Well, it's now been settled, and we officially get to host the WSF at home.  Thankfully us getting the Friday game gives us one extra day to rest and then prepare for one of the CFL's two villains.  So who do we want?

 

Me personally .... I'm probably going to go with the Ridirts.  It's not just about knocking off your rival, it's about getting the good matchup here.  I just really believe the Ridirts are a bad team with a good record.  They got there purely on luck.  Edmonton on the other hand ... Well they won 7 in a row, got injured and lost 6, but as they've started getting healthy, confidence is certainly getting back up.

 

My hope ... SSK wins but that both teams beat each other up bad enough that they both go limping into the playoffs.

You have a head coach whos' mentality is that every season that doesn't end in a Grey Cup win is a failure. When that mindset infects the rest of the coaches and players it can produce amazing results.

Edited November 7, 20178 yr by bluto
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43 minutes ago, bluto said:

You have a head coach whos' mentality is that every season that doesn't end in a Grey Cup win is a failure. When that mindset infects the rest of the coaches and players it can produce amazing results.

I've never seen a better use of the word "infects".... 

1 hour ago, bluto said:

You have a head coach whos' mentality is that every season that doesn't end in a Grey Cup win is a failure. When that mindset infects the rest of the coaches and players it can produce amazing results.

Thank you for coming back and editing for syntax.  Grammar matters.

Even in this "thred".

 

Also, if we're voting, my vote is for winning the Grey Cup over firing a coordinator.  At the risk of also being branded a **** disturber.

6 hours ago, bluto said:

You have a head coach whose mentality is that every season that doesn't end in a Grey Cup win is a failure. When that mindset infects the rest of the coaches and players it can produce amazing results.

 

                                                                    

 

                                                                    

12 hours ago, 17to85 said:

I made a comment about winning the Grey Cup and you said that meant we'd keep Hall, it wasn't a positive comment, how else are we supposed to interpret that? You don't want to get called out for preferring to fire a coach than win a championship then don't make comments like that. 

No, it wasn't positive. Hall's a crappy coach. So what?  Hall hasn't won a championship. You're acting like he did & getting all worked up about something that may never happen. Why do you even worry about stupid **** like this? Called out? By who? You? LOL! USABomberFan has been a helluva lot more vocal about Hall than me. Why aren't you "calling him out" & just me??? Go pester him for awhile. 

Edited November 8, 20178 yr by SpeedFlex27

I suggest discussing the game and not each other .. may be best for all involved.

1 hour ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

No, it wasn't positive. Hall's a crappy coach. So what?  Hall hasn't won a championship. 

You are quite right, he hasn't won a championship, he has won championships!  3 in fact! 2 as a coach and 1 as a player.

36 minutes ago, blueingreenland said:

You are quite right, he hasn't won a championship, he has won championships!  3 in fact! 2 as a coach and 1 as a player.

Not here he hasn't. 

Edited November 8, 20178 yr by SpeedFlex27

33 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Not here he hasn't. 

If we hired Buono, would this be your reasoning to fire him immediately as well?

11 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

No, it wasn't positive. Hall's a crappy coach. So what?  Hall hasn't won a championship. You're acting like he did & getting all worked up about something that may never happen. Why do you even worry about stupid **** like this? Called out? By who? You? LOL! USABomberFan has been a helluva lot more vocal about Hall than me. Why aren't you "calling him out" & just me??? Go pester him for awhile. 

I call everyone out, your comment was just the most insane one and now you're upset about it. I dunno maybe you didn't think before posting but either way, you put it out there for the world to see and now you wish you hadn't.

9 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Not here he hasn't. 

Hall hasn't won a championship during his three-year tenure here...?

Winning a Grey Cup would be bad because then we have to keep Hall who should be fired because he has never won a Grey Cup in Winnipeg.

9 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Not here he hasn't. 

In Calgary?

3 minutes ago, JCon said:

In Calgary?

*applause*

12 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

No, it wasn't positive. Hall's a crappy coach. So what?  Hall hasn't won a championship. You're acting like he did & getting all worked up about something that may never happen. Why do you even worry about stupid **** like this? Called out? By who? You? LOL! USABomberFan has been a helluva lot more vocal about Hall than me. Why aren't you "calling him out" & just me??? Go pester him for awhile. 

Lol I appreciate the shout-out.

And yes, I will take ownership of being the leader of the fire Richie Hall brigade and even say I'm proud of it.

But having said that ... if we this current year win the Grey Cup and Hall is kept around because of it, I am ok with that because winning the Grey Cup trumps all.  I don't think there's a sane fan here that would not want that first and foremost before anything.

My position is ... If we don't make or win the Grey Cup, that Richie Hall be held accountable for it unless the reason is a complete No-Show of offense, or a complete special teams/Medlock breakdown.

Hope that clears up any confusion.

I approve of your taking a hard stand while also leaving yourself ample room to backtrack out of it. 

If it were up to me, I'd send Richie Hall packing even if we did win the Grey Cup.  But it's not up to me, so I can only speculate on what the coaches would do.  But I have never ever said we must tank our opportunity to win the Grey Cup in order to fire Hall.

19 minutes ago, USABomberfan said:

If it were up to me, I'd send Richie Hall packing even if we did win the Grey Cup. 

"Because that would be reasonable and make total sense," said nobody ever.

You said it yourself: a championship trumps all. The only way Hall would be gone in that instance is by his by own accord, such as resignation or a better offer from another team.

I'm not the only one here who has said that very line by the way, and it's not a contradiction of winning the grey cup trumps all.  And way to only look at that line instead of the rest of my words where I said "but it's not up to me."

12 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Not here he hasn't. 

*face palm*
 

3 hours ago, SPuDS said:

*face palm*
 

Manager at daycare reading job application: "According to the background check we ran, you served prison time for eating four children."

Cannibal: "Not here, I haven't."

Manager at daycare: "Well then, I guess it's like it never happened.  Welcome aboard."

Cannibal: "Thanks, you won't regret this.  So when exactly is my lunch break?"

10 hours ago, 17to85 said:

I call everyone out, your comment was just the most insane one and now you're upset about it. I dunno maybe you didn't think before posting but either way, you put it out there for the world to see and now you wish you hadn't.

No, I don't regret anything. Why would I regret not liking Hall? 

10 hours ago, JCon said:

In Calgary?

Winnipeg, **** for brains.

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8 hours ago, SPuDS said:

*face palm*
 

If we don't win this weekend & we give up a ton of yards defensively, all you guys here will want Hall's head on a platter. That's how this place rolls. 

Edited November 9, 20178 yr by SpeedFlex27

51 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

If we don't win this weekend & we give up a ton of yards defensively, all you guys here will want Hall's head on a platter. That's how this place rolls. 

Nope. Not all. Blue Koolaid is potent. Look at that junkie theaardvark.