You Are The Reason Why We Can Never Have Anything Nice.
by Mike A.
I had nodded off on the couch when something caused to wake up suddenly. TSN’s Chris Cuthbert had possibly just said something about Michael Bishop throwing a pick that had just been returned by the Hamilton Ti-Cats for a touchdown late the 4th quarter. I turned around and saw the score and realized that the 2009 Winnipeg Blue Bomber season had just been fucking ended by a team full of former Bomber personnel including Kevin Glenn, Kahari Jones and Greg Marshall. I probably should have not bothered waking up.
The game story was punishing and familiar. It’s a sale tale, one that is painful to hear told time and time again. After a strong start out of the gate that looked promising at first, Michel Bishop and the entire offensive line fell apart leaving the defense to pick up the pieces. One the inevitable collapse occurred on the field, it did not take Hamilton very long to finish the Bombers off and to put an end to a season that looked suitable for rush delivery to the local gas chamber.
After the first interception that Bishop threw in the fourth quarter to Markeith Knowlton, Michael Bishop decided to cap things off by adding a personal signature, throwing another interception to Jykine Bradley that lead in a Hamilton touchdown late in the game. As Bradley ran 49 yards for the score, Chris Cuthbert was screaming about how Winnipeg’s football season was over. It was actually very bizarre. That’s two picks for two major scores in one quarter of football. Michael Bishop was 1 for 11 in the second half.
So it’s over. Many questions remain and to me there is one more important than any other. Who is to be the starting QB in 2010? The Michael Bishop experiment has failed as he was unable to deliver results when he was most needed. BC will release Pierce, Jackson or Printers at the end of the season. In Montreal, McPherson is a free agent after this season. For some reason Kerry Joseph’s name has come up as well.
But all of this really doesn’t matter right now. The sting of watching Winnipeg auto corpse themselves into a very long winters’ dirt nap has passed. Like any relationship poisoned by mistrust and a lack of respect, I need time away from this reality. I am quite relieved that this season is over. This team did not deserve to be in the playoffs.
The lights can finally be mercifully turned off on one of the most wretched seasons of football I have ever had the displeasure of watching. It’s back to the drawing board for the brain surgeons over on Maroons Road. As for me, it’s time to pretend like none of this ever happened. See you in 2010.
