BigBlue

I thought this proposal was already within the agreement

MOS thinks and says Zach is the best QB in the league "under pressure"

I propose this: All roughing the passer and/or intent to injure and/or spearing with the helmet = 25 yards and ejection Plus 3 game suspension or 2 game suspension if player was not in control of their body or 1 game suspension for "accidental" roughing No interpretation - judgment based on action No favors for 1st or 2nd time in the season At first this may seem too harsh but it is not These rules keep our best players playing ... the players will adjust by time the first third of the season is over The players are better off. the fans get to watch their heroes, the teams experience better attendance and ratings! All we need is for the CFL Exes to buy in; of course that requires a small spoonful of courage

Who amongst the CFL executive insist on not protecting the franchise quarterbacks that is their biggest expenditure on every roster? Who benefits from not adjusting the rules? The NFL has certainly gone to every effort to protect their franchise quarterbacks... So what is the reasoning process??? Do they just want to see violence to make the game more attractive? The hit to Collaros was a clear attempt to injure: the hit was very late and helmet to helmet was deliberate and intentional. The offender's will be greatly rewarded for knocking our QB out of the game and who knows how many games in the immediate and distant future. These type of deliberate non-protection QB rules cost attendance around the league. Nobody ultimately benefits from such malfeasance. So tell me why? Duh?

possible Adams slightly nicked?

I love the posters here that have eyes to see for themselves ... they make fantastic comments and make the game more fun what bugs me is those posters that just jump on a band wagon and mostly just get more emphatic than the leaders ... they don't actually see whats there ... instead they see with their beliefs and they think they are smarter than coach (but they are not) ... i hope they enjoy themselves we have great coaching and management even when they make bone headed decisions ... i can put up with that ... what i love is their steady stream of good stuff ... i do not see a lot of stupid and thats worth a lot to me

HH to MOS and the coaching staff

I thought Suiter was very complimentary of our Blue ... enuf to notice

I do not like the word KARMA but there is a contagious attitude that seems to spread throughout a people, group or team. In football for example we like to use the term swagger for a certain state of being. Whatever attitude we have on our Big Blue now, it seems to be compounding ... its the difference between winning and losing any given game

streveler

what ever the method, he needs to be put on notice [given a chance to change] ... no, you can't get that granular but you can demand general personnel changes immediately ... the point is to confront his stubborn-ness

Do not get me wrong! I am not for firing Michael O'Shea. I like him. What I want to see is to have somebody wake him up out of his complacency. He has got us here and with a little time you will get us there, again. The question is how much pain will we have to go through in the process. It is that stupidity type pain that is wearing me out. I really want to see either Wade Miller or GM Walters issue a commandment; any type will do. Force him to change our Centre, or Thomas at nose guard, or something else he is being stubborn about. It's the confrontation I want to see. And, a meritocracy where players are rewarded for their hard work at both practices and games. I want to see O'Shea a little uncomfortable and to realize his job, this year, might be on the line. Yes we've had devastating injuries and other problems. O'Shea teaches an overcoming mentality but he is not doing that right now. It's time to coach the coach!

I could not agree with you more, Goalie… The negativity just feels like whining… The psychology of crowds and all that stuff. We had the same kind of mentality when we were on top. It's the opposite of a "can-do" attitude. So at least on this matter I agree with Michael O'Shea. However, maybe we really do need a change. The inability to upgrade at least some personnel with developing players is a problem... coaches love veterans, but if they don't make constant change they end up with a leaking sinking ship seems to come from nowhere. And the captain does no more than handout duct tape in the boiler room. So how would you all feel if, President Miller calls a press conference tomorrow morning to announce that Coach O'Shea has been fired and been replaced with Buck Pierce? Do you think such a replacement would solve the problem?

When the Blue lose, the problem is Monday morning the whole city goes into a black funk and it can last all week ... its really hard on biz sales

since we invested so much in pre season analysis, maybe we should start using all that stuff.... or are we to broke to pay for air tickets?

VOTE of NON-CONFIDENCE: Miller the bombers CEO saved this franchise once… And he needs to do it again by and large you let the head coach do his thing… We all know that and the reasons However, now it's different. There's a reason why coaches don't stay with their team forever… Great leaders are always trying to repeat their great successes but so many consequential and ongoing decisions show that they are not thinking straight. Success was found by applying the right principles to the situation and utilizing the people willing to take those critical steps. What proves to be true afterwards is that each situation requires new and unique solutions. Trying to apply past solutions to a very different present situation just doesn't work. It takes a unique individual to apply new solutions to new challenges. It takes a humility to do this. WARNING SHOT ACROSS THE BOW if Walters can use a little influence and "order" MOS to make certain changes, maybe the season can be saved. If Miller looks in and has a heart-to-heart with O'Shea maybe he will realize he's being put on notice. It would be stupid to not tell O'Shea that his job is on the line right now. Otherwise we will just continue to spiral and he will be fired in the off-season. PLANNED Rebuilding next winter simply is too late. Doing nothing is a vote of nonconfidence. Taking corrective action now is a vote of confidence, if things have not already gone too far. We just need our whole team to lead from wherever they are standing. This is executives, coaches, and players. It's not a matter of authority; it's a matter of pulling together to lift each other up as we face the hard realities.

I have been a blue bomber fan for over 60 years starting when I was eight… I've always been passionate about them especially around family. But now I have lost my mojo… The worst part about all has been the bickering between posters and the quick run to negativity that I am not used to seeing. I think this is a great fan board but I just now I feel disgusted. It's not that the bombers are having a tough year; I've been through many more tough years than good ones. What's bugging me is the Blue company PR; it's the appearance of complacency and we will be "okay"… That's what's the heartbreak is for me... It's too quiet. I do miss too the lack of optimism that I usually find somewhere amidst the posters. I see the potential and I see the impatience. But the mood of doom and gloom multiplied by complaining is enough to make me want to walk away from the game after all these years. It's not fun right now. No, I do not think we are spoiled. It wasn't very long ago that we all thought we had the best management in the country. Does everybody seem helpless because one or two individuals have too much control, too much self-centredness? Okay, so for now I give up. I am going to jump on the doom and gloom bandwagon. Every time we win again I'm going to buy a cigar and throw it over the balcony. The rest of the time I'm going to play sad old rock music. Meanwhile, I am going to content myself with trying to figure out when Michael O'Shea first developed Alzheimer's. It's my new challenge. I think I will start next week, maybe.

streveler

Bottom line for the Rough Rider's game: Regina is not as good as its record the bombers are not as bad as our record the blue will have a trick or two up our sleeve the riders will not be able to keep playing above their skill level I think it's called reversion to the mean somebody's going to be letting some air out of the tires A few of the frustrated are going to finally get it together at least for a little while

I still don't know the basis for our decision-making. We are paying top-end dollar for our stars and yet too many of them are on the IR/// I don't think that's just luck.... The CFL draft has turned up okay for us this year and that's helping… However, we are not lining up emerging American talent especially at the line positions. Eventually that's going to bite us or else we will become very good at making patchwork quilts… It takes a little courage to let import linemen develop, right?

streveler

Yes the D's will adjust, finally. Now our other receivers will have a little more room and so will Brady Oliveira. Pokey is the new key ingredient even if he can't duplicate tonight every night. The ingredients to success are starting to show up.

they used to say Ricky Ray was washed up ... look at his last few years ... // ZC ?

I hope we have a good double tight end scheme for some of the plays tonite

At times we have had over $1 million on the IR, short-term and long-term: Collaros, Schoen, Lawler, Olivera, Lawson, Parker, Wheatfall, at times also Fox, Garbutt, Haba, Hallett, Kelly, Sampson thats a lot & a big reason we can look like bums