O'Shea Granted permission to speak with Argos - and is staying with the Bombers

[Tecno]

we know now he is staying with the Bombers

See y'all in 2 years for the exact same every-2-year thread!  Thanks for the $1000 dinner and first class plane tickets, TOR!

Suck it TOR!!  Get back to work putting Humpty Dumpty's leg back together again

[Tecno]

when and if to use challenges and/or time-outs. He's been doing this long enough now that he should be much better at it than what has manifested in reality of late.

I thought he was good at challenges this season.  Must have had a decent win rate.  The worst you can say this season is he hung onto them until the 4th and let a few challengeable things go.  But in the CFL you have to do this, especially when you are a team never favored by the refs.  You MUST keep those zebras honest.

As for clock/TO management... I think we only had that one real screw up, and one more dumb non-use of TO.

[Tecno]

the only downside is that it means we will prob have to go through another season of hogan learning on the fly and entire quarters with 0-3 first downs.

Almost certainly, unless Zach/Brady/Stan/Neuf revolt.  If they truly think he's to blame for all of our losses, I could see them ganging up to say "he stays, we walk" (well, harder for Zach because he's under contract, but you get my point).

A lot of people, including MOS/Zach, were quick to point out the last few pressers that Hogan was still learning and it's kind of like they're letting it slide he had a subpar year.  We all should hope (expect?) he'll have a much better sophomore year.

My big beef with Hogan is he doesn't seem to implement or understand the in-game and inter-game "setup".  Lapo was the master, and Buck did ok at it too.  You set little decoys and tendencies and misdirection for a while, then when everyone is looking that way because it's happened X times, or was in their film study, you hit them with the hidden play usually on the other side.  Man, I miss Lapo's 9 games setups for the big payoff in the 10th game...

Buck had one in '24 (I think) where Kenny did the Demski fly sweep and no one followed him.  Because everyone knows Kenny doesn't sweep.

[tlf]

See y'all in 2 years for the exact same every-2-year thread!  Thanks for the $1000 dinner and first class plane tickets, TOR!

Suck it TOR!!  Get back to work putting Humpty Dumpty's leg back together again

One year? Didn't he only sign for one year? 2026..next year. Humpty Dumpty LOL

[Foxhound]

But in the CFL you have to do this, especially when you are a team never favored by the refs.  You MUST keep those zebras honest.

Oh groan. Every homer's complaint.

 

[Tecno]

One year? Didn't he only sign for one year? 2026..next year

Then I'll be back in 1 year instead of 2 to remind y'all!

P.S. I've seen nothing yet that says it's just for 1 year.  I'd think 2 years (as is the norm) is as likely.  If you have more info about it, post a link

[VictorRomano]

My favorite part of the re-signing of Osh is that Chris Jones won't be coaching here next season.

[Tecno]

Berger & that other media guy sure beclowned themselves, eh?  Saying it's a done deal.  Pffft.  These aren't fans, these are guys who are supposed to be "in the know".

Ya, not listening to anything they say ever again!  Bye!

[wpg#1]

Yep, I thought he was gonzo, and I have mixed emotions about him staying. I haven't been crazy with MOS's HCing performance of late. The 3 Grey Cup losses

Wait... let's just think about what you're saying, and others are saying. Upset at 3 Grey Cup losses. What fans of a team in the CFL wouldn't LOVE to have been in the Grey Cup 3 years in a row ? Let alone 5 years in a row ? Win or lose. What fans wouldn't love to have the success in the last 5 years. Regardless of the success over the last 8 years, people are unhappy about the last grey cup losses ? At least we were there. I'm sure rider, elk, red black, ti-cat, lion, stamp fans would love to have what blue bomber fans have had in the last 10 years. And I would hope they'd appreciate the success!
Sheeeeesh

Well, ok maybe rider fans wouldn't appreciate it. They love running players and coaches out of town!

[GOLDMEMBER]

My favorite part of the re-signing of Osh is that Chris Jones won't be coaching here next season.

WTH 

[bomb squad]

Berger & that other media guy sure beclowned themselves, eh?  Saying it's a done deal.  Pffft.  These aren't fans, these are guys who are supposed to be "in the know".

Ya, not listening to anything they say ever again!  Bye!

The Crow is now on Manitoba's endangered species list.

[theaardvark]

My biggest concern is that we will stick with status quo on the coaching staff now.

MOS, Walters and Miller have an opportunity to address the main issue we had last year, namely not having a proven OC.

Never been a huge fan of Condell, but with the tools he would have here, it would certainly be an upgrade for him and us.

We know Lapo is not an option, unless they give him scouting duties and the double paycheck.

I'm not sold on Jackson, he was here last year and it didn't help.

We need to blow the front office $SMS budget and get MOS the best O mind out there, so he can have all three aspects well managed.

If we can keep Younger and Miller...  there's always a chance someone may take a run at them.

Walters has some work to do on the roster, and MOS needs to work on his staff. Status quo is going to make for a very, very tough year.

[Jesse]

My biggest concern is that we will stick with status quo on the coaching staff now.

MOS, Walters and Miller have an opportunity to address the main issue we had last year, namely not having a proven OC.

Never been a huge fan of Condell, but with the tools he would have here, it would certainly be an upgrade for him and us.

We know Lapo is not an option, unless they give him scouting duties and the double paycheck.

I'm not sold on Jackson, he was here last year and it didn't help.

We need to blow the front office $SMS budget and get MOS the best O mind out there, so he can have all three aspects well managed.

If we can keep Younger and Miller...  there's always a chance someone may take a run at them.

Walters has some work to do on the roster, and MOS needs to work on his staff. Status quo is going to make for a very, very tough year.

Doesn't work like that. We have MOSand Walters so we gotta cheap out elsewhere.

[Pigskin]

My biggest concern is that we will stick with status quo on the coaching staff now.

MOS, Walters and Miller have an opportunity to address the main issue we had last year, namely not having a proven OC.

Never been a huge fan of Condell, but with the tools he would have here, it would certainly be an upgrade for him and us.

We know Lapo is not an option, unless they give him scouting duties and the double paycheck.

I'm not sold on Jackson, he was here last year and it didn't help.

We need to blow the front office $SMS budget and get MOS the best O mind out there, so he can have all three aspects well managed.

If we can keep Younger and Miller...  there's always a chance someone may take a run at them.

Walters has some work to do on the roster, and MOS needs to work on his staff. Status quo is going to make for a very, very tough year.

I can't see Miller going anywhere soon. Mike is very happy in Winnipeg. It would have to be a lot more money then he's making here and I just don't think any team has that in there budget.

[bwiser]

I can't see Miller going anywhere soon. Mike is very happy in Winnipeg. It would have to be a lot more money then he's making here and I just don't think any team has that in there budget.

I think Miller could be the next coach of the Blue Bombers after O'Shea moves on.