Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

[WinnipegGordo]

Yeah, Bombers need to beat the Elks next Saturday.

It would clinch them a playoff spot and allows them to control their own fate.

Edited 7 hours ago by WinnipegGordo

[wbbfan]

Gotta beat edm, and it should be a good game. 

The old trope of the east division being a free pass to the gc every year hasn’t worked out for west teams. That said, I feel like that path would be the best case for us. 

Hosting a play off game is always a big deal, but the next best outcome imo, is the east. 

[rebusrankin]

Here's hoping its a win for us on Saturday.

[Noeller]

Fwiw, +7 for a high next Sat in the 780.... Game is 2-5pm so it'll be chilly by the end be of the game. Wife and I are likely headed up there for it... Not sure we'll have the full ice fishing gear on, but wouldn't be far from it...

Edited 6 hours ago by Noeller

[brett_c_b]

On 2025-10-03 at 8:34 PM, 17to85 said:

It actually goes back before they won a cup...

Find me one coach this site didn't complain about? Ok you got me on DC Tim Burke. Everybody loved him. Why don't we try him out at head coach?

[SpeedFlex27]

34 minutes ago, brett_c_b said:

Find me one coach this site didn't complain about? Ok you got me on DC Tim Burke. Everybody loved him. Why don't we try him out at head coach?

Burke quit coaching as a Head Coach. He had no talent & he knew it. So, he coached like it. He inspired no one. Great example by the way. Job well done. 

[rebusrankin]

2 hours ago, brett_c_b said:

Find me one coach this site didn't complain about? Ok you got me on DC Tim Burke. Everybody loved him. Why don't we try him out at head coach?

Bud Grant 🤣

[Bigblue204]

4 hours ago, wbbfan said:

Gotta beat edm, and it should be a good game. 

The old trope of the east division being a free pass to the gc every year hasn’t worked out for west teams. That said, I feel like that path would be the best case for us. 

Hosting a play off game is always a big deal, but the next best outcome imo, is the east. 

I think MTL is likely the best team in the league. Id rather go west and have them in the gc than go there

[rebusrankin]

Just now, Bigblue204 said:

I think MTL is likely the best team in the league. Id rather go west and have them in the gc than go there

They look very good with Davis Alexander, so so otherwise. Can they keep him healthy?

[wbbfan]

2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Burke quit coaching as a Head Coach. He had no talent & he knew it. So, he coached like it. He inspired no one. Great example by the way. Job well done. 

Burke was never cut out to be a hc, he clearly learned that fast. Excellent defensive coach though. Packed it in when he realized he wasn’t gonna rise up. 

3 hours ago, brett_c_b said:

Find me one coach this site didn't complain about? Ok you got me on DC Tim Burke. Everybody loved him. Why don't we try him out at head coach?

Football has the shortest shelf life for coaches. You either die a hero or live long enough to become a villain.

The last guys we had that the fan base would’ve preferred keep imo, are coach cal and riley. 

The stretch of coaches we had after ritchie and before mos was horrid. As was the pre ritchie era. Perpetually the worst coached team. 

 

The reality is football evolves faster than other sports, and the talent/athleticism scales like crazy. You can also rebuild a team in a single year. In order to stay on top of coaching at the pro level you need to do an otherworldly job of evolving not just to match the game but also to out pace others. That also makes it harder to have a high enough peak of performance to win ships. Hcing and Ocing are the hardest jobs in coaching. It’s not fair, and many of the very best coaches in all of football are uprooting their life and family every couple years. And for no reason other than the timing didn’t line up well enough for them. 

 

We all know the roster management knock. The problem now is much more pervasive. Finer points of execution like tackling and stupid play discipline which where always strengths in the past are weaknesses now. We seldom adjust well any more or have great starts, and we aren the finishers we used to be. our 3rd quarters are handily the worst in the league. We aren’t good with a lead, and don’t play well from behind. 

We have maxed out how long you can go with out evolving. but don’t seem to recognize that fact. 

13 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

I think MTL is likely the best team in the league. Id rather go west and have them in the gc than go there

mtl is a way better team than their record shows. But with out a running game or consistency at qb they are aren’t the biggest play off threat. We match up really poorly with calgary, and not a lot better vs ssk. 

 

14 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

They look very good with Davis Alexander, so so otherwise. Can they keep him healthy?

Hard to be in and out and that young then perform well in the play offs too