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Once again, here are the actual receipts from Mike’s own keyboard. Not hearing any real advocating for keeping him around in this post Mike Posted July 19 I hate to say it, because it seems like such a ridiculous idea and I know it’s never gonna happen anyways but … if O’Shea is going to just blatantly handcuff our roster with his stubbornness and overall mismanagement, are we going to let him just because he won two Grey Cups? Or is Miller actually going to step in and do something? At what point do you tell O’Shea get your **** together or thank you for your services but they are no longer needed? That roster is literally a joke. And we’ve done it to ourselves. A brief collection of your comments on O’Shea this season: ”Smugshea” ”stupid stupid STUPID” ”is a complete idiot” “He’s a stubborn prick” After Mike said the roster was ******* pathetic: “Right? It’s ******* a joke!” “Just sad…..and an utter fail” “If people can’t see that O’Shea is pretty useless…..blind, or just plain obtuse in building your best roster….” ”abomination” Pretty strong language for “not a hater”

Next question: This is in the vein of never have I ever. What is something you have never done or seen that would surprise people? This is meant to be a common occurrence that you assume most people at some point have done, like “I have never flown in a plane/driven a car” or “I have never seen any of the Star Wars movies” for someone who is older than 30.

To be fair to other clubs, fans in seats does not equal fans at the game. Winnipeg sold out against Edmonton, but there were lots of open seats in the upper decks. The concourses are packed, so lots of people attend but don’t sit. It is the same in Saskatchewan, where the open concourses and Pilsner Zone are full as well.

Just my take from the eye test, but looking at the kickoffs, Castillo can get a bit of air under them but then they are getting fielded at the 25 or better by the returner. The average kickoff return will come out at about 23 yards (min 21 max 25 looking at averages throughout the league this season) so with that we are giving teams the 45-50 yard line as a starting point consistently based on the averages. The target line should be the 40 given the move back 5 yards on the kickoff to the 30, so anything beyond the 40 yard line to start a drive is a fail. Now Castillo’s average is actually 66 yards per kickoff, behind only Bede, so he has a leg, but it seems (as seen in the Edmonton return TD) that to get it deeper, like to the 12 yard line as he did on the TD play, he has to line drive it more, and the hang time is not there to get the cover team down the field, and the returner has a chance to get to full speed with lots of room before the first wave arrives. Same issue I find with Sheahan’s punts, lots of his directional ones have little hang time, and if he can’t bounce it past the returner, they have lots of room to get upfield fast before the cover team can arrive and have their lanes protected. So we can have distance but no hang time, or hang time but no distance, and either way it’s costing us field position. JMO from the cheap seats.

I think Calgary has a better chance to beat BC than Sask (have now won 8 of the last 10 meetings in BC) although the Riders seemed to have played the Lions tight this year. But I would much rather face Sask over Calgary if they pulled the upset over BC. So go Riders I guess. Not that it matters to the Bombers. They will fear none of them.

And it’s still up for debate which set of comments was more completely overblown and ultimately wildly inaccurate. 😉

Signed a contract extension with Calgary in January and is with them through 2024.

I know a player has to agree to go on a practice roster, but I did not think they had a say in being pulled off one to go on to another team’s starting roster. But I do know that the original team has the “blocking” option of putting that practice player on their own game day roster first to prevent losing the player to the other team. I am basing this on the 2020 CBA section 3.08, which is online but won’t let me paste here. Anyway, as JBR said, the one game injured list (with full salary) is an option. I still don’t think we will see a mass transfer of PR players on to the game day roster next week.

Fair enough.

Do we need that money for off-seasons signings that can go against this year’s cap instead of next? I have no idea where our cap situation is, I don’t have access to the books.

Just remember that for every player pulled off the practice roster to go on the game roster, a player has to be put on the practice roster as well since we can’t exceed active roster numbers. And any practice roster player can be claimed by another team at any time so long as they immediately go on to that team’s active roster. So unless we play the “one game injured reserve” route (which may cause salary cap issues), we would be exposing current starters if we flipped them to the practice roster for a one game audition of another player. Given the size of CFL rosters, I just don’t expect to see the kind of movement others may hope for. Back-ups currently on the game roster will likely get more time, but I think PR guys will pretty much stay there in these last two weeks. At least that is my understanding of the rules. I stand to be corrected.

Jets deserved a better fate tonight, but moral victories count for zero points in the standings.

Haven’t seen a collapse that bad since….

Given that O’Shea was not shy about declaring Schoen as “out” already on the injury record for the game two days away, I’d say he’s given us a clear update that this is not short-term, given his usual close-to-the-vest approach. I guess we will see, but I am steeling myself for a “questionable” at best come playoff time.

We have a viable replacement- Bolo. McCrae is the back-up to the back-up, which is what level you’d expect a PR player to be

Schoen certainly has been lit up with some horrible hits this season. Certainly seems to take more than his fair share. Wonder if he is being targeted, or it is the play design for his routes, or if he does not take care himself to avoid those dangerous blindside shots? Any thoughts? Not want to say “it’s his own fault” because I love his grittiness, just don’t see other receivers getting teed off on in the open field like he does, curious as to the factors at play.

My only worry is Wolitarsky’s quote “His first real injury. Big injury” Now lacking a bit in context, and what he defines as “big” is open to interpretation, but at first blush, straight from the horse’s mouth, that does not sound encouraging. The rest is just more media speculation.

True, although really only used as a running back on sweeps. And given the injury he suffered on one of those plays earlier this season, and the impact it had on our return game, I am more than happy to keep him on the sidelines for everything except for returns.

Agreed on Bolo over McCrae. And I would certainly not object to Fox and Haba being added, but I suspect the coaches want to replace an offensive body with an offensive body on the roster, so McCrae is likely added (since Bolo was already on the game day roster in B.C.), unless we would roll with Augustine as the emergency back-up at receiver, which I doubt we would.

With Bolo going into the starting rotation as well, probably.

I heard from a guy who heard it from the horse’s mouth that “he fine”.

I am confident you can start planning.

You really think a win is going to relax some people around here?

Well, you see, a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…… oh, never mind.