Sign Geno?

[Jesse]

I have no idea what he meant. I just meant to point out how both Jones and Wilson were here when FIFO was still being discussed and highlighted as a key part of this organization's culture.

Why are 2022 and 2023 considered successful but not 2024? The end result in all three seasons is the same.

There's the culture of FIFO - when everyone buys in and it guides their behaviour. And there's some people saying the words, but it doesn't affect anything that anyone does.

There's no on/off switch, it's something that fades. And we got to the grey cup in 2024, but the season was very clearly less successful than previous years and the start of a now 3 year downturn.

[markf]

Not all of them are playing poorly.

The linebackers are playing well. The D line is at the top for sacks.

Dontaria Wilson plays hard. Every game.

Last season people were complaining about no sacks, and they would never do anything with Jake in there, while the team was league leading off and on for least points allowed.

You got your sacks, but the defence is bad.

We don't have a quarterback.  How many teams have won without a quarterback?

Same boat ticats are in.

Just keep making the same criticism, year after year. Eventually you'll be right.

[Jesse]

I don't know if I can agree the LBs are playing well. If the DL is getting sacks and creating pressure, the LBs and the DBs gotta be suspect.

Especially when 2/3 of our LBs are essentially DBs.

[Tecno]

I think he means when  FIFO was a part of our successful seasons of 2021-2023. If you have a couple of old guys repeating a mantra that hasn't led to success that you've seen, I think it starts to become meaningless. And has only grown more meaningless.

Hervey did a long panel segment in the rain delay in the Edmonton game. He described the new Edmonton philosophy. What he described is an exact copy of FIFO. He even spelled it out: he doesn't care if you're the best player in the league, you need to fit in or you're gone.

He also said he calls it Eskimo ball. That's what they're calling it internally. The PC police at tsn must have been freaking out at that one. I thought Kate was gonna blow a gasket!

[Jesse]

Hervey did a long panel segment in the rain delay in the Edmonton game. He described the new Edmonton philosophy. What he described is an exact copy of FIFO. He even spelled it out: he doesn't care if you're the best player in the league, you need to fit in or you're gone.

He also said he calls it Eskimo ball. That's what they're calling it internally. The PC police at tsn must have been freaking out at that one. I thought Kate was gonna blow a gasket!

Also super irrelevant since none of the players know or care about the name change.

[Tecno]

I don't know if I can agree the LBs are playing well. If the DL is getting sacks and creating pressure, the LBs and the DBs gotta be suspect.

The huge embarrassing runs by bc we're the fault of

A. DL for losing contain
And
B. LBs for not, uh, backing the line.

Every big run had an embarrassing bite by the LBs, and embarrassing inability to shed by DL. Ya, there was lots of holding, but you still need to make the play.

[blueraid]

I'd like to see Singer hit the field the guy is as good as Pokey....Wasting away on the pr....failing that sign Geno

[dd]

I'd like to see Singer hit the field the guy is as good as Pokey....Wasting away on the pr....failing that sign Geno

If Singer is as good as Wilson, there's no way we sign a high priced under achieving expensive reciever when we have one in the waiting on an ELC.

[theaardvark]

You can't put 5 Wilson's in the rec corps.  You need different guys for different jobs.

Gino is more a Wolitarsky, which we have been missing a while.  Clercius or Daniels may be that guy, but no one is better at it than Gino.  He is both sure handed, can get open and has a catch radius that is unchallenged.

I think he's a vet presence that can calm things down, and I believe he fits the Fake Nat, so he could slot right in without starter ratio issues.