Injuries vs Calgary

Started by Blueforlife, October 11, 2026, 03:04:20 PM

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Tecno

Quote from: Waffler on October 11, 2026, 11:39:29 PMI thought he had to. One too many lineman stayed on and a db tried to run off. Calgary noticed. It would have been an easy td.

But I don't recall someone leaving after the TO?  You're saying we were going to take a for-sure too-many-men?

To me it looked like the alignment was all confused.  I was watching MOS and he was running down the sideline yelling and waving his arms at a few players trying to tell them what to do.  It looked like more than one player was doing something wrong.

Why Kramdi et al weren't getting them straightened out is beyond me.  Maybe Kramdi wasn't out there?  I'll have to check on the PVR.

MOS was NOOOOOOOOOOT happy.  Losing our ability to challenge that early (relatively) was baaaad.
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From 3DownNation

There was a ton of miscommunication near the midway point of the third quarter when Calgary was first-and-goal from the six-yard line. Head coach Mike O'Shea, defensive coordinator Jordan Younger, and defensive line coach Jake Thomas were all waving their arms frantically, as it appeared the team had too many players on the field.

Two players ran off, and Michael Fletcher looked visibly confused about whether or not he should be on the field. Instead of running a play with what appeared to be 11 players on the field, O'Shea called a time out. He was then visibly frustrated, taking off his headset and exasperatedly speaking with his assistants.

https://3downnation.com/2026/10/10/zach-collaros-turns-back-clock-as-winnipeg-blue-bombers-cull-calgary-11-other-thoughts/

Tecno

The coaches (all teams) talk a pretty big game about the 35s not really being a problem, but it seems to me the number of too-many-men and coaches blowing timeouts at weird times is way up this season.  And it's the 35s clock.

Of course, it's to be expected.  What's disappointing is WFC seems to be handling it worse than other teams.  I think we have more of these botches.  That would also include confused players, not necessarily penalties, because no one has time to communicate.  However, my scrutiny of our team in particular may make us seem worse than we are.

I can see why MOS would be cheesed off, since this would be something clearly delegated to the sub-coaches/coords.

Will it improve by next year, or is 35s just too short?  Remember, 40s in the NFL, and they are supposedly "smarter and better".  And note how this one occurred way down the field -- where players need to run farther/faster just to make it on/off in time from the midfield benches.
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