Bombers at TiCats early chat

[WinnipegGordo]

If anyone cares, the Bombers play in Hamilton on Friday.

[Noeller]

2 minutes ago, WinnipegGordo said:

If anyone cares, the Bombers play in Hamilton on Friday.

Definitely care  a lot. Was wondering what practice days this week. Figure Thursday travel, so Mon/Tues practice and Weds walk through? Hopefully get some news tomorrow...

 

[WinnipegGordo]

Bombers are scheduled off on Monday. Even on short weeks the team always seem to have atleast 2 days off from the field after a game.

 

[coach17]

Im still optimistic, even after a couple of tough weeks. I think we match up well with the Ticats and a win here is a real good possibility, even without our No 1 QB on a long road trip during a short week.

[17to85]

3 hours ago, WinnipegGordo said:

Bombers are scheduled off on Monday. Even on short weeks the team always seem to have atleast 2 days off from the field after a game.

 

And they frequently take game day off as well

 

[rebusrankin]

Curious to see the injury report. Curious if we try Echols over say Mitchell. Worried about Streveler at QB. Worried about Bo taking turns picking on Vaval and Lawson.

[JohnnyAbonny]

Have you seen our DB’s? We’re ****** against Hamilton and any other team who can hit deep shots. 

[rebusrankin]

If you're Hamilton, do you not focus on scheming to get Lawler or White 1 on 1 with Vaval or Lawson?

[Booch]

11 hours ago, 17to85 said:

And they frequently take game day off as well

 

or just sashay through it

Not bringing Houston on ...he with experience and knows BLM and the receivers is boneheaded for Vaval....he's not ready yet, and may never be....his niche this yr is returning and it suffers when he plays defense

Mitchell I would swap out for Echols and see what he brings....cant bring less and he has a nice skill set...Not sire what happened to Mitchell, or if its in his head now but just seems so tentative, and unsure, and shows zero explosion...let alone jump in his step

I know we beat Jake to death but he doesn't help us out there at all...he's a body and takes reps...Korn too....insignificant reps at best....so why? We give BLM time in pocket....good luck with that

Bring on an athletic Baily to help spell off our ends AND actually use Person for more than 6 reps....Drop Ayers...again for basically just ST use and get Adams/Woods on roster...preferably both and doable if we go 3 nationals on oline...and then re-assess how defence looked....cant look worse, and we already know Woods and Adams can play, and anyone who thinks Thomas and Korn brings more than either of them....likely even Bailey really is lost in the dark like Osh

Toss Vibert in as well as the extra guy, he may surprise and you dont know unless you try guys. Due to injury we had to put an unused and really unknown Speller in and he Centered us to a Grey Cup win with lockdown play...who here would have predicted or were pining for that?....Nobody

Just because Osh rosters them being the head coach doesn't mean they the best...we have seen that over and over his time here that a lot of his choices are strictly a personal like

As with Strev....guy is less than a yr off reconstruction, so to expect him to run this yr like before....aint realistic, next yr tho....more than likely and needs to be offered that chance.....Has he looked bonafide this yr...no....has shown signs at times, but as mentioned has been hampered by scheme...OC/coaching and supporting cast

He looked worlds different in his start he had basically 2 weeks to prep for, and if handed it over to him now and sole prep time....who knows, but we need to adapt who we use/what we do on offence and actually put in the coaching and prep work

OC needs to wisen up...create a plan that caters to his strengths and others right now and if we have to pare down the playbook to what works...and what we do well...A lot of it is with BO dominance in varying ways....and work off that...Not much more we can do really...nobody is gonna float us a starter, and trotting ZC out there anytime soon is about as dumb...or dumber than us trotting out Schoen. He and the team need to think of ZC longterm health now....guy got knockedthefuck out last game....compounding the other huge shots he's took

Fortify our defence with the best guys we have available that can create havoc/confusion

Manage the offence with our bread abd butter and tailor it accordingly, and not try to be fancy

The remainder of the season and any success we may have in play-offs (and I believe we can have some) is completely in coach's hands now...Time to show they deserve the accolades many give them, and coach this team and make the smart choices/moves

2/3rds of the season in the books surely has been enough time to figure it out and see who/what is the issues

 

[wbbfan]

If we don't win this game, most every game after becomes a must win game. 

10 hours ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

Have you seen our DB’s? We’re ****** against Hamilton and any other team who can hit deep shots. 

Not my biggest concern actually. If we get houston on, and he's smartened up, we need to run the 30 front dropping the rest. I don't think hamilton can beat the base cover scheme from last year. And they won't run. We can't get pressure, but if we play to cover on D we can keep them under the range they want to throw to. 

9 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

If you're Hamilton, do you not focus on scheming to get Lawler or White 1 on 1 with Vaval or Lawson?

If we run 30 front neither should be in 1on1s. lawler also has as many games with under 29 yards this year as 100 or more. The huge portion of his damage this year came in the month from week 2-6. 491 yards and 6 tds in 4 games vs 556 and 4 in 8 games. 

[wbbfan]

we could even run 30 front, bracket both lawler and white, run a S in the middle, and have a lber in the short mid. defensively, hamilton gives us lots of options to counter them. If we don’t try to blitz or run 40s with two canadians or more. 

[Booch]

1 minute ago, wbbfan said:

we could even run 30 front, bracket both lawler and white, run a S in the middle, and have a lber in the short mid. defensively, hamilton gives us lots of options to counter them. If we don’t try to blitz or run 40s with two canadians or more. 

I actually think we match well defensively, but we need the experienced corner in Houston to be succesful

Guy is a good corner....sure he took a lot of chances and git burned at times...but if he reigns that in....we are worlds better....and are more experienced.....which helps everyone

Hope to see Kramdi soley at Safety and Griffin at SAM....Even some use of Woodbey there and Griffin at that dime role he excelled at, and NOT Kelly!

With 6 starters on offence and only needed 1 on defence....no need for Kelly to even be out there....Or Thomas/Korn for that matter

 

[JohnnyAbonny]

1 hour ago, Booch said:

I actually think we match well defensively, but we need the experienced corner in Houston to be succesful

Guy is a good corner....sure he took a lot of chances and git burned at times...but if he reigns that in....we are worlds better....and are more experienced.....which helps everyone

Hope to see Kramdi soley at Safety and Griffin at SAM....Even some use of Woodbey there and Griffin at that dime role he excelled at, and NOT Kelly!

With 6 starters on offence and only needed 1 on defence....no need for Kelly to even be out there....Or Thomas/Korn for that matter

You figure Houston would come on for Vaval? He played that side when he was here before but I’m not sold on Lawson Jr either. Vaval seems like more of a liability right now, and I feel like Hamilton would exploit him, or he’d take a bad PI. 

Agree Griffin at sam would be ideal, with Kramdi at S and Allen/Woodbey rotating on for certain looks. 

[Mike]

Lawler revenge game he’s about to clap Dexter Lawson’s cheeks 

[TBURGESS]

Making changes at this point is like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Gives you something to do but won't make any difference. 

[Super Duper Negatron]

17 hours ago, WinnipegGordo said:

If anyone cares, the Bombers play in Hamilton on Friday.

Might have to cut the grass. We'll see.

30 minutes ago, Mike said:

Lawler revenge game he’s about to clap Dexter Lawson’s cheeks 

If I am the Ticats I am running him straight at Vaval, who seems to have his head surgically fused into the forward looking position.

[HardCoreBlue]

18 hours ago, WinnipegGordo said:

If anyone cares, the Bombers play in Hamilton on Friday.

Yup no matter the situation always repping our colors wherever I go. 🙂

[Blue In BC]

1 hour ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

You figure Houston would come on for Vaval? He played that side when he was here before but I’m not sold on Lawson Jr either. Vaval seems like more of a liability right now, and I feel like Hamilton would exploit him, or he’d take a bad PI. 

Agree Griffin at sam would be ideal, with Kramdi at S and Allen/Woodbey rotating on for certain looks. 

I can see Houston replacing Vaval at CB but wonder if he stays on the AR to do return duty? If he stays on then who gets taken off to meet the ratio?  Are we ever going to get Bailey onto the AR?

IMO Mitchell needs to be replaced. Even starting Corcoran in his place seems a better option and gives us a ratio benefit. I'd like to see what Echols could do as a replacement but O'Shea seems reluctant? I've gone so far to suggest Mitchell should be released outright.

What the heck is the status for Sterns and Parker. Both on 1 game IR but not practising yet? Any chance they might be ready this week? Obviously Sterns might be next up at receiver if he can play. I don't understand why some players sit on the 1 game IR ( Parker ) when they've shown no signs they could practice. If that's the case then why didn't they get put on 6 game IR? Is this some sort of illusion on confusing opponents?

Edited 6 hours ago by Blue In BC

[Booch]

1 hour ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

You figure Houston would come on for Vaval? He played that side when he was here before but I’m not sold on Lawson Jr either. Vaval seems like more of a liability right now, and I feel like Hamilton would exploit him, or he’d take a bad PI. 

Agree Griffin at sam would be ideal, with Kramdi at S and Allen/Woodbey rotating on for certain looks. 

Vaval right now...sucks as a corner....he isnt reacting or aware....he too busy thinking still...he's a hinderance right now....

 

22 minutes ago, Blue In BC said:

I can see Houston replacing Vaval at CB but wonder if he stays on the AR to do return duty? If he stays on then who gets taken off to meet the ratio?  Are we ever going to get Bailey onto the AR?

IMO Mitchell needs to be replaced. Even starting Corcoran in his place seems a better option and gives us a ratio benefit. I'd like to see what Echols could do as a replacement but O'Shea seems reluctant? I've gone so far to suggest Mitchell should be released outright.

What the heck is the status for Sterns and Parker. Both on 1 game IR but not practising yet? Any chance they might be ready this week? Obviously Sterns might be next up at receiver if he can play. I don't understand why some players sit on the 1 game IR ( Parker ) when they've shown no signs they could practice. If that's the case then why didn't they get put on 6 game IR? Is this some sort of illusion on confusing opponents?

well you can pull Vanterpool for one....And if you replace Mitchel with Echols theres a returner...Also Cobb for one of Jake or Korn...There's another option at returner....

Bailey can come on for any Canadian....Ball...Thomas...etc

Or...Give Castillo all 3 kicking duties and swap the punter with Baily...Punter guys presence on our roster isnt gonna win us any games and be key....

Woodbey has usurped what visions they had for Ayers....so drop Ayers as well for a game or 2 and get Woods/Adams on....

Lotsa ways we could fix some things with minor roster config, but Osh is too much a stubborn dipshit to do it....Cant make us worse...BUT could make us better

27 minutes ago, Blue In BC said:

I can see Houston replacing Vaval at CB but wonder if he stays on the AR to do return duty? If he stays on then who gets taken off to meet the ratio?  Are we ever going to get Bailey onto the AR?

IMO Mitchell needs to be replaced. Even starting Corcoran in his place seems a better option and gives us a ratio benefit. I'd like to see what Echols could do as a replacement but O'Shea seems reluctant? I've gone so far to suggest Mitchell should be released outright.

What the heck is the status for Sterns and Parker. Both on 1 game IR but not practising yet? Any chance they might be ready this week? Obviously Sterns might be next up at receiver if he can play. I don't understand why some players sit on the 1 game IR ( Parker ) when they've shown no signs they could practice. If that's the case then why didn't they get put on 6 game IR? Is this some sort of illusion on confusing opponents?

Parker and Houston for Lawson Jr and Vaval would make a world of differnce as well

[rebusrankin]

1 hour ago, Mike said:

Lawler revenge game he’s about to clap Dexter Lawson’s cheeks 

So take Lawler in CFL Fantasy this week?

[Stickem]

So what the hell has happened to our fa returner Logan...Why on earth did we sign the guy....for that matter why did we bring in Mitchell?? Just bull$hit moves ...There has to be some serious questions about offseason moves ....letting talent walk and bringing in duds...Where the hell is the accountability

[WinnipegGordo]

1 hour ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

Might have to cut the grass. We'll see.

Check the air in my tires
Straighten my stereo wires.....

[bigg jay]

1 hour ago, Mike said:

Lawler revenge game he’s about to clap Dexter Lawson’s cheeks 

Can we get the name of Lock of the Week changed to Cheek Clapper of the week? 

[BRT]

15 hours ago, 17to85 said:

And they frequently take game day off as well

 

That was NASTY!!!😁 But I agree - especially the coaching staff! Maybe our OC can turn his hat around and wear it correctly and even come up with a game plan.

[ShyGuy]

11 minutes ago, Stickem said:

So what the hell has happened to our fa returner Logan...Why on earth did we sign the guy....for that matter why did we bring in Mitchell?? Just bull$hit moves ...There has to be some serious questions about offseason moves ....letting talent walk and bringing in duds...Where the hell is the accountability

Don't forget Jonanthon Jones as well. Thats what, 400k of SMS hanging out on the 1-game IR for most of the season.