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I think it had more to do with Crum that the light switch at Qb came on. I am not saying he is a star yet. He definitely has all the tools especially the intelligence part imo though.

Dom Davis i gotta give this guy credit,has to rank up there as the worst QB that that keeps on finding a way to play.😄

Bruins reportedly prefer Elias Lindholm trade over Mark Scheifele deal (msn.com)
Former 40 goal scorer, who doesn't back check.

It's not our typical overwhelming domination this year....I'll give you that. Still the league's best OL. I think you are just spoiled by what we've had here for the last 3 or 4 years. This year our OL has come back to the pack a bit but its hyperbole to say they are playing badly.

Jackson is a hell of a blocker.  You’d almost want to see him take a few reps at guard if he’s on the roster anyway.  Athletic and strong, long arms (Dobson’s struggle).

agreed....and first 2 games were just dominant....as well as dominant spells in some others....the BC game was just weird all around, and the O-line shouldn't be judged solely on that....We gave up 1/3rd of our sacks basically in that game

Oliveira is a guy built to wear down a defense. Yeah it will be less effective early on, but keep at it and will pay off late. Just need to string together a few more first downs than they have been.

I'm so cut, I can't fit in the bus.

Does he look like the Stay Puff marshmallow man? 

Davis would have looked nice in Blue and Gold. 

Dom Davis i gotta give this guy credit,has to rank up there as the worst QB that that keeps on finding a way to play.😄

Dom Davis i gotta give this guy credit,has to rank up there as the worst QB that that keeps on finding a way to play.😄

Dom Davis i gotta give this guy credit,has to rank up there as the worst QB that that keeps on finding a way to play.😄

there was a play where Dobson was SO LOST that Stan was handling his man with his left hand, and with his right hand, grabbed Dobson and shoved him in the right direction because he was so completely lost and going the wrong way. Rookie errors, big time. And as mentioned, Koala was getting blown up often, and twice got nailed for holding because he was turnstiled and needed to grab just so Zach wouldn't get destroyed. In short, I do not understand these stats/grades. 

https://www.cfl.ca/2023/07/25/cfl-honour-roll-week-7-collaros-leonard-bombers-o-line-make-the-grade/
 
Zach Collaros ... and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ offensive line have made the grade for Week 7 in the Canadian Football League (CFL) Honour Roll powered by Pro Football Focus (PFF).
CFL HONOUR ROLL – WEEK 7: OFFENCE
QB | Zach Collaros | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | WPG 28 – EDM 14
PFF Player Grade: 84.6 20-of-24 passing (season-high 83.3 per cent) for 308 yards and two touchdowns Two passes for 30+ yards, including a personal season’s best 70-yard effort to Nic Demski for a touchdown in the third quarter 129.2 efficiency rating CFL HONOUR ROLL – WEEK 7: OFFENSIVE LINE
Winnipeg Blue Bombers | WPG 28 – EDM 14
PFF unit grade: 79.8 Top-3 performers: Patrick Neufeld | 72.2 Chris Kolankowski | 70.8 Liam Dobson | 68.9 CFL HONOUR ROLL: ALL-WEEK 7
QB | Zach Collaros | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 84.6 RB | Brady Oliveira | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 72.9 REC | Nate Behar | Ottawa REDBLACKS | 79.4 OL | Colin Kelly | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 75.0 DL | Mike Rose | Calgary Stampeders | 79.3 LB | Ben Hladik | BC Lions | 80.6 DB | Richard Leonard | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 86.1 K/P | Bailey Flint | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 79.0 ST | Jayden Dalke | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 91.8  
Granted it was against the hands-down worst team in the league, but it's nice to see Zach, Brady, and the OL grading out well compared to other teams.

People might not want to acknowledge the level of difficulty cutting a 3 in 1 Natl. kicker caused the team in roster management, there may be measurable benefits down the road, but the cost of replacing him and the lost ratio flexibility he allowed has become a real inconvenience.  As much as I wasn't Leggs biggest fan, I don't think it's been worth the tradeoff.

Lapo problems

Agreed on all points. We dominated on defence. Absolutely dominated. It was a sight to behold. Offensively we were average but very opportunistic. We were a good team with or without Zac. Did Zac put us over the top....yea he did because Streveler is more of a gimmick QB and was playing on a broken foot. All we needed out of Zac that playoff run was competent and our defence was just that damn good. Wasn't until 2021 that Zac really broke out with us imo. In 2019 he was game managing us through the playoffs.

We might not have got passed the stamps in the semi final if streveler hadn't decided to run all over the calgary defence in the 2nd half. So i reject your premise that collaros was the difference.  
Here are some other extremely key things that improved the 2019 team for the playoffs: Mason at SAM, Alexander at safety, Taylor at halfback. Jones at db as well. And yes collaros in for injured Nichols was part but they mare a lot of changes to the D leading into the playoffs that set the tone for what was to come, and make no mistake the 2019 playoffs the defense was lights out and a way bigger factor than the offense.

oshea is a bad, lucky  coach?  This discussion is going into the twilight zone. 

One Cup...maybe, maybe i agree. But 2 ******* Cups? No way in hell it's luck....
 
 
 

I can understand the perspective of someone thinking the '19 run was a fluke.... that we just got on a heater. But so much credit has to be given to Osh and his leadership skills for having that team fired up the whole way through and making sure they were prepared. Remember also that during GC Week '19, most of the team came down with a bad flu bug and were in rough shape. They still came out and put on *THAT* performance that day.... truly incredible. And I really think a lot of that had to do with Osh's leadership
 

I'm pretty sure if Booch had the chance he would rephrase that. It wasn't luck. our defence was absolutely lights out, and our offence firing on all cylinders all 3 games. We won every one in very convincing fashion. Definitely not one game where we didn't completely overwhelm the opposition in those playoffs. It was one of the most dominant playoff runs I have ever seen in the CFL.

I agree. Building a championship and setting up culture are the lynch pins of success. What are arguing about again? I wouldn't trade MOS for any HC in this league....would you?

Luck is preparation plus opportunity, no mystical energies won us a cup/cups, it was a coach and his team that won it. Leave the superstition to medieval peasants