After another crushing defeat to the hands of the riders and some time to recover from the throbbing headache and pain from the loss the day before. I did a little bit of soul searching and some deep thinking while sitting at my desk at work today about the plight of the Bombers. Sure it would be easy to lay all the blame at the feet of the under performing veteran QB we just gave a big contract extension to, but in my day of meditation I think I've come to a realization that there are a couple things that could be hampering the Bombers and it runs deeper than just quarterback play.

Just a year or two ago everybody was celebrating the hiring of two Canadians at the clubs top positions, we were given hope with the signing of high profile Canadian talent and some big name american free agents. At this time the club was desperate for a turn around and had the cap space to make these quick changes. The club was also celebrated for having a much deeper Canadian prospect pool than they had ever had in recent memory. This turn around was exactly what we all wanted to see especially after Joe Mack had seemingly depleted our Canadian pool to nothing and was unable to find a quarterback.

Now I don't think the GM is the issue in Winnipeg and I actually think Walters has done a good job under the circumstances, my theory that I keep coming up with is basically comparing a head coach in the CFL more to a head coach in college football rather than comparing them to an NFL head coach.I think one of the issues we've been having here is not necessarily scouting but having a head coach that can recruit high profile american talent. Finding the talent is only half the battle and having an american head coach that is familiar with players agents, their college coaches, is able to tap in to these football pipelines in the south, and somebody these players are familiar with is a huge tool that some of the coaches in the league have over O'Shea that played his entire career in the CFL and went to a Canadian University. When people talk about recruiting in college football, one of the biggest things that is always brought up is the players went to that school to play for a specific head coach, I don't think young players who have generally never heard of the CFL are too excited to come play for a coach from Canada that never made it to the NFL which is ultimately their goal.

Football players coming up here I believe have to be convinced they will be put in a position to show their talent and be put in a position to succeed. Unless you know quite a bit about the CFL and know that Osh was an all time great up here I don't think that's a big sell to a player who will be coming up here essentially leaving everything behind and coming to make very little money rather than staying in the states and sitting on a practice roster.

A guy like Devone Claybrook in my opinion would instantly improve us in that area as he's played in the NFL and has a ton of experience coaching in this league as well as being from the southern american states.

 

Just my 2 cents....more like 10 cents.

 

 

 

Edited September 11, 20187 yr by Gotmilt

4 hours ago, do or die said:

If our O "fell apart" because of one import receiver getting injured....what does this tell us?

That you have poor depth perception? 🙂

I will not armchair judge any of the offence until we have a consistent QB....(consistentLy better numbers other than just W's)

39 minutes ago, J5V said:

That you have poor depth perception? 🙂

Or I simply perceive poor depth....

17 minutes ago, do or die said:

Or I simply perceive poor depth....

 

Both my gin and perception levels are sagely balanced....

A HC needs to be flexible. To adapt to changing situations whether it be during a game, practice or because of injuries. Not to be totally rigid, stubborn & refusing to make changes. I've seen this dog & pony show for nearly 5 years from O'Shea & I know I'm tired of it. Cal Murphy was a stubborn Irishman like O'Shea. The difference between the 2 is he won championships. Lots of them. When the situation called for it, he did show adaptation. He knew what it took as a coach to win. Our current HC is as flexible as a two by four after so many years & still hasn't figured it out. 

Man - this is full meltdown mode...

Nichols had a non-contact knee injury in pre-season.  Then was brought off the 6 game early - for what reason I just don't know...

We've been Willy'd again I'm afraid...  coaching staff has to accept this and run with Streveler for the rest of the season

Let him manage the games the way Nichols did last year - he's fully capable - after two games of Streveler, all of this other panic will be subsided and we can get back to calling for Richie Hall's dismissal.

The Role of a CFL Head Coach

Just win baby!

1 hour ago, Floyd said:

Man - this is full meltdown mode...

Nichols had a non-contact knee injury in pre-season.  Then was brought off the 6 game early - for what reason I just don't know...

We've been Willy'd again I'm afraid...  coaching staff has to accept this and run with Streveler for the rest of the season

Let him manage the games the way Nichols did last year - he's fully capable - after two games of Streveler, all of this other panic will be subsided and we can get back to calling for Richie Hall's dismissal.

Streveler needs to fix MBB - that is all. 

2 hours ago, pigseye said:

The Role of a CFL Head Coach

Just win baby!

Or try 63 yard field goals.  Then the head coach says he has no regrets & that he'd do it again. 

Edited September 16, 20187 yr by SpeedFlex27