Joe Pascucci just confirmed on CJOB that Gary Etcheverry is the Bombers new DC.

@JimTothSports: As per @Pascucci015 on @680CJOB Upperdeck Sports Show #Bombers have chosen Gary Etcheverry to be their new Defensive Coordinator

Yikes this is not the news I wanted to read.

My hopes and expectations are once again lowered. I guess we will have to wait another year to see who is available at DC for us.

Meh. I like this better then stubler. I am curious to know if o'shea will want him to run a specific defense or if he gives him carte blanche..

i do think that the history between etch and o'shea is a positive but hes definitely not a flashy or "big" signing..

He is well versed in cfl ball and has a ton of experience tho... Coulda been worse..

Not a fan

Gary Etcheverry…..

Throw away the iPads……………..we're going retro.

Holy ****. The mediocrity with this team continues. The one guy.... ONE GUY.... who is as crappy a coach as there is & they hire him.

Meh. I like this better then stubler. I am curious to know if o'shea will want him to run a specific defense or if he gives him carte blanche..

i do think that the history between etch and o'shea is a positive but hes definitely not a flashy or "big" signing..

He is well versed in cfl ball and has a ton of experience tho... Coulda been worse..

Like, who is worse? Tell us that? This isn't a flashy or big signing, I'll agree. It's a shitty signing. Holy ****. 

Well hopefully its only a one year contract... I don't want the club paying yet another guy to sit at home...

That's what you get for running the franchise into the ground. Bottom of the barrel coaches.

 

Run the team like pros and upgrade in 2015 

Well hopefully its only a one year contract... I don't want the club paying yet another guy to sit at home...

And you know if he has a long term contract that he'll be spending  his summers & falls off being paid by us to put his feet up. 

That's what you get for running the franchise into the ground. Bottom of the barrel coaches.

 

Run the team like pros and upgrade in 2015 

I don't like this but I do.... As I know what you mean.

Another poor coaching choice IMHO.

Meh. I like this better then stubler. I am curious to know if o'shea will want him to run a specific defense or if he gives him carte blanche..

i do think that the history between etch and o'shea is a positive but hes definitely not a flashy or "big" signing..

He is well versed in cfl ball and has a ton of experience tho... Coulda been worse..

Like, who is worse? Tell us that? This isn't a flashy or big signing, I'll agree. It's a shitty signing. Holy ****.

Random american ncaa or ex nfl coach? Marshall? Reed? Honestly, neither of these guys are better for the bombers then etcheverry will be.. The fact o'shea knows what he brings (to me anyway) speaks volumes.. good or bad is yet to be decided..

It's only January and already I'm getting depressed.

It's only January and already I'm getting depressed.

 

Lol that's not a good thing.   Would signing one of Burris/Collaros/Willy make it better?  

 

Imagine if we go into the new season with Hall / Boltus / Goltz combo!! If that happens I'm buying a Stamps jersey and giving up lol! 

Well, the bubble sure has burst since the O'Shea hiring, hasn't it? We kept Bellefeuille as OC & hired Etcheverry to be our DC. I was prepared to live with Bellefeuille as long as we brought in a strong DC & now this??? Looking at our coaching staff, it's depressing.... Past CFL failures at OC & DC, a STC who has never coached in the CFL. Maybe this  rag tag group will surprise me but somehow I doubt it. Might just be shaping up to be the worst coaching staff in the entire CFL.

Ed Tait

Lots of speculation about #Bombers hiring Gary Etcheverry as new DC. But word is Mike O'Shea just int Mtl Asst Tim Tibesar today #bn

That's hilarious.

It would sure put the hyperbole that is running rampant here in context.

 

Considering everyone in the media was wrong about Stubler for DC and Jones for OC, I think I'll wait for an official announcement.

Oh  Please  Please  it is not true, Hiring Gary would not sell tickets you'd be better off hiring Gary......Lawless.

Its January and I'm already pissed, yay.

If true I don't like it.

Cauchy and/or JJ in an Etcheverry defence pretty much equals complete disaster.  We'll need super fast, veteran DBs who can read plays...  does that actually even exist?