Blue Bombers Transactions - August 6, 2025

blue_gold_84 · August 07, 2025, 01:46:42 PM

Quote from: TecnoGenius on August 07, 2025, 06:52:37 AMMOS 2-3 weeks ago: "It's not as simple as just replacing a guy"

MOS today: replaces guy

This. Really baffled by this move but it is what it is.

Waffler · August 07, 2025, 01:58:12 PM

Quote from: TecnoGenius on August 07, 2025, 06:52:37 AMMOS 2-3 weeks ago: "It's not as simple as just replacing a guy"

MOS today: replaces guy

Possible it was a Younger move. Also it was a replacement with a player they know and had here already. That part is classic MOS. Probably Lawson would have been on the PR the whole time if they had the room.

Younger on Lawson:
"It was one of the tough cuts in training camp," said defensive
co-ordinator Jordan Younger. "At the time, we were set with the
people we had, but he made, obviously, a lasting impression. He was
able to play at multiple positions, so he fits that mould of the type
of player we like: easy to get along, does the work, self-motivated,
has the skill athletically and, now, there was just a need."

MOS:
"We're fortunate," head coach Mike O'Shea said about Lawson
still being available.

"He's in good shape. He had good eyes and made a nice breakup ball
(Monday), and he had another one (Tuesday), and he lays off because
it's going to be a hell of a collision if he tries to pick it. But I
thought he had a hell of a break (on Tuesday), and probably could have
got one, which would have been nice."

quotes from Free Press

LXTSN · August 07, 2025, 02:55:18 PM

I thought that Bridges played well in his first 2 games. Maybe the tape got out and he got picked on after that? It's funny how quiet Holm and Nichols have been these past few games! The Argos almost exclusively attacked our corners. Bonds has struggled too.

We've had such great luck with finding and developing our defensive backfield over the last 5-6 years that I think I've taken for granted how valuable some of those guys are like Ford, Alford, Houston, ADS, Rose (when he was good)...

Jesse · August 07, 2025, 03:14:31 PM

Quote from: blue_gold_84 on August 07, 2025, 01:46:42 PMThis. Really baffled by this move but it is what it is.

Baffled seems like an overreaction. MOS stood by his player and gave him every opportunity to keep his spot but the same mistakes kept occurring.

blue_gold_84 · August 07, 2025, 04:00:08 PM

Quote from: Jesse on August 07, 2025, 03:14:31 PMBaffled seems like an overreaction. MOS stood by his player and gave him every opportunity to keep his spot but the same mistakes kept occurring.

Confused, perplexed...?

I saw a secondary make repeated errors the last handful of games. Not sure Bridges' were any more glaring but it looks like he became the fall guy.

Sir Blue and Gold · August 07, 2025, 04:15:15 PM

It's a reminder that while having faith in players and sticking with them as they learn is a good long term strategy, but it's not universal and to some degree there's a sunk cost fallacy that may lead you to believe "he's almost there" when in fact he's not.

Put another way, development time doesn't guarantee anything. If it did, player recruitment would be easy.

Jesse · August 07, 2025, 05:04:23 PM

Quote from: blue_gold_84 on August 07, 2025, 04:00:08 PMConfused, perplexed...?

I saw a secondary make repeated errors the last handful of games. Not sure Bridges' were any more glaring but it looks like he became the fall guy.

I take as a real life example that they do go over film and determine where the problem lies.

When we're all calling for change and none happens, it's likely a variety of things contributing. When someone is the "fall guy", they are probably repeatedly making the same mistakes and not improving.

Blueforlife · August 07, 2025, 06:04:23 PM

We likely dumped Bridges as Lawson was on speed dial and available, don't get better by deletion but you do if you got a warm body ready

I am getting more confident the more I read about this!

Quote from: TecnoGenius on August 07, 2025, 06:56:13 AMIt's very hard for a starter to be released by WFC mid-season. Something usually has to go horribly wrong. Like you don't FIFO, or you have a conniption, or your suckage is ultra level.

I think most of us had id'd Bridges as the weak link "Roc of 2025" by game 3 or 4.

Interesting though, remember his "origin story" here? He was a friend of Bonds, who recommended him. Guess you can't always rely on the vouch.

I thank him for his efforts in any case, and am happy WFC is moving forward. We simply cannot give Os the "free bingo spot" to throw to all game.

Disagree that we were comparing him to Roc, that's a stretch. Roc was a train wreck. Bridges showed promise and had some good games. Last year and early this year (in limited flashes). He fell of a cliff and there was no going back. Roc started on the bottom of the cliff imo.

Throw Long Bannatyne · August 07, 2025, 06:23:10 PM

Quote from: Jesse on August 07, 2025, 05:04:23 PMI take as a real life example that they do go over film and determine where the problem lies.

When we're all calling for change and none happens, it's likely a variety of things contributing. When someone is the "fall guy", they are probably repeatedly making the same mistakes and not improving.

Watching some of the recent podcast interviews that Ed Tait is producing, it's easy to conclude some of these players from the US are likely terrible students with borderline learning disabilities.

BLUEBOMBER · August 07, 2025, 06:31:53 PM

Bridges was given every opportunity with the BB. If he doesn't appreciate them and doesn't learn from his mistakes and keeps making the same mistakes, then it's time to let him go. If his ego was too big for the PR, then he can take it elsewhere. Any football club needs to use it's best players available and Bridges just wasn't one of them.