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OT: Parabola Memorial B.C. Lions 2023 Thread

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Easily the worst game of the season--home or away. Maybe the 25-0 debacle in Winnipeg is only other game in that conversation. Offensive line was eaten alive; and the turnovers are becoming a huge problem, as is the overall team tackling.

It's hard to how this team comes out of the West this season........looking like they'll be spectators in November for the Grey Cup game at B.C. Place.
 
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Coach is more conservative than Wally buono. If you run the ball on 1st and goal from the 6 you better be playing like 3 down territory. Settling for fgs is just another recipe for a loss to bombers in playoffs. Got to go for the throat and put teams away. Show some damn balls.
 
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Lions won this game with basically no help from the offense. I don't know what it is, but under VA they were 5-1 at one point. But they made the switch to Rourke halfway through the season, and the offense has stagnated ever since.

Unless they can find another gear down the stretch, they'll be watching the Grey Cup from the stands at B.C. Place.
 
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Regardless of where the Lions season goes from here--at this point in time it's been a disappointing year, and even more disappointing has been their head coach. Just not a great season for Rick Campbell.

Starting with the decision to sideline Adams and bring in Rourke, and then anoint him the starter. The guy hadn't thrown a pass in earnest for almost a season and half. And for whatever reason, the team just looks dispirited and flat.

But I guess the die is cast. They signed Rourke for three years.....and they can't afford to carry an expensive backup like VA. Looks to me like the team is probably divided on the decision.
 
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Pretty well lost any interest in watching this team. One more meaningless regular season game and then another likely playoff beatdown in Regina, and the season is mercifully over.

At which point everything needs to be on the table---led by the entire coaching staff. Simply nowhere near good enough.
 
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Rourke looks like shit. People need to stop making excuses because he's been garbage since he came back. It was worth the gamble but he's clearly lost the magic he had a few years ago. Just a turnover machine that shanks throws into the ground.
 
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VanJack said:
But I guess the die is cast. They signed Rourke for three years.....and they can't afford to carry an expensive backup like VA. Looks to me like the team is probably divided on the decision.
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You have to think that a number of players would see VA as having been done dirty when he was having a good season and immediately gets shelved the second Rourke shakes loose. I wonder if it didn't sit well with a lot of them.
 
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Jyrki21 said:
You have to think that a number of players would see VA as having been done dirty when he was having a good season and immediately gets shelved the second Rourke shakes loose. I wonder if it didn't sit well with a lot of them.
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I'm beginning to wonder if the owner had something to do with mid-season switch from Adams to Rourke. VA was beloved by his teammates, and the decision to bench him couldn't have been a popular one.

Rourke is now 3-5 as a starter. You could argue that right now even the Elks are a better team than the Liions in the West. They'd probably have finished third if they hadn't had such a rough start.

I guess Doman is a pretty benevolent owner. But if this season ends the way it looks like it probably will, then he needs bring the hammer down.
 
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Aside from Rourke's disappointing return at QB, I wonder if the contract he was gifted might have felt like a slap in the face for the players that have been carrying the load here while Roarke was trying out for the NFL. I was really happy when he came back, but reality has set in.

I hope the guys can pull it together, but they seem dispirited.
 
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Nobody should lose their starting job, just because of injury. Once they're healthy, they should be back in the starting lineup.

So I get Rourke filling in for Vernon Adams when he was hurt. But if's he's fully healthy, then there's no way he should still be on the bench. And the players know it.
 
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Regardless of where the Lions season goes from here--at this point in time it's been a disappointing year, and even more disappointing has been their head coach. Just not a great season for Rick Campbell.

Starting with the decision to sideline Adams and bring in Rourke, and then anoint him the starter. The guy hadn't thrown a pass in earnest for almost a season and half. And for whatever reason, the team just looks dispirited and flat.

But I guess the die is cast. They signed Rourke for three years.....and they can't afford to carry an expensive backup like VA. Looks to me like the team is probably divided on the decision.
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Campbell's mishandling of BC's QBs is stunning. I'm an old Rider fan and when Rourke signed here, the rest of the league thought holy zhit, BC is going to roll over the league with that receiving corp and two top tier QBs.

Unbelievable how this has gone down. Chase Brice playing? Really? Wow....
 
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So Vernon Adams Jr. is back as the starter for the finale against the Al's. And if he performs well, he probably gets the start in the Western Final in Saskatchewan.

Absolutely baffling use of QB's this season. Rourke plays most the games down the stretch despite not throwing a pass in earnest in the NFL in almost a year and a half. And they finally make a change now?

VA and the players aren't saying much......but you really wonder how it affected their psyche.
 
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Farhan Lalji opining on the Donnie and Dahli show that even with the result of tonight's game against Montreal, Rick Campbell is still 'coaching for his job'.

If they drop the Western semi-final--likely in Regina--then changes could be coming. The handling of the QB's this season has been utterly nonsensical.
 
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