Official Game Day Thread - Winnipeg at Toronto July 27, 2024

[ModAdmin]

Officiating has always been subjective to a substantial degree.  What is baffling is that the Command Centre has time and a number of different angles to get it right and, too often this season, they have not been able to do so.  My uneducated opinion is that officiating always has been a weak link in the game.  I do believe they attempt to train their officials but the training and how they select these people, who I believe are part time, may be the real issues.

[J5V]

Officiating has always been subjective to a substantial degree.  What is baffling is that the Command Centre has time and a number of different angles to get it right and, too often this season, they have not been able to do so.  My uneducated opinion is that officiating always has been a weak link in the game.  I do believe they attempt to train their officials but the training and how they select these people, who I believe are part time, may be the real issues.

My question is, and I have watched most every game this season, how many phantom calls/non-calls have you seen teams not named the Blue Bombers suffer? Is every team experiencing this?

[Waffler]

What was the discussion between Biggie and MOS after we lost the OT coin flip? Seemed like a lot of pointing going on. 

[ModAdmin]

My question is, and I have watched most every game this season, how many phantom calls/non-calls have you seen teams not named the Blue Bombers suffer? Is every team experiencing this?

I don't keep track of other teams issues with penalty calls other than to say they exist.  I have less of an issue with field officials calling penalties in real time.  It is the Command Centre who have the time and camera angles to get the calls correct and sometimes don't seem to get it right.  The PI non-call and resulting McFadden interception in the TO game was a game changer.

[J5V]

What was the discussion between Biggie and MOS after we lost the OT coin flip? Seemed like a lot of pointing going on. 

I dunno but did you see Biggie get trucked by Carey? He absolutely blew him up. Biggie has never been the biggest LB but played bigger than his size. That is no longer the case.

[Waffler]

This is what I refer to. I think he's telling Biggie he wanted the other end.

[dd]

I dunno but did you see Biggie get trucked by Carey? He absolutely blew him up. Biggie has never been the biggest LB but played bigger than his size. That is no longer the case.

Ya, I saw that. Blown-the-frick-up!! And Carey isn't that big of a running back. God help him if Stanbeck lowers the boom on him.

That was Father Time telling Biggie- you can't do this stuff anymore. To Biggie's credit, he just got up and got after it the next play. Good on him.

 I always said, if you haven't had the snot knocked out of you, you've been playing outside the fire. Biggie was in the dead middle of the fire!!

[DM83]

  playing inside the fire? Never heard that before

[M.O.A.B.]

Not sure why MOS and Buck dont see that there's a big problem in our OLine?

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Not sure why MOS and Buck dont see that there's a big problem in our OLine?

They see it. There's just not a lot of solutions on July 28.

[Big Daddy]

They see it. There's just not a lot of solutions on July 28.

That's fair.  I wonder what is available, and I know you can't just bring in someone to an oline and fit in.

Having said that - we are playing more Canadians than we need to - there isn't an import olineman somehwere that could improve our team?  Even if he isn't playing in the next couple weeks?

[Sir Blue and Gold]

That's fair.  I wonder what is available, and I know you can't just bring in someone to an oline and fit in.

Having said that - we are playing more Canadians than we need to - there isn't an import olineman somehwere that could improve our team?  Even if he isn't playing in the next couple weeks?

I think we will see a couple OL arrive after NFL cuts for sure. We could easily go three imports with Neufeld on the bench. I'd go with Eli and centre.

This time next year we likely have a very different looking crew.

[Big Daddy]

I think we will see a couple OL arrive after NFL cuts for sure. We could easily go three imports with Neufeld on the bench. I'd go with Eli and centre.

I think we will see a couple OL arrive after NFL cuts for sure. We could easily go three imports with Neufeld on the bench. I'd go with Eli and centre.

This time next year we likely have a very different looking crew.

[/b]This time next year we likely have a very different looking crew.

I suspect you are right.

Hopefully in time for a GC played in Winnipeg,

[M.O.A.B.]

I think we will see a couple OL arrive after NFL cuts for sure. We could easily go three imports with Neufeld on the bench. I'd go with Eli and centre.

This time next year we likely have a very different looking crew.

Why wait for NFL cuts. The problem of our OL is in the interior. Replace Kolo and Neuf with Eli and Wallace.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Why wait for NFL cuts. The problem of our OL is in the interior. Replace Kolo and Neuf with Eli and Wallace.

I'd like to see Eli in the middle but I doubt Wallace is ready.