It’s
that time again. The time where I look back at the official prophecies I made
back in June to see if I was accurate or so far off base that if there was an accrediting
body they would revoke my prophet status.
As
you know I award points based on the accuracy of each prediction… as you also
know the scoring system is completely made up and I tend to be quite generous
with half points.My blog, my rules.
Here
we go:
On O it will be up to Durant to bounce
back
Unlike last year, offensive weapons we
don’t lack
Durant
had a better year but outside of Sheets and Dressler we certainly were lacking
weapons… 0.5 points
We get Getz and Dress who are
dangerous indeed
We’ve got Harper to add size and Moss
to add speed
Dressler
being dangerous was about the only remotely accurate part of that statement … 0 points
Rob Bagg is back and that’s the
biggest news of all
He’ll be in contention for top Canuck
if we just get him the ball
Well
he was back… but that sure didn’t last… 0
points
1000 yds for Dressler, 1000 more for
Bagg
Less yards for Getzlaf but the most
TDs will he snag.
This
one continues the “Dressler being the only accurate part of that statement”
trend… 0.5 points
The new fangled offense has stuff we’ve
forgotten about my friends
What’s this? An O-line that doesn’t
need Depends?
An RB running off tackle? A centre who
can snap?!?
Did I doze off in a dream?!? Am I
having a nap?!?
I’d
say that’s good enough for 1 point
This is all real you haven’t been
dozing
With Coach Sweet in the mix out run
game will be imposing
Nailed
it! … 1 point
Unfortunately the D has me a lot more
concerned
For some reason I see us getting
repeatedly burned.
2nd
least points allowed, turns out I was wrong… 0 points
Odell should help provide us something
we lack
A tangible hope of getting a sack
Glad
I didn’t use a term that was stronger than “tangible hope” … 1 point
That’s assuming he stays healthy and
decides to stay sober
And assuming he doesn’t get homesick
come October
He
seemed to avoid those this year… 1 point
A front four will be better, they
won’t make me curse
We tried Mullinder and Murphy last
year, not like we can get worse
We
were slightly better, which for me is good enough to award myself 1 point
At LB on the edges, Kromah and
Brackenridge we will be fine with
They will continue the proud tradition
of great LBs by Coach Smith
Check
and check… 1 point
In the middle, however is where things
start to get scary
Shomari in that spot makes me very
wary
I
was right to be worried… 1 point
He’s lacking the experience though
he’s got the physique
For the first little while the middle
will be weak
But he will get better and be steadily
improved
Though fans will be calling for him to
be removed
We
were weak for the first little while, fans did call for him to be removed, only
part I was off on was the “steadily improve” part… 0.5 points
The
secondary is the weakest link of them all
A
tough road lies ahead for Coach Richie Hall
We
were #2 against the past and Hall seems to have done enough to remain employed
but we were awful when it came to INTs and ultimately a breakdown in the
secondary ended our season… 0.5 points
Chamblin will want aggression, he will
want mean
But it will take the DBs a while to
adjust to the new schemes.
Not
as aggressive as I expected but it did take a while for them to get things
figured out … 0.5 points
Patrick will surely return to all-star
form
Not
sure anything Patrick showed this year can be defined as “all-star” (unless we
are using the Getzlaf all-star bar)… 0
points
Eddie Russ getting burned may become
the norm
He
wasn’t as bad as I expected… 0 points
Some DBs will be benched and new guys
get a shot
And that is when things will improve a
lot
We
cycle through a whole pile of cornerbacks before things finally settled… 1 point
We will struggle out of the gates and
end up 2 and 4
Please don’t suck again! the fans will
implore
We
started 3 and 4 so I was close… 0.5
points
It won’t always be pretty but the team
will keep fighting
Chamblin will be making adjustments
and ship will be righting
It
was ugly as hell at times and Chamblin made a ton of adjustments… 1 point
Come the highly anticipated Labour Day
clash,
We will have an even record and no
longer be trash
We’ll knock out Buck Pierce and win the
big game
Next week at Banjo Bowl we come up
lame
We
were 3-5 heading into LDC and 5-5 coming out of the banjo bowl, Buck Pierce
didn’t even make an appearance… 0.5
points
An up and down season, win one then
lose
Our biggest winning streaks will come
in no more than twos
Unless
twos was recently defined to include 3s the best I can do is partial credit for
the up and down season… 0.5 points
A 9-9 season is what I see in store
Which will be just good enough to
sneak in the playoff door
We
were 8-10 and just snuck in the playoff door… 0.5 points
A third place finish so it’s off to
face the Stamps
Donning our white jerseys with logos
fit for tramps.
Bang
on… 1 point
Tate may not be Burris but he’ll choke
like he was
A big day for the defense will seal
the win and create a buzz
Well
the defense did seal the win… unfortunately it was for the other team… 0 points
Then the bandwagon will keep heading
west
For a date with BC, the CFL’s best
The game will be closer than most
expect
We’ll go up early but the lead won’t
protect
The Lions will move on but will not
repeat
We will hold our heads high but suffer
defeat
There
was a lot wrong about this set of predictions but at least I was right about
the Lions not repeating… 0 points
After a disastrous 2011, we will come
a long way
But it will take this team time to go
all the way
Though a 9-9 finish may be
disappointing to some
The foundation will be laid but the
best is yet to come
I
stand by this final prediction… 1 point
So
there you have it out of 25 possible points I got 14.5 or 58%. My career average
is right around the 67% mark so I was only a bit off. At least I will take solace
in the fact that I wasn’t one of those people that predicted the Ti-cats would
win it all.
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