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I remember the ridicule on this forum as so many critiicized GM Desjardins personnel decisions.

 

He drafted Glenn then outbid us on Burris .... he went out & acquired talent for him ... your QB doesn't have a record breaking career year without that

 

We paid up for Westerman but we didn't do what it takes to get players like Muamba and Chris Williams

or Collaros or Burris or further back Mike Reilly and so many others .... neither Montreal nor Ottawa has been shy about acquiring veteran receivers or others

 

Teams are built on stars and leaders .... the middle class of players don't make a lot of difference, they usually live up to what is around them

 

What would Ricky Ray in a BB uniform mean for us this year? More than Picard? As much as Burris?

 

Of course acquiring one big signing per year isn't enough to hold a self-congratulatory fiesta but we seem to do exactly that every year with the exception of Mack's "everything from within" era.

 

So do we:

 

1.  lack the will to get the job done (building a champion)?

 

2.  lack the football IQ to recognize what it takes?

 

3. care enough about a championship to make it an all out priority?

 

And who is really responsible for answering these 3 questions, who is the one who really controls the purse strings? And is this person a genuine leader?

 

Do we have anybody in our org that has what it takes?

 

 

comment_167533

 

The teams that made the playoffs had depth, especially at QB.

Hamilton's backup qbs weren't very good. Ottawa's qb depth is terrible, but they were lucky enough not to need it.

 

 

Montreal's QB depth isn't anything to scream at either .. came down to the final weeks of the season and they went out and picked up Glenn from the Riders.  

 

It's not just about depth.  That's only part of the equation.  The other part is coaching and the ability to get the most out of players who need to step in when another goes down.  We have a coordinator who failed to do that.  Who, at the best of times, struggled to put together effective game plans week in week out.  No amount of "depth" is going to help when it looks like an entire unit looks completely unprepared for what's being thrown at them.

comment_167575

Tonnes of money?? They paid Burris and a bunch of other guys big coin.

Why are people making excuses?

Ottawa hired good coaches and signed key guys plain and simple.

Desjardins is doing a way better job then Walters.

If WIlly had stayed healthy and Burris had been done for the year before Labour Day would anyone be saying this? Walters has to get better but let's not pretend that Desjardins did anything special. Only team in the East to have their starting qb all season, I think they're the only team to have used the same OL all year... those are huge benefits. 

comment_167613

 

Tonnes of money?? They paid Burris and a bunch of other guys big coin.

Why are people making excuses?

Ottawa hired good coaches and signed key guys plain and simple.

Desjardins is doing a way better job then Walters.

If WIlly had stayed healthy and Burris had been done for the year before Labour Day would anyone be saying this? Walters has to get better but let's not pretend that Desjardins did anything special. Only team in the East to have their starting qb all season, I think they're the only team to have used the same OL all year... those are huge benefits. 

 

Do you think that had we gone through the whole season with the O-line we had coming out of training camp, we would have been all that much better???

comment_167615

 

 

Tonnes of money?? They paid Burris and a bunch of other guys big coin.

Why are people making excuses?

Ottawa hired good coaches and signed key guys plain and simple.

Desjardins is doing a way better job then Walters.

If WIlly had stayed healthy and Burris had been done for the year before Labour Day would anyone be saying this? Walters has to get better but let's not pretend that Desjardins did anything special. Only team in the East to have their starting qb all season, I think they're the only team to have used the same OL all year... those are huge benefits. 

 

Do you think that had we gone through the whole season with the O-line we had coming out of training camp, we would have been all that much better???

 

Yes truthfully. Losing the RT had a pretty big impact on things because it kept pushing people into positions they couldn't handle. 

comment_167645

People are fooling themselves thinking that the only reason Ottawa was better this year was because of Hank and the oline being healthy. That's not reasoning, that's excuse making. Drew Willy's winning % as a starter isn't comparable to Burris, and the receiving core and O line quality isn't even worth comparing. Might as well take a dump and compare the smell to a bowl of a flowers.

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