BC SUCKS at Bombers GDT

[Nolby]

Rolling out a lousy depth chart, not sure what to expect but......LFG!!!!!!!!

[Goalie]

Why is the depth chart lousy cuz the guys who complain about literally everything says so? Cuz why. Guys who they hype up aren’t on the AR yet? Cuz ppl complain about let me guess. Cuz Jake Thomas right. Or cuz a rookie American rb isn’t on the roster eventho we have the best rb in the league. But hey Greg mcrae cuz that worked out so well or wait Damian Jackson who actually played special teams and made some tackles. I mean why is the depth chart lousy ? Cuz 4 ppl say so? 

[Mike]

18 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Why is the depth chart lousy cuz the guys who complain about literally everything says so? Cuz why. Guys who they hype up aren’t on the AR yet? Cuz ppl complain about let me guess. Cuz Jake Thomas right. Or cuz a rookie American rb isn’t on the roster eventho we have the best rb in the league. But hey Greg mcrae cuz that worked out so well or wait Damian Jackson who actually played special teams and made some tackles. I mean why is the depth chart lousy ? Cuz 4 ppl say so? 

Maybe it’s because we’ve seen the same stubborn loyalty to veterans for a few seasons and some people would like to see the team adopt a slight shift in philosophy so that it could potentially lead to winning the Grey Cup, not just being in it.

[rebusrankin]

Love the thread title. Let's go Blue.

[17to85]

23 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Why is the depth chart lousy cuz the guys who complain about literally everything says so? Cuz why. Guys who they hype up aren’t on the AR yet? Cuz ppl complain about let me guess. Cuz Jake Thomas right. Or cuz a rookie American rb isn’t on the roster eventho we have the best rb in the league. But hey Greg mcrae cuz that worked out so well or wait Damian Jackson who actually played special teams and made some tackles. I mean why is the depth chart lousy ? Cuz 4 ppl say so? 

Because the DL depth sucks on the depth chart... they've got a linebacker listed as the only backup DE... they've got 3 Canadian DTs for some reason instead of proper DE depth. We can quibble about whether they made the right choices in terms of players at db or lb but what they did with the DL is a god damned disgrace from a positional perspective. 

[JohnnyAbonny]

41 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Why is the depth chart lousy cuz the guys who complain about literally everything says so? Cuz why. Guys who they hype up aren’t on the AR yet? Cuz ppl complain about let me guess. Cuz Jake Thomas right. Or cuz a rookie American rb isn’t on the roster eventho we have the best rb in the league. But hey Greg mcrae cuz that worked out so well or wait Damian Jackson who actually played special teams and made some tackles. I mean why is the depth chart lousy ? Cuz 4 ppl say so? 

2 main issues to me are, one WR injury away from Corcoran being out there every play and no DE depth for 2 guys in their 30s. 

[HardCoreBlue]

40 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Why is the depth chart lousy cuz the guys who complain about literally everything says so? Cuz why. Guys who they hype up aren’t on the AR yet? Cuz ppl complain about let me guess. Cuz Jake Thomas right. Or cuz a rookie American rb isn’t on the roster eventho we have the best rb in the league. But hey Greg mcrae cuz that worked out so well or wait Damian Jackson who actually played special teams and made some tackles. I mean why is the depth chart lousy ? Cuz 4 ppl say so? 

I’ll never understand these type of posts. The majority of us are just shooting the **** offering up a variety of opinions on the great, the good and the bad of certain aspects of the BB. Its where we come to escape and play gm/coach/consultant.

And my opinion with lots of in-depth analysis behind it is BC sucks.

[Mark H.]

2 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

And my opinion with lots of in-depth analysis behind it is BC sucks.

Yep, bunch of soft lollipop suckers.

[Booch]

1 hour ago, Goalie said:

Why is the depth chart lousy cuz the guys who complain about literally everything says so? Cuz why. Guys who they hype up aren’t on the AR yet? Cuz ppl complain about let me guess. Cuz Jake Thomas right. Or cuz a rookie American rb isn’t on the roster eventho we have the best rb in the league. But hey Greg mcrae cuz that worked out so well or wait Damian Jackson who actually played special teams and made some tackles. I mean why is the depth chart lousy ? Cuz 4 ppl say so? 

because uts not the best roster we could have rolled out,,,thts why

[blue85gold]

Can’t wait to argue about an actual game with you lot instead of hypothetical rosters!

[rebusrankin]

21 minutes ago, blue85gold said:

Can’t wait to argue about an actual game with you lot instead of hypothetical rosters!

Why not both?

[Goalie]

1 hour ago, Mike said:

Maybe it’s because we’ve seen the same stubborn loyalty to veterans for a few seasons and some people would like to see the team adopt a slight shift in philosophy so that it could potentially lead to winning the Grey Cup, not just being in it.

Right on cue right dude. 

[Mike]

7 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Right on cue right dude. 

I’m on a football discussion forum discussing football and you’re on a football  discussion forum discussing how people choose to discuss football. Who do you think is the problem here?

[ShyGuy]

1 hour ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

2 main issues to me are, one WR injury away from Corcoran being out there every play and no DE depth for 2 guys in their 30s. 

This is a big improvement on WR depth from last year where WR injuries meant that Streveler was out there playing WR

[rebusrankin]

Bailey for Kornelson would give an extra pass rusher which makes sense since we have 2 30+ DEs.

Cobb for say Novak would mean we have 2 back up receivers which seems prudent.

But what do I know, I'm just a fan on a message board. I should just shut up and listen to The Leader.

[Booch]

WELL...we chose not to dress any actual back-ups...we had several on PR....so is that a lack of depth...or a lack of roster judgement??

Same with this yr...we have a guy on the PR....with experience....who can play ST...but we choose to roster a raw rookie who to be honest.....has the least skillset of any receiver we have kept.....while we rostered 17 LB'S/DB's....

[Brandon]

2 hours ago, Goalie said:

Why is the depth chart lousy cuz the guys who complain about literally everything says so? Cuz why. Guys who they hype up aren’t on the AR yet? Cuz ppl complain about let me guess. Cuz Jake Thomas right. Or cuz a rookie American rb isn’t on the roster eventho we have the best rb in the league. But hey Greg mcrae cuz that worked out so well or wait Damian Jackson who actually played special teams and made some tackles. I mean why is the depth chart lousy ? Cuz 4 ppl say so? 

I'm assuming it is because they are starting "veteran insurance" and not giving guys who are already at the same level or higher a chance to shine.   

[Booch]

veteran insurance is nice...when that insurance is capable....and you dont need an overload of it either...you need the new breed to work through games and get experience and confidence

You get none of that in practice....it's rare to show anything and running drills in skelly aint gonna replicate what a guy can...or cant do under live fire

[Noeller]

The thing is ... Virtually everyone in here is in agreement about how the roster is being deployed. If you're the only person saying "this is fine..." then maybe it's you...?

[wbbfan]

29 minutes ago, Booch said:

WELL...we chose not to dress any actual back-ups...we had several on PR....so is that a lack of depth...or a lack of roster judgement??

Same with this yr...we have a guy on the PR....with experience....who can play ST...but we choose to roster a raw rookie who to be honest.....has the least skillset of any receiver we have kept.....while we rostered 17 LB'S/DB's....

We used all our roster flexibility to put every backup possible at LBer and DB. And to start 3 American ol. 

Maybe its a decent chance this doesn't end up biting us in the butt. But boy is it risky, especially for the game 1 roster.  Just 1 or 2 injuries for the game at positions other than DB/Lber would have us cooked. 

[blue85gold]

8 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

Maybe its a decent chance this doesn't end up biting us in the butt. But boy is it risky, especially for the game 1 roster.  Just 1 or 2 injuries for the game at positions other than DB/Lber would have us cooked. 

I don't love the roster either but that is pretty much the reality of rosters in the CFL. They aren't big and you need to pick where you will have depth while also having the guys to play teams. 

[Booch]

11 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

We used all our roster flexibility to put every backup possible at LBer and DB. And to start 3 American ol. 

Maybe its a decent chance this doesn't end up biting us in the butt. But boy is it risky, especially for the game 1 roster.  Just 1 or 2 injuries for the game at positions other than DB/Lber would have us cooked. 

I'm just waiting for us to win...and all the bootlickers say "see...Osh knows what he doing" when in actuality many of the roster decisions will have no impact whatsoever on the outcome, and we won in spite of not having our best roster...and will just allow the roster to continue on as such...much like a lot of the past 2..3 seasons....and seasons where we failed in the end.....Gonna say it again now....if we chole again...will be for much of the same reasons...havmt been wrong yet as have claimed it will bite us 4 yrs running now

And like Walby said the other day....if you lose when it counts in the bug dance...who cares about the stats and record of the yr....you failed

5 minutes ago, blue85gold said:

I don't love the roster either but that is pretty much the reality of rosters in the CFL. They aren't big and you need to pick where you will have depth while also having the guys to play teams. 

and dress best players available...regardless of nationality (when u can) or tenure in league or on team....we neglect that part a lot under osh....A lot of other teams ST guys tho can step in and play defence and offence....many of ours cant....well they can...but you dont want them to...as per the past 2 yrs playing hurt guys

[blue85gold]

8 minutes ago, Booch said:

and dress best players available...regardless of nationality (when u can) or tenure in league or on team....we neglect that part a lot under osh....A lot of other teams ST guys tho can step in and play defence and offence....many of ours cant....well they can...but you dont want them to...as per the past 2 yrs playing hurt guys

Hopefully big improvement there this year with Shay and Smith. 

Kelly and Makonzo once they are healthy too

[Super Duper Negatron]

Recording the game as I have beer league hockey smack in the middle of it. Some nitwit on my team is guaranteed to spoil the score the second we get off the ice. Dammit!

[Goalie]

Tremendous. 
 

Anyways. Go Blue. Exciting. First game of the season. That’s fantastic and it’s a nice day. Birds be chirping causing good vibrations. Pretty close to a full house. On a Thursday. Wild says every cfl team who played last week except bc but I don’t think we leave after half time tonight   

BC sucks. BC sucks. 
 

Will be interesting to see if any shenanigans occur tonight between buck and osh. That would be fun. Be interesting to see how some of the washed vets do. Could be their last games some of them. 

Edited 21 hours ago by Goalie