Too soon?  Too many truly painful Grey Cup losses have taken the sting out of yesterday's loss already.

Time to look forward while we cope with the recent disappointment.  

Who do we keep?  Who do we let go?  Who do we go after?

Someone was going to start this thread at some point.

6 hours ago, Mark H. said:

No. Check the numbers. 

Kicking is the least of our worries IMO. As has been stated almost ad neauseam ,we need a large punishing nose tackle.

10 minutes ago, Piggy 1 said:

Kicking is the least of our worries IMO. As has been stated almost ad neauseam ,we need a large punishing nose tackle.

I’m sure you didn’t mean it this way, but your comment sounds like you think our roster is a disaster and we need help at so many positions…. ‘Kicking is the least of our worries’

4 hours ago, Mark H. said:

Good. Then the kicking situation will unfold as it should. 

Perfect post for a sports forum.

Beat me to it.

22 minutes ago, BomberBall said:

I’m sure you didn’t mean it this way, but your comment sounds like you think our roster is a disaster and we need help at so many positions…. ‘Kicking is the least of our worries’

Sorry,your right, Should have clarified. Damn flu.......🤢

On 2023-02-17 at 3:20 PM, Wideleft said:

We've already got Coach through 2025.

Walters is the retention issue 

Every team has a weakness. With the Bombers right now it’s at kicker. Every other area of our team (including nose tackle which I’m sure they’ll fill adequately) is the top of, or near the top of the league. 10 years ago most of us who were on here then, would have been ecstatic with the team Walters has assembled for 2023. Even with an inconsistent kicking game. Heck, with our receiving core we may never have to kick FG’s anyway 😁

48 minutes ago, IC Khari said:

Heck, with our receiving core we may never have to kick FG’s anyway 😁

Lawler > Legghio

I now have a complete understanding of the situation, and will from henceforth, critique only the nose tackle position.

 

1 hour ago, IC Khari said:

Every team has a weakness. With the Bombers right now it’s at kicker. Every other area of our team (including nose tackle which I’m sure they’ll fill adequately) is the top of, or near the top of the league. 10 years ago most of us who were on here then, would have been ecstatic with the team Walters has assembled for 2023. Even with an inconsistent kicking game. Heck, with our receiving core we may never have to kick FG’s anyway 😁

Tackle is a way bigger issue than kicker... i feel like I'm taking crazy pills. Legs is fine and still developing. ******* hard gig following medlock.

19 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

Lawler > Legghio

I now have a complete understanding of the situation, and will from henceforth, critique only the nose tackle position.

 

Cheers mate, but i simply don't see our kicking as a weakness ,per se. Legs WILL get better.

Leggz has improved each yr..and u have to remember he was what ..a 23 yr old kid when he arrived..and was basically tossed right into the fray ..I not overly concerned with the kicking game...let's revisit after game 6 before we start calling for his head

Pretty sure we will have adequate d-tackle competition in camp this yr...we are quite set at db save for injuries and I would guess our starting 6 are already set...and we also have some prospects signed ..so that whopping amount we had last couple yrs when we were needing to replace 2..3..starters isn't an issue...so bring in the beef.

29 minutes ago, Piggy 1 said:

Cheers mate, but i simply don't see our kicking as a weakness ,per se. Legs WILL get better.

To Legs! And a Nose!

12 hours ago, Mark H. said:

To Legs! And a Nose!

I prefer Breasts but whatever floats your 🚢

Leggs right now, is basically troy Westwood. 70% on fieldgoals, good punter. Has long stretches of brilliance and some awful games mixed in. Usually at the worst times. We rode westy for years. It's actually quite difficult to find someone better.  Not impossible though.  

And he failed us repeatedly in the biggest moments 

31 minutes ago, Goldkobra said:

Leggs right now, is basically troy Westwood. 70% on fieldgoals, good punter. Has long stretches of brilliance and some awful games mixed in. Usually at the worst times. We rode westy for years. It's actually quite difficult to find someone better.  Not impossible though.  

Except he's 85%

6 minutes ago, Jesse said:

Except he's 85%

Career 78%. I was generallizing.

Palardy seems to be hinting directly to the Bombers as his picture is him in the old Jerseys and he knows we need to challenge Legghio at the spot, could see him here fighting for started if Walters gives em a shout.

The CIS career leader in FG%.... and again this fan base wants immediate results and not letting a kid grow. This is how we end up with great kickers who started with us and ended up on other teams. 

10 minutes ago, Noeller said:

The CIS career leader in FG%.... and again this fan base wants immediate results and not letting a kid grow. This is how we end up with great kickers who started with us and ended up on other teams. 

I understand with new kickers that there will be growing pains but it has cost us games. I'm very excited for him if he can make a jump like he did from the year previous to last year this year but if not then he needs to be challenged in training camp.

Edited February 19, 20232 yr by Nolby

6 minutes ago, Noeller said:

The CIS career leader in FG%.... and again this fan base wants immediate results and not letting a kid grow. This is how we end up with great kickers who started with us and ended up on other teams. 

Like who?  Willing to go on record that in hindsight you think MOS should have coddled Hajrullahu and not pursued Medlock?  Seems to be who/what you're hinting at.

Or are you talking about Rob Pikula? 🤣

Liegghio will be the option until there's a better one, and if he remains inconsistent he forces their hand to look at other options like they did with Castillo in 2021.

There's no time to "grow" now.  It's year 3 for Liegghio and he's on a team that expects to win.  We know what Liegghio is capable of (especially as a punter) but like all positions on the field if he can't consistently meet the basic expectations and meet the standard he sets for himself too his career will be abbreviated.

On 2/17/2023 at 2:50 PM, Noeller said:

Buck Pierce is walking around like he accidentally took too many little blue pills....

Pierce still with Bombers? Cause his twitter says Ex CFL OC/QB Coach and he's into crypto

 

 

Edited February 19, 20232 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

2 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Pierce still with Bombers? Cause his twitter says Ex CFL OC/QB Coach and he's into crypto

 

 

I think he got hacked. There's some weird stuff coming off his feed.

Unless he is a crypto/NFT guy...

16 hours ago, Mark H. said:

To Legs! And a Nose!

Is there a butt or are you just trying to keep abreast of things. Not sure if I can stomach this just  to look hip.

40 minutes ago, Noeller said:

The CIS career leader in FG%.... and again this fan base wants immediate results and not letting a kid grow. This is how we end up with great kickers who started with us and ended up on other teams. 

He’s a kicker. It isn’t Iike he is learning a playbook. 

42 minutes ago, Noeller said:

The CIS career leader in FG%.... and again this fan base wants immediate results and not letting a kid grow. This is how we end up with great kickers who started with us and ended up on other teams. 

Don't recall Parades needing this much time to grow.  We had him but as a rookie, he wasn't going to unseat Palardy, who was setting franchise records with us.  He goes to Calgary after we cut him, and the rest is history. 

TBF to Leggs, Parades wasn't being asked to do all 3 kicking roles so that's on our coaches for maybe asking too much from a young kicker.