Elks at Bombers early chat

[Bigblue204]

There was a play where Willie dropped back pretty deep into coverage. I think it was later in the game. Thought that was pretty funny

[Tracker]

7 hours ago, Bigblue204 said:

Are they playing in the GC this week? Or are they playing their 3rd game of the year. If we're going to compare the past and learn from history....the correct thing would be to compare where they are now compared to where they were relative to the same time last year. Last year they started 0-4 after a lazy TC. Would you say they admitted a mistake and learned from it? We can go on and on about the last 3 grey cups. But they aren't preparing for the GC this week.
 

Experience consists of only two things: events and patterns. Events are singular, but patterns reveal realties, and Collaros has been trending downwards for more than two years. So were four other starters, and I remain unconvinced that a couple of token changes will right the ship.

[Noeller]

17 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

There was a play where Willie dropped back pretty deep into coverage. I think it was later in the game. Thought that was pretty funny

He was WAY back there... Wife and I both noticed that right away like WTF is Willie doing in the second level... 

[17to85]

Just now, Noeller said:

 WTF is Willie doing in the second level... 

Hoping the qb is dumb and throws it right to him.

[HardCoreBlue]

21 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

There was a play where Willie dropped back pretty deep into coverage. I think it was later in the game. Thought that was pretty funny

WJ the freelancer. In my day, drove the coaches to rage. Sort of like cherry picking in hockey.  

[Fatty Liver]

2 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

Oh I agree. Would love to see both Shay and Smith gets reps. If they could be rotational pieces by years end and in the position that one of them starts in 26 that would be ideal.

Those two could make the signing of Hagerty and Makonzo redundant and flip the ratio favourably by this time next season, Shay as a starting LB and Smith as a Safety or HB.

[wbbfan]

1 hour ago, Fatty Liver said:

Those two could make the signing of Hagerty and Makonzo redundant and flip the ratio favourably by this time next season, Shay as a starting LB and Smith as a Safety or HB.

Nah. Smith is NOT a hb. He has a fringe chance to be a S. Realistically, he is likely to end up a full time wil that doesn’t need to be subbed for a db in the dime pack playing the inside wall and hcf zones. 
 He doesn’t have any of the fluidity needed to be covering guys straight up, nor does he have any of the experience in how to man or match. 
 

Mackonzo, is a real db who can play some lber. He could be a Sam, half, S or wil / dime. 
 

Canadians who can actually cover import WRs are rare. Most Canadian dbs are safety’s who camp out between the hash marks at 15-20 yard depth and play scare crow. Or teams guys to small to back up at lber. 
 

Makonzo, haggerty, Kelly, smith and shay likely mean we flip the wil to ni in the future, and stop having to use a di on a db. Likely meaning we declare 3 Canadians on D. But also having the flexibility to flip more spots, and have really good depth at the same time. 
 

We could even flip wil and Mac to go with Kramdi at Sam for an all Canadian lber core. 

[SpeedFlex27]

8 hours ago, Bigblue204 said:

yes. Like Anthony Calvillo did in MTL when things started going off the rails. He turned it around because he changed the way he played.

No, Calvillo learned the game under Tracy Ham. He learned how to read defenses. Calvillo didn't change the way he played. He changed the way he prepared. And he had real receiving talent around him like Ben Cahoon, Terry Vaughan, Chad Owens, Terrence Edawrds  SJ Greene, Pat Woodcock & Jermaine Copeland as well as Mike Pringle at running back.