The day they enact and call a penalty "tackling with no arms" is the day I'm finished watching CFL football.

No worries, there won't be a CFL by then. The injury lawyers & the courts will take care of that.

Luckily the CFLPA is a pretty toothless organization but all they need is the help of some ravenous lawyers who can read crib notes from the NFL lawsuit to give it a go. 

 

I have to say in every game I see ridiculous tackling attempts made by professional football players not bothering to use their arms to tackle but simply launching themselves like a missile at their target.  When they don't actually impale the opposing player they often strike a glancing blow and fall to the side or they completely miss their mark.  I liken this to a baseball player swinging for the fence with every pitch, trying to make a grand statement instead of executing the fundamentals of the game properly.  Turn tackling back into to tackling and penalize every missile launch as "spearing".

 

Interesting thought. The actually fundamentals of form tackling are changing to chest plate tackling, safe contact which is going to take some time, some commitment/buy-in and some tweaking before it works itself up to the professional leagues.

 

Getting back to the changes in rules concerning tackling I've seen the NHL implement some pretty drastic rule changes one season to the next and they usually use the "zebras" to carry out their dirty work.  The players may b*tch and moan about the changes but within the first 10 games they get the hang of it.

 

 

I have to say in every game I see ridiculous tackling attempts made by professional football players not bothering to use their arms to tackle but simply launching themselves like a missile at their target.  When they don't actually impale the opposing player they often strike a glancing blow and fall to the side or they completely miss their mark.  I liken this to a baseball player swinging for the fence with every pitch, trying to make a grand statement instead of executing the fundamentals of the game properly.  Turn tackling back into to tackling and penalize every missile launch as "spearing".

 

Interesting thought. The actually fundamentals of form tackling are changing to chest plate tackling, safe contact which is going to take some time, some commitment/buy-in and some tweaking before it works itself up to the professional leagues.

 

Getting back to the changes in rules concerning tackling I've seen the NHL implement some pretty drastic rule changes one season to the next and they usually use the "zebras" to carry out their dirty work.  The players may b*tch and moan about the changes but within the first 10 games they get the hang of it.

 

Difference is the NHL has 6 months & 84 games to rectify things. The CFL doesn't.

I feel sorry for Zack Collaros, hurt on a foul hit. Saw him on the sidelines on TV getting chewed out by Kent Austin that same game. I don't feel sorry for Austin and his QB dilemma though. Austin seems like a jerk. Hamilton set for a nose-dive this year.

I feel sorry for Zack Collaros, hurt on a foul hit. Saw him on the sidelines on TV getting chewed out by Kent Austin that same game. I don't feel sorry for Austin and his QB dilemma though. Austin seems like a jerk. Hamilton set for a nose-dive this year.

Hamilton 2014 = Blue Bombers 2012. At least Lapo was somewhat likeable as a coach. I still think he shouldn't have been fired.

I feel sorry for Zack Collaros, hurt on a foul hit. Saw him on the sidelines on TV getting chewed out by Kent Austin that same game. I don't feel sorry for Austin and his QB dilemma though. Austin seems like a jerk. Hamilton set for a nose-dive this year.

Hamilton 2014 = Blue Bombers 2012. At least Lapo was somewhat likeable as a coach. I still think he shouldn't have been fired.

Cutting an all star calibre qb who threw for 49xx yards the previous season for a qb that played 6 games for an Argo team with a great o line and offensive weapons is second to Tillman trading away Ray.

Austin seems like a ****** bag. Qb takes him to greycup, gets released in the offseason. If Austin was a nice guy to his players I would have some empathy. Since it appears he isn't a nice guy, then he deserves to suffer for the decisions he made.

It's still very early, but ham looks like a train wreck

 

 

I feel sorry for Zack Collaros, hurt on a foul hit. Saw him on the sidelines on TV getting chewed out by Kent Austin that same game. I don't feel sorry for Austin and his QB dilemma though. Austin seems like a jerk. Hamilton set for a nose-dive this year.

Hamilton 2014 = Blue Bombers 2012. At least Lapo was somewhat likeable as a coach. I still think he shouldn't have been fired.

Cutting an all star calibre qb who threw for 49xx yards the previous season for a qb that played 6 games for an Argo team with a great o line and offensive weapons is second to Tillman trading away Ray.

Austin seems like a ****** bag. Qb takes him to greycup, gets released in the offseason. If Austin was a nice guy to his players I would have some empathy. Since it appears he isn't a nice guy, then he deserves to suffer for the decisions he made.

It's still very early, but ham looks like a train wreck

 

Is it really? Myself and most people here preferred Collaros to Burris, Willy, Glenn and any other available QB. There wasn't a single person who thought Steven Jyles was any sort of upgrade from Ricky Ray.

 

I feel sorry for Zack Collaros, hurt on a foul hit. Saw him on the sidelines on TV getting chewed out by Kent Austin that same game. I don't feel sorry for Austin and his QB dilemma though. Austin seems like a jerk. Hamilton set for a nose-dive this year.

Hamilton 2014 = Blue Bombers 2012. At least Lapo was somewhat likeable as a coach. I still think he shouldn't have been fired.

 

The only reason you say that is because of how awful Burke was. They did what they have done so many times in the past 20 years, they fired a coach and hired someone worse to replace him. Ritchie to Daley, Berry to Kelly, Lapo to Burke... Let's not fire O'Shea at the first misstep and maybe we can end that damned drought that makes everyone so crazy.

Even though it's an expansion team, I'm sure Hank is glad to be out of Hamilton away from Austin. Hamilton is a train wreck in so many ways. 

And yet you guys keep trying to pepper-bomb me for thinking Walters has to upgrade his o-line, even if it means giving up a solid national asset?

I agreed with you on that one. Protecting Willy is priority number one.

For serious tho.. Was there anyone even remotely suggesting otherwise? I don't recall a single post of "golly gee, I think our o-line is swell, best in the league,don't bring in anyone else!"

Kinda like standing in front of a raging inferno and saying "see, told ya it's hot!"

 

 

I feel sorry for Zack Collaros, hurt on a foul hit. Saw him on the sidelines on TV getting chewed out by Kent Austin that same game. I don't feel sorry for Austin and his QB dilemma though. Austin seems like a jerk. Hamilton set for a nose-dive this year.

Hamilton 2014 = Blue Bombers 2012. At least Lapo was somewhat likeable as a coach. I still think he shouldn't have been fired.

 

The only reason you say that is because of how awful Burke was. They did what they have done so many times in the past 20 years, they fired a coach and hired someone worse to replace him. Ritchie to Daley, Berry to Kelly, Lapo to Burke... Let's not fire O'Shea at the first misstep and maybe we can end that damned drought that makes everyone so crazy.

 

It was the timing of the firing for Lapo that was stupid!

 

 

 

I have to say in every game I see ridiculous tackling attempts made by professional football players not bothering to use their arms to tackle but simply launching themselves like a missile at their target.  When they don't actually impale the opposing player they often strike a glancing blow and fall to the side or they completely miss their mark.  I liken this to a baseball player swinging for the fence with every pitch, trying to make a grand statement instead of executing the fundamentals of the game properly.  Turn tackling back into to tackling and penalize every missile launch as "spearing".

 

Interesting thought. The actually fundamentals of form tackling are changing to chest plate tackling, safe contact which is going to take some time, some commitment/buy-in and some tweaking before it works itself up to the professional leagues.

 

Getting back to the changes in rules concerning tackling I've seen the NHL implement some pretty drastic rule changes one season to the next and they usually use the "zebras" to carry out their dirty work.  The players may b*tch and moan about the changes but within the first 10 games they get the hang of it.

 

Difference is the NHL has 6 months & 84 games to rectify things. The CFL doesn't.

 

I don't understand your point.  Both leagues have off-seasons to make rule changes.

Other than the PI challenge, why do the rules have to be tinkered with every off season.If it works, don't touch it. 

Other than the PI challenge, why do the rules have to be tinkered with every off season.If it works, don't touch it. 

 

"Cause the CFL is failing to protect it's most valuable assets and young Zach just received a kick to the nutz in the vicinity of his brain.

And yet you guys keep trying to pepper-bomb me for thinking Walters has to upgrade his o-line, even if it means giving up a solid national asset?

I agreed with you on that one. Protecting Willy is priority number one.

For serious tho.. Was there anyone even remotely suggesting otherwise? I don't recall a single post of "golly gee, I think our o-line is swell, best in the league,don't bring in anyone else!"

Kinda like standing in front of a raging inferno and saying "see, told ya it's hot!"

Some are suggesting Canadian depth at receiver is more important.

@CFL: THIS JUST IN. RT @Ticats: The #Ticats will place QB Zach Collaros on the six-game injured list today. #CFL