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3DownNationWinnipeg Blue Bombers to induct Cal Murphy to Ring of Hon...The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have selected Cal Murphy for induction into the Ring of Honour at Princess Auto Stadium, the team announced on Thursday. The Winnipeg native was the club’s general manager fr

I'll be 39 in a couple weeks. I hope I am still welcome here, after all these attacks on 39 year olds.

I'm 49. I care deeply

I'm 69... Get off of my lawn.

Mike Benson got that old waiting for Mike O'Shea to give him an opportunity to shine.

I'd toss them both out just for the stand alone reason of this bullshit with the refusal to use an American as a Canadian even though we're allowed to. It's borderline negligent and I know that's not going to sit well with some people but there's a reason we are the only one of nine teams that doesn't use it.

I do actually agree that if one goes, the other should go too. Despite how disjointed it looks in it's execution, the line we've been fed for years is that it's one unit working in unison and every decision they make is made as a team. I don't think Walters deserves to keep his job if O'Shea is let go, if for nothing else than because he's spent too much time allowing what could be his subordinate to have an equal say when it hasn't been or shouldn't be needed.

TIL everyone on this board is the same age. Actually I am two years younger so reserve the right to call @Mark H. and @rebusrankin old AF.

Are personal attacks allowed on this site?

I'll take the smothering defense we had in 2021 for 200, Alex.

100%. With the coaching cap, we are married to this set up for another 2 years.

Really happy about this. Kindly Cal!! Some bye-week fodder - Strev talks about how he ended up with Winnipeg.

You cant upset the apple cart and fire whole regime...especially if it's not a complete dumpster fire...You start with the HC...almost always and that G.M gets his second attempt to see if the coaching was the issue...if things still tilt downward with no relief in site...then yeah purge city A G.M and HC purge..which essentially leads to total staff turnover and a lot of times admin pieces too...is last resort and will really set you back a few yrs...a HC canning wont

I am with @Mark H. , I am 49 and wish I wish still 39 or heck 42.

You're a teacher. Not a football player.

GMs usually have one or maybe two head coach firings in them before upper magmt cans them as well. Walters has never exercised that option. Therefore, they'll go together but it won't be until after the 2028 season.

Even if we are a 4-5 win team this year and next, unless we found a good coach working for free, we wouldn't be able to replace em. Assuming the cap stays as is, the future is likely to continue with established HC/GMs with an ast GM. Or an established GM with a low-buck young coaching staff.

Yeah, absolutely agree. In case it wasn't clear to anyone, I wasn't suggesting we can them. I was just saying that IF we were to do it, I'd see no reason for it not to be both. That call is far away from being made at this point in the season though.

There's no chance they are making a move on O'Shea or Walters right after they extended both. They're 1-1 right now. Lots of season left.

YEAH bout time really

And stay off my freshly laid sod You win the internet today, Royal Ugly Dude

If only he had his cub scouts badges or something of that ilk...Maybe a Army Cadet as a youth...he's still be here lol not sure how old I am but I act like i'm 21 and dumb still lol But actually 55 if being honest

Nice

I can't believe you'd launch a personal attack like that. Get off my lawn, you whipsnapper.

Well as long as that results in 3 cups i’m all good with this. :)

It shouldn't ruffle any feathers as it's a true statement...And as I've mentioned before in the voting process to impliment this...there was a lone detractor of it and a "no" vote when voted on...and that lone voter made his disapproval/displeasure very clear, gee...guess who? And the fact his pouty attitude over it and refusal to not use to better the roster should have been reason to can him right there...especially if it was brought up internally and was a directive from his bosses..aka Wade and Walters and he still acted childish over it....and there are other reasons which compounded this as well that should have been adressed If this was brought up and nothing done...or was failed to be brought up...then yeah...Can them both and reset...for all the glowing talk and chatter about model franchise...great trio...etc...there sure is a lot of piss poor things going on

Hell yeah!

This isn't a usual situation. Its 11 years of available evaluation on both of them. It is extremely clear that Walters cannot use MOS as his mulligan. There is no world in which anyone could believe that Walters did a good job only to be screwed up by MOS. MOS compounded the problem to be sure but our management group has not brought in or retained a reasonable amount of talent. Anyone blaming MOS solely for that is doing so out of bias. They are tied at the hip. If it is decided that the trinity must be broken up then the broom needs to come out and we do a full reset or we end up in the exact same situation. If that sets us back temporarily so be it. That being said I believe that we are in much better shape in all areas than last year. Our D will come around and our O and coaching is far better. Even Younger is just getting a new lineup to row together, that will come.

Nice.

Planning on retaining my perfect square status.

It was a joke. You're good.

Yup but defense wins championships.

Unless it is a spectacular defence like we had during Swaggerville.

I’m under the impression cbc shouldn’t exist. I rarely to never watch it and it only exists cuz of our tax dollars. The tax money can be better used elsewhere so I’m more than good with this. Plus they basically only showed leafs and oilers games.

No more of that back stabber Ron McLean? Good enough for me.

Give it a few games! Maybe our D is a grower, not a shower.

Yup my guess is 90+% of teams would consider Helle an upgrade to what they currently have.

Is 20-0 with an average score of 60 to -5 too much to ask?

Other defense are free to suck, but the Bombers O and D both need to be dominant. I don't ask for much.

Luke at what they did to our boy Luke in the Last Jedi. Making him a wimp and cry baby drinking blue milk and sulking completely killed any chance for that trilogy to succeed. Not a single person I know or read online thought the way they handled Luke in that movie was good in any way. Now compared to Luke's scene in the Mandalorian where he slices all the baddies up and the follow up scenes.... people loved it. How hard is it for Disney to realize that a character that a massive generation of people idolized... they want to see them being the same person they fell in love with in the first place. They made the same mistake with Indiana Jones in the terrible last movie they made with him. Nobody wanted to see Indy as a cry baby dummy old man. They wanted the smart alec quick witted guy they fell in love with the original trilogy. The video game kept the character the same and everyone who has played the game absolutely loved the story and wished the movie was that instead. If Hollywood wants to try wild and different ideas... use new characters and new worlds.