BigBlue

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" He might bounce around for another 3-4 years" are you insane ... that's a career for most players .... he is our best blocker at receiver and reliable .... problem is we use him as a blocker too much and a receiver not enough .... he is in his prime now

We started well this year with a five and one record so I understood that the Bomber coaching staff did not want to make changes, other than to plug a hole due to injury. However in the last seven games, we have only won once.
Yes we've done a little tweaking, adding a couple of Canadian prospects, and signing or trading for defensive line replacements. But by and large, I have not personally seen any real attempt to upgrade our personnel on the field.
Are we really unable to locate a better receiver or halfback? Why are we so complacent about our long snapper situation? Can we not find linebackers and defensive ends that fit our schemes?
Have we decided to just "stand pat" until next spring's training camp?
Would it really kill us to outbid another CFL team for the veteran returnees who did not make it in their NFL tryouts?
It's a time honoured CFL tradition to bring in American prospects over the course of the summer. Many such prospects have helped their new teams immediately and had a real impact on the outcome of the season. I say some, not all. What have we done in July, August and even September; I am not not talking October: Signing practice roster players with the intention of making change in next year's training camp is fine. But what about right now?
Our current management and coaching have a very specific philosophy in how they have been running the club since the season opened. I can't quite identify what it is but my intuition tells me it is not in the realm of conventional CFL wisdom. I can smell it and it frustrates me.
Yes we have upgraded this team over last year and I am sort of happy about that; on the other hand, how could any team stay as pathetic as we were in 2013?
I am disappointed.
Other than normal maturing that comes with experience, what has this club done to improve itself since its first victory in July?
Personnel changes and trades are one thing. But I am wondering about everything and anything that can be done to develop our football team.
Is it just me? Or is there something I don't know about?

We started well this year with a five and one record so I understood that the Bomber coaching staff did not want to make changes, other than to plug a hole due to injury. However in the last seven games, we have only won once.
Yes we've done a little tweaking, adding a couple of Canadian prospects, and signing or trading for defensive line replacements. But by and large, I have not personally seen any real attempt to upgrade our personnel on the field.
Are we really unable to locate a better receiver or halfback? Why are we so complacent about our long snapper situation? Can we not find linebackers and defensive ends that fit our schemes?
Have we decided to just "stand pat" until next spring's training camp?
Would it really kill us to outbid another CFL team for the veteran returnees who did not make it in their NFL tryouts?
It's a time honoured CFL tradition to bring in American prospects over the course of the summer. Many such prospects have helped their new teams immediately and had a real impact on the outcome of the season. I say some, not all. What have we done in July, August and even September; I am not not talking October: Signing practice roster players with the intention of making change in next year's training camp is fine. But what about right now?
Our current management and coaching have a very specific philosophy in how they have been running the club since the season opened. I can't quite identify what it is but my intuition tells me it is not in the realm of conventional CFL wisdom. I can smell it and it frustrates me.
Yes we have upgraded this team over last year and I am sort of happy about that; on the other hand, how could any team stay as pathetic as we were in 2013?
I am disappointed.
Other than normal maturing that comes with experience, what has this club done to improve itself since its first victory in July?
Personnel changes and trades are one thing. But I am wondering about everything and anything that can be done to develop our football team.
Is it just me? Or is there something I don't know about?

Why discuss what's proven ... it's the unknown that is intriguing

8 wins 10 losses will not make the playoffs ... 9 & 9 might ... 10 & 8 should (which means also bearting BC ... I give us zero chance against Calgary

Sorry ... brain fart. Chris Jones is the Edmonton head coach I see on the sidelines with scowl on jis face all the time

MOS: The refs are not out there to get us .... you have to be positive ... you have to play the way that game is being called by the officials

does that mean we are trading for Ricky Ray?

I have a brain the size of a pea .... just like the rest of you .... I am here to share my thoughts, test my skills (judgment) and have a bunch of fun with all of you
 
My judgment is that we are at this point perhaps slightly above average with the western teams but not nearly good enough to beat the class of the league (Calgary) .... I expect we can take revenge on Edmonton, beat BC at home and split  with Regina ... we can still beat up on the team we need tp whip in the playoffs (Hamilton)
 
The big question is how much MOS and his coaches will have done by November in turning us from a bunch of individual talents into a harmonious, well oiled, highly functioning piece of machinery
 
My best guess is Calgary vs Winnipeg in the Grey Cup AND we end the twenty+ year drought ... on team work not talent

Egomaniac officiating where the reffing determines the outcome of a game on a very marginal call: about that we can in all practicality do absolutely nothing...
 
what has me on edge is if CFL  headquarters gives an officiating crew a wink and a nudge about who it would be better for if one team were to win over another ,.... I don't think it could be true but some games I absolutely wonder .... something about who signs the pay check .... I see corruption elsewhere all too often; I just can't believe it could happen in our League even if its an old boys club in part

Yes you will never make a prediction when you play the wait and see game
 
predictions are about what we think ... they are not about "not being wrong" so you can be right
 
we have thoughts and judgment ,,, we don;t need to hide them if we are humble and truth seeking

Where is Adrian McPherson ?

When there is a crossover, just let the team with the best record host the 1st playoff game  (while the division leaders takes their bye) ... fixes a lot of stuff with one tiny change doesn't it?

Better add some resources to the Chat Room ... too hard to get in & stay in .... would be nice to access the complete game chat  history as well

as if the initial depth chart listing means much ... the receivers are bundled according to ball position and the play  call ...  they know where each receiver will set up against the expected defensive scheme .... we are playing with not against an Etch style on both sides of the ball ..... this isn't British redcoats positioning in regimen formation but more like guerilla warfare ... sheesh

The fact that there is a revolving door as you say speaks to the problem ... A dominating back  Like Cornish, Andrew Harris and Charles Roberts is a real find and they don't grow on trees even in the great American south .... if they were Ottawa might have somebody pushing Chevron Walker .... Montreal could have replaced Whitaker last year with a back who would be challenging him this year ... why not ? ... are we excited about the replacement backs in Calgary and Toronto? All pretty average and ho-hum making their share of a few good plays ... but no real game changers. Finding really good running backs is anything but easy!
 
Will Ford was a good back that did most things well including blocking and catching flat passes ... Grigsby has nothing on him ... Ford's only problem was he was part of last year's regime and we are changing all that .... Ford wasn't going to be a super star but he would have made a bigger difference than Grigsby who hasn't been very good at finding holes, taking it outside or busting tackles
 
We have never really replaced Charles Roberts ... Fred Reid was just another average back and so has everyone we have had since
 
Maybe Cotton has something to show us ... then cutting Ford won't seem like such a big mistake ... Ford provided what we need now and would certainly have been good depth for no running back plays at full strength all 18 games anymore or perhaps ever
 
If we are happy with average backs then replacing them is easy but a difference maker not so much

The chat room does't do it for me ... I miss the 15 page game day threads from yesteryear

The chat room does't do it for me ... I miss the 15 page game day threads from yesteryear

I see various amounts of optimism and pessimism on this forum .... woes of our weaknesses expounded and glee about our new bright spots
 
What I am the happiest about is the new structure of leadership,  player management and talent search .... salivating really I am .... what ever bumps and bruises we have to endure in the short run I believe our long term prospects have never been better in decades 
 
 

The chat room does't do it for me ... I miss the 15 page game day threads from yesteryear

The chat room does't do it for me ... I miss the 15 page game day threads from yesteryear

I see various amounts of optimism and pessimism on this forum .... woes of our weaknesses expounded and glee about our new bright spots
 
What I am the happiest about is the new structure of leadership,  player management and talent search .... salivating really I am .... what ever bumps and bruises we have to endure in the short run I believe our long term prospects have never been better in decades 
 
 

I love Thursday games in the summer & Saturday nights in the fall ...
 
too much to do Friday nights & daytime on weekends
 
Thursdays mean I can totally focus on the game without worry, obligation or compromise

I love Thursday games in the summer & Saturday nights in the fall ...
 
too much to do Friday nights & daytime on weekends
 
Thursdays mean I can totally focus on the game without worry, obligation or compromise