For some teams, the CFL Offseason is here. Rather than lose all the coaching movement discussions to the Regular season thread, I thought we could start putting it here.

Those teams currently lost in the wilderness:

Ottawa

Toronto

BC

Montreal

Calgary

Edmonton

Saskatchewan

Hamilton

The champs are here.. the champs are here... Winnipeg*

 

*Grey Cup Champions

1 hour ago, Mr Dee said:

No it all eh?

Yes. ;=)

Edited January 25, 20206 yr by SpeedFlex27

20 minutes ago, johnzo said:

I don't know of anything specific between Lapo and Davis.

but Davis was the explicit QB2 all through 2017, had been with the team for two full seasons and was highly touted as the first Bomber backup QB in years who wouldn't be a free space on the bingo card, and maybe could be something greater.

Nichols gets hurt in Game 17, it's Davis' turn to shine and he plays out the game, about a half and change.  It doesn't go super well, we lose but Davis doesn't obviously play himself off the roster like a Boltus or a Mike Quinn. Then for the critical playoff clinching week 18 game, suddenly it's the Fever starting, and Davis is cut before free agency.

Anyway, we decided somewhere between halftime of week 17 and the start of week 18 to move on from the guy ... after two years of grooming but less than thirty minutes of play running the real offense.  Given how he was touted that was weird.  Many worse bomber QBs have gotten way longer leashes.  So now that Lapo is calling a lot of the shots I'm surprised that Davis is still a Redblack.

Gotcha. Well, as you know sometimes the starting QB is not chosen by just the offensive coordinator. and starting a more experienced QB in the playoffs (see: Collaros) can be a more pragmatic decision.

Maybe Lapo still likes him? At the very least it appears he'll be giving him another shot.

3 hours ago, johnzo said:

I don't know of anything specific between Lapo and Davis.

but Davis was the explicit QB2 all through 2017, had been with the team for two full seasons and was highly touted as the first Bomber backup QB in years who wouldn't be a free space on the bingo card, and maybe could be something greater.

Nichols gets hurt in Game 17, it's Davis' turn to shine and he plays out the game, about a half and change.  It doesn't go super well, we lose but Davis doesn't obviously play himself off the roster like a Boltus or a Mike Quinn. Then for the critical playoff clinching week 18 game, suddenly it's the Fever starting, and Davis is cut before free agency.

Anyway, we decided somewhere between halftime of week 17 and the start of week 18 to move on from the guy ... after two years of grooming but less than thirty minutes of play running the real offense.  Given how he was touted that was weird.  Many worse bomber QBs have gotten way longer leashes.  So now that Lapo is calling a lot of the shots I'm surprised that Davis is still a Redblack.

You know what that was? That was classic lapo thinking "hey The Fever can run, we don't need to risk throwing the ball without our starter that way!" 

15 hours ago, johnzo said:

I don't know of anything specific between Lapo and Davis.

but Davis was the explicit QB2 all through 2017, had been with the team for two full seasons and was highly touted as the first Bomber backup QB in years who wouldn't be a free space on the bingo card, and maybe could be something greater.

Nichols gets hurt in Game 17, it's Davis' turn to shine and he plays out the game, about a half and change.  It doesn't go super well, we lose but Davis doesn't obviously play himself off the roster like a Boltus or a Mike Quinn. Then for the critical playoff clinching week 18 game, suddenly it's the Fever starting, and Davis is cut before free agency.

Anyway, we decided somewhere between halftime of week 17 and the start of week 18 to move on from the guy ... after two years of grooming but less than thirty minutes of play running the real offense.  Given how he was touted that was weird.  Many worse bomber QBs have gotten way longer leashes.  So now that Lapo is calling a lot of the shots I'm surprised that Davis is still a Redblack.

Davis has all the physical tools to be a great QB, he just lacks the mental tools to put them to good use.

16 hours ago, johnzo said:

I don't know of anything specific between Lapo and Davis.

but Davis was the explicit QB2 all through 2017, had been with the team for two full seasons and was highly touted as the first Bomber backup QB in years who wouldn't be a free space on the bingo card, and maybe could be something greater.

Nichols gets hurt in Game 17, it's Davis' turn to shine and he plays out the game, about a half and change.  It doesn't go super well, we lose but Davis doesn't obviously play himself off the roster like a Boltus or a Mike Quinn. Then for the critical playoff clinching week 18 game, suddenly it's the Fever starting, and Davis is cut before free agency.

Anyway, we decided somewhere between halftime of week 17 and the start of week 18 to move on from the guy ... after two years of grooming but less than thirty minutes of play running the real offense.  Given how he was touted that was weird.  Many worse bomber QBs have gotten way longer leashes.  So now that Lapo is calling a lot of the shots I'm surprised that Davis is still a Redblack.

I think they went with Fever because of the weather conditions. Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t there heavy snow that last game against Calgary? I think they just thought because of his ability to run he fit the offense best that week. I don’t think it was necessarily anything to do with Davis. 

34 minutes ago, Arnold_Palmer said:

I think they went with Fever because of the weather conditions. Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t there heavy snow that last game against Calgary? I think they just thought because of his ability to run he fit the offense best that week. I don’t think it was necessarily anything to do with Davis. 

Little snow, but it was also cold as balls that day. The 25 or so of us the stands were really bundled up.

46 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Little snow, but it was also cold as balls that day. The 25 or so of us the stands were really bundled up.

Frozen, slippery field conditions and cold for sure.

https://www.cfl.ca/games/2449/winnipeg-blue-bombers-vs-calgary-stampeders/?_ga=2.30033471.1603467156.1579792973-96752938.1529593205

52 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Little snow, but it was also cold as balls that day. The 25 or so of us the stands were really bundled up.

Was worth it... Any win in that former graveyard was 100% worth it. 

Davis though last year was hung out to dry with next to.nothing for any type of coaching and coordinating..was in a position basically to fail

He has skills and ability but needs experience in games.. and coaching..in games as they progress and he has never gotten that even though in league for 5 yrs or so

On 2020-01-18 at 5:58 PM, SpeedFlex27 said:

Probably not as he is a career cop in Surrey.

I know but geeze, if he had just held off for one more year he'd have won a Grey Cup. 

44 minutes ago, J5V said:

I know but geeze, if he had just held off for one more year he'd have won a Grey Cup. 

What about Chungh? He had it pretty good here then went to BC strictly for the money. We win a Grey Cup. He finishes last in the West.  They made their decisions. 

7 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

What about Chungh? He had it pretty good here then went to BC strictly for the money. We win a Grey Cup. He finishes last in the West.  They made their decisions. 

Chungh is dead to me.

4 minutes ago, J5V said:

Chungh is dead to me.

He played beside Hardick here as he was a RG, correct? He had Foucault for the majority of this season with the Lions & he's one of the worst starting OL in the CFL. He left a good thing here for a huge contract in BC. Decision was his. 

15 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

He played beside Hardick here as he was a RG, correct? He had Foucault for the majority of this season with the Lions & he's one of the worst starting OL in the CFL. He left a good thing here for a huge contract in BC. Decision was his. 

When he played for us what I liked about him was his fire. He would often be seen fired up, noisy, and animated. I'm not sure why he left. If it was strictly for money, it was a poor decision. 

 

1 hour ago, J5V said:

When he played for us what I liked about him was his fire. He would often be seen fired up, noisy, and animated. I'm not sure why he left. If it was strictly for money, it was a poor decision. 

I guess Chungh's attitude was that if he can make the money now then he might as well go for it as he's only I injury away from retirement. I can't fault him for thinking that way but do I feel bad for Chungh that he played like crap on a crap team for a crap coach? Nope.

Edited January 26, 20206 yr by SpeedFlex27

6 hours ago, Noeller said:

Was worth it... Any win in that former graveyard was 100% worth 

 

Edited January 26, 20206 yr by Geebrr

That PI that led to the first Calgary TD is still BS.

So who is the next former bomber quarterback that's going to be a head coach in the NFL?

What's Brohm up to?

 

Edited January 26, 20206 yr by Mark F

Co-offensive coordinator and QB coach at the university of Purdue  

On 2020-01-24 at 4:10 AM, Floyd said:

Haha like Matt Nichols? That worked out okay

If that's the criteria we might as well give Brandon Bridge a chance while we are at it....

2 hours ago, kelownabomberfan said:

If that's the criteria we might as well give Brandon Bridge a chance while we are at it....

Toronto should - he’d do well with Jackson and dinwiddie 

Kicked stamps around second half. Good to watch that.

CFL is going full on with this global combine - five cities...?? 

Its neat and all that but do teams actually have the budget for this

Its being run by the league.

On 2020-01-25 at 11:10 AM, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Davis has all the physical tools to be a great QB, he just lacks the mental tools to put them to good use.

Idk he is athletic, but not as athletic as streveler. And I dont think his arm talent is as good as mcguire or plenty of other guys. The mental tools and refined skills like accuracy and touch are the deal breakers in any qb.