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They could have given the MOP to Brady who'd be an excellent face of the CFL but they gave it to King Douchebag.

The guy was a lawyer in Chicago for a few years before jumping into coaching at the NFL level. Very, very sharp guy. The guy knows football. He would have made an excellent CFL HC. It's too bad he never came back. Had he come back, I think he would have had a similar career to John Hufnagel with the Stamps.

The guy was a lawyer in Chicago for a few years before jumping into coaching at the NFL level. Very, very sharp guy. The guy knows football. He would have made an excellent CFL HC. It's too bad he never came back. Had he come back, I think he would have had a similar career to John Hufnagel with the Stamps.

The guy was a lawyer in Chicago for a few years before jumping into coaching at the NFL level. Very, very sharp guy. The guy knows football. He would have made an excellent CFL HC. It's too bad he never came back. Had he come back, I think he would have had a similar career to John Hufnagel with the Stamps.

The guy was a lawyer in Chicago for a few years before jumping into coaching at the NFL level. Very, very sharp guy. The guy knows football. He would have made an excellent CFL HC. It's too bad he never came back. Had he come back, I think he would have had a similar career to John Hufnagel with the Stamps.

The guy was a lawyer in Chicago for a few years before jumping into coaching at the NFL level. Very, very sharp guy. The guy knows football. He would have made an excellent CFL HC. It's too bad he never came back. Had he come back, I think he would have had a similar career to John Hufnagel with the Stamps.

No, I think that's just an evergreen statement. 

There were other guys who were better.

He was definitely wasted on something.

Yeah, time to go in more ways than one. 

That's cold. Really cold. 

Yeah, time to go in more ways than one. 

Yeah, time to go in more ways than one. 

No, that 🤡 is Purifoy, I believe. 
Leonard hasn't peed in 8 years to avoid getting tested. Then he berated the poor staff that had to collect the sample. 

Take a look at the stadium photograph above.
Maybe just tear down half the stands, get rid of the track, and build the opposite side with new stands filled with private boxes. In a government town like Edmonton they would find ways of filling those boxes without violating some sense of propriety. The old stands that remain could be discounted relative to the new stands on the opposite side, which would help bring in families at prices they could afford. Yes, renew the refreshment stands and washrooms in the old sections. Meanwhile the new stands would be able to handle more premium food and drink sales. There is a lot of money in Edmonton that would want premium seating, higher end refreshments and all that kind of stuff. The private boxes could add in luxury amenities.
This is not hard to figure out; it's just hard to get past the little fiefdoms that exist in the political arena; they bow to the big money in that city. Some leading figure/s would somehow have to sponsor such.
Leadership would have to go beyond the old boys club that tends to dominate the Board of Directors in cities like Edmonton and Winnipeg. Wade Miller did it here. Such a leader needs good background in both marketing and applicable business skills. That's how community-based teams can continue. In Regina they got Mosaic Stadium done but they've gone backwards in football operations.
In Calgary, the CFL does not have the sex appeal that the status minded have for the Flames. That's more politics and a lack of civic leadership in Canada's leading business city. Calgary's mayor's office has a disproportionate amount of power while the business people are too focused on making lots of money. Again football needs a civic champion in that community.

Not as much as you might think.... bonus to those stadiums and arenas being mostly concrete and metal.

They originally built it to hold 42,000 but expanded it for the World Student Games to 60,000 which was ludicrous. I went to the 78 CWG & really liked the place at that size. They should have kept it at 42000. It is Gi-Normous now. 

It'd be a bigger blow if they ceased operations.
 
Every team in the West used to be community owned.

Anyone can start a blog, I've got no interest in that. I'm here for an open exchange of ideas with other fans... people who write blogs wa t their opinions heard without them being open to challenge. As seen by the butthurt here when people call their opinions trash.

And yet... Here you are. Gracing us with your presence, Your Lordship. 
 

Jay Washington needs to be in the debate as well.

They originally built it to hold 42,000 but expanded it for the World Student Games to 60,000 which was ludicrous. I went to the 78 CWG & really liked the place at that size. They should have kept it at 42000. It is Gi-Normous now. 

And yet... Here you are. Gracing us with your presence, Your Lordship. 
 

There is talk about building a new 30,000 seat stadium for both the Elks & Edmonton's Canadian Soccer League team. It would require government money to get it done. I just shake my head thinking they'd actually tear CWS down. Couldn't they renovate it? Reduce capacity to it's original 40,000? Fix the concourses, washrooms & concessions areas to bring it up to modern standards? Add more private suites. I'm not a civil engineer so I don't know if that is possible. However, it's almost 50 years old. So, maybe it is time to get rid of it. The demolition cost would be a pretty hefty bill all on its own.
I think it tells you about the tale of 2 cities if Edmonton built a new stadium for the Elks while in Calgary, the Stampeders are still stuck in that shithole of a facility called McMahon Stadium because the politicians down here just don't give a **** about the CFL.