Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

[SpeedFlex27]

3 hours ago, GCn20 said:

Baloney to blaming coaching for poor drafting. That's a reach and you know it.

So, you don't think Osh has a say in who he wants? He's right there telling Walters who to draft. Walters doesn't do it alone. 

[SpeedFlex27]

17 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

I think there's too much trust in coordinators who haven't earned it.  All 3.  And that's on O'Shea.

When did we ever have so many guys with no role on O or D?  That's the whole point of "next man up/everyone is a starter."

We've got like 22 guys dressed on D and we use 14 of them.

Well, he did give the STC to Mike Miller just a couple of years from playing as he liked him. Of all the Coordinators, he's done the best. 

[Goalie]

26 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

So, you don't think Osh has a say in who he wants? He's right there telling Walters who to draft. Walters doesn't do it alone. 

Those videos make it seem like everything is very much a team effort. Same with the weekly game plan. It’s not just O’Shea putting it together. It’s O’Shea it’s hogan it’s younger it’s miller. I don’t think O’Shea is telling Walters to draft this guy or that guy tho. He’s there to enjoy the process. Same reason the nhl coach is there at the nhl draft,he might not be the coach when player is ready tho.  
 

Walters and the scouts. If the head coach who is the head coach and not a scout is making final decisions honestly what does Walters do. Not saying you but there’s lots of posts on here who will go out their way to try to link something the gm normally does and says it’s O’Shea when it’s not cuz if it is, there’s no point in having the gm then. Like can’t believe Osh let lawler go. I mean at what point is it the gm. What does Walters Do then. Nothing? 
 

 

[SpeedFlex27]

Just now, Goalie said:

Those videos make it seem like everything is very much a team effort. Same with the weekly game plan. It’s not just O’Shea putting it together. It’s O’Shea it’s hogan it’s younger it’s miller. I don’t think O’Shea is telling Walters to draft this guy or that guy tho. He’s there to enjoy the process. Same reason the nhl coach is there at the nhl draft,he might not be the coach when player is ready tho.  
 

Walters and the scouts. If the head coach who is the head coach and not a scout is making final decisions honestly what does Walters do. Not saying you but there’s lots of posts on here who will go out their way to try to link something the gm normally does and says it’s O’Shea when it’s not cuz if it is, there’s no point in having the gm then. Like can’t believe Osh let lawler go. I mean at what point is it the gm. What does Walters Do then. Nothing? 
 

 

How do we know Osh didn't think he had the horses at receiver to survive without Lawler? He probably did as he's not the best at evaluating talent. The 2 do work as a team. Besides, Osh has a lot of influence. Probably more than other Head Coaches. 

[Stickem]

Great to see Pokey returning...that'll give us a lift....Now if Houston can be inserted next game, it should help with coverage and maybe get back to our winning ways....I know we are going to be loud and that'll help... and lord knows we need all the help we can get

[JuranBoldenRules]

20 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

How do we know Osh didn't think he had the horses at receiver to survive without Lawler? He probably did as he's not the best at evaluating talent. The 2 do work as a team. Besides, Osh has a lot of influence. Probably more than other Head Coaches. 

Walters (and famously other GM's) have been pretty clear at what their line is for paying receivers, right or wrong.  Walters has scoffed at Lawler's price tag twice, and pretty publicly with detailed interviews.

I can't see any head coach being happy about losing Lawler.  But I know MOS has an irrational belief in his staff and what he's built.  Including the personnel department who have been pretty terrible on the American side basically since 2022.

[Blueandgold]

6 hours ago, sweep the leg said:

I agree the best option is to keep both, but they need to figure out what this team is. We’re a slightly better version of the 2004 team right now. 

Jefferson, Thomas, Neufeld, Wilson, Logan, Vaughters, & probably even Bryant (with an immediate hof induction) shouldn’t be on the team next year. That’s a lot of cash to remake this team in the offseason. 

Eh I don’t think we’re nearly as bad as 2004. 2003 is a better comparison. Kenton Keith still haunts my dreams from that year.

[sweep the leg]

2 hours ago, Blueandgold said:

Eh I don’t think we’re nearly as bad as 2004. 2003 is a better comparison. Kenton Keith still haunts my dreams from that year.

I think we’re actually somewhere in between. I agree we’re not ‘04 bad, I kinda forgot how bad we really were that year.

The Kenton Keith game being at home really sucked.