HardCoreBlue

The Bombers stopped the run game short a bunch of times. Put a team in 2nd and long because you stop the run game and it makes it a lot harder to be productive on offence. Same reason the Bombers get away from the run. When it's being stuffed it's not really that great an idea to just keep trying to pound it. Bombers did to Sask what so many teams have done to the Bombers lately. Stop the run and say "ok your rookie qb has to beat us with his arm" Yes, we sure did & I agree with you 100% but I think the Riders have abandoned the run way too soon all season. They did the same thing in Ottawa a few weeks ago where Messam had just 4 carries the entire game. If I was Jacques Chapdelaine I'd have stuck with the run game. A power back like Messam wears down defenses & the guy absolutely loves the physical contact & the workload. He doesn't have the speed to take it outside but wow is he a powerful runner inside the tackles. Who knows, had he carried the football 20 or 25 times by the second half he might've started breaking some big runs. But hey, the Riders gave up & never tried so too bad, so sad. Doesn't break my heart. Yes I agree he's shown he can. However the games I've watched Messam play is he doesn't seem to have the endurance to do that consistently. He seems to get worn out quite quickly.He tends to tap his helmet a lot to come off.

Apparently it was a big enough deal to get him fined. If you think it's fine for Austin to behave in this fashion, then his players now have free reign to take reactionary penalties to send 'messages'.

Both Sask and the Lions could use Tate, though I don't see Calgary giving up their insurance.

That is not unique. You pretty much described the roster management that every professional sports team goes through, every team has a structure, they aren't making decisions in a vacuum. Different managers place different values on certain positions and factors. Muamba would be comparable to Cornish in terms of Canadians playing traditional import positions, break the bank-ers. There aren't many teams paying running backs as much as Calgary does, basically them and BC. True, but if you use Cornish as a comparison, does Muamba bring the same level of on-field impact that Cornish does knowing their on opposite sides of the ball?

Except if you were in the stands wanting both teams to lose :-)

We need Walby back to balance the homerism. They should have Walby and Suitor do the labor day classic with Cuthbert as the moderator. That would be entertainment.

Is it his intention to play in the CFL longterm? If it is, Walters 'here's our future plan' needs to be better than the other eight teams.

He had to see the video?

Don't confuse passion with being a jerk. Two separate things. Want a example of passion? Dave Dickenson. He's passionate about the game, focuses on his team with little focus directed towards apposing team players. It's called being a professional.

Yes I saw it too. Austin will rationalize it in is head as he's a competitor. But if he really was self aware he's realize he's an ass plain and simple.

In reality, it was decided after Brohm's first set of downs last week . . .

I also wanted to add that if you are dumb enough to believe anything that Maude Barlow says then I don't even know how you were able to figure out how to turn on your computer. Putting aside politics for a sec, what value did you demonstrate to Mr. Dee with your above statement to him? Just curious, that's all.

I think you're going about this somewhat backwards. I doubt the BOD gets involved in that way quite yet. MB will be fired at some point, likely in the off season, but I think MOS starts next season as HC. If next year is another disaster, then he will get canned. Walters, I think, will get another HC to hire, but if that doesn't improve things, then Miller will have to fire Walters and hire a new GM. None of that starts will Miller getting fired. Not unless they catch him spending cash on cheeseburgers and foot massagers for his basement. I have that same feeling UNLESS the next 2-3 games how we consistently demonstrate no compete in our game. Then he's gone for sure imo and Hall is promoted to interim.

Knowing how the BOD worked in the past they'll wait until the Earth is scorched before they do anything. Remember Berry, every 6 games there were changes made if things weren't going well, God I miss having a guy around who knew what they were doing. Remember Dinwiddie and Glenn being co-offensive coordinators in 2008 as Berry's buddy sat in the room and on the sidelines while Berry wouldn't fire him? That's what cost Berry his job. Berry had some pretty significant struggles himself. The fact that he's vanished pretty much shows you how he's viewed. If he was a even close to being a good head coach he would have got 2-3 shots at it. Close but no cigar, Berry lost his job even before the season started when Taman and the rest of the penny pinchers wouldn't let him field the team he wanted to, I believe the quote went something like 'some of you are only here because your cheaper'. Berry didn't lift a finger that year and I don't blame him. Let him field the team he wanted to... we had just come off a grey cup run... It was Berry that wrecked that team by trying to make them fit his mould instead of working with the talent he had (sound familiar MB?) - Taman ended up remaking the team for him halfway through the season - Joe Smith/Roberts trade - then once we had blown up the team, Bauer gave up on everyone and blew it up again. Just like Ritchie before, Bauer was just waiting for an excuse to clean house... guy had way too much power. Coaching faux pas 101.

I had this exact thought the other day when some posters were trying to lay it all on Brohm for the offensive issues the past couple of games. Willy finds success in spite of MB's offence, not because of it. Willy is a talented enough QB that he can make things happen until the punishment he takes in this offence overwhelms him like last year and this year. Then you throw in a middling/average/iffy QB like Brohm or Marve and they can't rise above MB's system. So we get what we have now, the worst offence in the CFL and yet another example that MB has worn out his welcome. If MB nearly destroyed Calvillo back in 07 why would we expect Brohm or Marve to flourish. The thought of Willy running a Milanovich or Dickenson offence would be glorious. Yes absolutely, though there are other posters like myself who are laying SOME of it on Brohm. It's been confirmed we lack any sophisticated 'playing to our strengths' offensive playbook (see MB for accountability), but at the end of the day football is football and you need to get the ball to the play makers where they excel. Some of that falls on Brohm when he's played. Without the luxury of game tape, I'm assuming every time Brohm went back to pass, he had at least two/three reads, not all five yard curls. If I'm wrong then MB is even worse than some of his harshest critics believe he is.

Fair enough but he had no other reads? I'm assuming we had a few receivers running routes more than five yards.

I agree. LH cost this man's job.

I agree, but regardless of it being an ultra conservative game plan with little creativity, I'm sure his reads included Moore, Denmark, Kohert etc. He didn't get them the ball. That's not all on the OL line. He takes part of that accountability.

Yes perspective. Doug Brown's perspective was we were playing an 0 and 9 team who just fired their GM and Coach and were starting their third string QB. Silver lining, with Nichols in next week getting the ball to our playmakers, I think we win. We have players who can make plays, they just need the ball.

Wade Miller was a very mediocre player and he controls the team... YIKES! The quality of how he played football has little to do with his level of business acumen.

There's a guy who loves that the attention is on Brohm. Sure wish we picked up Sean Whyte.

Even with basic predictable plays, Brohm had chances to get the ball to the playmakers. He did not. I don't have the game tape but I'm thinking Sasks HH's Cb's DB's weren't that good. I think though everyone's right. Recipe for disaster is a head coach trying to find his way, an unimaginative OC, a below average OL with a semi-pro QB. Sprinkle in a discipline problem. Yikes. Next week, Nichols gets the ball to our playmakers and we win.

Glen Suitor? Has he coached in any capacity at the pro level since retiring?

In reading a few of his tweets over time, and not just his football/sport 'wisdom', I think you're being way too kind. I think he think's he's being clever, but no, no he's not.

From a coaching standpoint they also have to grade out the OL, Receivers, RB's, Offensive gameplan that can deflect attention (rightly/wrongly) away from the QB's play. Football is an ultimate team sport, no? Maybe this is why Brohm has lasted so long with us but eventually (maybe after this weekend) won't hold enough water and skipper (thanks Tracker) will be shown the door.