Official Game Day Thread - Winnipeg at Calgary, July 3, 2025

Pete · July 16, 2025, 02:26:44 AM

The only area I think that bighills intel might.make s difference is talking about who Zac likes to makes his reads on in specific situations
Knowing that a defender could get a jump or fake a move to get to ball sooner such as moncriefs interception

Throw Long Bannatyne · July 16, 2025, 04:08:15 AM

Quote from: dd on July 16, 2025, 12:26:16 AMThe play of Vernon Adam's is the primary reason for the Stamps turnaround. It's been the same story like forever in the CFL, you need a good Qb to win, Calgary has one now. But it's one thing to win when nobody expected you to, but it's another thing to win when everyone is gunning for you. We'll 'see who they really are' this week, when they come to our barn to play. We'll see who is legit and who isn't.

For the Stamps I think the improvement started in both trenches, without a solid O-line VA runs around like a chicken fleeing the soup pot, a lot of flapping flopping and squawkin.

TecnoGenius · July 16, 2025, 05:30:14 AM

Quote from: Jesse on July 15, 2025, 04:04:21 PMThis is so ridiculous, tech.

Calgary has been by far the best defense in the league through 6 weeks. They average allowing 18 points per game. We scored 16. How are they doing so well against every team if it's Adam that allowed them to do so well against us?

I don't know what to say, then. That article spelled it out. That article said Biggie is doing exactly what I described. Like almost word for word. He's the cheat-code to beat WPG, and also to beat SSK because Biggie & the WPG D clobbered SSK all last year.

CGY wasn't "doing well against every team". They beat a still-iffy no-one-knows-if-they-are-improved HAM, then a QB-less useless lose-every-game TOR. And then they get blown away and embarrassed by can't-win-to-save-their-life OTT. Those games didn't show anyone anything.

It was only when CGY spanked WPG & SSK that people woke up to CGY's newfound power.

And no, Biggie isn't "the only reason" for this. Of course not. CGY made key FA moves and is 10X the team it was last year, even without Biggie. But Biggie is clearly making an extra dent by working for them and not us. Again, it only has to be greater that 0% (which some claimed). And that article spells it out for everyone in black & white: Biggie is having an impact when they play WPG.

And you naysayers still don't address the fact Biggie will never suit up for them. Herdmann-Reed is probably already ahead of him on the next-up list.

TecnoGenius · July 16, 2025, 05:32:05 AM

Quote from: Throw Long Bannatyne on July 15, 2025, 04:09:26 PMExactly what the Bombers did with Mike Miller in 2023.

Bingo. Superb example. We should have done this with Biggie. Zero cost except OOP money, which doesn't mean anything to us... just a couple of hundredths of a percent of our yearly net profit.

I guess we did it with Miller because we still had hopes of him seeing the field. Or maybe we did it knowing we'd make him a coach. Maybe we didn't have that same desire for Biggie to become a coach here.

TecnoGenius · July 16, 2025, 05:35:31 AM

Quote from: The Zipp on July 15, 2025, 04:49:45 PMHoly crow guys - players move teams ALL THE TIME - it is the nature of sports. Bighill isn't the reason Calgary is very good right now. Let's see how the season shakes down for Calgary..VA could fade.

Bighill has given a lot to the Bombers - no need for name calling. He is just trying to feed his family and the Bombers were the ones who released him..

No doubt. I don't hate Biggie for going for the best payday he can. And if everyone sells out their old team by spilling the beans, then you can't fault him for that either.

And we are the ones who should have figured out a retention plan. It probably hurt him more being cut on the big home-GC year, which he was probably looking forward to.

As for VAJ fading, us beating CGY in the W this year, etc. Sure, both things can be true. In fact, they'll have to be. We'll have to find a way to mix things up from what Biggie can tell them -- on both sides of the ball. I expect a different-looking WPG on Friday, otherwise it'll be another bad loss if the coords just do the same ol' same ol'.

TecnoGenius · July 16, 2025, 05:37:48 AM

Quote from: dd on July 16, 2025, 12:26:16 AMThe whole Bighill theory is ridiculous. The play of Vernon Adam's is the primary reason for the Stamps turnaround. It's been the same story like forever in the CFL, you need a good Qb to win

Funny, because half the posters on the forums say the wins are all CGY's D. Half say it's VAJ & the O. It's both. As for Biggie, he can help them on both sides of the ball.

My personal opinion is CGY's O is what's propelling them right now, but that stingy run D is pretty monster too. Both WPG and SSK have built a "must run" O. Like in the GC, if we can't run, we probably aren't winning anymore.

Throw Long Bannatyne · July 16, 2025, 05:13:23 PM

Quote from: TecnoGenius on July 16, 2025, 05:32:05 AMBingo. Superb example. We should have done this with Biggie. Zero cost except OOP money, which doesn't mean anything to us... just a couple of hundredths of a percent of our yearly net profit.

I guess we did it with Miller because we still had hopes of him seeing the field. Or maybe we did it knowing we'd make him a coach. Maybe we didn't have that same desire for Biggie to become a coach here.

It's been stated a few times, Biggie is not interested in coaching at this point, he wants to spend more time with his young family and realizes the time commitment coaching takes up. Maybe in 5-10 years, he comes back to it.

TecnoGenius · July 16, 2025, 10:21:20 PM

Quote from: Throw Long Bannatyne on July 16, 2025, 05:13:23 PMIt's been stated a few times, Biggie is not interested in coaching at this point, he wants to spend more time with his young family and realizes the time commitment coaching takes up. Maybe in 5-10 years, he comes back to it.

But yet here he is taking a 5 month commitment 2 provinces over from his family, where he's essentially coaching...

Throw Long Bannatyne · July 17, 2025, 12:18:46 AM

Quote from: TecnoGenius on July 16, 2025, 10:21:20 PMBut yet here he is taking a 5 month commitment 2 provinces over from his family, where he's essentially coaching...

Maybe he took his family with him? The company he's working with also has offices in Calgary and perhaps owns residential property. Point is there is a huge time commitment difference between being player and being a coach.

Jesse · July 17, 2025, 01:48:43 PM

Quote from: Throw Long Bannatyne on July 17, 2025, 12:18:46 AMMaybe he took his family with him? The company he's working with also has offices in Calgary and perhaps owns residential property. Point is there is a huge time commitment difference between being player and being a coach.

I heard speculation that Calgary was the only team (other than Winnipeg) who he'd sign with for that reason.