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From what Dinwiddie said at his presser, he was already doing a lot of GM duties in Toronto because MLSE is cheap and ran a lean front office. He actually expects his workload to lighten in Ottawa because Burke will still be doing a lot of the GM stuff (like contract negotiations). Dinwiddie made it clear to MLSE earlier that he wanted to be HC/GM but they were happy keeping Pinball in the GM role so that's what prompted the move to Ottawa.

That's pretty much what most people here are saying. If MOS is not willing/able to make those much needed decisions, then like it or not, we need to part ways. If he can do that though, he should be brought back ang given an opportunity to right the ship. But I would be having that conversation before any extension is given.

He might not scout but it looks like he has more say in the roster than you seem to think, Coaching dominoes begin to fall – Winnipeg Free Press

Steinauer is president of football ops, why would he take a demotion? Also why would Hamilton allow it? They can't block a chance at a promotion but they could deny the Argos permission to talk to him about a lower position.

It is a team game though so I'm not completely blaming Arbuckle (Toronto's defense was really good in 2023 and terrible this year, allowing the most points, by a fairly wide margin). They have bled a lot of talent on that side of the ball over the last couple seasons. Stats can also be misleading and don't tell the whole story so I wonder how much of his numbers came in garbage time? I looked at their season schedule and they trailed going into the 4th quarter in 13 of 18 games so there was a lot of opportunity to put up numbers in a losing situation.

Even if they decided the best course of action is to maintain the status quo? I agree that they have probably earned the right to try to correct things but at the same time, this wasn't an overnight event either. They've let the team veer off course for a couple seasons now and if the best they can come up with is to keep doing the same things that got them here, then I no longer feel they have that right.

Without their starting QB all season. How do you think any other team does in that situation?

And I know a whole lot of people who will help him pack!

With how long he's fought and the number of head strikes he's taken, you can probably add Max Holloway to the list too. He's just not as far gone as Tony.

Yeah didn't make sense for the Bombers to bring him in late either - that would have just burned a year off his rookie deal. Let him sit by a phone that's not ringing for now and try to get him here for a full season next year.

Those "reports" are apparently incorrect. Dana White confirmed they are working with the FBI on this and they (UFC) actually questioned the guy before the fight but still let him compete. Once they saw how the fight played out, they got in touch with the FBI. B.J. Penn arrested for 6th time this year | MMA Fighting CTE is a terrible thing. Here's the cliff notes for Penn's 2025 so far: 1st arrest: Arrested after altercation with his 79-year-old mother (issues with his family stem from his claims that his family had been “killed” and replaced with imposters). 2nd arrest: Arrested for a violation of a stay-away order from his mother 3rd arrest: Arrested for failing to appear in court 4th arrest: Arrested for violating a restraining order by breaching a property 5th arrest: Arrested for entering a property and violating a court ordered protection order filed by his mother 6th arrest: Arrested for third-degree assault on a 45 year old man

Powell in Hamilton is also a pending FA. I would go after him if Hamilton lets him get the open market.

Who's available that would be worth spending on though? Last off-season had a ton of QB movement but I don't know how many are pending FA's?

He was coaching or at least helping unofficially with Laurier a few weeks ago but otherwise just staying in the gym hoping for an NFL call. Taylor Elgersma says Wilfrid Laurier must take fight to Western | London Free Press

I don't think it'll come down to money. They can easily load him up with marketing money for all the work he does in the community and then the cap isn't even an issue.

If Elgersma ever wants to play in the NFL one day and make that good money, he needs to come play up here (with us or someone else) or he can try the UFL. No different than what Rourke had to do. The fact that nobody else has even kicked tires on Elgersma yet is telling though. I think he needs to show he can play consistently at higher level than USports - he had a good camp with the Packers but it's a small sample size. Every league has a rookie max of some type so that's also not unique - yeah it's low but compared to salaries in bigger leagues, all CFL (rookie or not) salaries are low. Some players feel they deserve more without having earned it yet.

Not sure if this was mentioned but a few of the guys who ended the year on the PR are being brought back next season. De'Shaan Dixon, Michael (Bucky) Williams, Hunter Poncius & Ben Dooley all signed future active contracts.

Not offensively he doesn't and he admitted as much during his presser. Said he can't draw up plays for the offense but he should have done more to support them with a rookie OC.

Yep, was defensive rookie of the month at one point too I believe. Good add to the neg list but we'll see if he ever ends up here.

Kolo on offense and Jake on D. If i had to start one of them though, it's Jake.

Yeah but there would be so many suspects... not sure how they would figure out who did it to poor old Jake. Completely unrelated question - did a GoFundMe for Booch's "services" ever get created? 😂

I got the impression MOS was just being diplomatic there - he's not going to throw Hogan under the bus but he didn't exactly give him a ringing endorsement either. He said the OC issue needs more conversation and study but acknowledged the players weren't happy with how things went and that's on him as HC to clean up.

Hopefully Elgersma, in time, can become that guy for us.

Beanie Bishop is quite the name.

They can always make an announcement prior to GC week like Calgary did last year.