Now back in at quarterback...

Well, Kevin Glenn will be inserted back into the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' lineup when they host the Montreal Alouettes on Friday night which should cause the ill-informed, misguided Bomber faithful to rejoice.

Honestly, anyone that knows me knows how much I support and love Winnipeg but the city must have the largest population of morons for fans than any other professional football city in North America.

This isn't about Tee Martin. Quite simply, the offense was stagnant with him at the helm, but to suggest that Tee blew it would be missing a number of significant points.

Instead this is more about Jim Bender. Well, actually, he's just the catalyst. The Winnipeg Sun columnist, in a story in Thursday's edition about the Blue's decision to put Glenn back in at QB after shaking off the effects of a high ankle sprain, led off by saying Bomber fans can now rejoice.

Really? Rejoice? That's the emotion I'm supposed to have right now? Sorry not in Mudville.

The old adage in football goes that you don't lose your job to injury and certainly that applies here for Glenn, the No.1 since well before training camp began. But a funny thing happened before I started "rejoicing", Jim, I realized that the guy we had coming back in was Kevin Glenn. I realized it's a guy who's decision making is suspect, arm strength is barely satisfactory, mobility is hit and miss and whose ability to lead a productive offence has yet to be determined.

But y'know what? There undoubtedly will be Bomber fans that will breath a sigh of relief that Top Gun is back at the helm until they come to terms with the fact that the guy they lust for has about as much chance of leading a team to the Grey Cup as Adam Sandler.

After all, this is what Winnipeg fans do. They chew up whatever quarterback is in charge, spit them out, and then wish they had them back again. If I were in a romantic relationship with the Winnipeg Football Fandom, I would have called for a restraining order 10 years ago.

The same group that hated on Khari Jones during — and after — his remarkable 2001 season in which he threw for 46 touchdowns (46!!!) was just the other day, by way of a CKY-TV poll, wishing he was back. Say what?

Trust me, I was in the stadium watching Khari on a number of occasions and heard the boos. Boos that were followed shortly after by me shouting back to the rest of our section to shut the hell up.

To be honest, the Bombers would be better off with Khari right now. A veteran guy who the rest of the offence would rally around and could at least give some hope of putting points on the board.

But we still wouldn't be winning much. There's bigger canyons to fill and a much pinker elephant in the room to acknowledge than just the quarterback. Receivers dropped balls (Kamau Peterson should have won the game against Calgary two weeks ago), DB's missed assignments (Wes Lysack got burned on a double move that set up the game-winning field goal against Edmonton last week) and seven offensive co-ordinators in the past eight seasons.

The offence is putrid not only because of the guy calling the signals under the centre's butt. But that's the spotlight guy and the one that most Winnipeg fans choose on which to heap their praise and piss.

The lineage of quarterbacks in this city has certainly veered off a track of success one time or another, but they all have one thing in common: At some point in their careers here they heard it from the Winnipeg Stadium fans who always know better than the bosses on the sideline and who always think the guy on the field isn't as good as the T.J. Rubley or Troy Kopp backing him up. (Note to supporters: Kopp earned your adolation for a one-hit wonder performance backing up Kerwin Bell but is most famous and memorable for holding out on the team the following season and then getting in a car accident.)

But here's where I am different (and thus of course qualified to give you all your opinions): I'm going to bat with whoever we put in there and I'm not turning my back on a team of which you're supposed to be a supporter. I'm not excited about our situation but if you're a fan, you pull through it and tough it out. It's not always winning seasons and big ol' rings.

But not Winnipeg. Nope, no matter how incompetent our head coach is, no matter how porous our pass coverage is or how confounding our play calling might be, through thick and thin; rain, snow, sleet or hail, we're going to boo our quarterback. (Even if he did pass for 713 yards the game before or for 46 TDs last season). We're going to boo him and gloss over all the other glaring problems that desperately need to be dealt with.

So buckle in and watch Kevin Glenn lead the Bombers and be ready when the boos come because, no matter what he does, eventually they will come. After all, you'll be watching alongside the most foolish, ill-informed and borderline incoherent fan group in the nation.

Rejoice.