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 minute ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Yeah depending how the rest of the offseason goes it will either be 6 NI on O and 1 on D or 5 on O 2 on D.  They have to maintain that the entire game so if you list 7 on O and zero on D but then you have a couple injuries to the NI's on O it becomes a scramble.  You have one guy who is a starter but not technically a "starter" for ratio purposes.  Then you have an import sub who can replace anyone on the field on O.

I wasn't sure how that officially worked...  that being said, I think I'm still more comfortable with 7 NI on offence - because subbing in a less talented fifth receiver with Rush or Mike Miller isn't as bad as losing Thomas in a game...

Still a long way to go - I'm sure we're going to find another Cdn or two on D

Just now, Floyd said:

I wasn't sure how that officially worked...  that being said, I think I'm still more comfortable with 7 NI on offence - because subbing in a less talented fifth receiver with Rush or Mike Miller isn't as bad as losing Thomas in a game...

Still a long way to go - I'm sure we're going to find another Cdn or two on D

Well they'd have 3-4 guys they are comfortable with playing D minimum for the one spot, and they don't have to declare that a NI will be used at a certain position, just that a NI will be on the field at all times on D.  So right now there's Thomas, Briggs, Miles, the DB's, Griffiths and whoever we draft, plus Hansen who can't "start" as one of the 7 but unless it changes for this season he can sub in for anyone.  

Worst case scenario if Thomas and Briggs go down you throw a guy out at field corner if it comes down to it, 2/3 of the QB's in the league can't make a throw out to the field, you just gotta switch to a zone that will make it harder for the O to isolate that guy.  **** that used to be the gameplan...remember Matt Bucknor?

How does it work with this vets counting as NIs now. Could you not hypothetically start Woli, Peterman, Demski with Lawler and another american and then sub Adams in as your 3rd NI a couple of plays into the game?

8 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

How does it work with this vets counting as NIs now. Could you not hypothetically start Woli, Peterman, Demski with Lawler and another american and then sub Adams in as your 3rd NI a couple of plays into the game?

Yeah it will be interesting to see how that plays out and how it is allowed to be manipulated.

Lawler is for sure an up and coming star. He can make spectacular catches. Now we have a qb that will give him a chance to showcase that more

2 hours ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Tasker- 5 catches 65 yards .39 TD per game 90 catches 1170 yard 7 TD per season

Dressler- 4 catches 62 yards .54 TD per game 72 catches 1116 10 TD per season

^ There's the career stats broken down per game and season.

 

Lawler is our star IMO.  Already right there and primed for a huge breakout with more usage.

What's the games played per player?

I'd love to get Walker. But I'm just as comfortable going into the season with Bailey. 

I think Tasker should take his Dressler like talents to Ottawa and stay away.

Edited February 22, 20205 yr by Geebrr

12 minutes ago, Geebrr said:

I think Tasker should take his Dressler like talents to Ottawa and stay away.

Me thinks even OTT might be too far away for him.

14 minutes ago, Zontar said:

Me thinks even OTT might be too far away for him.

What is it that keeps him tied to the Hamilton area even when there's the possibility he could earn a job elsewhere?

23 minutes ago, Pete Catan's Ghost said:

What is it that keeps him tied to the Hamilton area even when there's the possibility he could earn a job elsewhere?

Extremely tight with family in Buffalo area.  Playing  in S. Ontario is more than just convenience it's vital. Also I suspect a shoulder injury was far more severe than stated . He struggled when he came back at tail end of season. Total non factor in post season.

Health status, awaiting surgery etc. might be what's holding contract up. Thinking out loud. 

Team is ridiculously underserved by media here.

Edited February 23, 20205 yr by Zontar

1 hour ago, Bigblue204 said:

What's the games played per player?

88 for Tasker, 161 for Dressler.

2 hours ago, Zontar said:

Extremely tight with family in Buffalo area.  Playing  in S. Ontario is more than just convenience it's vital. Also I suspect a shoulder injury was far more severe than stated . He struggled when he came back at tail end of season. Total non factor in post season.

Health status, awaiting surgery etc. might be what's holding contract up. Thinking out loud. 

Team is ridiculously underserved by media here.

Drew Edwards did a great job covering the Ti Cats for the Spectator. So, naturally that meant moving him off the Ti Cat beat & eventually laid him off.

2 hours ago, BBlink said:

Lawler is for sure an up and coming star. He can make spectacular catches. Now we have a qb that will give him a chance to showcase that more

1000 yard season coming up for Lawler.

1 hour ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Drew Edwards did a great job covering the Ti Cats for the Spectator. So, naturally that meant moving him off the Ti Cat beat & eventually laid him off.

He left to operate 3DownNation full time and then sold the site to Justin Dunk.

36 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

He left to operate 3DownNation full time and then sold the site to Justin Dunk.

I thought he was reassigned by the Spectator & then laid off.  Either way, the guy is missed.  That seems to be the fate of every good CFL writer. To do something else. Guys like Jack Matheson, Don Blanchard, Reyn Davis, Jim Proudfoot, Scott Young, D I c k Beddoes & others who covered the CFL for decades & had all kinds of sources are gone now & the likes of them are never coming back.

Edited February 23, 20205 yr by SpeedFlex27

9 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

I thought he was reassigned by the Spectator & then laid off.  Either way, the guy is missed.  That seems to be the fate of every good CFL writer. To do something else. Guys like Jack Matheson, Don Blanchard, Reyn Davis, Jim Proudfoot, Scott Young, D I c k Beddoes & others who covered the CFL for decades & had all kinds of sources are gone now & the likes of them are never coming back.

Hal Sigurdson was a calmer, more rational counter to Matheson's ranting.

33 minutes ago, Pete Catan's Ghost said:

Hal Sigurdson was a calmer, more rational counter to Matheson's ranting.

Now, where's the fun in that?

https://3downnation.com/2020/02/23/redblacks-confident-schemes-can-trump-talent-especially-for-receivers-and-pass-rushers/

Lapo must be wondering what he's done to deserve first Mack and now Desjardins...

So Desjardins two pressers this year are 'oh no my job is so hard because of the salary cap' and 'we didn't bring in receivers because Lapo didn't want them'...

They are going to destroy Arbuckle as a starter... sad.

11 minutes ago, Floyd said:

we didn't bring in receivers because Lapo didn't want them'...

Just like Campbell didn’t want a starting QB, lineman and top receiver last year...

And of course the Bombers pursued Derrel Walker against Lapo’s wishes last year...

😀

 

Marcel seems like he's back to being the disaster that he was in Hamilton.

Our offence with LaPo was based around a dominant Oline and HOF running back that can run, catch, and block as good as anyone.

Don't see that in Ottawa

 

When are blue going to hire DL COACH

35 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

And of course the Bombers pursued Derrel Walker against Lapo’s wishes last year...

😀

 

And Chris Matthews was definitely not a marquee signing at the time...