HardCoreBlue

Social media where we take something good and turn it into bad nicely summed up with those seven words.

I'd add 60 minutes of playing and coaching with urgency.

Some people are just wired more than others to lead, to influence, to set the right vibe, to be the glue but all have to perform and if glue teammates stop performing they quickly outstay their welcome in any work environment. The advantage one sometimes have over non-sport environments is one can move the glue guy who can't perform anymore to the level needed into coaching/management positions. MOS has made it known though that players like JT have earned the right to go out on their own in ending their playing careers. Like I said my guess is MOS wants his legacy to reflect loyalty and respect to players who earned their stripes. Admirable. Comes with some opposite effects as does most decisions we make in life.

Glue guys have to perform no matter the vocation. That's been my experience. It's not an either/or. It's both.

Shocking.

I love (well not really) how your first couple of sentences tell the reader they don’t know what they are talking about unless they see it exactly how you see it when it comes to this dynamic and how it influences how successful a group of people are when building, maintaining and enhancing a culture that creates a consistent high performing team.

My daughter’s experience was not a fan interaction. It was a human to human interaction not about sport.

Of course it's with the Knights. I know I'm some rando guy on the world wide web so this is only important to me and my family but my daughter had a run-in with this individual in his draft year and let's just say she wasn't impressed, well it was the complete opposite of impressed. Here's to the Knights and said player failing miserably.

The other observation I had watching the dynamics on the sidelines was MOS's (and other coaches/players) animated displeasure (with good cause probably) towards Mitchell's lack of execution/preparation/engagement but completely 180 degree approach to other players like JT who is probably very likeable, hustles, is a team player, engaged but bottom line his 'production' generally matches what players like Mitchell 'produce' considering JT gets more reps that DM. I get why but at the EOD one has to produce on the field and being a body filler of gaps frequently being manhandled on pass plays to me sends what kind of message to players who, like JT, bust their ass but produce unlike JT? This whole dynamic is a much bigger issue than the approach JT is our 39th best player it's not a big deal. IMO playing and supporting players like JT influences team culture that influences production on the field more than some think.

MOS showing his displeasure with him, JJ very animated in trying to coach him up while showing him plays on his playcard, Wilson trying to get Mitchell more engaged on the sidelines as Mitchell would drift off and stand alone while the D was on.

Based on what I saw on the sidelines last week against the Elks, it makes sense seeing Mitchell come off. On the one hand I'm really surprised he hasn't been released but on the other hand not surprised because we have limited depth at that position.

So in summary our Blue Bombers are East division champs winning the Grey Cup handily against who cares. Nice.

Yes but let’s look at this with in-depth analysis, objectivity and the conclusion I keep coming up with no matter the season no matter the record is, it’s confirmed, Riders suck and smell really really bad, like see a doctor bad.

Yup BO got in behind the coverage. Defender made a great play on the ball and changed it’s trajectory just enough or BO could have trotted it in for 6.

I did write Argos suck.

We still in it until it happens we aren’t. Obviously no where near the feeling of confidence for the last 5 years, logic tells us no way for anything positive but hey stranger things have happened. Keep the faith so to speak, why not. Argos suck, that’s something.

Being at the game sadly they weren’t even 50-50 balls, either well under-thrown or well overthrown into double coverage.

Was at the game with the fam. Lots of BB fans in attendance who left empty handed. Just a meh effort with no urgency, complete 180 from our last game. I’d say we lost the line of scrimmage on both sides the ball yet again. BO did as much as he could. Game was close but ZC didn’t make the throws when needed, gave up some big yardage at key times but their kicker missed two field goals, they took penalties that aided us tremendously but didn’t make the plays when needed on both sides of the ball. Wasn’t the primary reason we lost the game but frequently running a three man front and rarely getting pressure on the QB is extremely frustrating to watch. Just don’t like the lack of aggressiveness to disrupt their qb. And an aside noticed Mitchell got some pretty good flak from MOS on a play and he just drifts off away from his teammates on the sidelines when the D is on and stands away on his own whatever that means. On a windy game like today having TW’s arm strength when we were going against the wind would have been nice.

oh for sure. I said the majority, not everyone in the field are top end. No matter the vocation, there’s always ‘that guy’ that ruins it for everyone,

Let’s combine that and say he’s a decent dildo?

Being a Rider and an Argo is a bad look.

I literally haven't watched a MLB game since my Expos vacated the premises and took in the game last night between the Mariners and Tigers and wow what a friggin game. Any chance the Spos coming back? I just can't bring myself to cheer for a Toronno team although the best player on the team is the son of a former Expo. I do think the Blue Jay fans should playfully counter this shoe on top of the head thing Mariner fans do. Lol.

I’m not giving anyone a hard time but a lot of us don’t know how extremely respectful and caring the majority of first responders and medical professionals are to people who are experiencing severely distressing situations. Dark humour is a coping mechanism to keep them sane and focussed on the task at hand. You have to be built a certain way to do this type of job.

Dark humor can keep you sane.

I literally think this is true lol. He probably lurks my moniker and giggle's and guffaws when i slobber away at JT’s ‘skill set’. Whatever i can do to help Mr. O’Shea.