August 18, 20186 yr Author comment_348417 28 minutes ago, blueandgoldguy said: Apparently Nichols is crying about the fans booing him on social media. Boo hoo, youre an athlete making 400K. Get used to it or play better. Edited August 18, 20186 yr by Bubba Zanetti
August 18, 20186 yr comment_348418 Nichols has been off this year but he is not the only reason for 5-4 record. D was just soft today.
August 18, 20186 yr comment_348420 Nichols was not good tonight. But I really don’t see how booing him helps. Plus the defense got lit up; the O-line got dominated. It’s not all on him.
August 18, 20186 yr comment_348421 Matty should stay off social media criticizing fans as he's been treated very good by Bomber fans since he got here. It would be unfortunate if he said something he regretted later. He should talk to Dieter Brock about how cruel fans can be as he was called stupid & dumb for years by a lot of fans here. They were cruel & vicious. Good thing social media didn't exist back in the 70's. Edited August 18, 20186 yr by SpeedFlex27
August 18, 20186 yr comment_348422 19 minutes ago, Goalie said: Ill say this... He looks scared to get hit. Its almost like everytime he feels pressure he starts to get scared.. I personally think he's injury prone and he knows it. Our oline is pretty good and he doesn't get hit much but when he does he looks pissed and struggles to get up. Perhaps all his injuries have caught up to him and mentally hes scared because physically hes broken He got hammered plenty tonight, sacks or not he's getting hit quite often.
August 18, 20186 yr comment_348423 Just now, M.Silverback said: Nichols was not good tonight. But I really don’t see how booing him helps. Plus the defense got lit up; the O-line got dominated. It’s not all on him. It felt like they were booing the decision to take out Streveler in that situation which was entirely justified.
August 18, 20186 yr comment_348424 20 minutes ago, Goalie said: Ill say this... He looks scared to get hit. Its almost like everytime he feels pressure he starts to get scared.. I personally think he's injury prone and he knows it. Our oline is pretty good and he doesn't get hit much but when he does he looks pissed and struggles to get up. Perhaps all his injuries have caught up to him and mentally hes scared because physically hes broken I agree mostly. I ain't gonna say he is injury prone, but it does look like he is thinking about his future when getting chased/hit/knocked down etc etc
August 18, 20186 yr comment_348425 2 minutes ago, AKAChip said: It felt like they were booing the decision to take out Streveler in that situation which was entirely justified. Taking Streveler out was a head shaking moment by our HC.
August 18, 20186 yr Author comment_348426 Just now, SpeedFlex27 said: Taking Streveler out was a head shaking moment by our HC. He's had far too many of those during his reign.....
August 18, 20186 yr comment_348427 Fair enough. And certainly the overall team play tonight was worthy of some boos. It’s baffling how bad the looked on both sides of the ball. I blame Langford! Gotta be his fault.
August 18, 20186 yr comment_348428 16 minutes ago, blueandgoldguy said: Apparently Nichols is crying about the fans booing him on social media. If he wants to be a "manager" of his own game...... he needs to learn to deal with it and get us that cup !
August 18, 20186 yr Author comment_348437 2 minutes ago, Mike said: Nichols whining is pathetic Vernon Adams'esk
August 18, 20186 yr comment_348438 He said it hurt to hear the fans booing. That’s an emotional response by the fans and an emotional response by Matt. And it’s understandable.
August 18, 20186 yr comment_348443 I’m a huge Matt Nichols guy but you can’t help but notice he’s been bad this year. Don’t whine about the fans noticing and being unhappy with it. Keep your head down, work at it and strive to be better. The scariest part this year, to be honest, is the offence seems to lack confidence when he’s in there lately. Streveler goes in today and suddenly it looked like we had some confidence back for a moment. Nichols jogs back on? Gone. That is not good.
August 18, 20186 yr comment_348445 2 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said: He said it hurt to hear the fans booing. That’s an emotional response by the fans and an emotional response by Matt. And it’s understandable. One pays to watch and the other gets paid to play. Do your job.
August 18, 20186 yr comment_348448 Just now, Mike said: I’m a huge Matt Nichols guy but you can’t help but notice he’s been bad this year. Don’t whine about the fans noticing and being unhappy with it. Keep your head down, work at it and strive to be better. The scariest part this year, to be honest, is the offence seems to lack confidence when he’s in there lately. Streveler goes in today and suddenly it looked like we had some confidence back for a moment. Nichols jogs back on? Gone. That is not good. Lapo’s playcalling lacks confidence. He said in his interview with CJOB this week that he’s basically forcing the deep routes in an attempt to make the offense diverse so it does not stagnate. I think we’re getting past that in terms of the passing game. It’s Harris or bust.
August 18, 20186 yr comment_348449 Just now, Mike said: One pays to watch and the other gets paid to play. Do your job. That’s an emotional response too. He wasn’t great but he doesn’t play the game by himself. And while the fans can feel any way they want as paying fans, it doesn’t demolish the honest feelings of the player. He wasn’t insulting the fans. He said it hurt because he was giving it his all. He can under perform and still be working hard and feel hurt. He’s obviously an emotional guy.
August 18, 20186 yr comment_348453 1 minute ago, The Unknown Poster said: That’s an emotional response too. He wasn’t great but he doesn’t play the game by himself. And while the fans can feel any way they want as paying fans, it doesn’t demolish the honest feelings of the player. He wasn’t insulting the fans. He said it hurt because he was giving it his all. He can under perform and still be working hard and feel hurt. He’s obviously an emotional guy. Meh, I didn’t like it when VA did it and I don’t like it now.
August 18, 20186 yr comment_348456 8 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said: He said it hurt to hear the fans booing. That’s an emotional response by the fans and an emotional response by Matt. And it’s understandable. He wouldn't have been booed if O'Shea hadn't put him back in the game. This is something O'Shea has got to realize, the fans were angry and getting booed is not going to help Nichols confidence.
August 18, 20186 yr comment_348459 44 minutes ago, Goalie said: Who has Calgary beat? Ottawa twice, same team that is 6-3 and kicked our ass tonight.
August 18, 20186 yr comment_348460 I could not agree more that Nichols should absolutely keep his yap shut about the booing for the reasons others have already cited. I also agree that the fans were booing, at least in part, MOS' decision to re-insert Nichols (more than Nichols himself, per se). But let's not kid ourselves here. The fans were also booing because Streveler had provided just a little spark in a game in which - outside of his two successful deep shots - Matty had struggled mightily. Us fans were genuinely excited to see Streveler bringing a little something different. And then coach kills that spark... Plus it just defies about a 100 cumulative years of football coaching acumen to put your starter back in the game after he has just been dinged up when you are down 24 points. I mean, holy %$#^, talk about stupid. And stubborn. And ridiculous on so many fronts. If Matt's sore at anyone, he should be sore at his coach for putting Matt and Bomber fans alike in a terrible position. I mean, of course he freakin' wants to go back in the game and finish up with his troops (which is what he said on the post game show) but it's the head coach's &^%ing job to take that decision away from his player because the coach is supposed to see a bigger picture. Nichols went on to say he'd also want to finish up the game if we were up by 24 as well. Well, d'uh he would! But that wouldn't make that the right call in that situation either. To sum up: the game is over, Nichols is dinged, Streveler is moving the ball, the fans are feeling a spark....WTF? I mean, just unbelievable decision-making from our head coach. Edited August 18, 20186 yr by deepsixemtoboyd
August 18, 20186 yr Author comment_348461 18 minutes ago, AKAChip said: Can we see a screenshot of this whining? http://3downnation.com/2018/08/18/bombers-qb-matt-nichols-says-boo-birds-hurt-feelings/
August 18, 20186 yr comment_348462 Someone in the other Bomber forum said Mike O'shea stated in the post-game show the reason Nichols stayed in the game is that there was still a lot to learn lol.
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