It might be just a select few posters I'm seeing do this, but man some of these criticisms just get so old.  Sure it's all warranted and good to rip the guy when he throws bad passes or makes a bad decision, but now it's rip him even when he completes a deep ball to Matthews that was called back, or the one to Whitehead that stood?  I mean, what is this?  Some Nichols witch hunt where he can do no right or something?

I'm not going to pretend that Nichols was all good, but on series's where our offense was off he wasn't the only one who made the errors.  Andrew Harris was not good either outside his TD catch and had as much to do with the struggles, as did Fenner on defense, Adams and some of Lapo's play calls that 17to85 talks about.

Nichols isn't above criticism and he doesn't necessarily deserve heaps of praise on his head.  But it's absolutely ridiculous to assume that he single-handedly wins or loses games.  That's not how Mike O'Shea's team works.

And his passing yards are meaningless.  You can rack up yards all day against bend but don't break defenses, but if you don't get TDs out of them, you are overrated.  Yup, I said it.  Passing yards are completely meaningless.

Edited June 29, 20196 yr by USABomberfan

13 minutes ago, trueBlue83 said:

Even Bob Irving right now isn't defending him like he usually does!

When even Knuckles has that resigned tone - things are usually beyond bad. 

17 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

How did they get that spot soooooooo wrong?

That pissed me off soo bad

7 minutes ago, Brandon said:

It's not mechanics of his throw or his leg.... it's all in the head with a dash of having very little athleticism

Oh good! I thought it was because he sucks. 

Week 1 seems so long ago.  remember when Nichols rolled out of the pocket against BC and made that nice throw for a TD.  It looked like he had his mobility back.  It appears that was short-lived.

1 minute ago, wbbfan said:

That pissed me off soo bad

O'Shea's expression said it all

Would it ****ing kill MOS to put Streveler in for a series or two when Nichols is shitting all over the field?? Like really?? If Nichols' ego cant take it or he's too mentally fragile to sit and watch for a few drives then its time to go sell insurance.

1 minute ago, blueandgoldguy said:

Week 1 seems so long ago.  remember when Nichols rolled out of the pocket against BC and made that nice throw for a TD.  It looked like he had his mobility back.  It appears that was short-lived.

No f'ing kidding! He was Johnny Roll-Out all game and it led to 2 TD's. And then...…..nothing since. This team is so ****ing frustrating! Its like they find something that works and then its "Well that's working great, scrap it!" Or its the opposite and they beat it to death until everyone in the stadium knows its coming.

2 minutes ago, Bubba Zanetti said:

Would it ****ing kill MOS to put Streveler in for a series or two when Nichols is shitting all over the field?? Like really?? If Nichols' ego cant take it or he's too mentally fragile to sit and watch for a few drives then its time to go sell insurance.

That isn't O'Shea. Streveler won't play.

Just now, SpeedFlex27 said:

That isn't O'Shea. Streveler won't play.

Huh?

1 minute ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

That isn't O'Shea. Streveler won't play.

Huh?

14 minutes ago, Brandon said:

It's not mechanics of his throw or his leg.... it's all in the head with a dash of having very little athleticism

So lapo doesn't call any deep throws because of what's in Mattys head ?....... the having no athleticism would coincide with bad mechanics being a reason for no deep throw calls ....IMO 

1 minute ago, Bubba Zanetti said:

Huh?

He'll play Nichols. He won't play Streveler. I mean, it's obvious.  Nichols is the starter & he won't come out when he struggles.

1 minute ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

He'll play Nichols. He won't play Streveler. I mean, it's obvious.  Nichols is the starter & he won't come out when he struggles.

Then MOS will eventually dig his own grave if he's that stubborn.

15 minutes ago, trueBlue83 said:

I told a colleague from.Regina back before the season started I expect Streveler to take over as starter by mid-August.  Sure seems to be trending that way.   If the club doesn't do anything about this soon, they are going to lose fans... how many times do we need to keep seeing this poor play?  Even Bob Irving right now isn't defending him like he usually does!

He defended him somewhat by sharing the blame across the board ...special teams , defence, and offence.  He would not acknowledge any callers who said the defence was struggling later because of time of possession in the second half.... which was affected by the two An outs.... 

Just now, Bubba Zanetti said:

Then MOS will eventually dig his own grave if he's that stubborn.

What have we seen the past 6 years? That stubbornness exactly.

1 minute ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

He'll play Nichols. He won't play Streveler. I mean, it's obvious.  Nichols is the starter & he won't come out when he struggles.

Cant remember which game it was last season, I think it was against Ottawa.  I walked out of the stadium with 8 minutes left to go because I was sick of watching Nichols and knew he wasnt getting pulled.. that's how I've felt the last 2 games..  if he struggles next week, theres no way the fans will stay quiet and no way the coaching staff can continue to stand by this... the calls for Steveler will be loud, and cannot be ignored.

4 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

He'll play Nichols. He won't play Streveler. I mean, it's obvious.  Nichols is the starter & he won't come out when he struggles.

Yep Nichols has a mile of leash it's gonna take some thing big for him to make that change. We only saw one play from the streveler package tonight 

Just now, trueBlue83 said:

Cant remember which game it was last season, I think it was against Ottawa.  I walked out of the stadium with 8 minutes left to go because I was sick of watching Nichols and knew he wasnt getting pulled.. that's how I've felt the last 2 games..  if he struggles next week, theres no way the fans will stay quiet and no way the coaching staff can continue to stand by this... the calls for Steveler will be loud, and cannot be ignored.

But but but then Nichols will be sad and say it wasn't nice for us to boo him...…..😪

Just now, trueBlue83 said:

Cant remember which game it was last season, I think it was against Ottawa.  I walked out of the stadium with 8 minutes left to go because I was sick of watching Nichols and knew he wasnt getting pulled.. that's how I've felt the last 2 games..  if he struggles next week, theres no way the fans will stay quiet and no way the coaching staff can continue to stand by this... the calls for Steveler will be loud, and cannot be ignored.

I just said to the wife....we should go to the game.  Even have an invite from friends who are going.....

Just now, trueBlue83 said:

Cant remember which game it was last season, I think it was against Ottawa.  I walked out of the stadium with 8 minutes left to go because I was sick of watching Nichols and knew he wasnt getting pulled.. that's how I've felt the last 2 games..  if he struggles next week, theres no way the fans will stay quiet and no way the coaching staff can continue to stand by this... the calls for Steveler will be loud, and cannot be ignored.

Mike will just say that Nichols gives the team the best chance to win, that Nichols is the starter & the coaching staff will close ranks. We have seen this before. Nothing will change. Not yet, anyway.

2 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Mike will just say that Nichols gives the team the best chance to win, that Nichols is the starter & the coaching staff will close ranks. We have seen this before. Nothing will change. Not yet, anyway.

Been the same sad story for 3 seasons now.  At what point do you keep leaning on the teams record and defending him and saying he's among the elite...  hes just not, and I dont think ever will take that step.

The game manager has closed his office early for the last 2 games...I think he needs a talking to by the board .....oh wait we have

The thing is there aren't any saviours we can bring in. There's no one out there any better. Streveler is green as grass.  Maybe he can win games. Maybe he can't.

1 minute ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

The thing is there aren't any saviours we can bring in. There's no one out there any better. Streveler is green as grass.  Maybe he can win games. Maybe he can't.

If only there was a way to find out. If only there was a way. If only ...

Just now, J5V said:

If only there was a way to find out. If only there was a way. If only ...

Look at the rosters.  No one is saying Pick Me! Pick Me! There is no one.