After losing 42-24 to the BC Lions on Friday, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers dropped 0-3 and are in a real dire situation at the basement of the CFL. After a near Grey Cup win last year with a stone cold rookie quarterback making his first career start the Bombers were picked by many to repeat again this year as Eastern champions, but after 3 games the Bombers look anything but that. In fact they look more like the Jim Daly coached teamed from 2005 that threw in the towel on the season before the start of the season.
The Bombers were looking to rebound from a devastating Grey Cup loss last year to finally win a grey cup for the dedicated and most deserving player Milt Stegall. Thus far it's looking like alot of Stegalls teams have been like throughout his career disappointing and sad to watch. Having been win less thus far what are the problems?
Well, everything, really. The defence has swallowed over 100 points scored against them in only 3 games, ane the offence hasn't put up more than 24 points. Last year's runner up MVP looks more like his old self throwing critical interceptions and making poor decisions.
Bottom line this team in greatly underachieving right now and needs to get back to the basics or it could be a long season for them, which would be shame for a team that really would could have possibly won the Grey Cup last year if not for the loss of Kevin Glenn.
It may not be a bad idea for Doug Berry to bench Glenn and put in Ryan Dinwiddie as he has proved that he has the potential to be a starting QB in this league. If nothing else it could be a wake up call for Kevin Glenn and the offence that is loaded with weapons and talent ot have such a good QB as Dinwiddie.
However, this team needs to relax and get back to doing the things that made them such a valued defence the last 2 years and such an explosive offence. They're may be no better place for them to start then next week when they have to go to BC to face a BC looking more like the 2006 team that won the cup.
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Kelly Bundle 11 months ago
While it may not be a bad idea for coach Barry to bench Glenn in favor of Dinwiddie, it may be a very bad idea conversely. The last thing you want is fans->media->players picking their guy, to lead to team dissension.
I guess with 15 games remaining on the schedule it's hard for me to sympathize with the doom and gloom attitude. Kevin Glenn was a big reason you went to the cup last year. Personnel and all the systems are similar to last year with off-season continuity from the 07' team. So where is the problem? To me it's in the execution and preparedness for games. And some tough luck to be honest. The players are best advised to watch film all week, learn from their mistakes, and at the same time don't blame anyone. Be better next week.
Stick with the program Bomber fans. Informing individuals that they have to step up is one thing, but benching players for lack of execution means you won't be able to field a team. It certainly doesn't come down to only Kevin Glenn. I personally think Dinwiddie's day will come, eventually. You may miss Milt more than you think.
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Chris Allen 11 months ago
Once again, I have to agre with you. I kow in the CFL Question of the week it may have seemed I was favoring a certain QB, but in the end that was all for controversy in the answers. However, for the Bombers to win, they need to show some intensity and show that they want to win the game. If they play their best one play at a time, forgetting about a TD pass or incompletion on the last play and focusing on the current play, then the Bombers should come out as the winners.
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