"It's being handled internally":... Not since the Mike Kelly days have I personally been so put off by media relations between our Blue executive and the faithful posters on this board. Or more precisely, the lack of any substance being put forward to us.

 

Maybe it's just me imagining things but as a fan I feel like I am being "handled" although not so blatantly as in the Kelly days. I don't like the "polite" communication I feel like we are getting. Are we as fans getting the respect we deserve from O'Shea, Walters and Miller?

 

I don't want them throwing people under the bus but I would like to see some frankness and open honesty. Media things can be played too close to the vest sometimes. Is it happening now?

 

Either management is deliberately keeping us, the fans, in the dark, for whatever reason. Or else, they are very slow deliberators and decision-makers. I hope the problem I'm feeling is about their communication style and not about the ability to formulate a new success plan for next year.

Its entertaining to think anyone of us believes we speak for joe average fan.. None of us do because we are so deep into the team.. Most fans are oblivious to whats going on and whos even coaching beyond O'shea and walters...

Most people ive talked to didnt even know leggett was a key.resigning and here, we rejoiced and were hanging on with baited breath waiting for confirmation.. Many never once mentioned coordinators and felt like we made large strides towards respectability..

Also, if you try and use the freep or sun comment sections as a gauge on the pulse of the fanbase, your.settinf yourself up for failure as there are more trolls, ill informed wingnuts and crazies then on all the forums put together... Average fans dont use the internet to get bomber news beyond reading the online articles..

That's the problem with the Interwebz...everyone wants instant gratification on everything.

No we dont! Prove it, now!

l'm looking for a smiley-face guy with duct tape over the mouth...

 

a smiley's worth a thousand words

 

Sigh.  I know.  This is head against the wall stuff.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And yet...

 

 

 

2. There's more than one candidate that's better than Etch.  

 

Please list all the candidates.

 

Benevides and Washington if the new BC HC doesn't want him are two that immediately come to mind.

 

 

a smiley's worth a thousand words

 

Sigh.  I know.  This is head against the wall stuff.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And yet...

 

 

 

2. There's more than one candidate that's better than Etch.  

 

Please list all the candidates.

 

Benevides and Washington if the new BC HC doesn't want him are two that immediately come to mind.

 

 

So out of curiosity ... let's say hypothetically Washington is our first choice. Then would you be alright with the current silence?

 

 

a smiley's worth a thousand words

 

Sigh.  I know.  This is head against the wall stuff.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And yet...

 

 

 

2. There's more than one candidate that's better than Etch.  

 

Please list all the candidates.

 

Benevides and Washington if the new BC HC doesn't want him are two that immediately come to mind.

 

 

Uh-huh.

 

That thing we don't know and probably won't know for a month.  Give or take.

 

So you've listed a guy that we've already contacted and a guy that it is "illegal" for us to contact at this time.

 

Alright.  So the list is actually one person.

 

Or is Walters (since for some reason no one is even pretending this is OShea's coaching staff anymore) supposed to act TODAY on that thing he won't know for a month?  Give or take.

 

Am I with you so far?  I think we can work our way thru this.

 

 

 

a smiley's worth a thousand words

 

Sigh.  I know.  This is head against the wall stuff.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And yet...

 

 

 

2. There's more than one candidate that's better than Etch.  

 

Please list all the candidates.

 

Benevides and Washington if the new BC HC doesn't want him are two that immediately come to mind.

 

 

So out of curiosity ... let's say hypothetically Washington is our first choice. Then would you be alright with the current silence?

 

Washington is my first choice and I know we have to wait until things fall out in BC to see if he's Wally's choice for HC.  I'd still get rid of Etch because he's not good enough.

Add Richie Hall to the list assuming today's tweet is accurate.

 

 

 

 

a smiley's worth a thousand words

 

Sigh.  I know.  This is head against the wall stuff.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And yet...

 

 

 

2. There's more than one candidate that's better than Etch.  

 

Please list all the candidates.

 

Benevides and Washington if the new BC HC doesn't want him are two that immediately come to mind.

 

 

So out of curiosity ... let's say hypothetically Washington is our first choice. Then would you be alright with the current silence?

 

Washington is my first choice and I know we have to wait until things fall out in BC to see if he's Wally's choice for HC.  I'd still get rid of Etch because he's not good enough.

 

You just finished criticizing Sask for firing Hall without having a replacement in another thread...now you want us to do the same? 

 

 

 

 

 

a smiley's worth a thousand words

 

Sigh.  I know.  This is head against the wall stuff.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And yet...

 

 

 

2. There's more than one candidate that's better than Etch.  

 

Please list all the candidates.

 

Benevides and Washington if the new BC HC doesn't want him are two that immediately come to mind.

 

 

So out of curiosity ... let's say hypothetically Washington is our first choice. Then would you be alright with the current silence?

 

Washington is my first choice and I know we have to wait until things fall out in BC to see if he's Wally's choice for HC.  I'd still get rid of Etch because he's not good enough.

 

You just finished criticizing Sask for firing Hall without having a replacement in another thread...now you want us to do the same? 

 

You don't get sarcasm do you?

Are you being sarcastic now?

Since we want to toughen up our D maybe we could bring in Angelo Mosca as DC and to keep things lively Joe Kapp as OC

 

 

 

 

It's not about a wailing press conference or feeling entitled or even a sense of satisfaction.  It's about the Bombers including the fans in the plan going forward to fix the obvious problems that kept us out of the playoffs this year.  I'm not talking about every little detail.  I'm talking about the big picture stuff, like which coordinators we'll retain.

 

Good organizations don't wait for the dominoes to fall.  They make the dominoes fall. They make decisions quickly and effectively and get out in front of the other teams.  Waiting to see how things shake out is the way to end up with the guys no one else wanted.  The Bombers had a 3 week head start on every team not called the Redblacks.  If they don't have a plan in place by now, they are incompetent.    

 

IF O'Shea/Walters/Miller have realized that coaching changes need to be made and have defined where they want to upgrade, there's no advantage to waiting to tell the coordinators or the press.  As soon as they reach out to prospective candidates the CFL community, including the coaches they want to replace, will know anyway.  As soon as management decides they need to upgrade a spot, keeping the old coach around 'just in case' is counter productive.  It's time for them to move on if they are going to.

 

If they've decided to keep our current coaches, which is what I suspect has happened, then call a presser and let everyone know.  If they've decided to replace one or more, then call a presser and let everyone know who's being replaced.  There's no need to keep anyone twisting in the wind.  If they haven't made a decision yet, then make one and let everyone know what's going on.

 

What often gets left out of this thought process - maybe they just have better things to do with their time than appease the fans with a pointless press conference.

 

I'd rather they be working, myself.

 

They had a presser at the beginning of November, and people thought it was pointless.  Now the same people want the same presser, just a month later?

 

W#ell,you'd think they'd have progressed from then, don't you think? Tell you what, fans can vote with their wallets & not go to games anymore. That'll end the talk of fan entitlement.

 

 

So then do that. But let me guarantee you one thing - the fan that isn't going to go to a game anymore because they don't like the assistant coach is a unicorn.

 

Just like the unicorns that don't go to movies featuring Tom Cruise because they don't like him.  It might be time for some to realize this is a free world and if one does not go to a game because or whatever that's his/her choice and I fail to see the right you might have to call them on it.

 

 

 

So then do that. But let me guarantee you one thing - the fan that isn't going to go to a game anymore because they don't like the assistant coach is a unicorn.

 It might be time for some to realize this is a free world and if one does not go to a game because or whatever that's his/her choice and I fail to see the right you might have to call them on it.

Wouldn't it being a free world give him the right?