WPG. Own thread coming soon.

CAL . How much do you tinker if at all? But somethin aint right here

EDM. Lots of room for improvement.  Reilly another year older

SSK. Canadas team has lots of FAs, Carter leaving. Huge question marks at QB

BC. Lots of smoke but less flame than grease fire in MTL. Whole new coaching staff at least

TOR. Turning point to build on or just a nice story like OTT last year?

HAM. Soap opera . Key FAs looming. Collaros. Manziel thing.

OTT.  Trending down

MTL. Grease fire until further notice.

Sherman probably doesn't need the money

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"Sherman became the head coach of the Texas A&M football team in November 2007.[14] He signed a 7-year contract that at the time paid him $1.8 million annually

impressive resume.

51 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

Thing with Bridge is, he always came into games after the fact. He rarely started. Hard to maintain that success if your starting every week. But we will see. Glenn is Glenn...he'll put up his numbers and all the fans will be convinced they are GC bound. Then Glenn will remind them all why he's been on almost every team.

I honestly think the SSK Defence will be a force next year. They have the secondary/Dline and LB's assuming the key pieces are back.

Not sold on Sask secondary...Jovon ain't getting any younger and he was only adequate last year. No safety whatsoever...Gainey was playing over his head and extremely lucky..all but 3 of his picks came in what 2 games and those ones were utter gifts. He got burned/exposed just as often as he made a significant impact..after that..they have???...largely unproven guys really. Not starter material that would supplant many guys on teams around the league.

D-line...wayyy undersized and no real dominant player other than Jefferson...and linebackers are alright but not world beaters by any means

1 minute ago, Booch said:

Not sold on Sask secondary...Jovon ain't getting any younger and he was only adequate last year. No safety whatsoever...Gainey was playing over his head and extremely lucky..all but 3 of his picks came in what 2 games and those ones were utter gifts. He got burned/exposed just as often as he made a significant impact..after that..they have???...largely unproven guys really. Not starter material that would supplant many guys on teams around the league.

D-line...wayyy undersized and no real dominant player other than Jefferson...and linebackers are alright but not world beaters by any means

Yeah any team that has to play a receiver at DB is not going to list the secondary as a strength IMO. 

2 hours ago, Arnold_Palmer said:

We'll see what Sherman's all about. Easy to look good with a hall of fame QB. Still only 2-4 in the post season with some very good Greenbay Packer teams.. as an  OC in Houston and Miami he was around middle to worst in terms of offense.. still better then Gary fricking Crowton. Next up the Als need a QB or Sherman's stay won't be very long. 

But will he be bringing Mr. Peabody with him?

Mike Sherman seems like a good man but knows absolutely nothing about the CFL. I feel sorry for him having to work for Kavis Reed & Joe Mack. You know he won't get a lot of help from those 2 & they'll be so busy covering their butts if the Als get off to a bad start. 

Edited December 21, 20178 yr by SpeedFlex27

Five minutes into a Kavis interview he must have chuckled "ill be running this place inside of a year".

2 hours ago, Zontar said:

Five minutes into a Kavis interview he must have chuckled "ill be running this place inside of a year".

Meanwhile, Kavis is thinking, "I'm burning this place to the ground within a year." 

Kavis Reed has a Joe Mack kinda respect. Oh hey, they work together. LOL!

16 hours ago, 17to85 said:

Yeah any team that has to play a receiver at DB is not going to list the secondary as a strength IMO. 

Heck ya..totally forgot about that too...thats an instance reeking of lack of depth, not a matter of Carter being sooo good at DB 

16 hours ago, Zontar said:

ln light of this hire can we all stop pretending Herb Zukowsky is an insider. Where was he on this file. Either guessing or repeating other rumours. Its his own beat for pity's sake

Yeah, he comes in second (at best) on Als rumours.

He seems like he hates his job. I follow him on twitter and he's always pissy about something. I don't think that Didier whatshisname likes him much either. Herb corrected a tweet of his and Didier basically told him to **** off.

Old school print guys = sour. Years and years and years of transcribing audio to copy.... #EveryDayIsAGrindAtADaily

Kavis Reed is just a bizarre dude.  That press conference was creepy.  How does he expect anyone to take him seriously?

17 hours ago, Booch said:

Not sold on Sask secondary...Jovon ain't getting any younger and he was only adequate last year. No safety whatsoever...Gainey was playing over his head and extremely lucky..all but 3 of his picks came in what 2 games and those ones were utter gifts. He got burned/exposed just as often as he made a significant impact..after that..they have???...largely unproven guys really. Not starter material that would supplant many guys on teams around the league.

D-line...wayyy undersized and no real dominant player other than Jefferson...and linebackers are alright but not world beaters by any means

I totally forgot about Jovon. I meant mostly that they have key pieces in every spot. Gainey, Jefferson, Muamba. They really only need to add a few more to get there. It's true that Gainey was gifted A LOT. But  you don't get double digit INTs by accident. I hope to god they fall flat on their face, but I honestly see them doing well next year on the Defensive side of the ball.

17 hours ago, Mark F said:

Sherman probably doesn't need the money

impressive resume.

He probably cut into his savings while coaching high school football for the last couple years

But he prob had a lot to cut into..i sure he made a nice penny in Green Bay too and looking at him pretty sure he didn't fritter his money on boats and hoes.

 

45 minutes ago, Booch said:

But he prob had a lot to cut into..i sure he made a nice penny in Green Bay too and looking at him pretty sure he didn't fritter his money on boats and hoes.

 

16 hours ago, Zontar said:

Five minutes into a Kavis interview he must have chuckled "ill be running this place inside of a year".

It sounds like he was interviewed by the Wetnhalls, he did not mention Kavis being in on the job interview.

2 hours ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

It sounds like he was interviewed by the Wetnhalls, he did not mention Kavis being in on the job interview.

I wouldn't mention it either if I was him.

22 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

It sounds like he was interviewed by the Wetnhalls, he did not mention Kavis being in on the job interview.

If I remember correctly, Hawkins was hired this way as well, without Popp's input.

Brohm Update.

 

25 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Brohm Update.

 

Good for him.  I imagine he must have been pretty good in the meeting room to last as long as he did as a professional.  Because he was **** on the field.

1 hour ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Brohm Update.

 

 

Kliff Kingsbury has done not bad too.

 

 

1 minute ago, blue_gold_84 said:

 

I'm still kind of amazed he ended up back in riderville to begin with.

Going on 12 years for Jovon.  Incredible longevity for a CFL cornerback.