask or anti-vax, and don’t mind the odd Republican bashing, to be fair, he was vaccinated and was one of 3 Senators who contracted COVID. The other 2 were a Democrat and an Independent who consistently votes Democrat. Alternate consistently leans hard left on it’s bias, just thought some more context was needed last people think it’s only the GOP getting sick after denying the science.

Part of the problem is that beyond different standards of what is acceptable, everything is more public now. And a lot of the judging can come from those who have done or said the same, but have the luxury of anonymity to cast stones because they themselves are not in line for the high profile position, or they came from an era where not everything ended up on social media and now are judging others on a different standard than they held themselves to back in the day. Trudeau wearing an Aladdin costume at a Halloween party with make up to make him darker twenty years ago is in poor taste, but likely was not viewed in as bad a light in the year 2001 compared to 202-, even though blackface has been offensive since the turn of last century. But I am certain his intent was not to offend. And if he was just another 20 year old back then now working at a bank today in his mid-40’swould it be an issue, or do people pounce because it is opportunistic to go after a big name (especially if you want to take a shot at someone whose politics don’t align with yours)? I went to a Halloween party once as part of a Jackson 5 costume in the mid-80’s, and had no intent to offend or disrespect the African-American culture or struggles. I am much more educated on the issue now and would not wear the costume today, but am I to be held accountable for something I did out of pure ignorance as a gag 35 years ago? Should Robert Downey Jr. be blacklisted (and how offensive is THAT phrase?) for his role in Tropic Thunder in what was clearly satire aimed at skewering self important actors, the studio system, and the lack of diversity in hiring practices as much as celebrating the era of blackface. Should Eddie Murphy be equally castigated for his “White Like Me” SNL parody? And in a bit of telling irony, the night I wore my Halloween outfit, on the way to the party with my buddies we were stopped by the WPS and spot checked with no apparent driving infractions. Once they realized we were a bunch of white guys in costume they quickly let us go with no licence check or even explanation for why we were stopped in the first place. Only time I have ever been pulled over by the police without cause is when I appeared to be black. So what is more offensive, our insensitive costumes, or the treatment we received at the hands of the police for the few moments they thought we weren’t white?