IT"S GAME DAY!!!! Let's demolish the 'shmoes!

 

 

GAME 14 | WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS (6-7) at EDMONTON ESKIMOS (7-6)

THE 4-1-1

Kickoff: 6 p.m. CDT, Saturday; Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
TV: TSN, RDS-2, ESPN+
Radio: CJOB
The forecast: Sunny with a high of 6C. Night: clear. Low -6C.
Vegas line: The Eskimos are favoured by 6.5 points.
Streaks: Winnipeg: 1W; Edmonton: 1L
Home/Road: Edmonton is 5-1 at home; the Bombers are 2-4 on the road.
Series: The Eskimos lead the all-time series (since 1938) 102-88-3.
Recent history: The Eskimos rallied from an eight-point fourth quarter deficit to edge the Bombers 33-30 in the CFL season opener back in June. Edmonton has won two straight against Winnipeg, including last year’s West Division Semi-Final.

(Thanks Ed Tait)

 

 

 

 

Edited September 29, 20187 yr by wanna-b-fanboy

42 minutes ago, do or die said:

First victim, according to 3rdDownNation:

Edmonton Eskimos have let special teams coordinator Cory McDiarmid go.

Scapegoat for Maas. Was ST's a problem last night? I didn't think so. 

Edited September 30, 20187 yr by SpeedFlex27

5 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Scapegoat for Maas. Was ST's a problem last night? I didn't think so. 

They did have that punt blocked.

Kinda of a knee jerk reaction....

5 minutes ago, do or die said:

Kinda of a knee jerk reaction....

It's an easy move to criticise but it does show a willingness to do *something* to improve their fortunes going forward. It also makes a statement that losing in an embarrassing fashion will not be tolerated. 

11 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

They did have that punt blocked.

Yup and Miller easily dispatched his block to blow up a returner. There were other plays as well. 

48 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Like the old bomber STC??

Tracy?

26 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

They did have that punt blocked.

Wow. Reilly had 2 pick sixes. Why didn't Maas fire himself? 

Have you noticed that head coaches like Maas do these things when they fear for their jobs? Maas is not a Sunderland guy as Hervey hired him & I could see him making a change if things continue the way they a re. 

Trouble is...that in those kinda games....if you are actually pink slipping people based on that one game......half the Edmonton O, could of been cut.

22 minutes ago, J5V said:

It's an easy move to criticise but it does show a willingness to do *something* to improve their fortunes going forward. It also makes a statement that losing in an embarrassing fashion will not be tolerated. 

No players were cut so I don't think it is as big of a deal with them. Now cut a couple of guys & they'll pay attention. 

21 minutes ago, J5V said:

It's an easy move to criticise but it does show a willingness to do *something* to improve their fortunes going forward. It also makes a statement that losing in an embarrassing fashion will not be tolerated. 

How has this made anything better?

What statement does this make to the team? " we will knee jerk fire someone that had little to do with a blow out loss to improve the optics, but under closer scrutiny, is a silly knee jerk reaction that does nothing to improve the situation.

4 hours ago, J5V said:

Really? In the BC - Ham game earlier in the day they pulled starters -- Jennings for sucking and Masoli to, I assume, protect him going forward.

Would have rather seen LaFrance pounding the ball late. Would have liked to see Streveler get some reps late.

It may be true about Dickenson but I'd still suggest it's not smart. These QBs may be looking to pad statistics and risking injury to get garbage stats is foolish.

Let's agree to disagree. All good.

How coaches refuse to pull starters is really a head scratcher. In 2007 Berry had plenty of opportunity to give Dinwiddie some hard reps but he left Glenn in. That came back to bite the Bombers when the were forced to start their inexperienced #2 and he made an inexperienced move that cost the Bombers a cup. Right now there are at least three teams that need to give their #2’s reps. Winnipeg isn’t one BUT you do it when you can because if you aren’t giving your backups the reps they need when their mistakes can’t hurt you then your chances of them hurting you when it really counts only goes up.

Just now, SpeedFlex27 said:

No players were cut so I don't think it is as big of a deal with them. Now cut a couple of guys & they'll pay attention. 

Players tend to take it personally when a coach gets axed though your point is well made.

Edmonton has not been playing well for some time now. I think they were thinking something had to be done.

Real Jekyll and Hyde show over there. Beat Calgary 48-42 recently.

17 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Wow. Reilly had 2 pick sixes. Why didn't Maas fire himself? 

I haven't followed the esks that closely but apparently a lot of their fans thought this was long over due so it must not have been based just on one game.

1 hour ago, do or die said:

First victim, according to 3rdDownNation:

Edmonton Eskimos have let special teams coordinator Cory McDiarmid go.

They may want to...assess their OL depth instead...