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

9 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

Thats a real nice pick up for them. The offense will really hinge on how much VAJ can do now that every one has ample film on him but they wont lack for weapons.

Lol that’s what I’m going to call him from now. Pronounced as you see it. Strong dislike for the guy since his ***** headbutt  on Bighill. 

6 minutes ago, Dirty30 said:

Lol that’s what I’m going to call him from now. Pronounced as you see it. Strong dislike for the guy since his ***** headbutt  on Bighill. 

Did you miss that this was a thing this past summer? Milt and Dunigan (laughing) talked about it on a pre-game show on TSN.....

4 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Did you miss that this was a thing this past summer? Milt and Dunigan (laughing) talked about it on a pre-game show on TSN.....

Lol must have. That’s the best. Btw you can disregard all my posts today as I've been on hydromorphine in the ER all day with an intestinal infection waiting to see if I need surgery. 

4 hours ago, Bigblue204 said:

Listen...just like any leader of any company. They should only focus on 1 thing and only 1 thing at a time until it is completely resolved to the liking of every fan/customer across the country. Obviously!

Honestly though. Some people have absolutely no vision of the future. But will gladly complain when the future doesnt turn out as bright and shiney as they want it to be.

You joke, but the CFL has extremely limited resources.  They don't have a legal department, they have a couple lawyers on retainer.  Their finance department is three people.

There's a limit on the amount of work a limited staff can do on that side of things to both operate a league and manage initiatives.  They are really stretched.  Ambition is fine but if there aren't resources to manage them those resources come from somewhere else.

Teams are also really stretched and nobody wants to put resources into CFL 2.0.  

1 hour ago, Dirty30 said:

 

Done..

YAY...football talk on CJOB!

2 hours ago, Dirty30 said:

Lol must have. That’s the best. Btw you can disregard all my posts today as I've been on hydromorphine in the ER all day with an intestinal infection waiting to see if I need surgery. 

I'm sorry to hear this. I hope you get some good news and get better real soon. 

3 hours ago, Dirty30 said:

Lol must have. That’s the best. Btw you can disregard all my posts today as I've been on hydromorphine in the ER all day with an intestinal infection waiting to see if I need surgery. 

Get better soon!

3 hours ago, Dirty30 said:

Lol must have. That’s the best. Btw you can disregard all my posts today as I've been on hydromorphine in the ER all day with an intestinal infection waiting to see if I need surgery. 

 Be at peace. All will be well unless you have a perforated bowel.

Just now, Tracker said:

 Be at peace. All will be well unless you have a perforated bowel.

Your bedside manner could use a little work there Tracker.  Jeez...

Premature Power Rankings are here: https://www.cfl.ca/2020/02/27/way-early-power-rankings/

1. HAM
2. WPG
3. SSK
4. CGY
5. EDM
6. MTL
7. BC
8. TOR
9. OTT

These do seem to check out, even if only on paper. There could be some variability from 3 through 6, IMO.

16 hours ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

You joke, but the CFL has extremely limited resources.  They don't have a legal department, they have a couple lawyers on retainer.  Their finance department is three people.

There's a limit on the amount of work a limited staff can do on that side of things to both operate a league and manage initiatives.  They are really stretched.  Ambition is fine but if there aren't resources to manage them those resources come from somewhere else.

Teams are also really stretched and nobody wants to put resources into CFL 2.0.  

Yeah that's how small companies operate every single day in every corner of the country. No risks taken, no gains made. Small staff/resources doesnt at all mean you cant do multiple things. It just means you need to work harder.

Id put SSK 4th or 5th. Putting them ahead of CAL is dumb..

Yeah not just because over here we are all Rider haters, but they have lost some guys, and basically signed nobody, so a higher ranking seems odd

8 minutes ago, Zontar said:

Id put SSK 4th or 5th. Putting them ahead of CAL is dumb..

 

1 minute ago, Booch said:

Yeah not just because over here we are all Rider haters, but they have lost some guys, and basically signed nobody, so a higher ranking seems odd

I agree, reading the article and they are questioning BLM's injury recovery? Did he not finish the season looking okay? I don't remember us beating them because he sucked.

 

1 minute ago, GCJenks said:

 

I agree, reading the article and they are questioning BLM's injury recovery? Did he not finish the season looking okay? I don't remember us beating them because he sucked.

 

I do. He was god awful in the WSF

and lost in all that is Fajardo oblique thing, and his apparent separated shoulder thing that was mentioned...could become an ongoing thing with him until surgically fixed if it was a bad one, and also who's to say he can withstand being a full-time starter...wasn't really able to last year, so history, albeit short says possibly not

1 minute ago, Bigblue204 said:

I do. He was god awful in the WSF

Must be my blue tinted glasses again, I just thought we were better.

Just now, Bigblue204 said:

I do. He was god awful in the WSF

part of which though was due to the Bombers game plan and coaching...BLM said so himself that Bombers showed looks they did all year, so plays were called to combat that, and then at snap of ball the bombers switched things, and totally baffled them...that played into things big time as you could see nobody on their offense was on same page

1 minute ago, GCJenks said:

Must be my blue tinted glasses again, I just thought we were better.

Which is why he sucked.

Sask being ranked 3rd early on is insanity. That team could just as easily be a 5 win team this year...

Interesting that Fajardo and Maas get Sask bumped up but Edm doesn't really get a boost from Harris and Milanovich...

Calgary is still third even if BLM is healing - guy still knows how to win and so does Dickie

Every team has holes - I'd bump Montreal up to 5th in terms of Cdn content and continuity...  

21 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Sask being ranked 3rd early on is insanity. That team could just as easily be a 5 win team this year...

Agreed. The Riders were the beneficiaries of a lot of happenstances last year, and are not likely to repeat such again. They have not improved one iota in the off-season and their resigning of Josiah St.John smacks of desperation.

5 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Interesting that Fajardo and Maas get Sask bumped up but Edm doesn't really get a boost from Harris and Milanovich...

Calgary is still third even if BLM is healing - guy still knows how to win and so does Dickie

Every team has holes - I'd bump Montreal up to 5th in terms of Cdn content and continuity...  

Als. are going to be tuff this year....They're going to give Ham. all kinds of trouble

2 hours ago, blue_gold_84 said:

Premature Power Rankings are here: https://www.cfl.ca/2020/02/27/way-early-power-rankings/

1. HAM
2. WPG
3. SSK
4. CGY
5. EDM
6. MTL
7. BC
8. TOR
9. OTT

These do seem to check out, even if only on paper. There could be some variability from 3 through 6, IMO.

Personally I see it as:
1: WPG - Champs should always be #1 before the damn season starts. Especially when the entire team is retained.

2: Ham - Could make a case for #1, but at the end of the day they aren't the champs.

3: CGY - Still have the making of a contender, though they have a lot of holes on O right now.

4: SSK - Can't justify Edm or MTL being ahead of them right now. 

5: EDM - EDM and MTL could be swapped at this time and I'd be fine with it. But Harris embarrassed them in the play offs, so here we are.

6: MTL - See above

7: BC 

8: TO

9: OTT