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my only hope is that this is a significant pay cut from last year... if yes, then I like the signing...

My favourite thing about this forum is when the nickname for Richard gets blanked out... it makes me laugh every time for some reason... sounds like I missed some fun...

what I actually don't like about this announcement is that we reduced our defensive coaching staff... releasing Missick and Howard while only adding Jordan Younger...

I think Mike O'Shea saying “I’m excited to take a more active role with our defence..." is probably where that speculation comes from...

correct me if I'm wrong on the year but in 2015 he was the CFL MOP and sure to lead the cats to the Grey Cup... until he suffered a season ending injury... hasn't been the same since... I think it would be incorrect to say he was only great with Toronto...

Dominating?!? He probably showed them the stats from the one good game he had against Mtl and was like "trust me, every game was like this"

To me, the idea of expansion starts and end with the ratio... I'd be all for expansion to northern US (ND, Montana, non-NFL markets in Minny, Wisconsin, Michigan, etc).... if, and only if, they could make it work with the ratio... I'm pretty sure that's not possible... therefore I have zero interest in seeing the CFL going that route...

So your working theory is Weston Dressler and his wife went to the hospital and took this picture with a friend/colleague... then forwarded the picture to Arash Madani... told him to make it public and call it an incredible move... all to bolster his suffering public image... I don't see any flaws....

Aren't they adding an additional week for more byes though?... Same Grey Cup weekend

I'd heard this rumour before too... the connection is obvious... but I'd be surprised if he didn't take his first coaching gig in Toronto...

They traded a Canadian lineman to get him... leads me to believe there may be something in pencil already... FTR, I have no idea if Woods is any good... but we all know Canadian linemen are gold in the CFL...

I think we are just inching so bad for this management group to find some good receivers... then the first decent one they find in 4 years doesn't work out... it's frustrating....

So now you're saying cfl experience and winning don't matter?... Just having more coaching/management than our guys at any level would make that candidate more qualified? And you're changing my argumemt.... I never once said that hiring rookie Canadians as GM and HC was the way to win... as a matter of fact, I've stated multiple times that I agree hiring experienced winners in those roles is the ideal scenario... all I'm saying now is that experienced winners are not as readily available as you claim they are... so in this case the burden of proof is not on me to prove you wrong... all I want to know is are are any experienced winners with cfl knowledge currently available??

Not sure if this is in another thread.... but it sounds like Noel Thorpe is officially in as DC in Ottawa...

haha, what a crazy story... got a kick out of the animation too...

Correct me if I'm wrong... but didn't Devon Claybrooks interview for the DC position here before taking the promotion in Calgary? I seems recall there was an on-going joke about him being in town because 3 or 4 people mentioned it in the same thread...

OK, let's play a game... imagine the Bombers decide to fire Walters and O'Shea today... and they decide to look in US to fill the vacancies... Can you name at least 2 candidates at GM and 2 at HC that meet your qualifications? Here's a quick rundown of the qualifications you have laid out: - has many years of head coaching / general managing (experience) - winning history (a championship or two in their respective positions) - extensive CFL knowledge (at the very least some CFL experience ) - currently unemployed or looking for new employment if you can name 2 HC candidates and 2 GM candidates that meet this criteria... then I will concede that you are correct... I'm actually not trying to arguing anymore,...I'm legitimately curious if these people exist right now... you seem convinced there are many, so I'd like to know who they are...

well this is sure to elicit a response from some people... I'll just sit back a watch... can someone please post the Bill Hader eating popcorn gif?

Interesting... I like him, won a cup in Edm... obviously rubs some people the wrong way... I suspect Wally will stick around in some capacity... wonder if Hervey will report to Wally..

I think yo're missing the point... actually you're probably just ignoring the point... everything you're saying, literally everyone should agree with... the point is, where exactly are all these unemployed experienced, proven winners??

I'm excited to hear this year's list... I wonder which experienced, proven winning HCs and GMs are currently available that I've never heard of...

What I get out of this quote is Flanders realizes as an American RB, he knows he is disposable... he knows what his role will be here and that we won't be looking for a replacement any time soon... another team that is committed to American RB might have a couple PR guys ready to take his place at the first slip up...

That's almost an understatement considering they gave up the two biggest plays in Grey Cup history... Just curious... how many rider trolls are all over the stamps board right now?

I'm not positive if this exists on the CFL (I know it's a thing in the NFL)... but if a coordinator gets fired with a year left on his contract at, let's say, $100,000... the firing team is on the hook for that money... if he signs with a new team at the same salary then the firing team is off the hook... but if he signs for say $80,000, the original team would still owe him $20,000 of salary...

Yes I heard that too and thought, wow are you kidding me?... funny thing we forget is Calgary almost choked away the 2014 GC also... if not for the (appropriately called) illegal block penalty at the end of the game, Hamilton wins that one...