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Winning teams are very helpful, but I lived in Saskatchewan during some of the rider lean years, and the fan base did not collapse, although there were those who left. The Rider Reps program had representatives in every community of any size who organized car pools, parties to watch away games, distribute merchandise and host players to meet fans. I never became a Rider fan, but had to admire the organization.

The rum Hut is one of the possible solutions, but I doubt if it is THE solution. Many of the teams did not bother to cultivate younger fans and essentially lost a generation. This is not going to be remedied soon or quickly. The Bombers and (ick) Riders are two teams that have done a good job in growing and maintaining fan involvement. They need to be copied around the league STAT.

Calgary as well.

Probably lungs, stomach and other such stuff as well.

This where the coaches and GM earn their money.

The proof is that O'Shea is still here and appears to be conducting business as usual.

Agreed that the biggest argument for firing Walters may well be that he has not corrected O'Shea or hung onto him for too long. The concerns about our HC have been evident for some three years and Walters ought to have acted sooner.

Any port in desperation.

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

Coaches and GMs who still have term on their contracts get fired all the time. I also hope that we are not going to have a Chris Jones/Elks situation on our hands, but it could well come to that. O'Shea is more disposable than Walters, IMO, and more of a concern.

Agreed that Walters and maybe O'Shea deserved to be given an extension, but I hope that they were also told that they were on short leashes after successive failed seasons due to the same reasons. Walters ought to have seen what most here have seen- blatant favouritism and poor roster management as well as O'Shea's choice of offensive coordinator last season. Hogan was painfully and very obviously inept and should not have even been allowed to finish out the season, but was kept out of loyalty(?) or stubbornness to admit a poor choice. From my point of view, the lack of good judgement filtered down into roster management, player retention and even choice of subordinate coaches. Lack of experience can be corrected but core personality features can not. Someone can be forced under threat to stop doing certain things that are a reflection of personality, but almost inevitably, they will revert.

And if they had, we probably would never have heard of them.

It seems to me that the whole game is being played better and at a much higher tempo than either of the two games the Bombers have played so far.

How soon we forget James West, Henoc Muamba, Delbert Fowler, etc etc.

Not sure if I would use "great" to describe Collaros' performance but it was certainly enough to win if we had an even mediocre effort by the defence. It seems obvious that his arm is not what it has been, but with a decent supporting cast, we ought to be competitive.

Chad Kelly is despicable, but watching him and Alexander chucking footballs effortlessly and accurately reminds me that Collaros is approaching the limit of his shelf life rapidly.

A valid argument.

Considering the Keystone Kops routine for most of the game, I suggest it is far too early to judge Kramdi's performance.

But it will not affect the outcome of the game.

The Offence has been good enough to win, but could not compensate for a pathetic defence.

Well, they are simply awful tonight.

So he gets Major penalties?

Okay, I think we're done here. Just cannot stop the TiCat offence, nor can we out-score them.

He has had about 6 short-yardage plunges. What were you expecting?

Invisible tonight.