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  1. I just don't understand why don't they have a twitter account or some kind of online forum to ask questions for the coach and then from there Irving could cherry pick the useful questions to ask the coach. Years of listening to bring back Westwood or why don't you trade for Ricky Ray (mid season) or an old lady wanting to lecture the coach for letting go of a mediocre long time player who is way over the hill is quite annoying and makes the show really a waste of time.
  2. Brandon replied to Floyd's post in a topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
    Mack as a gm probably would get a D+ .... Burke as a coach was a solid F Mack wasn't that bad... It was Lapolice and Burke idea to start Buck for so long.
  3. Brandon replied to Floyd's post in a topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
    I really think he will overtake Reinbold for the guy that everyone brings up as the worst coach in recent blue history. He was that bad...
  4. Brandon replied to Floyd's post in a topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
    I wasn't aware of blaming everyone except yourself is considered class..... while he didn't make a fool of himself like Reed did.... he also didn't show any emotion or really ever was honest with Bob or the fans in general.
  5. Brandon replied to Floyd's post in a topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
    Hey that's true! It was a brilliant move. Mack successfully prevented Ottawa from stealing a talented non-import from our roster. Kudos. Huff was the same way drafting guys and then cutting them at training camp what a genius!!
  6. Brandon replied to Floyd's post in a topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
    No need to rehash the draft .. but I agree with the sentiment .. there's a time and place (in the draft) to take fliers on guys who will be in NFL training camps .. top of the first round is not one of those spots. Calgary drafted Doug Brown with the 5th pick overall in 1997. Was he not worthy of a 5th pick? Did he ever play a down in Calgary? Did Calgary have the same pressing needs to address as the Bombers have (had) over the last couple of seasons? The answer is no. Brown was drafted in 97 and spent the next 4 years down south. He never once put on a Stampeders uniform. You could also look at the depth of a particular draft when reaching to take someone but I think the underlying point remains .. when you are trying to rebuild a NI talent base, there's a time and place to take a chance on guys with NFL aspirations or guys who have *already signed an NFL contract* .. So, you could take a mediocre player and have him for years, or take the best player, and be able to either sign and play him, or trade him for other draft picks (3rd rounder for Brown who ended up being Mike Labinjo, 1st rounder for Philion) because you have great Non-import talent on your team already? When you pick guys that can't break out onto your roster, they become free agents. While the player is trying out/playing in the NFL, you retain their rights while they develop. So are you suggesting then that the Bombers have great non-import talent? That we can afford to wait years for players to, perhaps, trickle in from their NFL stints to flip them or try and sign them? When you have a full compliment of draft picks .. when you have solid non-import depth .. you can take chances and roll the dice on some of these guys who will spend a bit of time down south. I have no problem with that. But we aren't in that position and because of that, you have to take a long look at guys who will step into camp day one and can contribute. Maybe deferring to your Canadian draft expert .. our current GM .. and picking a guy like Edem might have made more sense .. especially with how our roster was structured .. (he's someone who could step in at both LB or Safety). But why get Edem when you have both Muambas doing lb and safety...
  7. Brandon replied to Mr Dee's post in a topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
    Good bye to giving up late in a game when their is more then enough time to attempt a drive and field goal and hope that you can win in OT despite the defense playing extremely poor in the last 2 quarters blowing a big lead. Good bye to droopy dogg face..... Good bye to sitting a qb that made the Blue 1st in the red zone at the beginning of the season in favour of playing a QB who managed a negative qb rating.... Good bye injury proned rbs..... Good bye to having to watch the tape to figure out what to do next despite Bob Irving being more then nice enough to giving you an easy out to explain why you lost the game.... Good bye to ignoring the o-line.... Good bye to being satisfied or happy when a qb throws for more then 200 yards in a game....
  8. Brandon replied to Floyd's post in a topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
    Which CFL media.... someone legit or someone like Friesen who trolls boards?
  9. He wanted to live closer to his family and there home base, makes sense to me.
  10. I think the only thing that might work is the onside kick within the NFL.... but not every time just a more frequent basis would be a good tactic for a team like the 49ers who have a fantastic defense.
  11. Brandon replied to Floyd's post in a topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
    Where are all these rumours of Dickenson and Wylie coming from?
  12. Not to mention much better job security and much more potential for career advancements....
  13. Brandon replied to Floyd's post in a topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
    Miles please...
  14. Name recognition does wonders for people ... I'd rather have a guy like Figeuroa .. he's an absolute beast, a guy with a mean streak .. and had a great first season with the TiCats .. easily better than anything January has done the past few years .. I'd agree on the name recognition within the CFL..... you see that a lot with "potential" head coaches and certain fans going gung-ho simply because they think they recognize the name.
  15. I'll take Reinbold over Marshall !!!
  16. Brandon replied to Jacquie's post in a topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
    I consider this a big and very good signing. Hopefully we see more moves like this for our o line
  17. BC better hope that Lulay stays healthy...
  18. It should be noted that the Bombers w/ Greg Marshall were 3-2-1 in 3 seasons against Ricky Ray and the Eskimos. But wasn't it a Greg Marshall defense that Jason Maas had set the record for straight completions? (I could be incorrect but was just wondering)
  19. Why would you compare him to those two? And Joseph won a great cup so that can't be that bad.Big arm, physical, havent seen him use his football iq so smarts are questionable... Joseph won a cup, sure but hes no tracy ham.. So why wouldn't you compare him to Reilly who is exactly as you described? For the record Troy Smith does have very good football IQ considering he came mid season and played smart football on the field and produced immediately.
  20. Nelson has coached on how many teams in the last 5 years and yet he's not considered a cast off???
  21. Brandon replied to iso_55's post in a topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
    He was garbage in years past we got way more out of our sub par talent then what he did. Glad he's gone!
  22. Why would you compare him to those two? And Joseph won a great cup so that can't be that bad.
  23. Why are people so enamored by this staff? It's full of unproven guys (with known names) and a whole bunch of guys who did good for one season and not so good in many other seasons. I don't see anyone on that staff who retained a job for a long period of time with a winning team. The only positive I can think is that it's good that they recruited guys who know the league and didn't go for the guys from down South. But really you are jealous because Ike Charlton is a coach.... really?? Also what makes you think Ottawa will be a winner so fast? Kevin Glenn was playing on a Calgary team with an A+ rb, very good o-line and some great receivers over the last few seasons. Forget not Kevin Glenn how he plays once he gets hit a few times and feels the pressure? Do you not remember Del Marco in BC having that very bad losing streak where he was replaced by Buck F'ning Pierce??? I think people are vastly over rating Ottawa. I hope that they are competitive and do "well" for the sake of the league retaining a team in Ottawa.... but I highly doubt that they'll be rolling Toronto and Montreal anytime soon.
  24. No Etch and definitely no Marshall... god if we have Marshall we might as well forfeit every game against Ricky Ray since it's a given that he'll throw 40 straight complete passes and keep the offense on the field 75% of the game. As said before... why settle for guys who have been around the league and have never excelled above mediocrity. I'd rather give it to someone with at least a chance to rise to the top.
  25. I wouldn't of thought Montreal had any interest at all in Collaros. They have 4 qbs who all started with various degrees of success so why would they bring in another guy? Troy Smith looks like the real deal, he's mobile and has a cannon for an arm and doesn't appear to choke under pressure like Burris. He's a keeper that's for sure. If the Blue don't recruit Willy as a back up, then I'd have no issue if they make a deal to bring over Nieswander... he definitely showed more then Goltz.