Bombers at Stumps GDT

[Tracker]

3 hours ago, Booch said:

and who would blame them...and I can totally see it

 

a few need to go...yup...others need to be in the back seat to fresh talent and become thatdepth...which would make us a way better tem all around...we have a lot of the pieces...we just using the wrong ones...or in wrong order...

Whether this lot is allowed to stumble through the rest of the season essentially intact or a mid-season overhaul is induced, the outcome would seem to be about the same- get into the playoffs mostly by default and then flatline. Pick yer misery.

[Goalie]

At the very least, they need to stop pretending Jake Thomas is prime Doug brown and have the chat with him. Perhaps have the chat with Willie also who seems to do lots of nothing out there. Get the old men some backups at the very least. Stop dressing 13 linebackers.  And every time Zach throws a rookie interception, he should be benched as Streveler appears more capable at this point. 

Edited 17 hours ago by Goalie

[SpeedFlex27]

3 minutes ago, Goalie said:

At the very least, they need to stop pretending Jake Thomas is prime Doug brown and have the chat with him. Perhaps have the chat with Willie also who seems to do lots of nothing out there. Get the old men some backups at the very least. Stop dressing 13 linebackers.  And every time Zach throws a rookie interception, he should be benched as Streveler appears more capable at this point. 

They never challenged the field vertically at all last night. Even when it was 37-9 Stamps, we still were dinkng & dunking. I mean, the Stamps secondary is improvd from last year from the looks of things but they're not THAT GOOD. I think Zach's longest throw was 22 yards.

That shows you just how bad our 9th ranked receiving corps are. Wheatfall is our lone deep threat & he was invisible. It didn't have to be that way but suddenly this past off season, Walters is a penny pinching GM like former Maple Leaf owner Harold Ballard was. We're hosting the GC ffs, why would they pick this year for financial restraint? The fans have supported this team now for 4 years giving the Bombers profits like they have never seen before. They deserve a lot better & didn't get it this past off season.

[JohnnyAbonny]

7 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

They never challenged the field vertically at all last night. Even when it was 37-9 Stamps, we still were dinkng & dunking. I mean, the Stamps secondary is improvd from last year from the looks of things but they're not THAT GOOD. I think Zach's longest throw was 22 yards.

That shows you just how bad our 9th ranked receiving corps are. Wheatfall is our lone deep threat & he was invisible. It didn't have to be that way but suddenly this past off season, Walters is a penny pinching GM like former Maple Leaf owner Harold Ballard was. We're hosting the GC ffs, why would they pick this year for financial restraint? The fans have supported this team now for 4 years giving the Bombers profits like they have never seen before. They deserve a lot better & didn't get it this past off season.

I don’t know if he’s cheap like Ballard was, but you’re not wrong about this offseason and the previous one as well. Scouting (or who we chose to keep after TC) and free agency have been abysmal. 

[17to85]

42 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

They never challenged the field vertically at all last night. Even when it was 37-9 Stamps, we still were dinkng & dunking. I mean, the Stamps secondary is improvd from last year from the looks of things but they're not THAT GOOD. I think Zach's longest throw was 22 yards.

That shows you just how bad our 9th ranked receiving corps are. Wheatfall is our lone deep threat & he was invisible. It didn't have to be that way but suddenly this past off season, Walters is a penny pinching GM like former Maple Leaf owner Harold Ballard was. We're hosting the GC ffs, why would they pick this year for financial restraint? The fans have supported this team now for 4 years giving the Bombers profits like they have never seen before. They deserve a lot better & didn't get it this past off season.

I noted the lack of vertical shots as well, but I think it had a lot to do with the fact that collaros wasn't ever comfortable in the pocket.

[bigg jay]

47 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Walters is a penny pinching GM like former Maple Leaf owner Harold Ballard was.

Nope.  Walters has exceeded the cap 2 of the last three seasons so he spends just as much, if not more, than most teams.  How and where he chooses to spend, seems to be the bigger issue.

[SpeedFlex27]

4 hours ago, bigg jay said:

Nope.  Walters has exceeded the cap 2 of the last three seasons so he spends just as much, if not more, than most teams.  How and where he chooses to spend, seems to be the bigger issue.

I notice how you chose to clip off the first part of my sentence which read, "It didn't have to be that way but suddenly this past off season, Walters is a penny pinching GM like former Maple Leaf owner Harold Ballard was."

Edited 12 hours ago by SpeedFlex27

[bigg jay]

9 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

I notice how you chose to clip off the first part of my sentence which read, "It didn't have to be that way but suddenly this past off season, Walters is a penny pinching GM like former Maple Leaf owner Harold Ballard was."

I didn't see much that changed from his approach this off-season.  He even stated that he's not changing just because we're hosting GC this year.  

Yeah he let Lawler walk (not the first time) and yeah guys like Dobson (not the first OL to leave) & Ford (also not the first DB to leave) took off but that's the same approach he's always taken - it's not new to this past off-season yet history shows he spends to or past the cap.  We won't know about this year until the spring.

[Bigblue204]

31 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

I didn't see much that changed from his approach this off-season.  He even stated that he's not changing just because we're hosting GC this year.  

Yeah he let Lawler walk (not the first time) and yeah guys like Dobson (not the first OL to leave) & Ford (also not the first DB to leave) took off but that's the same approach he's always taken - it's not new to this past off-season yet history shows he spends to or past the cap.  We won't know about this year until the spring.

Exactly, oh no we didnt match 230k for a field side DB who had 1 solid year.....what a cheapskate!! 

[wbbfan]

1 hour ago, Bigblue204 said:

Exactly, oh no we didnt match 230k for a field side DB who had 1 solid year.....what a cheapskate!! 

Ford and Dobson got way more than they should’ve. Ford was better than solid, and still has tons of potential. But at the end of the day a db especially a field corner just isn’t worth top dollar. 
 

We sure didn’t make any attempt to add top end talent to our roster or replace both end guys. We got as many cheap lotto ticket type free agents as possible, and they all went bust. 

[bigg jay]

12 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

We sure didn’t make any attempt to add top end talent to our roster or replace both end guys. We got as many cheap lotto ticket type free agents as possible, and they all went bust. 

Who is the last high end FA brought  in (excluding bringing Lawler back from Edmonton).  Willie? Bighill?  That's not really Walter's style (occasionally wish it was though). 

Even the guys they do sign, don't always get a chance to see the field (White or Mitchell for example) so it's a bit of a waste.

 

[17to85]

I thought J. Jones was a decently big FA addition... maybe not as a surefire all-star but that one was one I was certain was going to work out. Instead he sits on the one game IR because reasons. 

 

Here's another thought I've been having... anyone notice how the only game no one has questioned the OL for was game 1? And also how the game plan was universally praised after game 1 and game 1 only? Coincidence? I honestly think a ton of this teams offensive problems stem from collaros and his inability to adapt and change the way he wants to play. He's talked about how much he hated being in Sask cause they wanted him to play a system he didn't like... he's been total dog **** 3 Grey cups in a row, his performance in the regular season has slipped bigly the last 2 seasons... he's become a sitting duck in the pocket mostly... I dunno, I just think he's holding the team back right now.