HardCoreBlue

I’ve been pregaming since last night. 

I'm surprised a 'new' member hasn't joined under a handle name like '#we'reallfriendshere' and randomly posting 'there is always many sides to a story . . .' in every thread.

Cuz there's always room for improvement, win or lose?
It's like in hockey if the PK is clicking at 80%, I can guarantee there's always assessments on how to get it better even when it's working and we're winning games.
Now in this same scenario if someone says our PK sucks at 80%, the coach doesn't know what they are doing and why aren't they doing it this way, then I can see why there is a problem with the question

I just watched that whole thing. I’m insane. Lots of busted coverage and missed tackles.

No one asks hard questions anymore out of fear they'll lose their press credentials. The days of the media holding the HC & GM's feet to the fire is over.
There are no more Jack Matheson's Don Blanchard's or John Robertson's. They were as smart as the team manager as they'd all covered the Bombers for at least 30 years. Matheson back into the early 50's for the old Winnipeg Tribune. If they wanted to, they could make life miserable for any GM & HC duo if they got on their bad side.
Then on the radio side was Jack Wells who also was hard to fool. Although, he generally had a good relationship with Lunsford & any of the coaches he hired. Being on radio, he could only really give sound bites & not go into anything in great detail. The same in local TV with Don Wittman, Bob Picken & Stew McPherson. Thyey only had maybe 3 or 4 minutes to tell a story about the Bombers before having to move on to other subjects in an 8-10 minute sprtscast.
They all had insider CFL contacts in every city & more importantly were never intimidated by guys like GM Earl Lunsford or any of the many head coaches he hired at the time. And there were a few. If there were tough questions to ask then they all did it.
The only head coach that I remember Jack Matheson & the rest of the media holding in high esteem was Bud Grant after he left. I do remember that Grant was pretty close with most of them. I know Bud shared more than a few drinks after hours with those guys & some of them were his good friends. 
Bud Riley never got along with the local media very much. It was always frosty as he never never trusted them. That changed when Ray Jauch was hired. He knew most of them from his time as a player with the Bombers & he won a GC as a Head Coach in Edmonton. When Matheson smelled a story, he was relentless uncovering it. Guys like Earl Lunsford had to treat the media with respect even if he didn't like them. It made for some great reading in both newspapers.
Times are certainly different today. It would be interesting to see the relationship those old media types would have with Mike O'Shea today as he keeps a lot of things close to the vest. I think they'd have a hard time getting info from their sources as the league has closed ranks in a lot of ways to the media. Things aren't as open as they used to be. 

That’s the exact same roster as last week aside from Schoen listed GTD instead of McCrae.
All those backers are dressed because that’s the core of the special teams units.  No bread crumbs there on Bighill.
I think they should go rush end for Bighill but will probably go Rose since he’s a vet.  They got picked on pretty bad by BC when Jeffcoat was on sideline and Hansen on the field.  If Jeffcoat tweaked his hip 3 plays into the game we’d be absolutely ******.

Sloshed as I may be....

Just out of curiosity, has anyone in the press asked MOS why he consistently rosters Jackson or is that a no fly zone type question?

Just out of curiosity, has anyone in the press asked MOS why he consistently rosters Jackson or is that a no fly zone type question?

Just to tie this whole discussion into a bow, I think we can all agree, we’ll at least those who could care less about non Bomber fan fee fees on a site specifically for hardcore lifelong Bomber fans, and regardless of individual player skill sets, the Argos, the Argoblows, whatever name one goes by for them, do indeed suck and will always forever suck, gawd bless their souls.
Amen

I just watched that whole thing. I’m insane. Lots of busted coverage and missed tackles.

Just to tie this whole discussion into a bow, I think we can all agree, we’ll at least those who could care less about non Bomber fan fee fees on a site specifically for hardcore lifelong Bomber fans, and regardless of individual player skill sets, the Argos, the Argoblows, whatever name one goes by for them, do indeed suck and will always forever suck, gawd bless their souls.
Amen

Just out of curiosity, has anyone in the press asked MOS why he consistently rosters Jackson or is that a no fly zone type question?

Just out of curiosity, has anyone in the press asked MOS why he consistently rosters Jackson or is that a no fly zone type question?

Most of the week was between +10 and +15, but it's cooling off for tomorrow.... not horrible, but comparable to the prairies right now....
 
Sun, 19 Nov Mainly cloudy. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 in the morning. High 6. UV index 1 or low. Night Clear. Low minus 5.

I just watched that whole thing. I’m insane. Lots of busted coverage and missed tackles.

He's my all time favourite sportswriter... I couldn't be more pumped that he works for my favourite sports team.

we're "healthy enough" (more than enough) to win this game. Anything can happen..... Any Given Sunday and all that........ but the injuries aren't an excuse. We have enough talent in all 3 phases, even with the projected injuries, to beat this Montreal team. This is not the 2009 Montreal Alouettes we're facing...

Just to tie this whole discussion into a bow, I think we can all agree, we’ll at least those who could care less about non Bomber fan fee fees on a site specifically for hardcore lifelong Bomber fans, and regardless of individual player skill sets, the Argos, the Argoblows, whatever name one goes by for them, do indeed suck and will always forever suck, gawd bless their souls.
Amen

Defense needs serious improvement 
Giving up 17 plus high danger chances isn't a recipe for success. 

Just to tie this whole discussion into a bow, I think we can all agree, we’ll at least those who could care less about non Bomber fan fee fees on a site specifically for hardcore lifelong Bomber fans, and regardless of individual player skill sets, the Argos, the Argoblows, whatever name one goes by for them, do indeed suck and will always forever suck, gawd bless their souls.
Amen

Just to tie this whole discussion into a bow, I think we can all agree, we’ll at least those who could care less about non Bomber fan fee fees on a site specifically for hardcore lifelong Bomber fans, and regardless of individual player skill sets, the Argos, the Argoblows, whatever name one goes by for them, do indeed suck and will always forever suck, gawd bless their souls.
Amen

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