Well that loss stung last night. Not happy with the decision to kick the FG but that can be discussed elsewhere  All in all there was a lot of improvement this year over last year and looking like they are trending upwards. If Walters can pull off another great draft and some more key FAs this offseason I like our chances going into 2017. Who is on the FA watch list and what areas are we in desperate need of fixing?

8 minutes ago, Jacquie said:

So Hamilton has put both RG3 and Colin Kaepernick on their neg list according to Drew Edwards and Justin Dunk respectively.

So now Chris Jones has to rip two more pages out of "Rocks" section of the master plan book. 

And another one bites the dust. 

 

Newman hurts their st depth but it would be worse if it was Labatte or Muamba.

They got a bunch of safeties over there.  I'm not sure this will have much of an effect.  It's too bad Graig got so badly hurt in his first season here.   He was set up to have a huge opportunity.  Who knows what might have happened?

Yeah, just to come back after that leg injury is testament to the guy's courage, toughness & perseverance.

 

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Formers Ticats OC Tommy Condell to join Argos as receivers coach https://goo.gl/fb/VYfVMP

 

Expected Condell to return to the CFL at a higher level than this, especially with the work he did for the Argos prior to the hiring of Popp and Trestman.

They hired Marcus Brady as OC he is pretty familiar with what Trestman runs.

Actually a pretty solid looking staff they are putting together in T.O.

2 hours ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

CFL Headlines @CFL_Headlines

Formers Ticats OC Tommy Condell to join Argos as receivers coach https://goo.gl/fb/VYfVMP

 

Expected Condell to return to the CFL at a higher level than this, especially with the work he did for the Argos prior to the hiring of Popp and Trestman.

Yeah I recall Condell was in the conversation as a soon-to-be HC... I wonder if he'll have an additional title like assistant HC...

Yeah, Newman came back from a pretty gruesome injury, I'll always respect that.  Good luck to him in his next chapter.

3 hours ago, bearpants said:

Yeah I recall Condell was in the conversation as a soon-to-be HC... I wonder if he'll have an additional title like assistant HC...

The way he left the Ti-Cats and the timing was a bit strange.  My guess is he had personal problems, family problems or a falling out with Austin.  All 3 are nothing more than off-the-cuff speculation.

5 hours ago, bearpants said:

Yeah I recall Condell was in the conversation as a soon-to-be HC... I wonder if he'll have an additional title like assistant HC...

No one knows the true tale in Hamilton as to why he left. It'd sure be interesting to know exactly what happened between Condell & Austin.

Here is the Toronto Argonauts 2017 Coaching Staff:

Marc Trestman                   Head Coach

Offence:

Marcus Brady                    Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach
Mitch Browning                  Offensive Line Coach
Tommy Condell                  Receivers Coach
Josh Moore                         Running Backs Coach
Steve Walsh                        Senior Assistant Coach

Defence:

Corey Chamblin                Asst. Head Coach / Defensive Coordinator / DB Coach
Mike Archer                        Linebackers Coach
Kerry Locklin                     Defensive Line Coach
Tyron Brackenridge         Assistant Defensive Backs Coach
Gavin Lake                         Defensive Quality Control Coach

Special Teams:

Kevin Eiben                         Special Teams Coordinator
Wendell Avery                    Assistant Special Teams Coach

Eiben is a nice touch. He's a MOS Jr... 

considering how late they put that staff together and the restrictions on getting coaches off other staffs that's a better group than I expected. 

Making Chamblin the D.C. is a bit of a head-scratcher, looks like he brought in Brackenridge with him.

1 hour ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Making Chamblin the D.C. is a bit of a head-scratcher, looks like he brought in Brackenridge with him.

As strictly a DC, Chamblin will be one of the best in the league, for sure...that's a pretty damn good staff, all things considered...

coaching just might be more important than the players in terms of how you spend your money

Looks like the list of teams that will be sucking this season has shrunk to one.

On ‎3‎/‎20‎/‎2017 at 11:18 PM, Jacquie said:

 

would Kaepernick stand for the Canadian anthem?

3 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

would Kaepernick stand for the Canadian anthem?

Too busy donating money to organization's Trump's taken away funding from. 

So unpatriotic. 

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

As strictly a DC, Chamblin will be one of the best in the league, for sure.

What makes you think that?

Mostly his pretty solid track record...as an HC, it's another story....his attitude wears thin. But as a position coach only, he'll be more than solid.

16 minutes ago, Jimmy Pop said:

Too busy donating money to organization's Trump's taken away funding from. 

So unpatriotic. 

Charities should run on donations, not government dollars.  Forced charity is bullshit.