Posted November 11, 20159 yr comment_168119 O'Shea was doing double duty as HC and ST coordinator for the latter half of 2015 after firing Pat Tracey. Did he say, during his final news conference, whether the club plans to hire a Special Teams Coordinator for 2016? Or did the intrepid sports media types who were assembled for that event not even bother asking? Arguably whoever fills this vacancy is as important a decision for O'Shea as the decision he makes around the next OC. Bombers special teams have been quite pukey the past couple of seasons - arguably cost us a few games.
November 11, 20159 yr comment_168121 Heard him on H&L on the drive home yesterday and they asked him about the Special Teams Coordinator. He wants time to evaluate how things went after he took over before he makes a decision.
November 11, 20159 yr Author comment_168123 Heard him on H&L on the drive home yesterday and they asked him about the Special Teams Coordinator. He wants time to evaluate how things went after he took over before he makes a decision. OK thanks. Ya. My guess is O'Shea will handle both HC and ST next year for a variety of reasons, including budget. It seemed ST play was more disciplined after O'Shea took on that responsibility. Not sure how much impact that extra work had on his ability to focus on head coaching duties.
November 11, 20159 yr comment_168126 Yep, I think that impact is one of the things he wants to review.
November 11, 20159 yr comment_168133 If he wants to examine the impact of his coaching on the overall success of his team he should start with checking out the standings the last 2 seasons and the L's and W's. Self realization isn't easy Mike.
November 11, 20159 yr comment_168148 I think our special teams was alright after O'Shea took over, but really I just loved the attitude he brought to that part of the team once Tracy was gone. We ran more fakes once Osh took over. That was the effect I thought we were going to get two years ago when we hired him.
November 11, 20159 yr comment_168154 I honestly don't think we can do any better than O'Shea as our STC. Maybe a good place to bring in a young guy to get experience while having O'Shea do the real work.
November 11, 20159 yr comment_168161 Gee I thought we tried that with the last STC hire. Tracey was hardly a young up and comer. He was one of O'Shea's coaches at Guelph.
November 11, 20159 yr comment_168163 Heard him on H&L on the drive home yesterday and they asked him about the Special Teams Coordinator. He wants time to evaluate how things went after he took over before he makes a decision. OK thanks. Ya. My guess is O'Shea will handle both HC and ST next year for a variety of reasons, including budget. It seemed ST play was more disciplined after O'Shea took on that responsibility. Not sure how much impact that extra work had on his ability to focus on head coaching duties. Well, the team's record didn't get any worse after he took on the special teams coaching.
November 11, 20159 yr comment_168165 O'Shea can barely keep his head above water without adding STC to his coaching duties. But again, who will come here when MOS in the final year of his contract & the team in flux? I think he'll have to take it on himself which means more work for him. That can't be a good thing.
November 11, 20159 yr comment_168166 I wouldnt mind Bob Dyce here in the STC job, if he will be interested. I also dont mind O'Shea adding it on his title as long as he hire an assistant STC.
November 11, 20159 yr comment_168181 During training camp, there was a guy who helped out as a guest coach with us, has ties with O'shea and actually was a former player, more like a former kicker in this league, for the Argos actually, Noel Prefontaine, I'd hope O'shea would give Prefontaine consideration as Special Teams Coach. Dyce? Meh, weren't the riders special teams when he was in charge of them not very good? Not sure how i feel about dyce, be nice to have dyce back on staff but maybe more as a receivers coach or offensive assistant. Or maybe a guy like Markus Howell would make a good special teams coach too.
November 11, 20159 yr comment_168183 During training camp, there was a guy who helped out as a guest coach with us, has ties with O'shea and actually was a former player, more like a former kicker in this league, for the Argos actually, Noel Prefontaine, I'd hope O'shea would give Prefontaine consideration as Special Teams Coach. Dyce? Meh, weren't the riders special teams when he was in charge of them not very good? Not sure how i feel about dyce, be nice to have dyce back on staff but maybe more as a receivers coach or offensive assistant. Or maybe a guy like Markus Howell would make a good special teams coach too. Dyce has been an interim HC so he's not going to accept a position as a receivers coach or offensive assistant. Apparently he is very good at scouting and evaluating Cdn. talent, so that would be a bonus he could add to the club.
November 12, 20159 yr comment_168246 During training camp, there was a guy who helped out as a guest coach with us, has ties with O'shea and actually was a former player, more like a former kicker in this league, for the Argos actually, Noel Prefontaine, I'd hope O'shea would give Prefontaine consideration as Special Teams Coach. Dyce? Meh, weren't the riders special teams when he was in charge of them not very good? Not sure how i feel about dyce, be nice to have dyce back on staff but maybe more as a receivers coach or offensive assistant. Or maybe a guy like Markus Howell would make a good special teams coach too. Dyce has been an interim HC so he's not going to accept a position as a receivers coach or offensive assistant. Apparently he is very good at scouting and evaluating Cdn. talent, so that would be a bonus he could add to the club. Dyce will take whatever job he can get. Former job titles don't pay a mortgage.
November 12, 20159 yr comment_168249 Everybody seems so high on Bob Dyce. He's a good guy from everything I've heard but he's seems no better a coach than a lot of them out there.
November 12, 20159 yr comment_168252 I wouldnt mind Bob Dyce here in the STC job, if he will be interested. I also dont mind O'Shea adding it on his title as long as he hire an assistant STC. agree with both points. If mos keeps ST cor role id like to see him get either an asst hc or asc ST cor
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