It should be WOFO - Win Or FO

What I haven't heard in a minute is the "Trying To Go 1-0 Each Week" thing. Obviously we're losing that battle pretty badly, but y'know... Baby steps. 

All last week I wasn't looking forward to the Calgary game one bit. For whatever reason I'm optimistic about Ottawa at Fort Hew.... I'm counting down to Friday. 

4 hours ago, Wanna-B-Fanboy said:

I have been saying this for at least a year- Rourke will be our qb in 2025.

Rourke is a NY Giant.  Unless he’s released he won’t becoming here. If he is released, he will continueto explore all NFL opportunities. Forget about Rourke.

8 hours ago, Goalie said:

She’s not driving in for games. She’s not a member of the ticket buying public. That’s for sure since she’s working at the restaurant bar casino pot shop grocery store combo store pretty much every day. There are ppl who drive in, lots for sure. Trust me this girls not one of them. 

Maybe she lurks on here and follows the team obsessively. Maybe she drives up for the Banjo bowl every year and watches every other game on TV.
How would you know? 
 

I mean, first of all who cares? I’m just interested about your thought process there. That’s a lot of random assumption. 

12 hours ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

That’s just it. Ottawa is in a better place moving forward at QB than most of the league. 

BC- Adams probably is at his ceiling, Proukop isn’t going to take the next leap. 

Calgary- McCheese and his even fatter backup. 

Edmonton- MBT is what he is. Ford could improve I guess. 

Us- Hinges on Strev. Not much of a future with Collaros. 

Sask- Same as here minus Streveler. 

TO- I think Dukes is quite impressive given the situation. I can’t stand Kelly, but he’ll probably be back too. They’ll be ok at QB for a while. 

Montreal- They’re  in good shape as well. 
Has anyone mentioned that Fajardo’s play improved after a year of working with Calvillo? I think that’s been very overlooked. 

Hamilton- Powell might be good, completely unproven. BLM is more cooked than Collaros. 

Then Ottawa with Brown and Crum. If I’m building a CFL team from scratch, I’ll take their QB room over anyones right now. Problem there is, the rest of the team being scratch.

We'll have to see how Dru Brown fares in Ottawa. I was among those who badly wanted to keep him over Collaros. But that 3 year deal Walters gave Collaros in 2022 made keeping Brown in Winnipeg next to impossible. He wanted (and deserved) to be a starter somewhere. If I'm Walters (or whoever is GM next season) I'd make getting Brown back in Blue & Gold a priority in 2026. Depending on how Strey does, of course.

18 hours ago, Goalie said:

She’s not driving in for games. She’s not a member of the ticket buying public. That’s for sure since she’s working at the restaurant bar casino pot shop grocery store combo store pretty much every day. There are ppl who drive in, lots for sure. Trust me this girls not one of them. 

Who are you talking about? 

10 hours ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

Maybe she lurks on here and follows the team obsessively. Maybe she drives up for the Banjo bowl every year and watches every other game on TV.
How would you know? 
 

I mean, first of all who cares? I’m just interested about your thought process there. That’s a lot of random assumption. 

I for one, am not surprised that we're moving towards the "Who's a true fan?" conversation again.  We didn't have it too often during the good years, so this is yet another signal about how far we've slid.  Of course, being 0-4 should have been a good clue, but this simply confirms it.

14 minutes ago, WBBFanWest said:

I for one, am not surprised that we're moving towards the "Who's a true fan?" conversation again.  We didn't have it too often during the good years, so this is yet another signal about how far we've slid.  Of course, being 0-4 should have been a good clue, but this simply confirms it.

Yeah. This is the crabbiest it’s been in a very long while. We need a win around here big time. 

Edited July 2, 20241 yr by JohnnyAbonny

This whole who's the bigger fan or judging people's level of fandom is BS.

Looking forward to the practice reports later today.

Oddly, every loss is starting to numb my reaction them. As a fan who takes losses personally, I am finding I am starting to get over them a lot quicker each week. Which is healthier for me, I guess.

Once I get to PVR and skip through territory, that is when the team should start to worry. Not there yet...

we needed these losses to be honest....and a couple more would't hurt either...as if we squeeked by with some wins....zero would have...or will be changed and we get to playoffs to only get smoked out...again...for all the same issues...and are just even further behind in making the transitions and hard decisions

14 hours ago, Noeller said:

What I haven't heard in a minute is the "Trying To Go 1-0 Each Week" thing. Obviously we're losing that battle pretty badly, but y'know... Baby steps. 

All last week I wasn't looking forward to the Calgary game one bit. For whatever reason I'm optimistic about Ottawa at Fort Hew.... I'm counting down to Friday. 

I mentioned this a few weeks ago. That Montra was used a lot when osh was rebuilding a team

I think he needs to go back to what he was then. 

8 minutes ago, Booch said:

we needed these losses to be honest....and a couple more would't hurt either...as if we squeeked by with some wins....zero would have...or will be changed and we get to playoffs to only get smoked out...again...for all the same issues...and are just even further behind in making the transitions and hard decisions

Yeah this is probably better in the long run than win one, lose one. 

2008 was like that. They started 1-6 but they won a home game going into an August bye that kind of pushed off changes being made.
 

It took being swept by the riders in the home-and-home, then they made a few moves, too little too late. Ended up hosting a playoff game in the weak east at 8-10 but got embarrassed by a crossover Edmonton team. Low key one of the saddest Bomber games I’ve ever been at. 
 

I don’t nail all my comparisons, but this season feels SO much like 2008. 

17 hours ago, Wanna-B-Fanboy said:

I have been saying this for at least a year- Rourke will be our qb in 2025.

We owe Collaros 250k guaranteed next year, I can’t see us being in the market for a QB like Rourke with that bill hanging over our heads 

2 minutes ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

Yeah this is probably better in the long run than win one, lose one. 

2008 was like that. They started 1-6 but they won a home game going into an August bye that kind of pushed off changes being made.
 

It took being swept by the riders in the home-and-home, then they made a few moves, too little too late. Ended up hosting a playoff game in the weak east at 8-10 but got embarrassed by a crossover Edmonton team. Low key one of the saddest Bomber games I’ve ever been at. 
 

I don’t nail all my comparisons, but this season feels SO much like 2008. 

I remember being at that game and having Edmonton fans sitting next to us who said they were hoping for a loss so they'd see changes and while I didn't want a loss, I wanted changes.

That was the weirdest playoff game. Noon start on a Saturday. Crazy icy snowstorm the night before. Stands iced over. 
I remember watching Kevin Glenn toss picks, incompletions and skipping pass off the turf while whoever our OC was at the time refused to run the ball, then watching Ricky Ray complete 86/88 for 200 yards to their RBs. 

Icing on the **** cake was seeing Glenn throw a 2 yard out on 3rd and 8 to end the season and Stegalls career. 

1 minute ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

 ...then watching Ricky Ray complete 86/88 for 200 yards to their RBs. ..

🤣🤣🤣

7 minutes ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

That was the weirdest playoff game. Noon start on a Saturday. Crazy icy snowstorm the night before. Stands iced over. 
I remember watching Kevin Glenn toss picks, incompletions and skipping pass off the turf while whoever our OC was at the time refused to run the ball, then watching Ricky Ray complete 86/88 for 200 yards to their RBs. 

Icing on the **** cake was seeing Glenn throw a 2 yard out on 3rd and 8 to end the season and Stegalls career. 

Me and my brother attended that game. The 2 bottles of Jameson we snuck in kinda numbed the pain......

5 minutes ago, Piggy 1 said:

Me and my brother attended that game. The 2 bottles of Jameson we snuck in kinda numbed the pain......

Drinking at games was such a free for all back then.. 

1 hour ago, Mike said:

We owe Collaros 250k guaranteed next year, I can’t see us being in the market for a QB like Rourke with that bill hanging over our heads 

That's a good point. Forgot to account for that. 

 

Oh well, one can dream.

1 hour ago, Mike said:

We owe Collaros 250k guaranteed next year, I can’t see us being in the market for a QB like Rourke with that bill hanging over our heads 

Only way to escape it is thru a trade, not the worst idea ever conceived.

3 minutes ago, Fatty Liver said:

Only way to escape it is thru a trade, not the worst idea ever conceived.

Who would want him at that price?

2 minutes ago, Doublezero said:

Who would want him at that price?

The season just started, trading partners will emerge, keep your eye on those Roughriders!

1 hour ago, bluto said:

🤣🤣🤣

Probably my favorite non Bomber Qb,total class act. Great CFL Qb. Opps wrong reply lol...Ricky Ray was who was referred to in the before post.😉

Yea trade Collaros,sell the farm! Ditch it all and head for the hills. If we don’t lose our heads what else can we do? It's PANIC time people!

Edited July 2, 20241 yr by bb1

16 minutes ago, bb1 said:

Probably my favorite non Bomber Qb,total class act. Great CFL Qb. Opps wrong reply lol...Ricky Ray was who was referred to in the before post.😉

Yea trade Collaros,sell the farm! Ditch it all and head for the hills. If we don’t lose our heads what else can we do? It's PANIC time people!

They talk about it a lot, but it is impressive that the Ricky Ray pipeline in T.O. churned out Collaros, Harris, Fajardo & MBT. I like the looks of the 2 we have brought in behind The Chad too. Seems probable that Dukes has a future in our league, I wouldn't put it past Scott either. He looks to be a player.