Blue Bomber Hall of Famers

[dd]

With the Bombers going to its fifth consecutive Grey Cup I think we will see many of the current Bombers will be inducted into the hall of fame when they retire. Who do you think will get the nod rating from sure things, to might have to wait and on the bubble.
My sure hall of famers are Colleros, Bryant, Jefferson, Bighill and Olivera
May have to wait but should get in eventually Nichols, Alexander,Costilio Neufeld, Lawler, Demski
Maybe but haven't played long enough Holm, Ford

Nichols hall of famer??? I don't think he'll make our roster next season as if KW looks at the 3 positions that cost us the cup, his would be the first he should be addressing. Our 'other' DE would be the next, and another impact reciever to replace Schoen would be the third I'd replace. Man I would have given anything for Bailey out there on Sunday, he wouldn't have crapped the bed like others did.

[Blueforlife]

So easy to dump on Nichols after a bad outing.  Been nothing short of great for us in general.

[Tiger]

I like Nichols and probably our best DB (with FORDE GETTING CLOSE).  He had worst game of the season in GC. Nichols needs to do more.  FYI Les Browne is not in HOF.

[TecnoGenius]

Man I would have given anything for Bailey out there on Sunday, he wouldn't have crapped the bed like others did.

Exactly what I was thinking.  We really missed Woli, Schoen, Bailey.  All 3 are guys who can make a short catch in the flat and hang on and take a hit.

Every single REC we had out there (except Pokey?) whiffed on 1+ catches when a guy whacked him from behind or had hands in there.  Demski & Kenny were never supposed to the be middle bruisers... and all our bruisers were injured in-season or cut in FA.

Wheatie & Pokey are Kenny-like and not "bruisers".  They are for the home runs and in-stride balls and soft zone holes.

Clercius may have promise as a bigger, tougher guy, but clearly he's not to Woli level yet.

If we had our "big 3" in (or even the 2 we re-signed), we likely catch 50% of those whiffs and sustain drives and probably win.  I was worried all season the loss of Bailey would cost us on the clutch/bruiser front, and it was only exacerbated by the IRing of our remaining 2.

The puzzle pieces for '25 clearly must include some more tough/stout punishing RECs.  You can't have a REC corps consisting of only tall skinny guys!

[TecnoGenius]

I like Nichols and probably our best DB (with FORDE GETTING CLOSE).  He had worst game of the season in GC. Nichols needs to do more.  FYI Les Browne is not in HOF.

Clearly TOR film-studied Nichols to death and found his tendencies and weaknesses.  It wasn't just Nichols screwing up, it was that he was their favorite target -- and no one all season has done that!  Yet another sign that TOR out-brained us.

They tried picking on Bonds early but Bonds had his best game as a Bomber and they laid off him later.  Funny how things turn out, eh?

In-season our best DBs were Holm, Nichols, Ford.  Bonds may turn into a great one in '25.

Nick Taylor also stepped up in a major way and was very effective, as was BA37.  I wonder if Nick gets a backup role in '25?

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Nichols hall of famer??? I don't think he'll make our roster next season as if KW looks at the 3 positions that cost us the cup, his would be the first he should be addressing. Our 'other' DE would be the next, and another impact reciever to replace Schoen would be the third I'd replace. Man I would have given anything for Bailey out there on Sunday, he wouldn't have crapped the bed like others did.

Recent update from Sheed.

Talks about this past season at 38:00.

Goes full out Sheed at 1:04:40, he probably needs to dial back the intensity a bit, not everyone relates to his pain.

[dd]

ridiculous rant,