TheGhostOfJoeMack

It's a positive thing that we are looking to improve and address areas where we've seen far too many lackluster performances.  Will it pay off?  Who knows.  He may flame out or simply not adjust to the Canadian game but I'm glad they are bringing in guys to push people who may have gotten complacent.

Can't wait 'til we start bringing in some quality QBs, so we can release Buck and finally get over this obsession with the Buck (the artist formerly known as a quarterback)

Not a fan of this move to be honest.  If he was healthy, I feel he brings more to the table than what Ford does. 

By all means let's wait 'til at least Friday and soon thereafter.
 
We wanted action, we're getting action.
We wanted out O-line looked at - check
We wanted to see what our QBs could do - check
More offence - work in progress
 
Behind the scenes things are rapidly occurring and they're certainly not being done to try and miss the playoffs.
I mean who the hell cares who called whom and which coach tagged Hall to start.
If these guys can get us on the same page and get some wins, I wouldn't care if they brought Dinwiddie back. (ok, maybe that's too far)
 
Call it what you want but if we come out further ahead at the end of this, then we all got what we wanted in the 1st place. (ok maybe not 1st place)

or, we can put our heads down, go get some wins, make the play-offs and let this team finally try to gel.  Yeah there are some bad things happening right now.  The good news is there are three teams out there even worse than us, if that is even possible.

Miller....a passionate football guy, who love the Bombers. How can that be wrong?
 
1st step in the right direction....it's a start.

it bugs me that Lawless caused this problem by leaking the news, and here he is front and center wanting to know what is going to be done about his leak.  What an ass-clown.

It is his first day and he is nervous, and has likely been pushed into this sooner then they planned.
 
You want a CEO that can give a speech or a CEO that can fix this organization?

Lawless asked how much power Miller has.
 
Miller says "I have a mandate to do what I need to do. I will make the decisions."
 
Okay. I like it.

The Bombers can't stay silent on this, vacations or not.  The longer this goes without official comment, the worse this is going to get.
 
At this point, even if they put their support behind Mack publicly, people are going to believe he is a lame duck. 
 
Whoever leaked this has painted the club into a horrible corner.

Here we go again....
 
Was it a plumbing company this time?

In the clutch, nobody can hit a wide open defender for a pick six like Glenn.  He's money. 

Respectfully, they're sending a message that they have no respect for proper process and no clue how to be professional and handle things in an appropriate fashion.

Did i just miss the part where he said "vastly improved?"

Burke never said the team was "good"or that they "vastly improved". We lost to the Lions , a very good team, by 7 points with a QB making his 2 carreer pro start. I know you have a massive man crush on Buck but coming on here to misquote Burke to try and make him look bad is rather pathetic.

I thought the game turned on that horseshit call against Anderson with his tackle of Lulay.  My inlaws were all howling at his tackle, and I said "what did you want him to do - give Lulay a hug and ask him about his feelings?"  Good grief that was a terrible call.  We stop BC there and they don't get their first TD.  Lulay wouldn't have gotten in a rhythm.  Terrible freaking call.

And what precisely is blasting a QB with exactly two career starts under his belt going to do aside from destroy his confidence?  We already saw Goltz's nerves come up during the game .. let's put more pressure on the guy to perform.  In all honesty, Burke was quite candid (with both the pros and cons) and very even keeled in his assessment of the game.  He's also right in that a few more plays on the offensive side of the ball .. this could have been a much different game than it was.
 
There are going to be growing pains .. and ANYONE who thought Goltz would come in and shoot the lights out was sadly mistaken .. guys have to learn to win .. learn how to play through adversity .. learn to play together.  For Goltz, it's learning to battle (and keep things level) when things aren't going his way .. a guy has to be allowed to make mistakes .. so that he can develop.

Sorry Shankman. Please don't tell me you're a mod here, too.

Man trust me, the word is getting out. I have spoke to a bunch of OB members in the last few weeks and all of them cannot stand that guy anymore and I have sent PMs to tell them about this site. They are all passing it on to their friends on OB as well. I just logged in there again to see If Colin had responded to my messages but of course he did not, but I looked around and the whole site is just a few posters bitching . Shankman must have taken the weekend off but I suspect upon his return that half the active threads will either be deleted, locked or pp slapped for not staying on topic.

I'm Shankman*, and everyone here needs to stay on topic.
 
 
 
*I'm not really Shankman, thank God.

Get real. If a guy was happy being 2nd string, we'd all say to cut him, he lacks drive and fire. Now a guy says he wants to start and he's not a team player? Give me a break. It's funny how people are ignoring quotes such as:
 
"It’s my job to stay positive with the guys and help and I’ve always done that in my career and I’ve always been positive in adverse situations. It doesn’t mean that I agree with the decision, because I don’t. But I want this team to win and I want to help these guys along."
 
Yeah...what a cancer in the room like a lot are making him out to be.

If this is truly the end of the Buck era, the guy deserves a lot of thanks and appreciation by this fanbase.  He's a true warrior who would crawl on the field if they let him.  He plays good football behind a terrible O-line that might have contributed to the end of his career.  And he never complained. 
 
If he's being a good solider and taking on a player-coach role and truly embraces it, he's giving to the organization once again.
 
I dont think this is a set up to release Buck.  I think its QB insurance AND if they really do feel Buck has a career as a coach ahead of him, then good on them for developing him into that role.  I would love to see Buck here in some regard for years to come.

Add me to the list of people that Shankman has scared away. For calling Spuds a whiner, no less. We have called each other much worse in the past.
 
Spuds: if you didn't see the post before Shankman deleted it, it never happened.

Really, why are you guys ragging on the Winnipeg Sun?
 
I can think of a number of reasons the Winnipeg Sun could be a valuable asset to the Winnipeg Football Club if they would just work with them ...
 
For starters, the Winnipeg Sun is
 
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