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[take Hogan at his word]

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Bluebomber OC position dis...

Last post by Tecno - Today at 06:41:23 AM

It's a good take on the condition that you take Hogan at his word...? I'm not sure his word is worth that much at this juncture, as it doesn't seem like he operated with a bottom-up approach.

But it stands to reason.  Assume he's as clueless an OC as everyone here seems to think.  Assume he couldn't draw up a play to save his life.  Wouldn't someone like that be thrilled to accept ideas & advice from everyone?  Especially when he explicitly says that's what he's doing?

[Can't demote Hogan back to RB coach as that position is currently held by Bolduc]

#22

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Bluebomber OC position dis...

Last post by Tecno - Today at 06:39:39 AM

Can't demote Hogan back to RB coach as that position is currently held by Bolduc.

There is precedence for WFC to just dump a coord -- Boudreaux.

But what's Hogan's contract length?  If he's already signed for '26 then we would have coach cap repercussions by outright firing him.  And we all know we wouldn't get relief by some other team picking him up as OC!!

#23

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Favourite Lesser Known Blu...

Last post by Tecno - Today at 06:29:54 AM

Plays I think about a lot are, the:
1. MTL Miracle game with Nichols

2. The Demski TD where he catches the ball in traffic and puts his head back, chin up and high-step out-runs everyone on the field for 35Y or so of YAC for a TD.  Don't recall the game, or season -- maybe '19 or '21 postseason?

3. The Demski TD where he catches it like at the 10, 2 guys are closing in, and he casually slips to his side and waltzes in.  My son and I call that the "I went theees way" play, in our best Mario voices.  I think this was the post-season a few years back.

4. One more... the Demski big(ish) catch in (I think) the '19 GC where they slowmo replay him screaming and mic-dropping the ball with Steinhauer and Burke in the background wishing they had never been born.

Weird... there seems to be a theme to my favorites.  Maybe time to buy a Demski jersey!

[We don't need the next Streveler]

#24

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Blue Bombers add quarterba...

Last post by Tecno - Today at 06:19:51 AM

We don't need the next Streveler. We need the next legit # 2 QB that can progress to a # 1 QB.

We do.  WPG has had a SY specialist for the entire Mafia tenure.  It's part of our M.O.  And teams with a specialist who is good tend to do better.  See: SSK with their unstoppable freight train.

If Strev is out half/all year and/or not re-signed then bringing in a Strev clone (but younger and with a good knee) is just what the doctor ordered.  Hopefully we can turn him into a legit SY super fast -- don't want failures on 3rd & 1 early in the season.

It might be a clean sweep of the QB room-not-named-Zach this season.  And I would be ok with that.

P.S. No way we roll without a SY guy, and no reason anyone ever should because the 3rd dressed QB is a "free/forced dress".  Why waste/risk that job on a RB, or your starting QB, or some other player?  Those guys have more important things to be doing.

[Don't we play the Riders 3 times every year?]

#25

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: 2026 CFL Schedule Planned ...

Last post by Tecno - Today at 06:12:02 AM

Don't we play the Riders 3 times every year?

No, it varies.  I'm not sure how the 3X teams are picked each year.  Maybe it's whatever fits into the schedule the best (i.e. semi-random).

What I would like to see is the league make sure that the 3X teams games are space out a ton (per team).  Our 3X SSK and CGY games last season were all within like a month -- it doesn't allow you to "get lucky" getting a team when they suck as well as when they are good.  We got CGY when they were great instead of later in the season when they sucked -- one of those games should have been late season to even things out.

Hope we do this year, they will be the Bombers litmus test, can't beat them in the regular season unlikely to do so in the playoffs.

I don't!  Load me up with weak teams in reg season please!  Worry about the good teams come post-season.  SSK scored a ton of wins against weaker teams in '25, and got good teams when they were at their weakest.  Sometimes you have to be lucky to be good.

[Maier is a free agent, good as can be for a backup]

#26

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Retiring QB's?

Last post by Tecno - Today at 06:06:32 AM

Maier is a free agent, good as can be for a backup but hasn't established himself as a starter despite being handed the throne in Calgary.

I have zero faith Maier will get the job done in SSK if he couldn't even get the job done in CGY for many years when they still had a great team.

SSK O is a high-pressure high-speed high-accuracy short game that may be the worst thing you could possibly throw at Maier.  His main bugbear was always accuracy and decision making.

The absolute best thing that could happen to the West-not-wearing-green is for Trevor to retire and for SSK to get stuck with Maier.  They'd do better rehiring Cody -- and coming from me, that's saying something.

[Harris/Mayer/Stevens is one of the deepest QB rosters]

#27

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Retiring QB's?

Last post by Tecno - Today at 06:03:23 AM

Sigh.....Harris/Mayer/Stevens is one of the deepest QB rosters in the league, but don't let facts get in the way of a narrative.

Maier won't even get you .333 if he's forced into #1.  I'd rather have Arbuckle, Powell, Crum, or a million other guys.  Maier was so bad he almost cost Dickenson The Greater his job for sticking with him for so long.  He's basically the next Franklin.

I'd rather start Strev with a broken knee and a brace, he'll still win you .500, warts and all.

#28

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: New rules / commissioner's...

Last post by Tecno - Today at 05:58:42 AM

https://leaderpost.com/sports/davis-fear-not-football-fans-canadian-game-has-no-reason-to-consider-four-downs

This might be one of the dumbest articles yet.  Another paid shill for Johnston.  I could dissect yet another treatise, but why bother.  Everyone can now spot the bunk.  It's just more of the Johnston talking points regurgitation and the bullying "you're stupid dinosaurs" post-modernist tripe.

Tiresome.  Enjoy your 30 pieces of silver, Darrell Davis.

[Cleaning up the game was a reason for the 100 yd field]

#29

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: New rules / commissioner's...

Last post by Tecno - Today at 05:56:34 AM

Cleaning up the game was a reason for the 100 yd field.

What does this even mean?  Stick to the talking points handed to you by Johnston.  You're not good at winging it.

[or it will die anyway]

#30

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: New rules / commissioner's...

Last post by Tecno - Today at 05:55:17 AM

The demise is happening right now.
The new changes will either lead to better times, or it will die anyway.

It literally won't.  People said it would die in the 80s.  Then the 90s.  Then the 00's.  Then the 10's.  Now the 20's.  It's always "die die die", but yet here we are.  I put a big post about this in the other thread months back regarding my local club, which had the same doomsayers.  They always turn out wrong!

Even if tickets sales cratered 25% there's a ton of stuff the CFL could do to stay alive.  You know, like "adjusting".  Humans have this great ability to adapt to new circumstances.  You could slash the 2 caps by 25%, or jack concession prices 50%, or a myriad of things to offset ticket sales.  Not even saying it will come to that (it won't), just trying to illustrate that all other things don't have to remain equal.

I was just at an absolutely packed (even the top of the 200-level East side had a butt in every seat!) 112th GC, in one of the biggest stadiums in the CFL, in a city that just sold out 14 straight home games.  Chillax, the CFL is doing just fine.