With Rookie Camp getting underway Wednesday morning, it's officially time to talk about the 2026 Winnipeg Blue Bombers!

Plus the DBS who came off the bench for Moxey were better than he was too.

This is a pattern with O'Shea and we simply don't know how many improvements never got the chance. They could have left singer on the pr all year and he could have disappeared from the CFL and we'd be hearing the same old song and dance about no one goes anywhere else and becomes good.

We're round about a .500 team when the handicap themselves with roster moves that often are puzzling, you think with better roster management they couldn't have already locked up a playoff spot before the final week of the season?

13 hours ago, GCn20 said:

Who are all these guys being held back? Smith and Singer are the only guys in several years that have come off the bench and played far better than who they replaced. This whole wasted talent thing is being grossly exaggerated. Smith had mental health problems and Singer is starting in his rookie season...thats not being held back. If there is a plethora of talent being held back right now how about some names? If there was in past years then surely these guys went on to have impact careers elsewhere?

nobody here gets a true shot over an old aged out vet...or just a favorite of osh who can have anywhere from 2 to 4 yrs tenure....and we have witnessed that "true"open competition never occurs here in TC and positions a lot of times are pre-determined regardless of what goes on...or went on in TC....That also cant be ignored.

So in all honesty we have no clue who is being held back...or was just released over a lesser player

It's not like the last 3 yrs we have top tier talent across the board that could supplant their piers on any other team, so if other teams see us releasing a guy over the crap we kept...then they likely give Osh the benefit of the doubt that he can evaluate...and he cant

Most guys in all camps come in with great tape...high recommendations and actual ability...Its how you recognize it, and you ability to get most out of them, or find the spot to allow them to succeed that separates the good coaches from the weak

You always get on your pulpit that nobody goes on to be a hero elsewhere, and that is kind of a meaningless point...Teams invest time and money..Sometimes yrs in working to get a guy up here, so they wont kick em to the curb for a "Mighty Osh" cut. Thta's how you lose, and or what plays a part in your scouting staff leaving...see Cyril Penn as part of his reason

Also lost in the argument is the type of player and their "intangibles" that Osh asks for...or what he looks at as key..He relays that to his G.M in his wants...not the other way around and is force fed what he doesnt want in a player, as much as you dont want to believe it.

When we start having TC's here where competition is real, and the guys who show best "earn" and then "maintain" their job regardless of nationality, how they got here or how long they been here then maybe....maybe I would change my opinion on Osh not being the issue and that he isnt a total moron...But until then why would I? And success here can be achieved by just deleting one piece of the pie...Not the whole thing

20 hours ago, GCn20 said:

Who are all these guys being held back? Smith and Singer are the only guys in several years that have come off the bench and played far better than who they replaced. This whole wasted talent thing is being grossly exaggerated. Smith had mental health problems and Singer is starting in his rookie season...thats not being held back. If there is a plethora of talent being held back right now how about some names? If there was in past years then surely these guys went on to have impact careers elsewhere?

Cobb & Corcoran starting/playing ahead of Singer??? That's okay?