Bombers at Stumps GDT

[wbbfan]

24 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I mean you can answer it generally, but every team is going to be different. So if you want to know about how the Bombers do it, nobody on this site knows. 

Yeah, I think generally is all we can say. But I also think that the general opinion is very close. Mos and the long-term ASTs have talked a bit about the prep process, and I don't think there are any great tricks in how we do things. If anything, it's probably far closer to how we perceive the operations to be than most would believe. 

 We are the antithesis of tricky in terms of operation, strategy, and decision-making. The mafia is like Bart Simpson playing rock, paper, scissors, throwing rock every single time. 

I fully believe that Mos and his COs feel like they have a highly collaborative game planning, where they have the freedom to put on the field what they want. But I think the echo chamber has left us in a position where only people who make like-minded decisions are in that room to collaborate. They are all too busy expounding on the intangible virtues and longevity of guys like Kola and Thomas to want to take them off.

I don't think the type of person who would say, "that former star is over the hill and needs to go," gets or holds a job in our franchise. 

And I would bet my house that Cyril Penn and Ryan Ringmaiden were both that guy. Both guys could've moved up the chain more here. Both spent relatively short stints here, but both brought in some incredible US talent. 

[rebusrankin]

Its troubling to me that neither Shay or Smith has seen a rep on D yet. Also troubling we're using a DI spot on Ayers for what amounts to 3 snaps a game. Finally 26 reps for a guy who would have to improve to be a JAG in Kornelson is frustrating.

[wbbfan]

I want to add that our echo chamber position is also indicative of the nature of the league.

Us talent levels are fairly static. The gap between top US talent in the CFL and replacement level isn't huge.      Teams win based on Canadian talent and depth in the modern CFL. The gap between top Canadian talent and end of the end-of-the-roster guys is gigantic.
 The difference between the teams with the best Canadian talent and the worst is the same as the difference between the top and bottom teams. 

Teams always try to buy a contender in free agency based on IMP stars. And that process is slow, plus it’s hit or miss, depending on your ability to draft and develop Canadians. We signed Imps and developed NIs under the mafia. We still have among the very best ni position player/players in the league. We also have good depth, and lots of developing young guys. So we have a good team and a future. As long as we keep moving those guys up.
Our primary limiting factor is also our worst starting Canadians. 

I don't think the ringmaiden/penn thing was (if I am right, that is) some active decision to weed them out. I'm not sure we have purposely created an echo chamber. It happens we've built around Canadians, who have made their bones with Canadian talent. But I think we have created a strong echo chamber.
 McManis is pretty hands off. He's mostly in the US and out of the room, searching for talent.
 Jim Jauch is about the most Canadian, Anerican-born football front office guy in the league. He's a reverse Cahoon.

 Brock Sunderland might be the only guy who has a chance to be real outside eyes with a diverse view.

2 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

Its troubling to me that neither Shay or Smith has seen a rep on D yet. Also troubling we're using a DI spot on Ayers for what amounts to 3 snaps a game. Finally 26 reps for a guy who would have to improve to be a JAG in Kornelson is frustrating.

When we barely played them on D in pre-season, I knew we were cooked. We'd better do more with them next year in camp and preseason. We have done this before a lot, drafted on potential, then left guys to rot in situational play.

First down, Will and Mac in general are the second easiest and fastest positions for rookies and Canadians to adapt to the cfl at. (Rb easiest, Db a close second for rookie imps)

We would be dramatically better off starting 1 of them at 1 lber spot and rotating them, than going with Thomas/Kornelson at DL, Hallett at S, etc. What we might lose at that position, vs what we lose at DT, Guard etc is gigantic. 
 

The near future of our team needs to heavily include guys like clercius, Wallace, Lawson, Shay, smith, and the current crop of ni youth. 
 We aren’t likely to see a draft class like the last two years repeatedly. We’ve already lost guys like ford, Dobson etc. 

 Wasting time not using guys like that and letting them develop only makes our future worse. All of the above guys are able to contribute regularly on o/d as well as teams. 

Edited 18 hours ago by wbbfan

[SpeedFlex27]

21 hours ago, GCn20 said:

Can you say that our roster decisions took us out of any of those games? Nope you can't because that is a fictional narrative.

My gosh. How can you even say that with a straight face?