Fatty Liver

Can't believe Gale has not been scooped up yet. What is the matter with these people???

Walte Walters has done quite well winning auctions for Bryant, Westerman and Waggoner hopefully his luck continues with Henoc and or Wild.

Sask. offence looked absolutely dynamic compared to the Bombers, and that's saying something really awful. I cry for Clarence.

There are 3 phases to the game and none have been very good. The D has begun to come along but ST and O not so much. Has lack of discipline become the hallmark for this club? When you look at the leadership - someone made a critical error by not having an Offensive mind among them. You've got Miller, Walters, MOS all Canadian guys with experience on Special Teams. It would an overstatement to say they don't know squat about the offence - but they don't know enough. Its all been delegated and gone off the rails. Maybe Danny Mac needs to be involved in the O. Or someone like Dunigan. Definitely not Lapo or Buck Pierce. There is little evidence that Danny Mac is competent at the job he has been given, you want to give him another?

Continuing to use Lirim as both punter and place-kicker is just another example of ignoring the mounting evidence that things are not working out the way "these guys" planned in the off-season. Apparently they think waiting till next off-season to make corrections is the proper approach to attaining league domination.

Wade Miller stated when he was hired that he was not going to interfere with the day to day running of the team. His responsibility is to over-see the GM and let the people he hired do their jobs. It is up to Walters to deal with the problems below him in the coaching and player selection.

I think its both. The roster is bad. Really, really bad. I don't think a really good offense is even a possibility until we have a decent OL and QB. It will help to have Nichols there but its not like he's great either. Regardless, asking someone to build an offense with Brohm or Marve is equivalent to handing someone keys to a car with a dead battery. We're struggling to find Americans at positions that shouldn't be hard to find good ones - RB, WR, DL to some extent. Kudos to Walters for finding Bass and Adams, but we need more than just a couple of additions a year to turn this team around. For all the praise that Walters gets as some Canadian scouting guru, there are still problems. How bad is Goossen that he can't earn work over Dom Picard? Addison Richards is halfway to a redshirt season. Walters has had some good ideas and even perhaps a good overall plan, but its not coming together. I think AKAChip did a great job elaborating on Walters' problems last week. The roster is bad but the team is also being hampered by poor decisions, and that's on O'Shea. The only roster changes we seem to make are just due to injury. Hat tip to AKAChip for this line, but when was the last time a player lost his job for poor play? No one is being held accountable. He is loyal, but I fear that he thinks loyalty will somehow improve a player. That over time it'll just all come together. I'm all for patient, but making changes halfway through a season no longer counts as overreacting. Change your roster or expect the same result. Also, its never a good sign when the part of the team your coach is most experienced with (special teams) absolutely blows. I would disagree that the Bombers talent level is bad at RB, WR or DL. These 3 categories are not even on the radar as being problem areas with this team. #1 problem coaching. #2 problem QB.

Morley.

No kidding, start of the bye week was the perfect timing to can MB. I'm far from a football expert but what I witnessed on the football field today is exactly what I expected to see. I have to wonder what O'Shea and Walters thought they were going to see?

I am no longer sure that the team believes it can win any more, and that extends right into the coaching ranks, and perhaps even to the GM. 's ability to find the right players to fill the obvious holes. More pressure than ever to sign Muamba next week, the fans and the management need a big distraction from this teams piss-poor performance.

Those lucrative "Recycle Everywhere" gigs should be enough to tip the scale in favour of Wpg.

I'd take Crompton over Nichols if he was available.

Rick Worman

Was he cut? yes O'Donnel was let our of his contract by EE to pursue the NFL so I would expect they would have some pull on him. He played about 3/4 of the Bengals last game and looked good so he may not be coming North anytime soon. Plus he's plus size.

The curse of Joe Mack lingers on. You must admit, he was right about their talent level.

Was he cut?

I'll be happy if Walters signs one of Wild or Muamba but don't expect both.

How about a pretend contender???

Future Bomber scout in the making me thinks.

Holy Jeebus, just thought of this. Cauchy is going to lure him to Edmonton! Too late to say we're sorry to Cauchy???

No way, we got Hurl!!!!

Riders are putting up billboards again. http://www.thesnap.ca/roughriders-back-to-their-billboard-ways/

Als dismiss Schonert, name co-offensive coordinators MONTREAL -- Montreal GM and head coach Jim Popp continues to tinker with the Alouettes coaching staff, dismissing offensive coordinator Turk Schonert Saturday and appointing Anthony Calvillo and Ryan Dinwiddie as co-offensive coordinators. "After taking over the head coaching job two weeks ago, I have had a better chance to evaluate the coaching staff and how they best work together. I have had conversations with owner Bob Wetenhall during this period, and extensive conversations over the last 24 hours," said Popp in a statement. "I feel it is in the best interest of our organization moving forward, to make a change at the offensive coordinator position, and to relieve coach Turk Schonert of his duties. Though we have had injuries and challenges at the quarterback position, we feel we should be getting better production on the scoreboard and better use of the talented group of athletes that have been assembled," added Popp. Maybe Schonert is the offencive consultant the Bombers have been looking for to help Marcel find his way.....out the door! Full story. http://www.cfl.ca/article/more-moves-als-dismiss-schonert-name-co-offensive-coordinators

Gale's been in the CFL for 3 seasons and has 21 pass attempts. He was the short yardage QB in 2014 but otherwise has not had regular reps at QB. Marve alone has more on-field experience than Gale. In his three years, Gale has to have been in film sessions, watched games, and even run scout teams, so I stand by my statement about CFL experience. #3 gets zero reps in practice. Unless we have another injury, I'm good with the QBs we have in terms of retreads. I absolutely want out scouting staff out there looking for next year's third string/development guy, but I'm hopeful Nichols can get us through the rest of this season without needing to see the trio of cuts ever again. If Nichols can elevate himself to being an "adequate" replacement for Willy, I can see him remaining on the Bombers roster for a number of year. Much like Drew Tate in Cgy. not necessarily a #1 QB but a decent replacement in emergencies.

Win, lose or draw I don't think any changes are going to be made coaching wise from this point in. The beginning of the bye-week was the best timing to axe MB, Willy out long-term, Nichols starting fresh and the other three QB's not making any progressions within the existing system.