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Burris looked real good, however the first few series of the game when Montreal was blitzing like crazy, he looked awful, that oline there will be an issue for Ottawa. Montreal though? What the heck has happened, Were they really that good only because of Calvillo? Did AC really make that much of a difference? Got very bored watching the game, the ultra boring rod black and the very bland lapolice, honestly, i could see why lapo didn't really last as a head coach, I'm not sure how anyone could be motivated listening to him speak OK. I hope that was just a temp thing there, black and lapolice cuz yuck that's an ugly duo, ugly to listen too. I could hear lapo in the dressing room when watching, OK boys ok we are gonna ok go out there ok and ook ok ok ok ok. Same old alex brink, 3rd and 15 or so and throws a 5 yard pass. Awesome. Montreal is in trouble and I don't think Ottawa was that great last night, I just think Montreal really really sucked. Johnson was neat, doesn't seem fast enough, first pass to him he goes down without being touched, doesn't get up, fumbles the ball, picks it back up though but still. Is he gonna make the als team? should he?

Anybody there we might be interested in? I really don't see many names

True, Gott and what became the 4th overall pick in Antoine Pruneau. One could make the case that is an overpayment for 33 year old glenn and a retired marwan hage. On the flip side, one could also say that Marcel Desjardins actually made a good move, possibly the first good move he made as GM of the redblacks, the rest have been sort of head scratchers.

If willy gets hurt, i don't think i'd feel too comfortable with Brohm starting, On the flip side, i wouldn't have felt too comfortable with hall starting either so really, It's a wash. Yeah Hall had experience but like KBF said, it was losing experience, 1-8 as a starter doesn't exactly make me jump up and down and go oh boy we got a chance now, Cuz reality is, we probably wouldn't. Hall is gone, won't get picked up. LOL @ tsn comments section, Anybody ever read those comments? people are positive hall will be picked up and starting in the league eventually. I wish i had an account there so i could ask them WHERE.

definitely one of the biggest and more popular allies to have. Bodes well for Bowman.

I think he'll last the season. They pushed all the chips into the middle of the table with that scheme, in terms of the players they've recruited and the positional coaches, Martin, McDiarmid and Scheper are Etcheverry's coaching posse. Now that I think for a second, Jackson might be one of Etcheverry's guys too. Etch was head coach at ottawa, was jackson a member of his staff at that time?

13 coaches this year, how much last year? don't think we had double digits.

full time, he was a guest coach at training camp.

Is this their fall back plan when they fire etch? lol

Just saying here but.. 98 percent of this board called halls release. You are gloating for no reason. We all saw it coming. Do you really think a non mobile joey elliot and alex brink would have fared any differently last season? Last season was more about the coaches and the ridiculous schemes they tried to run instead of about how bad the players were. I'm not sure peyton manning would have done much here last year or russel wilson for that matter but because wilson can scramble and run, he might have looked ok but not much more than ok.

Richardson ahead of Thomas? Anderson buried behind Turner and Thomas? Yikes.

Desjardins will not be the coach of the Pens, Looks like he is now going to be the coach of the canucks. These things seem to change on a daily basis.

QB... WILLY, Brohm, Marve OL... JANUARY, GREAVES, MORLEY, NEUFELD, KNAPP, Goossen REC.. KELLY, MOORE, WATSON, DENMARK, KOHLERT, Feoli-Gudino, Carter, Woods RB... GRIGSBY, Volny, Pontbriand, Fitzgerald DL... VEGA, TURNER, THOMAS, PEACH, Anderson, Richardson LB... BANKS, KUALE, DUNN, Sherman, Wild, Stephan, Cornell DB... RANDLE, WASHINGTON, LEGGETT, SUBER, ALEXANDER, Markett, Bucknor, Jones ST... Hajrullahu, Renaud I can also see us field Everettt as Backup OL/DL in place of an Nat'l LB or CB. Bucknor can also start ahead of Alexander. Knapp can be RG and Neufeld at RT. Not a bad line-up actually, and only 2 - Willy and Leggett - rookie starter in the mix. The soft spot I can see is the LB and RB units. What about bolton instead of grigsby, unamba instead of dunn.

QB... WILLY, Brohm, Marve OL... JANUARY, GREAVES, MORLEY, NEUFELD, KNAPP, Goossen REC.. KELLY, MOORE, WATSON, DENMARK, KOHLERT, Feoli-Gudino, Carter, Woods RB... GRIGSBY, Volny, Pontbriand, Fitzgerald DL... VEGA, TURNER, THOMAS, PEACH, Anderson, Richardson LB... BANKS, KUALE, DUNN, Sherman, Wild, Stephan, Cornell DB... RANDLE, WASHINGTON, LEGGETT, SUBER, ALEXANDER, Markett, Bucknor, Jones ST... Hajrullahu, Renaud I can also see us field Everettt as Backup OL/DL in place of an Nat'l LB or CB. Bucknor can also start ahead of Alexander. Knapp can be RG and Neufeld at RT. Not a bad line-up actually, and only 2 - Willy and Leggett - rookie starter in the mix. The soft spot I can see is the LB and RB units. Just out of those rostered names I can count 18 guys who are Walters additions. Plus Everett, Cotton, probably a couple others that I won't waste time looking up. Stuff has happened. Also, having watched the presser video now, OShea does say that some of the 11 cut may be invited on the PR. did he? could swear, maybe it was on twitter and i guess twitter is wrong from time to time, thought bauming or someone tweeted that none of them will be on the PR. Going to have to force myself to watch it again, it hurt the first time maybe it won't be so bad this time

a work in progress.

maybe he's a deceptibrohm

personally just want to see a team who won't give up and are competitive. Baby steps i guess is what you can call it.

Yup. saw that. Brad Richards was bought out by the NYR though.

Most experienced yes. But maybe the coaching staff doesn't give too much weight on his experience as a 1-8 starting QB. Wonder if hall throwing the oline under the bus after the last game and saying " if that block was made, it was a td" and "i thought i played well" had anything to do with it? That is probably not something you want your qb or leader to say, leaders don't throw team mates under the bus like that and hall most certainly did.

That's not the same paris jackson from BC is it? That guys gotta be like 50 years old, he's been around forever and last time he did something relevant was probably 5 years ago.

That's a good point actually. Dunn was one for sure, Was zach anderson another? Outside of those 2 guys though, I don't think there was anyone else and Anderson might not have even started the first game. Markett? nah, he didn't start. Desia Dunn (who admittedly, I wasn't excited about at all) and Zach Anderson right off the bat. Then there was Markett and Wallace Miles was a promising receiver as well (although he was here right at the end of 2012) Hows miles doing out in ottawa? is he gonna make the team or is he a guy that we could possibly pick up? He had 4 catches for 44 yards last week. Most receptions on the team. That's good to hear, glad he is doing well. Really thought he looked good when he got his shot last season, made some plays. The guys going to be a pretty good receiver in this league i think.

Some guys look good on one team and not so good on the other, If he fits into our system, why not?

That's a good point actually. Dunn was one for sure, Was zach anderson another? Outside of those 2 guys though, I don't think there was anyone else and Anderson might not have even started the first game. Markett? nah, he didn't start. Desia Dunn (who admittedly, I wasn't excited about at all) and Zach Anderson right off the bat. Then there was Markett and Wallace Miles was a promising receiver as well (although he was here right at the end of 2012) Hows miles doing out in ottawa? is he gonna make the team or is he a guy that we could possibly pick up?

Like i said, not a big alcohol drinker. We never did use mix, some guys wanted too. A friend who is a fan said exactly what you just did.

I think a big problem with last years team was the Offence. It was so bad that the games were over when other teams scored 14 points, well they weren't but essentially we all knew they were. If we can get a decent to even mediocre performance out of the offence, not going 2 and out all game, not leaving the D on the field for 45 of the 60 minutes of the game, I think we should be better.The Offence was a big reason why we were just so terrible last year. Crowton was just terrible, With a capable offence and it looks like we may have a capable offence, we should see some significant improvement over last year. Last year should just be putin the garbage and taken away cuz i don't really think last year was an indication of how good or bad we were, our head coach looked lost, our OC to the start the year made Buck Pierce a pocket qb, The team has talent, they just weren't really used properly last season. I'll go back to the buck pierce point once again, the guy was not a pocket qb and our brilliant OC tried to turn him in to one. Just had fail written all over it, this team? I feel there is some hope. Our coaches know what they are doing (I'm not convinced Etch does) but the others are all capable. Last year, none of them were.