do or die

I mentioned Berry based on his stubborn and unwavering faith in Serna. Didn't win a cup and in Berry's last year had the worst kicker in the league by a long shot. It takes ALL phases of the game to win a cup. Sacrifice one phase of the game based on personal loyalty = no cup. Yet berry was the coach who finally had the guts to get rid of horrible Westwood after years of futility. ...and took all kinds of flack for benching a 58% kicker (at the time)

Well, we have the capibility....

Some of the highly paid Rider vets on both sides of the line, are underacheiving. Throw in the fact that the Rider back 7 is deficient in tackling/coverage, and have nothing behind 38 yr old Glenn.....could be in for long season

Rider fans have same thoughts about Cato......

I asserted last year, that Marcel not had made an case for retention.......we retained him, anyways. We are now supposed to be suprised..... when we cant handle pressure D, or spread the field, and are too predictable in the run game?

Underachieving, over paid vets, no depth, bringing in more aging vets, giving away draft picks........yes, the Taman long-term development plan, is falling into place....

So, we have a backup QB, who does nothing, does not appear to have the confidence of his O teammates, and is 31 years old. Great plan, moving forward...... Brohm will finally refine his throwing accuracy, when? Age 35?

Yup, we could not handle pressure defense....ONCE AGAIN, and responded to adversity with.....well, simply nothing - except key breakdowns in all phases of the game. Forget the record, this is what is making me depressed......

A little clarity would go a long way here. If Marve is hurt, then Brohm had/has to go in. Simple. MOS is simply doing himself no favors, here.

Willy gets hurt....Bombers give up 31 straight points, in 15 minutes Willy hurt again..Bombers give up 28 straight points, in 23 minutes Something is seriously lacking here.....aside from having Brohm as #2...

Brohm didn't throw a INT for a touchdown....... Mike O'Shea still has that toothpaste grin..... We have a good handle on what not to do....when Willy is hurt....

Not enough.....

...while we run with tight popguns...

How old is Brohm?.....are we "grooming" this guy or what? What a bloody joke....

Yup - the 2nd and 3 play where Cotton (only guy in backfield) takes a deep handoff, and runs into 6 guys....

Brohm did nothing last year, nothing in the x-season, and nothing, coming in this year.....anybody see a trend here? Does MOS?

Hope springs eternal....Bell fumbles early..... ...but Blue go 2 and out.... then miss FG.... Methinks, that was some sort of omen.... Bomber D looking good...in first half Westerman really getting into the groove.... Adams getting some respect on the corner.... Hurl still questionable as MLB... Both teams doing it on D, in the rain....4-3 at the half Blue O looking pretty predictable....can't handle pressure.. As soon as run works....we go away from it.... Bombers not handing 4 man rush....or for that matter 3... Tyler and Picard...having their struggles 40 minute mark...the ole fatal tipping point.... ....Willy sandwiched...leaves with knee injury..... As soon as the Willy went down....Bomber went flaccid.... The rain then stopped.... so did our team.... ...Drew hit low...league apology coming, after the fact... Bombers deal with the adversity...in the usual manner... ...allowing a long punt return, followed by TD.... Brohn, to the surprise of everybody comes in..... ..and promptly tosses a pick, albeit, with blown PI call.... James Franklin promptly throws a TD pass to Bowman.... Richards then plays trained seal with a pass....for another pick.. ....setting up another easy Franklin TD pass Bell eludes 3 Bomber tackles for 70 yards.... ...setting up, you guessed it, yet another Franklin TD pass... Brohm's TD/INT ratio? now 0-5....... Assume that Marve is still hurt....or there will be blood.... 28 straight points for Edmonton, after Willy down.... Give up 3 TD passes to the 3rd string guy...in less than a half... Discipline problem again...plethora of dumb penalties.... Refs were pretty bad....but Bombers lost on merit.... Another great Western road swing..... Blow one game....get blown out, in the other..... Tackling on D, fell off in 2nd half.... Another key special team breakdown, then INTs... ...giving Esks a short field for easy scores.... Blue tired of the beat downs, in Edmonton?......guess not. From MOS, on down....having real doubts about coaching....' Team lacks jam, and may simply be toast.... DOD lacks patience, right now.. and may simply be burnt....

No real need for the 3rd and 4 gamble......when BC has the ball at midfield, with a 11 point lead. Dumb call.

Yes, but Taman, throughout his career..... has always seemed to have some form of big daddy around......who was supposedly the real culprit to blame. 10 years in, you can only play the victim card, so many times......

If nothing else, the Moes D will come hard and often. The deal is to put in a O package to actually make them pay for it. This is sort of a rubber meets road game for the Bombers. Slinking back home, from yet another 0-fer western swing and on a new losing streak, would seem in many peoples eyes, regression..... Limiting the mistakes that cost us the Stamps game, would be a good start.

Certainly explains some of our problems, last year.....

Win first....swagger somewhere down the road.....

Reassuring..... to find out that what I though were endemic problems, during Lapo's tenure, like: Brutally slow starts Penalties galore Lack of adjustments Uber-conservative game planning Clock management issues Culture of lack of accountablity/excuses (from players) Were merely figments of my imagination...... So, I assume that Lapo, like Taman, or for that matter Burke...... was merely another sort of helpless "victim", or something? Paul should simply stay out another year, and attain all-star coaching status......

I was always adamant the Bombers "signatures" were the worst... but I never really got a good look at those water-melon specials... after watching some of that Rider game, I'm starting to reconsider... Still think that our Argo ripoff, special forces, bird dropping look.....still has the edge. "Signature" implies a unique and quality look. Instead we got unique and embarrassing.

Darryl Rogers was, is and remains.....a garbage coach. Knew nothing about the CFL, didn't care....and didn't want to learn