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One of your most impressive Diatribes Mike

One of your most impressive Diatribes Mike

One of your most impressive Diatribes Mike

One of my biggest regrets is when Geroy Simon tried to return to the Bombers after his flirt with the NFL ... we couldn't find room for him
Stupid is as stubborn does

One of my biggest regrets is when Geroy Simon tried to return to the Bombers after his flirt with the NFL ... we couldn't find room for him
Stupid is as stubborn does

So says Dave Naylor on 1290 today .... its a great way to start the season he says
Personally, I don't think Saturday's game this week is going to be any cake walk:
Regina has a game under their belt and has already started to make adjustments .... we are still getting organized
Neither do we have psychology on our side in this stadium opener ...
Regina's strength (receiving) is going up against our biggest weakness from last year as borne out by the stats (passing yardage yielded)
Jones is going to focus on exposing Hurl ... trapping him until he won't even realize whats going on
What we do have going for us is the game in the trenches and that should show up by the fourth Quarter
We also have the Kevin Glenn choke factor where a seemingly competent QB gives one up at this worst possible moment
I think we manage to eke out a strange squeaker by the tiniest of margins and I would rather be lucky than good (even as we make our own luck)
I don't believe the Blue are ready to blow anybody away just yet; but by labor day who knows...
 

So says Dave Naylor on 1290 today .... its a great way to start the season he says
Personally, I don't think Saturday's game this week is going to be any cake walk:
Regina has a game under their belt and has already started to make adjustments .... we are still getting organized
Neither do we have psychology on our side in this stadium opener ...
Regina's strength (receiving) is going up against our biggest weakness from last year as borne out by the stats (passing yardage yielded)
Jones is going to focus on exposing Hurl ... trapping him until he won't even realize whats going on
What we do have going for us is the game in the trenches and that should show up by the fourth Quarter
We also have the Kevin Glenn choke factor where a seemingly competent QB gives one up at this worst possible moment
I think we manage to eke out a strange squeaker by the tiniest of margins and I would rather be lucky than good (even as we make our own luck)
I don't believe the Blue are ready to blow anybody away just yet; but by labor day who knows...
 

As much as we seem to have blossoming new forwards and a half decent defensive core I just don't see us going anywhere in the playoffs until we have an elite goaltender or at least a reasonable facsimile ....
By what method can we solve this dilemma?

Talk about disrespect for Winnipeg ... the most they could say about us is that we start the season with a bye ... I guess that puts us behind all year ... just wait until we have our second bye

I think we have finally got it together:
QBing is more than adequate and we have double bench strength ... no QB plays 21 games injury free .... most are good doing 16 games healthy
Running Backs - as good as we have had since superstar Charles Roberts
Receivers - good enough if not slightly better than average ... steady not brilliant
Blocking back /tight end / Canadian receiver - unnoticeable but ok
O-Line - the best I can remember ands THAT IS EVERYTHING
Defensive backs - upgraded from last year ... ball hawks
Linebackers - outside fits in with our DBs real nice but we don't scare anyone with our RUN defense .... its our first major problem to solve
DLine - I am expecting a genuine pass rush & real pressure compared to last year ... I don't have a clue about their skill as run stoppers
Special teams - Medlock says it all on the kicking side; returning is a notch down from last year but still OK .... our nemesis is undue penalties away from the play
Coaching - MOS has everyone's respect and that counts for huge ... still has stubborn streak blind spots that will cost us but hopefully not at the worst possible times .... losing Wylie hurts but lets hope his legacy will carry the day
Coordinators - Conservative by choice ... we may finally have the talent to fit that .... we are the turnover ratio experts and that should be better not worse this year
 

I think we have finally got it together:
QBing is more than adequate and we have double bench strength ... no QB plays 21 games injury free .... most are good doing 16 games healthy
Running Backs - as good as we have had since superstar Charles Roberts
Receivers - good enough if not slightly better than average ... steady not brilliant
Blocking back /tight end / Canadian receiver - unnoticeable but ok
O-Line - the best I can remember ands THAT IS EVERYTHING
Defensive backs - upgraded from last year ... ball hawks
Linebackers - outside fits in with our DBs real nice but we don't scare anyone with our RUN defense .... its our first major problem to solve
DLine - I am expecting a genuine pass rush & real pressure compared to last year ... I don't have a clue about their skill as run stoppers
Special teams - Medlock says it all on the kicking side; returning is a notch down from last year but still OK .... our nemesis is undue penalties away from the play
Coaching - MOS has everyone's respect and that counts for huge ... still has stubborn streak blind spots that will cost us but hopefully not at the worst possible times .... losing Wylie hurts but lets hope his legacy will carry the day
Coordinators - Conservative by choice ... we may finally have the talent to fit that .... we are the turnover ratio experts and that should be better not worse this year
 

I think we have finally got it together:
QBing is more than adequate and we have double bench strength ... no QB plays 21 games injury free .... most are good doing 16 games healthy
Running Backs - as good as we have had since superstar Charles Roberts
Receivers - good enough if not slightly better than average ... steady not brilliant
Blocking back /tight end / Canadian receiver - unnoticeable but ok
O-Line - the best I can remember ands THAT IS EVERYTHING
Defensive backs - upgraded from last year ... ball hawks
Linebackers - outside fits in with our DBs real nice but we don't scare anyone with our RUN defense .... its our first major problem to solve
DLine - I am expecting a genuine pass rush & real pressure compared to last year ... I don't have a clue about their skill as run stoppers
Special teams - Medlock says it all on the kicking side; returning is a notch down from last year but still OK .... our nemesis is undue penalties away from the play
Coaching - MOS has everyone's respect and that counts for huge ... still has stubborn streak blind spots that will cost us but hopefully not at the worst possible times .... losing Wylie hurts but lets hope his legacy will carry the day
Coordinators - Conservative by choice ... we may finally have the talent to fit that .... we are the turnover ratio experts and that should be better not worse this year
 

Doesn't sound like much understanding there
 

i like that we are starting 8 Nationals   ... much flexibilty subbing in a yank on both side of the ball

cap or no cap its been a decade .... a blind monkey typing could find better mlb's than we have brought in

yes please create the hole
 

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that's quite a judgment and untrue .... I just will pick certain issues and stick with them until addressed .... I am upbeat on the Blue this year as most .... this is the best team and the best hope we have had since the Milt Steagall days ... I like MOS's leadership but he has flaws that are not minor and may cost us the championship this year or next .... I have lived and died by the Bombers since 1961 when I wasn't old enough to read the newspaper .... I love the Bombers and everything CFL (and in the last 15 years the New England Patriots)
Its far easier to label someone a Negatron than to have a fair and open discussion about the issues of the moment
You confuse Bomber loyalty with conformity and party line .... why do you think Kyle Walters has sharp disagreements with MOS .... do you put him in your  Negatron category too?
You seem as unreasoned as a babbling Democrat waving the Hillary flag mindlessly uttering party propaganda
 
 

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IIRC he was viewed as the next up and comer before Nichols' multiple injuries and hence the need for Reilly to do it all

On TSN last night interviewing 3 GMs Walters said he & MOS frequently have sharp disagreements that takes stuff to repair ... MOS seems very narrow minded tunnel visioned to me .... if you are not next up to bat in his mind you are excluded from his plans .... see Bryan Bennett & U of M QB Yantz a couple years back ... many promises were made to Yantz but he never got to play a single down (and like Apodaca he had the best arm in camp) ... he was better than some of the Cdn QBs we see around the CFL this year. Both Yantz and Apodaca were never given a chance and MOS never planned to give them a chance .... this is a major character flaw with MOS
 
                    

In spite of losing both Glenn & Bennett to the roughies I like our QBing better this year than what we ended with last year ... I guess we will see

We stood pat because most of the pieces are in place ... the biggest change: a much improved D-Line .... we will stop the run and we will regularly get pressure on the QB .....  the turnover stats are going up not down

We stood pat because most of the pieces are in place ... the biggest change: a much improved D-Line .... we will stop the run and we will regularly get pressure on the QB .....  the turnover stats are going up not down

We stood pat because most of the pieces are in place ... the biggest change: a much improved D-Line .... we will stop the run and we will regularly get pressure on the QB .....  the turnover stats are going up not down