Good Effort, Eskimos

[slowhand_bc]

Good effort, Eskimos. Nearly pulled out the win against a tough Riders team.

[Stamps]

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Tough ok.

[Esks4ever]

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Defensivly they are tough...

[Oiler]

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a loss is a loss it hurts.

[goriders]

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That was a close game. Weird coaching decisions on both sides.

The western semi home feild advantage will come down to the last week. First place is already decided.

[Beerfish]

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The Riders are mediocre, Crandell is a suspect QB, the Esks lost to a team that can't beat anyone other than losers like the Bombers and Hamilton. Good effort? By about 6 or 7 players, the Eskimos are grossly under acheiving.

[goriders]

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Not really underachieving. They just have a huge achilles heel at tailback. They're too one dimensional. Teams are taking the deep ball away now and leaving you basically running the Riders playbook.

Figure out the running game and you'll finish second. If not looks more like third or cross over. It's that simple.

[Edmonton Fan]

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Make no mistake.. the Esks are a better team then the Riders. Our playcalling is what is killing us.

[slowhand_bc]

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The Riders are mediocre, Crandell is a suspect QB, the Esks lost to a team that can't beat anyone other than losers like the Bombers and Hamilton. Good effort? By about 6 or 7 players, the Eskimos are grossly under acheiving.

Not to nitpick, but.... the Eskimos lost last week to Calgary and this week to the Roughriders but are somehow a much better team? There's really no evidence to suggest that conclusion.

[slowhand_bc]

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Good effort, Eskimos. Nearly pulled out the win against a tough Riders team.

Wow, I had no idea this type of post rated a negative comment around these parts

[Nanookster]

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The Riders are mediocre, Crandell is a suspect QB, the Esks lost to a team that can't beat anyone other than losers like the Bombers and Hamilton. Good effort? By about 6 or 7 players, the Eskimos are grossly under acheiving.

How come if I said that I'd be hung out to dry?

I do agree 100%.

We have now lost three games we should not have. Two were hugely the coach’s fault, this one was partially coaching.

[Ridergirl]

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How come if I said that I'd be hung out to dry?

I do agree 100%.

We have now lost three games we should not have. Two were hugely the coach’s fault, this one was partially coaching.

..and so have the Riders, against Ottawa, BC and Toronto.

[gizmo fan 2]

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..and so have the Riders, against Ottawa, BC and Toronto.

SSK - 84 pts divided by 7 losses = avg loss margin of 12 pts/game.
4 closest losses: 1 @ TOR, 4 vs BC, 5 vs OTT, 5 @ OTT. (3.75 pts per game)

EDM - 19 pts divided by 5 losses = avg loss margin of 3.8 pts/game.
4 closest losses: 1 @ SSK, 3 @ MTL, 4 vs TOR, 5 vs CGY. (3.25 pts per game)

SSK has been blown to the moon twice, @ CGY and @ MTL.

Esks haven't lost by more than 6 all year.

It could be argued that Esks have lost 5 games we could very much have won. Though I think that there is only 3 we should have won...today (ST's), @ MTL (ST coverage), and vs TOR (3 big plays due to missed tackles). The games in BC (Printers factor) and vs CGY (no offence period) looked closer than they were .

[Oiler]

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SSK - 84 pts divided by 7 losses = avg loss margin of 12 pts/game.
4 closest losses: 1 @ TOR, 4 vs BC, 5 vs OTT, 5 @ OTT. (3.75 pts per game)

EDM - 19 pts divided by 5 losses = avg loss margin of 3.8 pts/game.
4 closest losses: 1 @ SSK, 3 @ MTL, 4 vs TOR, 5 vs CGY. (3.25 pts per game)

SSK has been blown to the moon twice, @ CGY and @ MTL.

Esks haven't lost by more than 6 all year.

It could be argued that Esks have lost 5 games we could very much have won. Though I think that there is only 3 we should have won...today (ST's), @ MTL (ST coverage), and vs TOR (3 big plays due to missed tackles). The games in BC (Printers factor) and vs CGY (no offence period) looked closer than they were .

The law of averages says the Esks are due to be blown out by a team soon unfortunately. I think that might be a good way to lose and it reallly forces the coach to change things. Close losses give a false impression that you are close but if you fail to beat the teams you should they are still lossses no matter what the margin.

[gizmo fan 2]

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The law of averages says the Esks are due to be blown out by a team soon unfortunately. I think that might be a good way to lose and it reallly forces the coach to change things. Close losses give a false impression that you are close but if you fail to beat the teams you should they are still lossses no matter what the margin.

True.

And yeah, while I'm happy we've been in every game, I think you're right in that a blowout would mean a major shakeup of things.

Hmmmmmmmm...maybe TO would blow us out on Thanksgiving. That would get everyone good and mad and motivated going into the last 3 divisional games (2 at home).
Or, at least, I hope it would.