yeah…i get that…but if I am his boss I am totally shaking my head to this. I can get trying to appease fans who are getting justifiably restless if this was a home game
I agree, if I were his boss this would 100% be the last straw, I don’t even know if MOS will be HC when the Cats play the Bummers on August 3rd …if I were him I would have stuck with Willy and kept everyone guessing all week about who is starting. It is one thing to sit down Willy and Nichols and tell them who is going to start so each are mentally prepared and even then I would have waited until 2-3 days before the game, but no reason to run to the media with it before this week’s set of games are even done yet. It actually makes zero sense, maybe even negative sense if that was a thing, I have no idea how he has lasted this long.
Really want to see MOS succeed but this does not help his cause. Esks now have a week to prepare for a QB they know well.
Hoping Nichols has a great game to give the BB faithful some hope but not about to put money on it against the EE that will not want another loss after Ham.
I always wondered about O’Shea. He went from player, did whatever for a season and then was the Special Teams Coach for four seasons. Hardly sufficient prep for anything more than a coordinator’s job IMO.
As an Als fan, I would hope that the moment O’Shea is fired Jim Popp jumps at the chance to bring O’Shea in as STC.
Question for those that have watched the Bombers intently since Willy arrived: is he THAT bad or is he a worthwhile reclamation project for another team?
Not sure What O’shea has left on his contract, but if he is fired I can’t see taking a Co-ordinator job just yet as he can sit on his as s and collect the remaining H.C. Salary. If he accepts another position somewhere he would forfeit that I think.
It's because he knows he's facing an angry, pumped angry Hamilton defense who might put Wily out for the season.
Joking aside, I can't say this is the right or wrong move. I haven't seen enough recent reps by Nichols and Winnipeg's biggest issue on offense has been pass execution. I think the biggest issue is Willy was considered an veteran because he had a some game time in Sask but really just due to his somewhat decent 2013 performance. At the time, I believe there was a QB crunch at the time and talk of Trevor Harris, Zach Collaros, Henry Burris and Kevin Glenn were also in the mix, and the bombers went with Wily instead of going for broke on some more proven products.
I do feel for Winnipeg though, they are in the same purgatory we experienced when Quinton Porter was our starter. A QB with flashes of brilliance but seems to always manage to give up on key plays. The only difference was we had Kevin Glenn around to get us respectable, the Bombers don't.
Technically, he can’t work for another team while that contract is still in force. How much of the salary has to be paid out is part of a negotiation to end the contract early (so he can go to the new team), and can vary from case to case.