TrueBlue4ever

I can only speak for myself, but if I give Streveler heat for throwing the odd INT, it's more to do with pointing out that it is not always LaPo's fault that the offence doesn't click like so many wish it to be because they so desperately wanted Streveler all along, even when Nichols was healthy and we were winning, and they can't bear to admit they were even a bit wrong. Those who thought the offence was dull (I'd use methodical and predicated on zero turnovers), predictable (hey, we have Andrew Harris, guess what we are going to do? - now try and stop us) and easy to defend against (apparently not given we were 7-2) now need to scapegoat LaPo and make excuses for Streveler when he makes obvious errors.

The only way a 3 way tie can happen is if the Bombers and Stamps split as a starting point. If the Bombers sweep, they will have 12 wins and Calgary can get no more than 11 wins total. If we split, then we also need the Stamps to lose to BC and Saskatchewan to lose 2 of their remaining 3. Should all that happen, then in the tiebreak, we would be 3-3 overall against the other 2, Sask. would be 2-3, and Calgary would be 3-2, so in the 3 way tiebreak we finish in 2nd place. If we sweep Calgary, we guarantee 2nd place and still need Sask. to lose 2 of their remaining 3 to have any chance at 1st.

As a Bomber fan, I have to say that that roughing the passer is a chintzy call.

You know, it’s funny how good LaPo’s offence has looked when Streveler doesn’t turn the ball over 3 times in the red zone.

I'm not orange, I'mpeach.

Believe me I know the dominant narrative around here. Hope those “Streveleation” backers are happy with 2-4. I guess safe boring 7-2 first place winning with Nichols just wasn’t good enough for this fan base.

You do know that there is more than one option on a pass play. Blaming that pass decision on the OC play call is just blind hatred to fit your pre-conceived bias.

Better back-up qb’s.

Not getting a ton of time back there. Tough pass rush, and he isn’t making quick decisions beyond a first read on a short pass.

Yeah, 3 years of the top scoring offence in the CFL? How dare he!!! Offence was doing fine before injuries and suspensions hit.

Given how much The offence struggled, I will take 8-3 at the half.

That’s on the QB for not pushing downfield and bailing on the check down, and the receiver for cutting back inside.

Would take the points. But good conversion.

Not me. Needs to scramble more decisively. Maybe he is sore from the poundings in past weeks. Seems less assertive

Sask’s Short passing game seems to work well enough. Their QB can be accurate and decisive with his quick throws.

Good adjustment. Max protection and pound your best player.

Teams have likely figured out how to play Streveler. Spy him so he can’t run wild, contain the pocket so he can’t scramble out, and force him to beat you with the pass. And early, too slow in making decisions and getting dropped. Trying to adjust with simple short passes, but the blocking is failing. Would like to see a called Streveler run outside to settle him down and keep the pass rush honest

Now if he could just learn to block.

By that measuring stick, Sean Salisbury was a better Bomber QB than all of Khari, Dunigan, and Brock, right?

No anointing. Nichols earned the starting spot with his record, and nothing Streveler has done as his replacement in the last 5 weeks gives me reason to think Nichols would be unseated if healthy.

Those “facts” aren’t facts, just opinions.

He's already setting himself up for that, throwing out suggestions for Trump to follow in the media. https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/27/politics/giuliani-testimony-protected-interview/index.html The most disgusting part of Guliani's statement is his open contempt for the process: Asked if he was concerned he would be subpoenaed by the House, Giuliani laughed. "I consider them a joke. A sad joke. They have no legitimacy. I would think of challenging their subpoena on the grounds that they're not a legitimate committee," Giuliani said. These are the duly elected representatives doing the duty the US public put them in office for. So I guess Rudy thinks democracy is a sad joke with no legitimacy. As a lawyer, if he said that about a sitting judge he was in front of, he'd be cited for contempt and held in jail. Pathetic.

My fear is Connor will sign for 4 years at an AAV of $6.75 million, broken down as 6, 6, 6, and 9, then his qualifying offer has to be $10 million in his last RFA year.

You are so wrong. I see a GOD every time I look in the mirror.

More than a few problems with both of those statements. As an OC, his first year in Winnipeg in 2002 his club set 14 offensive club records. His teams have made the playoffs every year he has been an OC in Winnipeg and Sask. Won a Grey Cup in '07 as the Sask. receivers coach. As OC in Sask. got the 'Riders to first place and Darian Durant as an all-star QB. Has had the #1 scoring offence in Winnipeg each year since he came back. I get people don't like his style because we don't put up 50 points or 500 yards offence or 300 yards passing a game, but his winning record speaks for itself. He has the best running back by far (and maybe the best dual threat pass catching and running RB in league history) in the CFL right now, and he rightfully devises a game plan around that weapon, and critics here whine that he is holding back a stud receiver like Wolitarsky or Petermann who should be a 1,500 yard guy but for his handcuffs (based on what prior evidence, I ask?). He runs a ball control, time of possession, low mistake offence, and it gets us wins. He tailored it to a cerebral QB in Matt Nichols who could take a ball control low mistake offence and run it well. Now, he has a more aggressive runs-better-than-he-passes green QB and has suited the offence to those strengths with a more run/pass option-style game. Pretty astute and talented, I'd say. Why can't people be happy with that? Because we haven't won a Grey Cup with Calgary in our way the last 5 years? I've lived through the brutal 1970's teams, Reinbold, Daley, and Mack, and I'll take this level of success over those years any time, thank you very much. So not sorry if I come across as condescending, but this constant LaPo bashing which is based on the "feeling" that he is boring and conservative and not aggressive, and disregards objective measures like offensive point totals and most importantly win/loss record and discount them as meaningless because it doesn't fit the agenda that "he is a failure because I don't want him here" gets me fed up. As for his head coaching, first year as a rookie head coach he went through 4 QBs due to injury. He acknowledged after that year his failings as a head coach the year before by saying he micromanaged and didn't put enough trust in his assistants to game plan, and was not tuned in enough to the game day situational stuff going on, and learned from it and got better. Better enough to go to the Grey Cup in year 2. Year 3 was more QB injuries, and a knife in the back from Joe Mack at the first moment things got tough (You can agree of disagree with my take, but I will always put the blame largely on Mack for the failings of those teams, and I will pull objective evidence to support my subjective stance if need be). And so he failed once, lots of coaches do and get better. Ron Lancaster was 4-28 as a head coach in Saskatchewan, took a decade off, and returned to win 2 Grey Cups with Edmonton and Hamilton. And guess which head coach was fired after seasons of 6-10, 7-9, 7-9, 11-5, and 5-11 in his first go-round? HINT: he coaches Tom Brady now.