O'Shea Granted permission to speak with Argos - and is staying with the Bombers

[Tecno]

we know now he is staying with the Bombers

See y'all in 2 years for the exact same every-2-year thread!  Thanks for the $1000 dinner and first class plane tickets, TOR!

Suck it TOR!!  Get back to work putting Humpty Dumpty's leg back together again

[Tecno]

when and if to use challenges and/or time-outs. He's been doing this long enough now that he should be much better at it than what has manifested in reality of late.

I thought he was good at challenges this season.  Must have had a decent win rate.  The worst you can say this season is he hung onto them until the 4th and let a few challengeable things go.  But in the CFL you have to do this, especially when you are a team never favored by the refs.  You MUST keep those zebras honest.

As for clock/TO management... I think we only had that one real screw up, and one more dumb non-use of TO.

[Tecno]

the only downside is that it means we will prob have to go through another season of hogan learning on the fly and entire quarters with 0-3 first downs.

Almost certainly, unless Zach/Brady/Stan/Neuf revolt.  If they truly think he's to blame for all of our losses, I could see them ganging up to say "he stays, we walk" (well, harder for Zach because he's under contract, but you get my point).

A lot of people, including MOS/Zach, were quick to point out the last few pressers that Hogan was still learning and it's kind of like they're letting it slide he had a subpar year.  We all should hope (expect?) he'll have a much better sophomore year.

My big beef with Hogan is he doesn't seem to implement or understand the in-game and inter-game "setup".  Lapo was the master, and Buck did ok at it too.  You set little decoys and tendencies and misdirection for a while, then when everyone is looking that way because it's happened X times, or was in their film study, you hit them with the hidden play usually on the other side.  Man, I miss Lapo's 9 games setups for the big payoff in the 10th game...

Buck had one in '24 (I think) where Kenny did the Demski fly sweep and no one followed him.  Because everyone knows Kenny doesn't sweep.

[tlf]

See y'all in 2 years for the exact same every-2-year thread!  Thanks for the $1000 dinner and first class plane tickets, TOR!

Suck it TOR!!  Get back to work putting Humpty Dumpty's leg back together again

One year? Didn't he only sign for one year? 2026..next year. Humpty Dumpty LOL

[Foxhound]

But in the CFL you have to do this, especially when you are a team never favored by the refs.  You MUST keep those zebras honest.

Oh groan. Every homer's complaint.

 

[Tecno]

One year? Didn't he only sign for one year? 2026..next year

Then I'll be back in 1 year instead of 2 to remind y'all!

P.S. I've seen nothing yet that says it's just for 1 year.  I'd think 2 years (as is the norm) is as likely.  If you have more info about it, post a link

[VictorRomano]

My favorite part of the re-signing of Osh is that Chris Jones won't be coaching here next season.