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So experts and former pro coaches... what should a practice look like? And unless you have been... perhaps commenting on them is pointless. I've come to the conclusion that sometimes people see what they want to see. Even if what's happening in front of them is the opposite

I got blocked by lawless on twitter for calling him gary Walrus. Guy has no sense of humor

Just to Hamilton and Calgary

Thoughts from me Scheif Ehlers Petan Lemieux all looked pretty good. Give Petan line mates other than 2 scrubs and this game ends in regulation. Not sure I liked the Perreault Burmi Ehlers line.... lots of skill but maybe too fancy. Ehlers looked legit tho. Pav was solid but his positioning is still a problem. Helle was solid. Like lundquist really.. big and positionaly strong. 3 on 3 was crazy. I'd have put petan and ehlers out there together just once. Not surprised stafford was on the ice for the goal. Really annoys me that a guy like thorburn is gonna take a spot away from one or 2 of petan armia and Lemieux. Raffl looked ok but basically it was cuz petan made him look good. 29 is pretty old.

Justin Cole has been pretty good

Agreed. And it's seriously a dumb question to ask.

It's pre season. Who cares what the lines and pairs are.

Ya. Read the twitter and it makes lots of sense

X rays or something else must have revealed something a little more serious then. Don't like the after the game questions on injuries, they really don't know until the x ray or mri or whatever is done.

That's unfortunate.... when did he get hurt?

Theres a section of knowledgeable fans for sure, but then theres a whole lot of morons too. The people who post on the message boards, we are the minority... It's pretty simple to see too. Go check out twitter and some of the posts by fans of the team, they aren't that knowledgeable at all, some want LAPO to be the new GM of the team, some are still blaming the release of clint Kent as the reason we aren't good... It's not just 1 or 2 people either, it's lots, lots, more than the amount of people who post on these sites thats for sure. You look at these sites and the same ones who post here, post on the other site and vice versa, it's the same group, but... man, there are way more morons than there are knowledgeable fans in this city, that goes for the Jets too. The people on these message boards are the minority... big time. Hell read some posts and topics on this site and you will see the same thing really..

I'd say with Drew Willy we are 6-6 at worst so he's not wrong. Not sure why some of you expect him to say they are worse than their record, I mean who the heck says that.. Starting RB INJURED... Starting QB injured... yeah, the team is better than their current record. Theres no doubt about it.. They aren't like 10-4 or 9-5 better but they are at least .500 if Willy was still healthy, probably better. Don't think some of you really realize how important Drew Willy is to this team, he's what makes the O work... he's the guy, he's done for now tho so yeah, we aren't gonna be as good without him. Cotton is a loss but losing your starting QB, man that's the end of your season really. Look at Sask, Montreal for that matter, BC now... every team outside of Edmonton who has lost their starting QB to injury THIS SEASON, so that doesn't include the argos, isn't good. Look what happens to Hamilton in the coming weeks, when you lose your best player and your teams MOP... yeah, you aren't gonna be as good.

I think MOS will be here next year for sure, guaranteed. Just cuz 6 people on a message board think otherwise, it doesn't make it so. I do think MB is gone tho, I think it's a matter of time really... just counting down the days really... I think MOS is a good coach, i think he's learning, i think he's in a tough spot right now, say your fire MB now, there isn't enough time to change the playbook, you can't create a new one in a week, it just won't happen... we still have a bye coming up and yeah i believe it's b4 the last game of the year but... i feel MB will be let go then. I think Noeller was also just saying in a nutshell, but being a lot nicer about it... DW made chicken salad out of chicken crap.

BC could have kept Glenn and didn't... they have no interest in him... Austin came out and basically said HELL NO to Glenn... Glenn, a good backup... but perhaps his starting days have passed him by. He's basically... good enough to get you there but probably not good enough to win. You know what you get with Glenn, and what you get is basically when the game is on the line, he folds.

Probably will get an AHL contract.... I'm interested in 2 lines tonight... Perreault Burmi Ehlers Lemieux Copp Armia That could very well be our bottom 6 this year. Oh and just confirming this but... TSN 3 has the game tonight.

Alright, let's just ask already... what pro teams have you coached? or even what teams have you coached for that matter? What makes you the expert, are you the guy that sends his resume in to the bombers every year wanting a job as coach? is that you? And just cuz you been to practice, it doesn't really mean you understand what practice should look like You say you've run practices before, ever think you were doing it wrong? I mean seriously man, you tried this topic on the other site and MIKE and GCN11 ripped it to shreds... in case you haven't noticed, it's pretty much the same people over here too. Don't get me wrong, i appreciate the practice reports from people like yourself or gbill or whoever really but at the same time, you watching up in the stands or gbill watching up in the stands, you really have no clue what is actually happening.

Only 1 team wins the grey cup every year, only 1 team wins the superbowl every year... only 1 team wins the stanley cup every year... only 1 team wins the world series every year... so if i'm understanding this correctly... 8 CFL teams, 31 NFL teams, 29 NHL teams and a whole bunch of Major League Baseball teams are hiring the wrong guy every year? Man, that 1 guy sure looks easy to fine... Kent Austin is a good coach but the last 2 years he's 0-2 in the grey cup game, yeah they made it there but they lost... if the goal is to win the last game of the year then really, only 1 team in every sport hired the "right guy".

It was ok but... 2 years of MB running the O and last in almost every category even with Willy... not good enough. MB I'd the only coach I'd like to see fired

They Wouldn't but MOAB always tries to make trades that make no sense lol.

Your D is pretty awful and the reason you have been losing, Your O is like number 1 or 2 in the league, I'm honestly not sure Durant would make a difference for you guys this season. Sask... Awful D, 1 or 2 0 in the league WPG... Awful O, Pretty good D You combine us and you probably got a pretty damn good team really.. Our D, Your O.

what are his weakness's because that's what MB will ask him to do the most... Play to his weakness instead of his size and speed.

Do you really think he's referring to O'shea in his quote? He's not, he's referring to the players on the field.. i don't know how you don't get that... looking too far in to things again.. I mean really, he said they knew what Montreal was going to do, That means O'shea actually coached them up properly but they still sucked. That's on the players. It's ridiculous that people read so far in to these quotes, he called out his team mates, and guess what, one of those guys, Jasper Simmons was released today... Dude was dogging it on special teams and paid for it. What the heck can the coaches do really... they aren't the ones on the field.. This whole boss analogy is ridiculous... cuz if i'm an employee and i keep screwing up, that's not my bosses fault, that's my fault... and eventually if i keep doing it, my boss fires me... kind of like what happened with Simmons. It's crazy that some fans always look to blame the coaches but can never just say maybe just maybe the talent just isn't good enough out there.

It's all about timing on O, a bad snap, a high snap.. a floating snap throws it all off.

I dunno if he played well or not, obviously not if they decided to release him. I think when breaking down the special teams film, they probably saw that simmons was dogging it out there, I think his release has nothing to do with wild coming and everything to do with his lackluster play. What did he have? 1 tackle? Not sure that's exactly what they were expecting from him. I think if anything this kind of proves that Calgary wasn't playing him for a reason and that reason was he wasn't good enough.

It's PoMo for sure. Not sure why but that's what i've seen on hockey boards all the time.