Sir Purrcival wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2017 10:49 pm
Rammer wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2017 11:37 pm
CardiacKid wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2017 11:06 pm
Despite the loss, the guys played hard and with intensity. You have to give them that. The defence especially dug deep to keep the Stamps out of the end zone in the 1st half.
If the intensity wasn't there tonight, i would have been worried about this team's prospects this year.
Hmm, I would say more intensity than the Riders game, but no comparison to the Bombers vs the Esks last night. Sadly a Stamps team that played as poorly as they did tonight was still good enough to beat the Lions.
Simply a good team winning ugly and an average team finding a way not to win. Even sadder IMO is that the Stamps were able to do this on the road, a big slap in the face to Lion fans.
This is exactly what I was going to say. An absolutely poor effort by the Calgary Stampeders, in enemy territory and still we couldn't take them. One can acknowledge effort and intensity which was somewhat better but at the end of the day, they couldn't muster enough to beat a team having a horrible game from their usual standards on home turf. Based on the play of other teams above us, I would have to say at this point we are a solid 4th place team....if we are lucky.
The Stamps, one of the lowest penalized teams in the CFL, uncharacteristically had 15 penalties for 150 yards. We will likely not face them again, playing this poorly coming off a bye week and Bo Levi having some shoulder problems affecting his throwing motion.
“It was disappointing to see the execution (and) mental errors, stuff we’re not used to seeing with Stampeder football,” said Dickenson after the game.
Still, we were unable to take advantage. At least this game was closer than the last two times we played them last season - they dominated us in those two games. They would have again had their offence not been so "off".
Right now Edmonton and Calgary and Winnipeg are better led teams than our Leos. Edmonton wins a Grey Cup, loses their entire coaching staff and a ton of players and one season later they are competitive and this season they are tied for 1st in the West.
The biggest problem the Eskimos faced last season was their defense but this season, they can rush four and get a lot of pressure and therefore they can play simple zone and get away with it. Maas has an excellent football mind on offence.
The Bombers are winning with smart offence, aggressive defence, and very good special teams play. When one looks at the Bombers offence, they don't have a lot of pieces. Nichols is their quarterback, Wally thought Harris' best days were behind him, and their receiving crew is not special.
The Bombers just beat the Eskimos, a team we lost to and struggled offensively against even with Travis Lulay in there playing extremely well before that game. In the Bombers victory Andrew Harris had 105 yards rushing and 120 yds. receiving.
The Bombers receiving crew was Adams, Denmark, Thorpe, Lankford, and Feoli Gudino - not a receiving crew that would make a defense quake in its boots. But somehow they execute!! But they are executing an offensive scheme that works, even though they don't have a ton of high end receivers.
Calgary has the best GM in the CFL in Hufnagel. The Stamps draft very well and they bring in excellent talent. Dickenson is a cerebral offensive strategist. Claybrooks did a great job in his 1st season as the Stamps DC last year and his continuing his good work.
Last season DeVaris Daniels stepped in after 6 games and had a heck of a rookie season.
The Stamps lost their best offensive lineman (and the CFL's best offensive lineman) this season to free agency. They haven't missed a beat. They switched Spencer Wilson over to left tackle for 2017 and they are going with al Nationals at guard and tackle. Williams is playing center because Lavurtu is hurt. We trade Olifioye and we can't replace him.
The Stamps traded for Jerome Messam two seasons ago and have a National tailback who can really get it done.
They drafted Singleton last season and he is an incredibly talented middle linebacker and a National to boot. No matter who gets injured there, they have someone who can step in that is ready to play. The Stamps lose Devon Mayo to injury and Thurman steps in and plays well. They lose Jordan and Michel steps in and plays very well. In the meanwhile we lose Burnham and Morgan doesn't know what to do out there.
Bo Levi comments after the game against our Leos:
No, it wasn’t exactly a masterpiece but it does show once again the character we have,’’ reasoned Bo Levi Mitchell, on rundown Saturday morning, a dozen or so hours after putting a scrappy, down-to-the-wire 21-17 victory over the BC Lions to bed.
“That’s the thing about this team: When I’m having a bad game or maybe we’re struggling in one area, we’re still winning by four points.“Multi-turnover games that turn into touchdowns and you lose by 10, 15, 20 points? You’re not going to see that with us.
So whether its talent or execution or motivation these teams seem to be playing better than us. Its the job of the GM coach to bring in winning talent or to EXECUTE (assuming the scheme is a good one) or bring in the type of pros who can motivate themselves (it its not the job of the HC to do that.
Why are these other teams EXECUTING better or being better motivated or have better talent than we do, to ask the question of those who say our talent is not good enough.
The job of the GM is to hire the right HC or be a very good coach themselves, to hire coordinators and assistants who can scheme and game plan and make game adjustments. Its the job of the leader to bring in the talent required to win, to ensure they execute well and are players who are highly motivated.
Blaming players for a lack of execution or not being motivated doesn't work for me. Buono is the guy who hires the assistants, coordinates the coaching, and leads practices that lead to execution.
They are his assistant coaches and his players. They are who he has chosen or whom he has recruited or drafted and they are the coaches and players he leads.
End of the blame game.