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It's funny that people are insinuating that Lapolice is the only OC that had Great players to work with

With your roster from last year, You should be eyeing more than Sewell

Wouldn't Jim Popp and the Als be close for that award, what with his 4 stints as HC?

It's funny that people are insinuating that Lapolice is the only OC that had Great players to work with

Wouldn't Jim Popp and the Als be close for that award, what with his 4 stints as HC?

I got roasted on twitter for saying that by Rider fans.  They have Anthony Calvillo Syndrome

Wouldn't Jim Popp and the Als be close for that award, what with his 4 stints as HC?

Don't forget Adarius Bowman, Terrence Jeffers Harris, and Brock Ralph

With your roster from last year, You should be eyeing more than Sewell

It's funny that people are insinuating that Lapolice is the only OC that had Great players to work with

It's funny that people are insinuating that Lapolice is the only OC that had Great players to work with

Look, all this "is he the right hire?" talk, and "blah blah blah second chance" talk doesn't matter.
 
 
The most important thing is that I don't have a gif of Lapo doing his dancing from that halftime panel earlier this year. I hope we are going to fixing that so we can post that thing all over the place when ever we actually win a game next year.

It was the first couple of times they tweeted this......4 months ago

It was the first couple of times they tweeted this......4 months ago

That's it!  Plan the parade!

It won't be a car wreck, but that roster needs a heavy re do for it to be respectful

This is starting to have some eerie similarities to when we hired Mike Kelly, who btw, was an absolutely beloved hire before he flamed out miserably.
 
Similarities:
 
Both hailed as the saviour after a Taman regime
Both abrasive and elusive with the media
Both inexperienced in personnel management
Both in multiple job positions at the same time
Both known for their large egos.
Both given unconditional control of football ops
Kelly states in first presser " No one will handle the QBs but me"
Jones states in first presser " No one will handle the defence but me"
 
Are the Rider repeating history here?
 
If Jones states that everything will be handled internally, I will lose my ****.

Or perhaps the Argos

I didn't see anything bad or embarrassing about the Winnipeg Grey Cup. If the biggest complaint is that it didn't sell out fast enough, you're probably just looking for reasons to complain. It was a huge success.

Jog my memory, can anybody tell me when was the last time an organization who at no point was to fire their  GM/HC ,  and just dump said  GM/HC  out of the blue for another like this?

Jog my memory, can anybody tell me when was the last time an organization who at no point was to fire their  GM/HC ,  and just dump said  GM/HC  out of the blue for another like this?

Jog my memory, can anybody tell me when was the last time an organization who at no point was to fire their  GM/HC ,  and just dump said  GM/HC  out of the blue for another like this?

Haha oh my stars you actually said that... I don't think you remember how hit or miss the offense was in 2007, or how dominant the defense was on that 2001 team. 2007 was bolstered bigtime by Gauthier being one of the better tackles in the league and a canadian. They paid a big price to get that guy too don't forget. Picard was still good back then, Andrew Greene was really the unsung hero there too. Guy was a real quality vet on the interior. Rounded it out with Dan Goodspeed at the other tackle who in his day was a good american tackle.  2007 was also a long time ago, the CFL has changed Canadians are playing more and more skill positions and playing them better and better. You don't need to put all your canadians on the OL. It's not the most efficient use of the roster when you don't have those quality veterans to fill the positions. 
 
As much as we dislike Bucknor he's still playing maybe the easiest position to hide a Canadian in, much moreso than safety. The additional designated imports make a rotation on the defense a very viable option as well which many teams are taking advantage of. The idea that you MUST use as many canadians on the offensive line is outdated thinking. The key is you must have as many good canadians as possible and where they specifically play doesn't really matter as long as they can play. Right now we don't have enough Canadians who are simply good enough players.