The LD Rematch - GDT

[Angelus]

http://t.co/pkI8rOO6Lf

Sherritt out. Charles out. Alexander out. Bowman in. Rottier listed as starting.

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The LD Rematch - GDT

Esks depth chart up here. http://esks.com/page/depth-charts

Bowman back.

Sherritt, Charles, Alexander, Willis, all out.

Rottier listed as the starting right guard.

Either this depth chart was made late last week, or something is outrageously absurd. Or that's just Kavis.

[Section N]

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Stampeders depth chart up here, soon. http://www.stampeders.com/media-info

Legare is listed to start on Friday on the line.

[Opus]

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http://t.co/pkI8rOO6Lf

Sherritt out. Charles out. Alexander out. Bowman in. Rottier listed as starting.

After the public and much discussed blood letting, Kavis seems to be digging his own grave if he is not following the message.

One of the most significant parts of the Ed Hervey volcanic eruption Tuesday morning was the first-year general manager’s pronouncement that somebody new, somebody other than offensive co-ordinator Doug Sams, would be calling the plays.

Hervey said Tuesday that it would be head coach Kavis Reed providing all the details after practice Wednesday as the team returned to prepare for Friday’s 25th Labour Day rematch.

First Sams was asked.

“Business As Usual,” he said.

So why did Hervey announce that there would be a new play caller?

“I Don’t Know!” said Sams.

He added “You’d Have To Ask Him.”

Then Reed was asked who was calling the plays.

“Being that it’s a short week, we want to make certain we keep as much as close to the vest as possible,” said Reed. “We’re still sorting through Calgary.”

So will there be a change in play calling?

“We have not yet discussed all the details and semantics about what is going to happen Friday night,” said Reed.

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Here's a few other recent Sun and Journal (excerpts with links to full story) articles as well:

“Simeon is a character individual,” the coach said. “He’s a young man that exudes what we say is the Eskimo Way, that is his character.

“It is unbelievable, that man’s resolve. He is just an example of that locker-room as a whole so we feel that whatever will come, will come.”

At the same time, Reed acknowledged performance issues exist and said there have been many a sit-down between himself, Rottier and offensive line coach Kris Sweet — who turned down interview requests on Wednesday — to try and find out why.

“Simeon will tell you that he hasn’t been Simeon-like in a very long time. Simeon is his own worst critic,” said Reed, pointing to last year’s arm-wrenching incident from Khalif Mitchell and switching guard positions twice since coming to Edmonton last year.

“For whatever reason, right now his game is not where it has been and we have to continue to battle through to get it back.”

As for whether or not he starts on Friday, Reed said discussions were being held Wednesday night.

“Nothing has been closed in regards to Simeon, we’re working through it,” Reed said. “I’m not going to speak for Ed, but I will extrapolate and say that Ed is not giving up on Simeon. Like Simeon, we are disappointed in the performance.”

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Earlier that day, his general manager and former Eskimos teammate, Ed Hervey, called a rare press conference to break the silence he’s held since calling it a rebuilding year in Week 2 and unloaded on his team’s 1-8 record with the promise that changes are coming.

In it, Hervey brought up three main points: offensive co-ordinator Doug Sams will no longer be calling plays; the offensive line, specifically offensive guard Simeon Rottier being benched on Friday for under-performing; and the need for more aggression on defence.

Reed reacted to each, one by one, on the weekly Eskimos Coach’s Show with Morley Scott on 630 CHED Tuesday evening.

“Whatever he said, I have always said that it is because of his passion and his love for this organization, this football team,” said Reed, whose job was guaranteed by his boss for the rest of the year, at least. “There are changes that are necessary, there are changes that he and I discussed and they are changes that we hope are going to improve our football team. That’s not a secret.

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Say something, Ed Hervey.

After more than a month assuming the three-point ostrich stance while those calls kept coming from your correspondent and a significant percentage of Edmonton Eskimos fans, the first-year general manager finally answered those calls.

When he did he erupted like a volcano!

Hervey imploded and exploded at the same time, signifying by the time the score reached 37-7 when the team failed to appear prepared to play on Labour Day, he’d had enough.

Hervey more than made up for more than a month of self-imposed silence, refusing to talk to media with a long list of compelling questions about the Eskimos’ seven-game losing streak and 1-8 start.

“I will improve this team,” he vowed Tuesday.

“I don’t care who I have to go through to do it.”

You’d say it’s about time. Except it’s long past time.

To his credit, however, Hervey did not allow a near-miracle comeback to end up losing 37-34 to keep his lips zipped and remain without action any longer.

He insisted that several changes be made and put everybody, including his head coach Kavis Reed, on notice.

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Before he began to address the media on Wednesday — a day laced with tension at Commonwealth Stadium — a reporter joked with Reed that the sun came up on Wednesday morning.

“It came up over Japan after the bomb, too, right?” he quipped.

That set the tone for an honest, if not somewhat confusing, news conference the day after Hervey flexed his authority over the team.

Rottier spent most of Wednesday’s practice working with the second team, an indication he would not start in Friday’s game. It would mark the first time he hasn’t been in the starting lineup this season. He did still see some first-team action, though.

Reed was unclear on Rottier’s status this week.

“Right now, as we stand, we will discuss that with Simeon (Wednesday night),” Reed said. “Again, this is a short week and I apologize for being coy, but a lot is on the line in terms of what these guys have worked toward in this rematch.”

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[eskimoses]

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Esks Keys:
Control Cornish
End Stamps 2nd and long stuff
PRESSURE ON BOWEVILL!!!
Keep Reilly vertical.
Keep offense on the field and control the clock

Stamps Keys:
Show up on time

[Angelus]

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Reed is a dead man walking.

[Rival]

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Reed is a dead man walking.

The plot thickens! I wonder if they send out a different depth chart later? This can't be right.

[Opus]

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Reed is a dead man walking.

Agreed.

I am not sure even a 9 game win streak would save him now.

[eskimoses]

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Reed is a dead man walking.

Yep.. especially if we get spanked tomorrow............ end of the season or not he is gonna suffer "volcanic" heat from fans/media for stinking out the joint with his continued failure.... unfortunately, it's about to make a bad situation worse I'm afraid.

Tomorrow is gonna be like a train wreck.... you really should look away but morbid curiosity gets the better of you......................

[Esks4ever]

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Johnson: Cornish alleges Esks head coach Reed told a tall tale to fire up Edmonton defence

Someone told Esks players that Stamps running back was saying he would rush for 200 yards against them

Kavis Reed stands in the dock. Accused of spreading scurrilous falsehoods.

(Outstanding charges of culpability in an unspeakably heinous 1-8 Edmonton Eskimos’ start are for another court of opinion to pass sentence on).

“They were pretty pumped up,” acknowledged Jon Cornish, squinting in bright sunshine at McMahon Stadium on early Wednesday afternoon. “Apparently, one of their coaches ... well, a few of their players came up to me after the game and told me that I apparently had told somebody that told their coaches that I was going to rush for 200 yards on them, I was giving them no respect. Stuff like that.

“That’s what I was told by their players.

“I know who said that. Kavis Reed. He said similar things two years ago in the Western semifinals. But that kind of stuff only works a few times.”

http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/...816/story.html

[Esks4ever]

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Well Home game, so it must rain... and looking at weather report.. hey look at that RAIN. If It wasn't for the calendars coming out I question if I would be going.

[eskimoses]

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Well Home game, so it must rain... and looking at weather report.. hey look at that RAIN. If It wasn't for the calendars coming out I question if I would be going.

Rain bodes well for Cornish.... not us!

[Section N]

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Something tells me we're in for another DeAngelis type LD rematch moment....

[Inquiring Mind]

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After their "wear gold" flop last game, the Esks are finally onto something this week!

[Diesel]

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OL looking like

Coleman, O'Donnell, Krausnick, Mason, Louis


Confirms my suspicions that Mason was originally brought here to sit down Rottier before Curry got hurt replacing Louis

Now, which import comes out?