Raining...slick field...

ST continues its big play mode....

Wild forces fumble....Castillo recovers own KO

But deep handoff on 3 and 1...Blue stuffed on said wet field

Just one more moronic call on O...

RB's say thank you....

...and drive 95 yds for TD on their first possession....

Burris having easy pitch and catch session, for first half...

Nichols overthrowing....happy feet....looks bad...

One first down on O, in opening quarter....

Ottawa O - quick tempo, spreading field, quick passing...

Bomber O - slow tempo, all passing in front of DB's

Wild playing well....but only takes part of the snaps...

Marshall only guy doing anything on O.....

But Bombers seem to lose track of him, for long stretches...

While D. Scott accomplishes nothing.... except a fumble....

Tony Burnett had a forced fumble and a sack....as part of rotation....

the FB lining up as WR....very tricky, no?    No.

Bombers D gave up ton of yds...but good in red-zone...

Hurl not that quick in pursuit.....

Too many missed tackles after the catch, overall.....

Bucknor still the opposition's go-to guy....

Blue Offense had all those popguns snapping....

..ZERO points..3 first downs and 34 passing yds in 1st half....

16-0 Red Blacks at the half...with 21 minutes TOP!

Bombers come out with 65 yd TD drive....

...as they discover that when Marshall is involved....

...Nichols can run play action and half rolls.....

...and complete some passes...

Too bad 3 of them went to the Red Blacks.....

..including 2 to (sigh) Jovon Johnson....

Overall, pass pro not bad....

Goossen looking pretty good...

Bomber D runs out of gas in last 3 minutes...

Ottawa gets long TD drive to go up 27-9

Bombers get a face saving drive for late TD...

Then Ottawa gets cute and turns it over on downs....

Nichols hits Denmark for TD....with 30 seconds left

...some more lipstick for this pig.....

Down 27-24...short kick miracle?

...it goes 10 yds...RB's recover...no rabbit in hat.....

Pretty good 60 minutes from special teams, tonight...

..too bad D and O can't do the same....

..as yet another disastrous 1st half...puts Blue behind 8-ball

....and puts playoff spot in dire jeopardy...

...and puts my liver at risk as well....

 

 

Chipman wanted Feb or March. Nhl wanted December. Feb or March didn't work for the nhl. Miller Chipman and bettman were all involved. There was a free press article about this not that long ago. How is miller a fail as CEO. His job isn't about the on field product. It's about off field stuff. He's done his job well.

What has Miller done? A blind squirrel could have moved into a brand spanking new stadium and sold rotten chestnuts. Nobody gets owed anything by the NHL. It is their world. The soccer deal was already done and basically they rented the facility and did things exactly the way they wanted. So hand over the keys to Miller or whoever you wanted to drive the shiny new car and see if it gets driven into the ground.

I'm always amazed at how people seem to have no idea at all what a CEO does and yet still believe that they can declare this one or that one a fail because of things that are completely outside that person's responsibility.  The win/loss record?  CEO can't do a whole bunch about that.  Sure he can fire the GM, but seeing that the CEO is not a ticked off "Fire everyone all the time" fan who actually knows little to nothing about running an organization, he's not going to give those sorts of people the knee jerk reaction that they so desperately crave.  

 

And as for the Winter Classic, Miller is not employed by the NHL so the good of the NHL does not factor factor into his thinking.  If he believes that the Winter Classic will hurt the organization's hosting of the Grey Cup, and the teams bottom line, he absolutely should send Bettman packing.  And personally, the more people who send Bettman packing the better, but that's another discussion altogether.

 

Miller is watching the product out on the field, I'm quite sure.  If he decides that the best action is to get rid of Walters he will.  But he won't do it because a few rabid "fire everyone" fans think its the perfect solution for every problem.   

What has Miller done? A blind squirrel could have moved into a brand spanking new stadium and sold rotten chestnuts. Nobody gets owed anything by the NHL. It is their world. The soccer deal was already done and basically they rented the facility and did things exactly the way they wanted. So hand over the keys to Miller or whoever you wanted to drive the shiny new car and see if it gets driven into the ground.

ohhhh....your obvious bias is showing! 

Bias....then perhaps you can list specifically the accomplishments of Miller that I should be gushing over.

Corporate sponsors. The tailgate at the plaza. I mean just to name a few. There's much more but why bother when it's irrelevant and you will ignore it anyway

Bias....then perhaps you can list specifically the accomplishments of Miller that I should be gushing over.

Why would I want to do that...when no one said anything about gushing!

Is there any reason to believe that O'shea's roster management will improve after this season? Nine linebackers and one backup receiver!? You think he would have learned by season 2. What makes anyone thinks he will improve his decision-making in season 3? It shouldn't take that long.

You mentioned 9 linebackers (listed) and 1 backup receiver. Explain why this was a roster management no no. Serious question.

Cause our offense sucks and we are playing Stoudemire as one of our REC? Like WTF?

 

 

Is there any reason to believe that O'shea's roster management will improve after this season? Nine linebackers and one backup receiver!? You think he would have learned by season 2. What makes anyone thinks he will improve his decision-making in season 3? It shouldn't take that long.

You mentioned 9 linebackers (listed) and 1 backup receiver. Explain why this was a roster management no no. Serious question.

Cause our offense sucks and we are playing Stoudemire as one of our REC? Like WTF?

 

EXACTLY.

Is there any reason to believe that O'shea's roster management will improve after this season? Nine linebackers and one backup receiver!? You think he would have learned by season 2. What makes anyone thinks he will improve his decision-making in season 3? It shouldn't take that long.

You mentioned 9 linebackers (listed) and 1 backup receiver. Explain why this was a roster management no no. Serious question.

Cause our offense sucks and we are playing Stoudemire as one of our REC? Like WTF?

EXACTLY.

That may be a lack of depth, but if you think Stoudermire being in the game is a main cause of our offence sucking, then I have some news for you.

Stoudemire ain't the problem. An extra receiver ain't the problem. The problem is the guy calling the plays...

Is there any reason to believe that O'shea's roster management will improve after this season? Nine linebackers and one backup receiver!? You think he would have learned by season 2. What makes anyone thinks he will improve his decision-making in season 3? It shouldn't take that long.

You mentioned 9 linebackers (listed) and 1 backup receiver. Explain why this was a roster management no no. Serious question.

Cause our offense sucks and we are playing Stoudemire as one of our REC? Like WTF?

Is it THAT odd to play a return man in the offense? Seems common place to me..

Its not like hes been just a decoy either. He has had a few touches per game.

I dunno....those "YAC" plays for Denmark are brilliant.  It will work.  One of these years.....

I think that pisses me off the most. Watching a vanilla game plan hoping for a deep ball to denmark and getting a pitch out to him in the back field. Sure defenses can play against what works but if you dont even try to let ur playmakers make plays how the hell u gonna make drives extend. I dunno what the stats are but seems like we go on to score almost all the time we can get 2 first downs in a possession. I might be wong but last 5 games or so seems that way

Stoudemire ain't the problem. An extra receiver ain't the problem. The problem is the guy calling the plays...

Your right it ain't the only problem but it's a combo of all of them which tells me it ain't just MB.

Nah. It's 99.9 percent MB

Nah. It's 99.9 percent MB

 

"Nah, its 99.99999999999999999 percent MB - Corrected it for you!

Now, now....according to Nichols, the Red Blacks started the game with a different look on D......this fully explains why we could not score a single point, in a entire half....in the CFL......in a must game.

 

Having the opposition D coming out with more than one look, is patently unfair......no wonder we have had so many crappy first halfs. 

 

Life in pro football....is hard.

 

 

Is there any reason to believe that O'shea's roster management will improve after this season? Nine linebackers and one backup receiver!? You think he would have learned by season 2. What makes anyone thinks he will improve his decision-making in season 3? It shouldn't take that long.

You mentioned 9 linebackers (listed) and 1 backup receiver. Explain why this was a roster management no no. Serious question.

Cause our offense sucks and we are playing Stoudemire as one of our REC? Like WTF?

 

So not having a better receiving option than Stoudemire is a problem with roster management? Sounds more like a problem with the talent level. 

so Wade's one accomplishment is having a tailgate party outside the stadium!?  Have you walked around the stadium on game day?  Tailgating is happening everywhere, and that's a culture that has been building since we moved in to the new stadium.  Miller simply wanted to try and cash in on drink sales, cause most fans that do their own tailgating are buying less at the stadium.  I think any new President/CEO could have figured out, hey, maybe embrace a party before the game... except almighty Mack!

 

I've heard Miller is a very arrogant boss, and not enjoyable to work for, and know first hand he's pissing off some long standing season tickets holders.

 

I'd say he's been adequate in the position, but certainly nothing worth praising...

I like the tailgate outside the stadium, cheerleaders upclose, got ploen's autograph, pic with the grey cup. Much better then just knocking back a few behind michael's on st james lol

so Wade's one accomplishment is having a tailgate party outside the stadium!?  Have you walked around the stadium on game day?  Tailgating is happening everywhere, and that's a culture that has been building since we moved in to the new stadium.  Miller simply wanted to try and cash in on drink sales, cause most fans that do their own tailgating are buying less at the stadium.  I think any new President/CEO could have figured out, hey, maybe embrace a party before the game... except almighty Mack!

 

I've heard Miller is a very arrogant boss, and not enjoyable to work for, and know first hand he's pissing off some long standing season tickets holders.

 

I'd say he's been adequate in the position, but certainly nothing worth praising...

Is that you Nate?

so Wade's one accomplishment is having a tailgate party outside the stadium!?  Have you walked around the stadium on game day?  Tailgating is happening everywhere, and that's a culture that has been building since we moved in to the new stadium.  Miller simply wanted to try and cash in on drink sales, cause most fans that do their own tailgating are buying less at the stadium.  I think any new President/CEO could have figured out, hey, maybe embrace a party before the game... except almighty Mack!

 

I've heard Miller is a very arrogant boss, and not enjoyable to work for, and know first hand he's pissing off some long standing season tickets holders.

 

I'd say he's been adequate in the position, but certainly nothing worth praising...

 

Joe Mack was not the president or CEO, that was Garth Buchko.

Now, now....according to Nichols, the Red Blacks started the game with a different look on D......this fully explains why we could not score a single point, in a entire half....in the CFL......in a must game.

 

Having the opposition D coming out with more than one look, is patently unfair......no wonder we have had so many crappy first halfs. 

 

Life in pro football....is hard.

 

A different look?  What, did they start 12 D-linemen?  That Nick Nolte, always out-scheming us!

Nichols said that Ottawa came out in more zone, instead of their mostly man D.   Oh the humanity!  Man the Lifeboats!

 

Bottom line.....how many of "those" first halfs....have we seen from this offense.  

 

The joke (Marcel) is clearly on us