Training camp is over .... adjustments have been made  and its time for the opening kickoff

Anybody change their minds on how preseason changed their expectations for this year .... Montreal thrashing Ottawa changed mine .... cutting Willy raise my hopes for the Argos .... Edmonton looks stronger than I first thought and Regina even worse

For the first time in years I am forecasting Winnipeg finishes first in the league  .. just an optimistic hunch .... I forecast these final standings:

Winnipeg

Calgary

Vancouver

Edmonton

Ottawa

Montreal

Toronto

Hamilton

Regina

 

 

 

 

Jones has a losing record as a pro head coach too.

This sets up a classic confrontation in Week 13 when Jones and the Riders travel to Hamilton to take on the mighty Jones and the Ticats.

June Jones wouldn't happen to be from Indiana now would he?

I'm Jonesing already.

 

Today I learned the club Indy escapes from in Temple of Doom is Club Obi Wan.  

@TSNDaveNaylor
.@TSN_Marsh Without trying to stoke the Johnny Manziel to Hamilton buzz ... he and June Jones would certainly be familiar with each other.

@TSNDaveNaylor
.@TSN_Marsh June Jones coached at SMU when Manziel was in high school and then atTexas A and M.

Edited August 24, 20178 yr by Noeller

Even back at the  Cats opener,.............. noted ZC's negitive body language.   Since then, looked like a few players checked out - Austin had somehow lost this bunch, and his O was getting Collaros killed.

Personally, I'd love to see Johnny Football north of the border.   Wonder if he waits for June...

I read that Johnny had never read a playbook before going to the NFL.

Little I saw of him, that's what it looked like. Also, weak arm. 

Standard American media  hype job.

Kind of the anti Matt Nichols.

johnny would be horrible in the CFL.

 

43 minutes ago, Rich said:

 

Best coach we've had for this team in a long time.  Say what you will about Berry or Lapo .. but Mike has grown into the role and we are seeing why he was so highly regarded.

He, Walters and Miller have really helped change the culture of this organization. We are only now just reaping the benefits.

8 minutes ago, voodoochylde said:

Best coach we've had for this team in a long time.  Say what you will about Berry or Lapo .. but Mike has grown into the role and we are seeing why he was so highly regarded.

He, Walters and Miller have really helped change the culture of this organization. We are only now just reaping the benefits.

I dare say best coach since Dave Ritchie, though sadly that doesn't really set the bar too high seeing as Berry was the previous holder of that distinction and after him it's a wasteland. 

It just goes to show though that, organizationally, we are starting to make the right decisions and are allowing individuals to develop and grow in the roles they've been placed in.  For too long we were knee jerk .. making changes because we didn't realize the success we wanted ..  these guys committed to doing things their way and are allowing it to play out, regardless of the outside pressure.  It's paying dividends.

1 hour ago, Rich said:

 

I tend to regard Buono's occasional one-year absences from coaching BC as rest breaks more than anything.

It seems fair to me.  When I'm his age I will demand nap-time as part of any employment agreement. 

Don't wanna count any chickens before the eggs have hatched, but I remember reading this piece on Wade Miller when he first got hired for the job, talking about how the guy has basically never failed at anything he's ever set his mind to. The Booster Juice franchise into the whole Pinnacle Staffing thing...he's always been successful. You might not always agree with his methods, and I know personally of people who quit the WBB FC (behind the scenes office gigs...accountants, etc....) because of him, but, if the guy has indeed built a long-term successful brand, then you can't argue with the results...

3 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Did he fire himself before someone else did it for him?

Hamilton has a lack of talent.  They need a full time General Manager.

 Austin stepping away with an acrostic message

"We All Now Know Every Really capable coach must retire someday."

39 minutes ago, mbrg said:

I tend to regard Buono's occasional one-year absences from coaching BC as rest breaks more than anything.

It seems fair to me.  When I'm his age I will demand nap-time as part of any employment agreement. 

Wally had a 4 year gap in coaching.  3 years with Benevides and 1 year with Tedford. 

21 hours ago, Brandon said:

He was a fan of the ladies and using his money gun and then trying to take the money back from them....

I wish our cheerleaders looked like that AND the Jets puck bunnies.

4 hours ago, Rich said:

Hearing that Austin has appointed June Jones as head coach in Hamilton. 

Good...good...2-16 at best now.

Me thinks Kent Austin did this to save his ass for a season or two.    Brings in a guy on a few weeks notice to take over his club...   

On 24/08/2017 at 10:42 PM, Brandon said:

Me thinks Kent Austin did this to save his ass for a season or two.    Brings in a guy on a few weeks notice to take over his club...   

I don't think it was for self preservation.  He lost the room.  He knows it.  He did what any other GM would do. The fact he wears both hats gives it the optics of self preservation.  Not my  favorite coach, but i do respect him as one. The move is a good one for the team so good on him for doing what's right. 

Edited August 27, 20178 yr by wanna-b-fanboy

45 minutes ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

I don't think it was for self preservation.  He lost the room.  He knows it.  He did want any other GM would do. The fact he wears both hats gives it the optics of self preservation.  Not my  favorite coach, but i do respect him as one. The move is a good one for the team so good on him for doing what's right. 

I've seen a few folks referring to Austin as the GM. Isn't Eric Tillman the GM? Austin's sole title is now VP of football operations if I'm not mistaken. 

14 hours ago, Rich said:

Wally had a 4 year gap in coaching.  3 years with Benevides and 1 year with Tedford. 

Some of my naps are longer than others.

It's that last one that's going to be a doozy.

8 hours ago, mbrg said:

Some of my naps are longer than others.

It's that last one that's going to be a doozy.

Ah yes...the dirt nap....or looking at the turf from the other side....We as humans still have the capacity to laugh about our mortality....good thing...What's the saying 'everyone wants to live a long time but nobody wants to get old'.....................Talking about finding humour in 'the big sleep'...I'll always remember a grave marker one day when passing through a local cemetery...it read   'Told ya I was sick'...Gotta to get off this topic now...got a feeling it's not going to end well...

Article on Justin Palardy's post football career transition into a police officer. 

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/nova-scotia/justin-palardy-cfl-football-player-halifax-regional-police-1.4257728