Everything posted by Atomic
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Mike Sims-Walker
No way he still runs a 4.35
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Practice notes from August 28
Welcome back Douglas... hopefully he can stay healthy.
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D'Angelis vs Palardy
There's more to kickoffs than simple gross distance. Placement and hang time are also important. The better way to measure the aptitude of the guy doing the kickoffs is the net distance (gross distance minus return distance). And if you look at that, DeAngelis is at 42.8 and Palardy is at 36.6.
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Alex Hall To Be Fined
I think you are guilty of remember Hefney from 2 or 3 or 4 years ago moreso than last year. Hefney used to be real damned good but last year cracks appeared in his game. I have no problems saying Washington has been as good this year as Hefney was last year. You are of course correct that Hall is getting off easy and should have had his ass stapled to the bench for at least part of the game but that's neither here nor there when talking about Hefney. Bottom line Washington was taking his spot at halfback, Hefney could have stayed here by switching to SAM but he didn't want to and as a result he was cut. Anyway, I don't even mean to argue about Logan... I would have liked to see him replaced... but the reason we are where we are is because we cut guys without them actually 'losing' their jobs... I mean we released Hefney halfway thru camp after one pre-season game and then Burke turns around and says pre-season games don't matter the next week after we get torched 55-0. Maybe Hef did lose a step but at least he could read a defence... I mean Byron Parker and Dwight Anderson have both lost a step over the years... Anyway, the whole point is that Hef was cut for not being a 'team' guy and Hall is getting away with it. Dunn has a crap pre-season and makes the team, Cauchy remains a starter because West and Sherman are 'not ready'... etc etc Mixed messages are what killed this team. A mixed message would be "We're trying to win" and then benching your best defensive player
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Alex Hall To Be Fined
Replaced by our super awesome secondary... kind of like Logan was adequately replaced I guess... good point. Just because Cauchy is brutal doesn't suddenly make Logan any good. He was just as terrible last season.
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Bombers add to the board
Ohhhh you so funnnyyyyyy.... I was wondering where you got your PhD, doctor, but now I realize it was clown college.
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Does Burke Last the Year?
No.
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Bombers add to the board
She is no longer with the Free Press.
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Brody McKnight
Bob Cameron? Two... Didn't Bob Cameron get dropped liked 8 times before finally getting the starting gig? I believe it was 9 tryouts over 4 years before landing here.
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Report: Bombers to sign Aaron Kelly
I seem to remember him having a great game against the Bombers at some point
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Bombers add to the board
Marnie needs to stop meddling in football ops!
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Palardy and Isaac Anderson released
http://bluebombers.com/article/blue-bombers-release-two-add-mcknight-to-practice-roster
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Does Burke Last the Year?
The cycle for Bomber head coaches goes -> co-ordinator, head coach, tsn analyst, coordinator. Lapo won't be getting a cheque from the Bombers next year but Burke will, so Lapo will start coaching again and Burke will take his place on TSN.
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Boltus and two receivers
We all know you don't have any tickets
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Boltus and two receivers
Marcel Bellefeuille?
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Report: Bombers to sign Aaron Kelly
Wikipedia: Kelly signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League in time for the 2011 CFL season. In his first year in the league, Kelly recorded 383 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Kelly's second season in the league was less productive, he only played in 6 of the 18 games and only recorded 107 yards and 1 touchdown. On May 23 2013 Kelly was released by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats following the aqusition of WR Lyle Leong.
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Mike Sims-Walker
Who said its awesome? Take the stick out ya ass boiiii
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Vikings Cut Williams and Holmes
Rod Williams is a free agent. He would be a good pick up.
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Which vets do you think get cut next?
Consistently mediocre for two years now. The problem is we don't have anyone better.
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Buck Hurt Again
Rebuilt 80% of their roster and their entire coaching staff after 2011. All they had was a good QB and a great receiver and they built around that. I'll take your word for it but guys like Getzlaf, Best & Shologan have been there for 6 or 7 years now. True but that's only 3 players out of a 46 man roster, and Best is probably their worst offensive lineman right now. I'd stack Henoc Muamba and Chris Greaves up against those guys. The point is that over 2 years, they went out and rebuilt their Canadian talent by getting Labatte, Picard, Heenan, Watman, Hurl, Foley, Milo, etc. The only Canadians left from 2011 are Getzlaf, Shologan, Butler, McHenry, Huclack and McCollough. Six guys. And they totally revamped their import talent at every position. The one thing they really had in place already was a good QB. As soon as we can find that, we should be able to return to being competitive.
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Buck Hurt Again
Rebuilt 80% of their roster and their entire coaching staff after 2011. All they had was a good QB and a great receiver and they built around that.
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Which vets do you think get cut next?
People want to cut Denmark, well sorry to tell you but he's been our most consistent receiver this year, as sad as that may be.
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Buck Hurt Again
Two years to be competitive which I'll define at 7-9 wins and the playoffs or two years to be a legit contender, which I'll define as 10+ wins? At least two years just to make the playoffs again, every other team is at least competitive right now, we have some catching up to do. Saskatchewan went from 1-7 on Labour Day in 2011 and a final record of 5-13, to 8-10 the next season and look where they are now. A quick turnaround is definitely possible. But the Riders drafted well, were aggressive in free agency, and most importantly already had a good QB in place. I don't know if the Bombers can replicate that, but it wouldn't be totally out of the question if they play their cards right. C'mon, the Riders were a talented team that needed some tweaking, this outfit needs a QB, oline, receivers, linebackers and DB's. A talented team that needed some tweaking? Since 2011 they replaced their RB, 4 out of 5 starting OL, 3 out of 5 starting receivers, 3 out of 4 starting DL, all 3 linebackers, and their entire secondary. Tell me again how they only needed some tweaking.
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Buck Hurt Again
Two years to be competitive which I'll define at 7-9 wins and the playoffs or two years to be a legit contender, which I'll define as 10+ wins? At least two years just to make the playoffs again, every other team is at least competitive right now, we have some catching up to do. Saskatchewan went from 1-7 on Labour Day in 2011 and a final record of 5-13, to 8-10 the next season and look where they are now. A quick turnaround is definitely possible. But the Riders drafted well, were aggressive in free agency, and most importantly already had a good QB in place. I don't know if the Bombers can replicate that, but it wouldn't be totally out of the question if they play their cards right.
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Which vets do you think get cut next?
Brandon Stewart has been brutal all year, I don't care if he got an interception today. He should be gone. Easiest spot in the secondary to ease a new guy into anyway. Boatman is terrible. Is Douglas healthy? If he is, Boatman should be gone. Our Canadians simply aren't good enough. Can we get Pencer in at right tackle? How much worse than Boatman could he be? Then we could get Aaron Woods involved on offence or put Bo Smith at safety. Why aren't we using Anthony Woodson? Let him get some reps at RB in order to put another import receiver in. We barely run the ball anyway so what could it hurt? He has potential coming out of the backfield at the very least. It's time to bring in a new receiver. Let Wallace Miles get a shot or bring in an NFL cut asap. Unfortunately none of these changes will do jack **** until we get a capable quarterback.