We have had much discussion (and threads) about the Bomber's defense ... we had a 5 alarm fire against hamilton ... other games kept us close enough to win (or barely lose) ... now that we have won a few games and the smoke has cleared, and that we have Leggett back, rate Ritchie's defense and tell us what you really think

2 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

He'd still get paid his contract.  I'm sure the stress could be a factor but being the DC when everyone wants you fired is probably not the most stress-free position.

Yes, he would be paid out, but what then? If he returns to the US of A, he would be in real trouble with health care costs.

44 minutes ago, Tracker said:

Yes, he would be paid out, but what then? If he returns to the US of A, he would be in real trouble with health care costs.

Same with every American player that gets cut An doesn't may have health issues.

Man good grief, way to give up 45 points to that ridiculously bad offense that could only manage 11 against MTL.  GTFO Richie.

Why is craptacular not an option?

On 2018-09-01 at 11:16 AM, rebusrankin said:

Why is craptacular not an option?

Big Blue will have to put that in after today.

I can’t believe they gave up 3 points to Edmonton yesterday.  And to boot, the defence only scored 1 TD on Fogg’s pick 6.

The defense has played pretty well overall lately, perhaps since that embarrassing loss to the RedBlacks at home.

To me, this begs the question: has O'Shea started to get more involved in the defense? He did hint at that during the off-season.

I think what happened is Bighill confronted Hall and told him that Biggie is now in charge of the D.

6 hours ago, ALuCsRED said:

I can’t believe they gave up 3 points to Edmonton yesterday.  And to boot, the defence only scored 1 TD on Fogg’s pick 6.

if the offense did not take the field at all, we STILL would have won based only on defense. This team is soo bi polar. If we get the best of the offense weve seen this year and the best of the defense, we will roll through every one 100-0. 

Defence sucks it’s Hall’s fault....defence plays well Hall had nothing to do with it.....?  Seriously.....the haters will always hate.

9 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

I think what happened is Bighill confronted Hall and told him that Biggie is now in charge of the D.

And Drake Nevis would eat the Edmonton OL for breakfast, lunch and supper. 

One good game is not enough to take the Bomber defence off the endangered species list.

8 minutes ago, Tracker said:

One good game is not enough to take the Bomber defence off the endangered species list.

They’ve had a lot more more than one good game.

They’re not free and clear, but allowing only 17 points in the last 2 games and 1 offensive TD against in the last 3 games is...pretty good.

Which one?

The one with base 4 and static blitz packages, that also has soft umbrella zone... laying way off the receivers in the back end?

Or....the one, last nite.... with multiple 6 man fronts, blitzing from all kinds of sets... and a secondary closing tight and smacking receivers around?

Confusing...

 

11 hours ago, DR. CFL said:

Defence sucks it’s Hall’s fault....defence plays well Hall had nothing to do with it.....?  Seriously.....the haters will always hate.

When after multiple years of seeing one thing, there is a sudden change. It makes me suspicious that Hall just figured it out.

The scheme we ran against Edmonton is something that would be successful game in and game out, and get better as the defense settles into it too...why it wasn't done much if at all prior to this is somewhat baffling considering the results, as the main premise of it is not something new and exotic, nor unfamiliar in style to this league...very weird...and If they revert back to the "old" style they were using next game...something is really wrong.

Also too...the emergence of Sayles as actually being really good (was not sold on him originally) as well as Alexander really settling in and becoming a presence might possibly be allowing us to play this style more now...if things are gelling and coming together ...finally now and the defense is peaking....it's the perfect time for it to happen with playoffs coming right up and possible jockying for position in final standings

10 hours ago, Mr Dee said:

They’re not free and clear, but allowing only 17 points in the last 2 games and 1 offensive TD against in the last 3 games is...pretty good.

1 td in 3 games is "pretty good"? Lol...that's damn near impossible in today's CFL...but only "pretty good"

 

**** outta here.

37 minutes ago, Booch said:

The scheme we ran against Edmonton is something that would be successful game in and game out, and get better as the defense settles into it too...why it wasn't done much if at all prior to this is somewhat baffling considering the results, as the main premise of it is not something new and exotic, nor unfamiliar in style to this league...very weird...and If they revert back to the "old" style they were using next game...something is really wrong.

I said the same thing to my buddy when watching the game, "where was this all year?" .   I was listening to TSN 1290 on the way to work, and Westwood brought up an interesting point.   The defence has only allowed 1 offensive TD in the last 3 games.  NOw it's a bit misleading considering we played Sask and Montreal before hand, but to do it against Reilly, perhaps there is something brewing here.   All that being said, I don't believe, nor do I hope, this is enough to save Richie Hall's job.   At any rate, I'm glad we are tied with the Schmoes and the Leos and actually are in a much better position to get into the post season.

and we really could have shut the Schmoes out last week..their sole points came off an end of quarter drive...where we played a bit of soft zone to prevent being burned for a TD at end of half

18 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

1 td in 3 games is "pretty good"? Lol...that's damn near impossible in today's CFL...but only "pretty good"

 

**** outta here.

The sarcasm was..pretty good too..

48 minutes ago, captaincanuck12 said:

I said the same thing to my buddy when watching the game, "where was this all year?" .   I was listening to TSN 1290 on the way to work, and Westwood brought up an interesting point.   The defence has only allowed 1 offensive TD in the last 3 games.  NOw it's a bit misleading considering we played Sask and Montreal before hand, but to do it against Reilly, perhaps there is something brewing here.   All that being said, I don't believe, nor do I hope, this is enough to save Richie Hall's job.   At any rate, I'm glad we are tied with the Schmoes and the Leos and actually are in a much better position to get into the post season.

I'm with you on hoping that this resurgence of the D doesn't give the team a false sense of where we're at overall. Hate being a Debbie Downer, but, overall, the team has been pretty mediocre for five seasons. Kudos to the D for playing great against Edmonton, but if we go one and done in the playoffs (if we make it), my biggest fear is management rides with the exact same coaching staff, scheme, starting QB, import WR's next season thinking we're trending upwards. We're not in the big picture.

 

51 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

The sarcasm was..pretty good too..

My bad...I shouldn't reply so early in the morning

Still awful with a smoke and mirrors show in Edmonton

55 mins of awesome 5 minutes of implosion...

 

I will give him a break though.... the Zebras really kept the ALLCAPS in the game.