THE STATE OF OUR TICATS

Onknight · July 25, 2010, 11:50pm

Yes !!

Onknight · July 25, 2010, 11:52pm

Agreed I met Mr Ballard a Few Times Very nice man who expect hard work for Dollars you made.
I got to know King Clancy as well both Men where wonderful People

Earl · July 25, 2010, 11:56pm

I've said it once and I'll say it again - the city of Hamilton doesn't deserve to have a team in the CFL. Not the fans or that, saying the city that runs this city down at city hall. :thdn:

Tipper · July 26, 2010, 12:09am

8) Well golly gee Earl, I agree with you 100% !!!

 Those morons at City Hall don't deserve to have anything, at all !!!

Grover · July 26, 2010, 1:20am

This week we go to Sask. for a tough game on the prarie but after that one we have back to back games against the Bombers,then back to back games against the arblows. The state of our beloved Tabbies will be dictated after those games. We have a chance to get on a serious win streak and all will be good in tigertown again!!

             GO CATS!!

HfxTC · July 26, 2010, 1:54am

I was just trying to lighten things up with my Ballard joke

Katmandu · July 26, 2010, 3:09pm

Well, he sure is singing a different tune now.

mr62cats · July 26, 2010, 3:42pm

lumsden28 wrote:

                 "Difference is we are most likely going through a cold spell and we should snap out of it soon. I find it funny how the fans lose hope after we got beat by the Als in their home turf. (It's almost impossible to win there)."

lumsden: Your optimism is good to see but we are what our record is. The same applies halfway through the season..... and at the end of it.
Cold spells, Al's on their home turf, bad refereeing....excuses like this don't count.
We are no better than we were last year....and given the play so far this season from the blue team and Winnipeg we are in for a tough time trying to overcome our present 1-3 record.

Rambro · July 26, 2010, 4:17pm

Bring back Nick Setta
Get an O-Line that can give the QB more that 1 second to throw
Bring back Nick Setta
Get an O-Cord with some imagination
Bring back Nick Setta
Get some def-backs that actually challenge for the ball, we watch the other team catch then tackle
Bring back Nick Setta
Get an experienced Head Coach
Bring back Nick Setta
Get a Punter
Bring back Nick Setta

Katmandu · July 26, 2010, 4:21pm

Hey, Rambro! Can I buy the copyrights to that? That's pretty good poetry!

Tipper · July 26, 2010, 4:31pm

8) And see what you started now !!! :wink: :lol:

fleming-girl · July 26, 2010, 6:38pm

I heard it mentioned on a radio show this week that perhaps the Head Coach is too much of a nice guy and far too loyal to poor performers......and takes way too long to pull them and when they do, it's too late..

....seems that is an epidemic in Hamilton if I recall

Onknight · July 26, 2010, 7:13pm

None of these will happen
1st Setta don’t want to come back that bridge is burned.
2 The Pass blocking was fine
3 See one
4 The CB are fine it Half backs and Saftey and that being look at ,
5 See 3
6 The kid will get better
7 See 3 or 1

Blogskee_Wee_Wee · July 27, 2010, 3:06am

What makes you say the “bridge is burned”? How do you know what Setta does or doesn’t want to do? I’m not trying to sound like an a-hole, I just want to know how you can be so sure that it allows you make a very definitive statement like that.

Welder · July 27, 2010, 7:57am

"vinny":

Why do they continually start Beveridge instead of Barker? Beveridge was known to be slower but somewhat smarter than Barker due to experience. From watching the first 4 games, he has now lost not only a step but he isnt playing smart at all. Way out of position is an understatement, and when offences game plan to set receivers one on one versus Beveridge (like Montreal did right away last night), he just cant make that play due to lack of speed. If we dont play Barker as a starter soon, we can say good bye to him and say hello to Barker the Saskatchewan Rider one day. Lets wake up.

Why do we have to ‘hope’ that Palardy improves over time, while we pay for field position in the present? Why do we have to ‘settle’ when their are obviously better alternatives out there, imort or non-import. Even Westwood is a short term major improvement, and i am not even suggesting that he is ‘the guy’. Medlock would be awesome to do both punting and place kicking. He has a stronger place kicking leg and he can punt too. Will he come here? Maybe not, but we have to take this serious or 1-3 becomes 1-8 soon.

Why do we always shrug things off as 'oh its only one game" whenever we are in a rut? These games add up and then become too late to catch up. We have to have a sense of urgency or else this will be another long season.

Why is there no imagination on offence? Why was Gibson given the OC job when he is technically an offensive line coach? Why was Burrato given the Offensive Line Coach position when he is better known as an Offensive Co-ordinator?

Why are we not creative on 3rd and short? Everyone knew last night that Cobb was getting the ball and you dont have to be a coach to figure that out. It is just so frustrating when we keep on making bone head plays and bone head decisions that affect the success of the team. I am sure players talk to other players and players talk to themselves about the lackadaisical attitude of our team. Their just doent seem to be any rush to be proactive, instead we remain reactive, which 9 times out of 10 means we end up on the wrong side of the spectrum.

Why are we not more aggressive on defence, with blitzing as a major component of our system? When we blitz we rattle qb’s and that was evident last night. When we just send four, we get pressure but we dont rattle anyone.

Why do we not continue to bring in players to improve? No matter how many players we brought to camp, we still ended up with Heyward as the lone rookie starter, and that is because of an injury. Otherwise it is the same lineup. Does that mean that our starting 24 are all stars, or does that mean that the rookie signings were not good enough? I dont think that there is definitely no means of improving on our starting 24. If that is the feeling, we are in trouble.

Having said that, if we have the right 24, do we have the right systems in place? Is this the best we can do? Is their no room for improvement? Are we to ride this out without a sense of urgency?

Just a lot of frustrating things happening, and they have been happening for a while. Last night i was talking to a friend at halftime and i said ‘we missed so many opportunities to score big in the first half, but we continue to shoot ourselves in the foot’ especially against Montreal. I said ‘i am afraid that the majority of our chances were in that first half when we had some semblance of an offence clicking, and that we would find a way to give the game up in various ways’ (fumbles, interceptions, turnover on downs, penalties, lack of offence etc), and all that happened in the second half.

The bottom line is we are too predictable as a team; we have no sense of urgency; we dont play every game as a playoff game with full intensity; we are happy with the status quo; and we just never seem to create an identity like those of the Alouettes and Riders, teams which know that winning means everything.

To answer the question of why do we keep doing the things we do??

The culture of losing that has permeated this team for a very long time is the answer…

Why do certain sports teams lose seemingly continuously?

Because they have the mentality of a loser…

They make decisions like losers…

They have lowered expectations like losers…

Winners find ways to win and losers make excuses and find ways to lose…

It’s really that simple…How else does anyone explain this teams win/loss record since 1972?

mr62cats · July 27, 2010, 1:00pm

Look what's happening in Edmonton over the dismal record of the Esks:

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Ockham · July 27, 2010, 4:33pm

Personally, I'm stunned at this 1&3 start. Although there were still some question marks coming out of training camp, this year's team was supposed to be a contender. At this rate the only thing we'll be contending for is the top CIS draft pick. All four games were very winable and yet the TiCats found ways to lose (in three of them). Unless Obie has some stud import FA about to be signed I don't know what the solution is other than a coaching change. The only problem with that is what CFL ready coach is sitting around right now looking for a gig?

MadJack · July 27, 2010, 5:30pm

The list is pretty short, and the less said about Bart Andrus and Mike Kelly the better.

If (and that’s a mighty big if at this point I’d suggest), Obie did tie the can to Marcel, I expect Greg Marshall would then take over.

mr62cats · July 27, 2010, 5:51pm

madjack: We keep hearing about the need to become a stable team so I would suspect the chances of Marcel being canned are slim. I think Obie was hired to bring some stability to the team so it would not look good if his first coaching appointment ended this way.
On the other hand Obie can be pretty ruthless with players when he has to be.
So at what point as a GM do you trade stability for performance?

MadJack · July 27, 2010, 5:55pm

Totally agree mr62cats. . . on all points.

It's Obie's call to make, and I'm glad he has to answer your last question and not I.

Personally, I wouldn't be looking to fire MB at this point. I think that to date he has been a better head coach than he ever was an offensive coordinator.

But a new offensive coordinator might not be a bad idea. . . just that bringing in someone new to that post at this point in the season rarely works (see Edmonton last season).