Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

[johnzo]

9 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Mmmmmmm sure but his self promoting tours were a bit nauseating? 

Not to me. I've got no problem with any football player doing anything legal to maximize their earnings. Football sucks as a job and as a Canadian star who's real hard to replace, Henoc is one of the few players who has real leverage in salary negotiations.

Edited Wednesday at 06:55 PM by johnzo

[HardCoreBlue]

1 minute ago, johnzo said:

Not really. Got no problem with any football player doing anything legal to maximize their earnings. Football sucks as a job and as a Canadian star who's real hard to replace, Henoc is one of the few players who has real leverage.

Of course but it's not what I had an issue with it was more how he went about it legal and all. But that's just my style. We're all different.

 

[Tracker]

1 hour ago, johnzo said:

we'd be in Tim Burke territory without those two.

have always had special admiration for the Bombers who were great players on bad teams -- Milt, of course. Terrance Edwards, Doug Brown, Joe Lobendahn, Jovon.

Henoc Muamba was a beast in 2013 and based on how bad the team was that year I honestly can't blame him for always spurning the Bombers during his annual free agent ball.

Whether or not you like the actions of Muamba (and others) to seek the highest return on their efforts, it is a reality of pro sports and in business in general. Soooo  getting upset is really futile unless you really need to vent.

[Goalie]

4 hours ago, johnzo said:

Not to me. I've got no problem with any football player doing anything legal to maximize their earnings. Football sucks as a job and as a Canadian star who's real hard to replace, Henoc is one of the few players who has real leverage in salary negotiations.

Problem was he kinda wasn’t as good after the magical mystery tour. So **** him. He still got paid but ****  him. 

3 hours ago, Tracker said:

Whether or not you like the actions of Muamba (and others) to seek the highest return on their efforts, it is a reality of pro sports and in business in general. Soooo  getting upset is really futile unless you really need to vent.

Bro. You’re like on a roof top waiting for O’Shea with booch and a couple others. The double standard is wild. 

[Booch]

1 hour ago, Goalie said:

Problem was he kinda wasn’t as good after the magical mystery tour. So **** him. He still got paid but ****  him. 

Bro. You’re like on a roof top waiting for O’Shea with booch and a couple others. The double standard is wild. 

What am I waiting for on a roof?

[Bigblue204]

2 hours ago, Booch said:

What am I waiting for on a roof?

Pigeons 

[Mark H.]

2 hours ago, Booch said:

What am I waiting for on a roof?

A case of 90 proof.

[HardCoreBlue]

17 hours ago, Tracker said:

Whether or not you like the actions of Muamba (and others) to seek the highest return on their efforts, it is a reality of pro sports and in business in general. Soooo  getting upset is really futile unless you really need to vent.

I wasn’t upset I just didn’t like it. It wasn’t what he was doing, it was how it was doing it.  Fill your boots HM. All is good.

Edited Thursday at 12:58 PM by HardCoreBlue

[Wanna-B-Fanboy]

So... with several weeks of mediocre play and substandard coaching with middling talent resulting in painful yet predictable losses... have we done anything. anything . at. all. to get better? To be a better team? to give any Bomber fan some hope? 

[Stickem]

52 minutes ago, Wanna-B-Fanboy said:

So... with several weeks of mediocre play and substandard coaching with middling talent resulting in painful yet predictable losses... have we done anything. anything . at. all. to get better? To be a better team? to give any Bomber fan some hope? 

.....read there's a lot of action going on with other CFL clubs...as far us ...nada...or if you prefer a lot of nothing

[Tracker]

1 hour ago, Wanna-B-Fanboy said:

So... with several weeks of mediocre play and substandard coaching with middling talent resulting in painful yet predictable losses... have we done anything. anything . at. all. to get better? To be a better team? to give any Bomber fan some hope? 

Sadly, no. 

[wbbfan]

1 hour ago, Wanna-B-Fanboy said:

So... with several weeks of mediocre play and substandard coaching with middling talent resulting in painful yet predictable losses... have we done anything. anything . at. all. to get better? To be a better team? to give any Bomber fan some hope? 

Nope. 

Our game day roster announcement should be sponsored by Dr. Shepps Hair Replacement clinic. Dude could make a killing. 

[Booch]

we....ie: He....wont change anything unless a guy is soooo hurt he cant play. (and based on history even that is a stretch) ...or if a couple guys just said....eff it...I aint showing up today....sad that a joke like that is reality...but it is

[GCn20]

On 2025-09-19 at 10:42 AM, Wanna-B-Fanboy said:

So... with several weeks of mediocre play and substandard coaching with middling talent resulting in painful yet predictable losses... have we done anything. anything . at. all. to get better? To be a better team? to give any Bomber fan some hope? 

Walters needs to wake up from his 3 year nap. Sorry, if that offends anyone but KW has done an outright lousy job lately.

[Goalie]

25 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

Walters needs to wake up from his 3 year nap. Sorry, if that offends anyone but KW has done an outright lousy job lately.

The invisible mute Kyle Walters. 

[Noeller]

I'll say it's definitely curious that we haven't heard anything from Walters in what feels like months....usually there's at least one mid season presser and with the team not looking great lately, you'd think he'd have said something ...

[HardCoreBlue]

8 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I'll say it's definitely curious that we haven't heard anything from Walters in what feels like months....usually there's at least one mid season presser and with the team not looking great lately, you'd think he'd have said something ...

Good morning.

But maybe he has that mentality F*** everybody else. A w is a w?

[Booch]

Walters is always quite...even in the 2 cup yrs...and its a 2 headed monster...him and Osh...and to think otherwise is foolish

Hc always conveys type of player wanted...who he may want targeted in free agency and G.m and his team and HC will have multiple sessions together to all get on same page

You get the odd outlier guy a scout team may bring in who just fell in their lap...or is just too good to not bring in but for most part coach has Lotta say in what he wants...and in the end is the guy who decides who stays...who goes

Also the stubborn rigid ratio allocation is doing us no help...we don't flip or adjust it in any way to make us better...and that's poor roster management 

With the Bombers you play 3 oline guys...2 recievers...1 rb...and a DT....but then over do it with a SAM...another DT...at times safety...for no reason whatsoever

We obviously pass on cdn talent in FA where we don't play a Canadian and instead of grabbing a top guy and bettering ourselves..and change the ratio...we say pass...and continue plugging in sub par guys in the usual spot...and dont upgrade said canadian talent....and in those spots...DT for example you could play legit import talent there...and be sigficantly better...

Our rigid approach is just dumb and isnt doing us any favors....

[GCn20]

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

I'll say it's definitely curious that we haven't heard anything from Walters in what feels like months....usually there's at least one mid season presser and with the team not looking great lately, you'd think he'd have said something ...

Couldn't care less if he never speaks to us again, but he needs to do something to the roster he created. It is garbage.

14 minutes ago, Booch said:

Walters is always quite...even in the 2 cup yrs...and its a 2 headed monster...him and Osh...and to think otherwise is foolish

Hc always conveys type of player wanted...who he may want targeted in free agency and G.m and his team and HC will have multiple sessions together to all get on same page

You get the odd outlier guy a scout team may bring in who just fell in their lap...or is just too good to not bring in but for most part coach has Lotta say in what he wants...and in the end is the guy who decides who stays...who goes

Also the stubborn rigid ratio allocation is doing us no help...we don't flip or adjust it in any way to make us better...and that's poor roster management 

With the Bombers you play 3 oline guys...2 recievers...1 rb...and a DT....but then over do it with a SAM...another DT...at times safety...for no reason whatsoever

We obviously pass on cdn talent in FA where we don't play a Canadian and instead of grabbing a top guy and bettering ourselves..and change the ratio...we say pass...and continue plugging in sub par guys in the usual spot...and dont upgrade said canadian talent....and in those spots...DT for example you could play legit import talent there...and be sigficantly better...

Our rigid approach is just dumb and isnt doing us any favors....

A HC doesn't come to a GM with a list of players from around the league, He may describe what he wants in a player but who is signed is on the GM ONLY!!!!!!! MOS did not hand pick any of our FA busts this year. MOS did not bring in any of garbage import DL we have been bringing in since Rigmaiden left. ALL ham n' eggers. You want so badly for MOS to be fired you are creating fictional scenarios where he is the puppet master and KW is Pinocchio. When it comes to our lack of talent on the roster it falls squarely, and SOLELY, on the GM.  FULL STOP.  The GM builds the roster. How it is employed and used (starting a RB at QB) is on the HC. When you see a roster that is so poor in depth like ours, you can't blame the coach for that. You can blame him for how he uses that roster, gameplan, etc. etc., but not talent level.

Edited 2 hours ago by GCn20

[Slimy Sculpin]

22 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

Couldn't care less if he never speaks to us again, but he needs to do something to the roster he created. It is garbage.

A HC doesn't come to a GM with a list of players from around the league, He may describe what he wants in a player but who is signed is on the GM ONLY!!!!!!! MOS did not hand pick any of our FA busts this year. MOS did not bring in any of garbage import DL we have been bringing in since Rigmaiden left. ALL ham n' eggers. You want so badly for MOS to be fired you are creating fictional scenarios where he is the puppet master and KW is Pinocchio. When it comes to our lack of talent on the roster it falls squarely, and SOLELY, on the GM.  FULL STOP.  The GM builds the roster. How it is employed and used (starting a RB at QB) is on the HC. When you see a roster that is so poor in depth like ours, you can't blame the coach for that. You can blame him for how he uses that roster, gameplan, etc. etc., but not talent level.

If you think that O'Shea, the HC, has no say in building the roster.......can I interest you in some marsh-land out near Oak Hammock?

[Booch]

20 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

Couldn't care less if he never speaks to us again, but he needs to do something to the roster he created. It is garbage.

A HC doesn't come to a GM with a list of players from around the league, He may describe what he wants in a player but who is signed is on the GM ONLY!!!!!!! MOS did not hand pick any of our FA busts this year. MOS did not bring in any of garbage import DL we have been bringing in since Rigmaiden left. ALL ham n' eggers. You want so badly for MOS to be fired you are creating fictional scenarios where he is the puppet master and KW is Pinocchio. When it comes to our lack of talent on the roster it falls squarely, and SOLELY, on the GM.  FULL STOP.  The GM builds the roster. How it is employed and used (starting a RB at QB) is on the HC. When you see a roster that is so poor in depth like ours, you can't blame the coach for that. You can blame him for how he uses that roster, gameplan, etc. etc., but not talent level.

Yeah...a coach does tell a g.m potential free agents he would like...whats your issue dude?

You are just creating your narrative with assumptions...cause u are an osh sycophant...I've been in a coaches room...dealt with agents and scouts...involved in recruitment at NCAA level and yes pro.. and a coach does exactly what I said....your just talking crao now.   Sorry to offend but u have minimal clue what u are talking about in this instance

And we...u....have no clue how a guy would perform that got cut loose with no real chance...none...to say every guy is a ham n eager is laughable and discredits a lot of what u said

Every import dt brought in the last 2..3 yrs and one we kept (woods/adams) would make us a better fence with reps given to Thomas...Korn...Schmeck...that dud we drafted that was practically 30..we don't need that spot as cdn to even meet ratio as it is...and if we did..flip the ratio...but we choose to let better players go...and play 2...sometimes 3 slugs there...that's on Osh...osh alone...not walters

And g.m builds the roster?? U just validated u have no clue...if the g.m is picking the roster then u have all kinds of issues and problems in your team hierarchy

With that stupid declaration...I guess KW sets lineup every game as that's him building the roster? Or is it the HC...who sets roster..and PR? Do tell...aka "building " roster

A HC clinging to old...past their prime...old and never had a prime...no upside other than ST play....and letting guys go in camp...who could be better...or have upside...that's not on the g.m

And if the new guy isnt getting it done enough...bring in more...keeping garbage and just slowing down the process isnt the way...but its been our way

8 minutes ago, Slimy Sculpin said:

If you think that O'Shea, the HC, has no say in building the roster.......can I interest you in some marsh-land out near Oak Hammock?

Yeah....he just discredited himself with that b.s

He knows his stuff in regards to schemes and play creation...etc...but is just out in space with roster details...its just his opinion...not fact based 

[wbbfan]

so the commish called a press conference for 1 eastern regarding a major announcement on significant game changes for the cfl 

[Noeller]

1 EST today? Should have already happened... Anyone got info?

[Noeller]

*update* absolutely nothing online that I can find about a presser... Interesting....

[wbbfan]

2 minutes ago, Noeller said:

1 EST today? Should have already happened... Anyone got info?

not seeing any thing, wondering if they meant it’ll start in 20 minutes. any one got twitter to check? probably break the news first