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These head coaches just don't want to give up playcalling & will go down with their teams being completely overworked & overwhelmed. We see it all the time. They have no faith that anyone else can call the plays. Well, then stay an OC or DC otherwise delegate. That's what successful head coaches do. They ned to delegate & then let their assistants coach. Some like Hufnagel, Dinwiddie, Jones & Dickenson had success as HC's calling plays. Most fail epically.

Just don't rush Brady back. Make sure he's 100% healthy.

How long till someone gets hit by a vehicle trying to cross Portage & Main? Being killed? That intersection when it's winter & minus 25 with a wind will be brutal to cross as a pedestrian. Those skyscrapers just make it a wind tunnel. Th only way it'll be broken up is if the police go in there & use necessary force they'll need to remove them. Trouble is, the campers will just move somewhere else.

Well, I think just off hand that if Atlanta fails then there's Houston, Portland, Or, Kansas City, Oklahoma City & maybe Milwaukee or Cleveland in line before Quebec gets the Nordiques back. Bettman for some reaason just doesn't want Quebec despite their new 18,000 seat hockey arena which ain't so new anymore at 10 years of age. Just goes to show how lucky we were to get the Jets back when we did with a small arena. Bettman didn't stand in the way for us to get the Jets back despite all the negative crap he had to put up with from Winnipeg fans when the team went to Phoenix in 1996.

BC fans are fickle. They're either all in or all out. Attendance could go to 35-40,000 or fall to 15,000 dpending on the team's performance. And they have an owner spending a lot of money to try to get fans to the games. Ringmaiden was also an Asst GM so he was in on those bad contracts.

Unfortunately, there are no Canadian cities clamouring for a team. I was hoping Canadian patriotism & pride in our unique brand of football would get people back into the other 8 teams football stadium across the league but there's no Elbows Up crowds coming to the games. They'd rather travel to Seattle, Buffalo or Detroit to watch the NFL.

Yep, pretty good assessment. Amazing just how good Ouelette became once Ka'Deem Carey showed up. I will say that Ouelette wouldn't have got the yards he did against the Als or Bombers.

Maier was able to pull off that victory because BC is just so bad. Had the Riders played the Bombers or Als with their young starter, they'd have lost. Masoli just gave the game away. Never been a fan...

This bye system favours some teams & not others. The NFL plays a 17 game schedule with just one bye. I'd be in favour of getting rid of the third bye as it just exyends the season. Just go with two.

BC is just an awful team. They continue to put all their financial resources into their starting qb (Rourke) & his receivers. And a DE who has one skill: rushing the passer. Their defense has basically stayed the same with a smaller DL that has a hard time stopping the run & a secondary that has no support from the Front 7. Ryan Ringmaiden is supposed to be this genius GM who found all our talent in the late teens & early 20's before departing for BC. I see nothing that makes me think he took care of all the holes on the OL & defense. Buck has his work cut out for him.

Do you think the coaches think Vanterpool could slide into Stanley Bryant's LT spot if he retires after this season?

I have no negative feelings towards Adam Bighill playing for the Stamps . If he can still play then good for him. I think he should stay retired but that's just me. I wish Adam the best as he was a warrior for us.

He wasn't passed over for a HC position for 10 years or more. And he had more time to work with than Killam will ever have in Edmonton.

I thought passport photos were private. How'd you get that?

His choice, I guess. A lot of players sare from somewhere else & never play for their hometown teams.

I honestly don't know what the solution is. I know that as Wbbfan says, we no longer are the innovative league we used to be.

We can't attract those coaches anymore. It used to be an assistant or HC job in the CFL was a prestigious one, Just below the NFL. Now, coaches in the US would rather coach D3 or NAIA before coming up here. The low dollar, low salary, high taxes & cost of living & lack of mrdical & pension benefits just kill coaching opportunities for young guys wanting to come up here & make a career in the CFL. Not to mention the expansion of coaching staffs in the NFL & opportunities in the UFL make it nearly impossible to find quality US assistants.

Yeah, well to me bringing in someone who has been rejected time & time again is a real ballsy move by Hervey as it could blow up in his face. The culture of losing is even worse in Edmonton than it was here before Mike O'Shea was hired. When Osh was hired by the Bombers he had time to rebuild the culture. The team wasn't going to fold. They were loing money but the fans still showed up. We'd still get 21-24000 per game despite the losing. Princess Auto Stadium was never as empty as CWS is now. These are dire times. The Elks have to win now. Killam can't afford to go 0-5 or 1-6. The new owner wanss to see results. As far as coaches dying, hardly. There's always talent coming up. I'd look to hire a successful coach from USports & give him a shot over a career STC who has been trying to get a HC gig for a minimum of a decade or more. That's just me. You may have a different perspective, Mike.

Why in blazes (trying not to swear) would a guy like Jake Ceresna leave the Argos for that dumpster fire in Edmonton? More money? To go through what he went through a couple of years ago with all that losing just to do it all over again with the Eks??? Tyrell Ford I get as his brother is with the Elks but what a stupid decision for Ceresna. He could pick & choose as a free agent where he could play & he chose the Elks. Have a fun year losing, Jake.

Hiring these coaches with no prior head coaching experience... That has to stop. A guy like Mark Killam rose to the level of STC & then stayed there for 20 years in Calgary being passed over for HC jobs year after year. There was good reason for that as he's not qualified to be a HC. Instead, strangely the Elks hired him (probably as he came cheap) & now he's enrolled his qb in the Edmonton Elks Quarterback Academy... where improvement is more important than wins. Where, "We almost won" is considered a moral victory. Meanwhile, the team expects fans to shell out money for a qb in Tre Ford who can make some great plays with his legs & arm (at times). Just not when he has to, to win a game. While the Elks say "Improvement!!, the fans in Edmonton on social media are saying, "Why should I spend my money on this ****??" As well as, "Same old, same old!" I can see the Elks going 4-14 this season missing the playoffs due to the stupid philosophy of the team. The ratio & putting Canadians on the OL.

Schultz was the glue on that panel. He wasn't a character. He just knew the game. That little skit they did last night prepping the audience for the half time discussion? WTF was that? Something about being cool? Both McManus & Naylor must have felt buck naked as they had nowhere to hide. If you remember the look on Naylor's face, that said it all.

He should just go away with what little pride he has left. Imagine having to back that guy up & your HC thinks he's better than you Five to 10 snaps would be too many. Everything as they were losses.

Watching Jake Thomas last night on television. He's even wore than I thought. Always get turned inside to the right or left or is stood straight up & pushed back. Even when he made some kind of penetration towards the qb he was late. He has no moves. Just a straight bull rush. WTF??? And he got the majority of reps last night. He was lost on an island in a 3 man front. The Edmonton backs just ran right by him. Its to the point that I no longer respect him anymore. What a sad sack excuse for a DT. Retire, already.

We'll never sign Bennett, Be careful what you wish for. We all know Chevy's answer to letting Ehler's go will a fourth line free agent winger signing.

Came to the conclusion last night that it's Davis Sanchez that is bringing down the discussion on the panel this season. His takes are bland & uninteresting. He just seems to be filling in time going thru the motions as a panelist. Sanchez adds nothing to the discussion. Absolutely no chemistry at all with Muamba & Bierness which leads to her trying even harder to be funny if that is to be believed. It only makes things worse. There was more chemistry between Dave Naylor & Henoc Muamba (who is always excited) last night than between he & Sanchez all year. Naylor should be a regular on that panel with his connections with CFL management & players. I find his comments interesting.