November 20, 20186 yr comment_369829 I wouldn't want a full rebuild, most of the pieces are in place. Unfortunately Nichols clearly isn't the answer and we will simply need some patience and I assume next season we lower expectations and then hope to challenge again in 2 years when Streveler hopefully will be our guy.
November 20, 20186 yr comment_369838 23 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said: what's Marcel Bellfool doing these days?
November 20, 20186 yr comment_369841 Interesting comments on this regime....A lot of time lines have been brought up regarding this regime.....Certainly 28 years without a Cup does not belong at the feet of this present regime BUT IF we take the 5 year period that they are responsible, I like to compare our success or lack thereof with other 'regimes'....Top of my mind is Ottawa....They totally rebuilt (granted with the help of a re-entry draft) and have seen some pretty solid growth in the same 5 yr. span....One Cup.... and another appearance in which they could easily add another...Our record looks pretty anemic when you look at theirs and I guess after all of this time I thought we would/should be a lot further along...I don't know what the exact reason is, quite frankly, that we didn't at least have a home playoff game in 18'...I do not want to see a wholesale change BUT there obviously has to be some changes..It's going to get harder and harder to pass 'little gains' in a season that will appease the long suffering fans of this team...Any sign of regression next year and I think a few coaches will meet the same fate as the NHL Oilers head coach has today.. an in season exit Edited November 20, 20186 yr by Stickem
November 20, 20186 yr comment_369845 I'm so sick of people holding up Ottawa as an example of a great franchise. They play in a **** division.
November 20, 20186 yr comment_369851 3 minutes ago, White Out said: I'm so sick of people holding up Ottawa as an example of a great franchise. They play in a **** division. They play in the CFL...END OF
November 20, 20186 yr comment_369856 2 hours ago, White Out said: I'm so sick of people holding up Ottawa as an example of a great franchise. They play in a **** division. And yet they beat the Stamps in the Grey Cup game.
November 20, 20186 yr comment_369857 Ottawa has an agressive OC who likes to bury teams. Ours plays not to lose.. Their OC plays to kick the **** out of the other team.
November 20, 20186 yr Author comment_369858 Just now, Goalie said: Ottawa has an agressive OC who likes to bury teams. Ours plays not to lose.. Their OC plays to kick the **** out of the other team. They also have Spencer, Ellingson and Sinopoli. A marked improvement over our top 3.
November 20, 20186 yr comment_369864 I would take trestman over mos in a heart beat. The offense and defense both showed enough at various points this year to keep the respective COs around. That said, we have limited ability to improve our talent from where we ended the season. A system change is our biggest hope at a major improvement. Its a huge risk though.
November 20, 20186 yr comment_369866 36 minutes ago, Stickem said: Top of my mind is Ottawa....They totally rebuilt (granted with the help of a re-entry draft) and have seen some pretty solid growth in the same 5 yr. span....One Cup.... and another appearance in which they could easily add another... I don't think it's fair to compare the ALL CAPS to the Bombers situation. They inherited a pretty decent team via draft from EVERYBODY and they are in the weaker East. If we were in the East... I think we might have won a cup by now in these last three years.
November 20, 20186 yr comment_369868 40 minutes ago, Tracker said: And yet they beat the Stamps in the Grey Cup game. and thrashed the Bombers this season. I remember when mbb posters told us DesJardins was a terrible gm. don't hear that much anymore. I suppose some fans think it would be better to have a crap, losing team in Ottawa so the CFL could have another failing team. Edited November 20, 20186 yr by Mark F
November 20, 20186 yr comment_369869 5 minutes ago, Mark F said: and thrashed the Bombers this season. I remember when mbb posters told us DesJardins was a terrible gm. don't hear that much anymore. I suppose some fans think it would be better to have a crap, losing team in Ottawa so the CFL could have another failing team. I'm happy that Ottawa is good, and, succeeding. I hope they win their 2nd cup on Sunday since rejoining the league.
November 20, 20186 yr comment_369875 26 minutes ago, Mark F said: and thrashed the Bombers this season. I remember when mbb posters told us DesJardins was a terrible gm. don't hear that much anymore. I suppose some fans think it would be better to have a crap, losing team in Ottawa so the CFL could have another failing team. Wr beat them too.
November 20, 20186 yr comment_369877 Walters would be unemployed if Darian Durant did not retire and free up $$ for Bighill that being said, I think osh and Walters have done some great things and we do have a very good QB tandem OL is solid especially with Gray added - cdn content top notch fire the scouts or tell Lapo to give his American receivers more of a chance before benching them
November 21, 20186 yr comment_369882 A significant factor in the upgrade of the Defense was the signing of Bighill......finally a real MLB.....a major concern is that a Bighill has said family first as the issue in him becoming a FA.....and they are in BC
November 21, 20186 yr comment_369887 I think it’s pretty widely regarded that O’Shea is a good coach and even if there is a diamond in the rough coach out there that would be an improvement, I’m not sure any of the options available would be an improvement. I still loathe some of his lineup decisions and his refusal to go for two under almost any circumstance but there is no perfect coach in the league right now. I do put more of the “blame” for lack of deep playoff success for this regime more on Walters than O’Shea. We went another season really only uncovering one demonstrably good international rookie (Sayles) and the team was in deep trouble again when only one receiver went down.
November 21, 20186 yr comment_369890 Ottawa is the most overrated franchise in the league, Harris the most overrated QB (and its not close) and Campbell the most overrated coach. Competing with Toronto and Montreal and playing both of them potentially an extra game makes a HUGE difference. Sure, they won a cup but that was after being gifted Burris after he was run out of Hamilton and they required a miracle Hail Mary to even be in the game in the first place. Edited November 21, 20186 yr by AKAChip
November 21, 20186 yr comment_369902 37 minutes ago, DR. CFL said: A significant factor in the upgrade of the Defense was the signing of Bighill......finally a real MLB.....a major concern is that a Bighill has said family first as the issue in him becoming a FA.....and they are in BC Family first also means taking care of Bighill's family financially. They'll have to pay him in order to keep him.
November 21, 20186 yr comment_369904 5 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said: Family first also means taking care of Bighill's family financially. They'll have to pay him in order to keep him. Let’s pay him enough to move his family to Winnipeg!
November 21, 20186 yr comment_369912 2 hours ago, Mark F said: and thrashed the Bombers this season. I remember when mbb posters told us DesJardins was a terrible gm. don't hear that much anymore. I suppose some fans think it would be better to have a crap, losing team in Ottawa so the CFL could have another failing team. When we complain about the RedBlacks calling them overrated, lucky and in a crappy division it makes us look even worse imho. We haven't won a championship in close to 30 years in a nine team league, and they have early in their existense and get another chance this weekend. This argument that you can't look at our championship record longitudinal because of different regimes does not compute with me. There's no getting around the bottom-line of futility in winning championships and how that tests loyal fans. Come 2019 season though we will be there supporting our team. Sucker's or true fans?
November 21, 20186 yr comment_369913 11 minutes ago, Colin Unger said: If Bighill signs in BC we gotta go hard after Elimimian. Elimimian is 33 next year. Pretty much done.
November 21, 20186 yr comment_369914 2 minutes ago, AKAChip said: Elimimian is 33 next year. Pretty much done. I’d take that over relying on our scouting department to find a gem. This is of coarse only if we don’t sign Bighill.
November 21, 20186 yr comment_369917 At least Bighill is bring honest.....remember the BS LaBatte peddled before he shuffled back home.
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