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

TSN going to show some CFL content during the COVID shut down........

https://www.tsn.ca/cfl-encores-on-tsn-schedule-1.1463140

2 hours ago, Noeller said:

TSN going to show some CFL content during the COVID shut down........

https://www.tsn.ca/cfl-encores-on-tsn-schedule-1.1463140

Hallelujah!!!

If the season is lost I feel for the guys that maybe had this season left in the tank. How many wont play again if this season is lost? 

Just now, Dodge and Burn said:

If the season is lost I feel for the guys that maybe had this season left in the tank. How many wont play again if this season is lost? 

It may prolong some guys careers as well. Having a year off may help them heal up properly. 

49 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

It may prolong some guys careers as well. Having a year off may help them heal up properly. 

Who can afford to take a year off work? I wouldn't be surprised if we lost a very large number of players who decide to move on. 

1 hour ago, JCon said:

Who can afford to take a year off work? I wouldn't be surprised if we lost a very large number of players who decide to move on. 

Guys who have careers to fall back on may just get into them sooner tha later.

Looks like Pinball won best CFL nickname of all time...

Henry Williams and Joe Paopao are unimpressed.

 

25 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Looks like Pinball won best CFL nickname of all time...

Henry Williams and Joe Paopao are unimpressed.

 

I always liked Jackie "Spaghetti Legs" Parker & Dave "The Knife" Raimey.

10 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

I always liked Jackie "Spaghetti Legs" Parker & Dave "The Knife" Raimey.

' The Lincoln Locomotive' had a nice ring to it as well....also the 'China Clipper'

in the states 'Too Tall Jones' always made me snicker

A favourite of mine was Bomber fullback Bob "Hoss" Houmard. If anyone remembers his style of play, a big 235 lb straight ahead fullback  then the nickname sure fit.  I remember Jack Matheson used to love the guy. Another personal favourite of mine was fullback Jerome Bettis who was called The Bus. 

Another of the nicknames I miss are the defensive line Front Fours.  Many years ago, the Ottawa Rough Riders had Capital Punishment. The Stampeders had The Four Trees. The Eskimos had Alberta Crude. In the NFL, the LA Rams had The  Fearsome Foursome & The Vikings had The Purple People Eaters. Pittsburgh Steelers had The Steel Curtain that originally was only the name of their front four but later encompassed their entire defense. The Miami Dolphins had The Killer Bees to describe their DL & Chicago had The Monsters Of The Midway. 

In the CFL, the Bombers coined the nickname of The Hogs for their offensive line a decade before the Redskins called theirs by the same name. Bill Frank was the Head Hog.  Too bad nicknaming offensive & defensive lines have gone out of style. It really added to the games. The media & fans would love it when they'd talk about Capital Punishment vs The Hogs. 

Edited April 5, 20205 yr by SpeedFlex27

"White Horses" for the BB OLine in the 80's.

 

 

On 2020-04-04 at 1:04 AM, Floyd said:

Looks like Pinball won best CFL nickname of all time...

Henry Williams and Joe Paopao are unimpressed.

 

Personally I always thought the Smith DBs for the Argos in 1997 had a pretty cool nickname as the Bermuda Triangle.

1 hour ago, Eternal optimist said:

Personally I always thought the Smith DBs for the Argos in 1997 had a pretty cool nickname as the Bermuda Triangle.

I always thought that referred to the bottom half of a skimpy bathing suit.

How did Poop Johnson not win best nickname?

On 2020-04-04 at 2:54 PM, SpeedFlex27 said:

A favourite of mine was Bomber fullback Bob "Hoss" Houmard. If anyone remembers his style of play, a big 235 lb straight ahead fullback  then the nickname sure fit.  I remember Jack Matheson used to love the guy. Another personal favourite of mine was fullback Jerome Bettis who was called The Bus. 

Another of the nicknames I miss are the defensive line Front Fours.  Many years ago, the Ottawa Rough Riders had Capital Punishment. The Stampeders had The Four Trees. The Eskimos had Alberta Crude. In the NFL, the LA Rams had The  Fearsome Foursome & The Vikings had The Purple People Eaters. Pittsburgh Steelers had The Steel Curtain that originally was only the name of their front four but later encompassed their entire defense. The Miami Dolphins had The Killer Bees to describe their DL & Chicago had The Monsters Of The Midway. 

In the CFL, the Bombers coined the nickname of The Hogs for their offensive line a decade before the Redskins called theirs by the same name. Bill Frank was the Head Hog.  Too bad nicknaming offensive & defensive lines have gone out of style. It really added to the games. The media & fans would love it when they'd talk about Capital Punishment vs The Hogs. 

In the mid-70's, the Bomber d-line was so inept that Jack Matheson named them "four on the floor". Loved it.

I'm a bit sentimental so I would have voted for 'Kindly' as the best nickname... even if he wasn't always

On 2020-04-03 at 5:57 PM, Noeller said:

TSN going to show some CFL content during the COVID shut down........

https://www.tsn.ca/cfl-encores-on-tsn-schedule-1.1463140

This amazing!! So pumped. BUT, they show may 8th is gonna be Wpg vs SSK from July 27th 2007. I thought that was odd, as I don't remember that game....when I looked it up via wikipedia it says it was Wpg vs Ham... Who's right? 

And the next week is WPG vs BC from 2012... If it's WPG vs Ham from 2007 (38-16 W) and WPG vs BC from 2012 (33-16 L) seems like some odd games to re-show..? I don't remember the games myself, but they seem like real stinkers (aside from the bombers winning the Ham game.) You'd think they'd show only the exciting games.

Edited April 6, 20205 yr by Bigblue204

BC game Geroy Simon became all time yardage leader. The Hamiton game is Milt breaking the TD record.

On 2020-04-03 at 9:24 PM, JCon said:

Who can afford to take a year off work? I wouldn't be surprised if we lost a very large number of players who decide to move on. 

The thing is this isn’t a CFL problem, this is a worldwide issue. I wouldn’t be surprised if most players have nonessential jobs and aren’t working in their other fields right now regardless. 

5 hours ago, Blueandgold said:

The thing is this isn’t a CFL problem, this is a worldwide issue. I wouldn’t be surprised if most players have nonessential jobs and aren’t working in their other fields right now regardless. 

Yep, COVID-19 is definitely what dashed my professional football career... that's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

2 hours ago, Eternal optimist said:

Yep, COVID-19 is definitely what dashed my professional football career... that's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

Oh man I had never thought of that! I got a new excuse for everything now.

Riderfans can use that excuse for yet another year without a cup....

 

1 hour ago, NorthernSkunk said:

Riderfans can use that excuse for yet another year without a cup....

 

But they won't...they'll come up with some convoluted theory about them finishing first in the west last year so they should be awarded the Grey Cup by forfeit while totally ignoring that Winnipeg won the Cup and Hamilton finished with a better record.

Edited April 7, 20205 yr by GCn20

1 hour ago, GCn20 said:

But they won't...they'll come up with some convoluted theory about them finishing first in the west last year so they should be awarded the Grey Cup by forfeit while totally ignoring that Winnipeg won the Cup and Hamilton finished with a better record.

And after Booch explains it to them ....they will resort to covid something something cost them...lol

3 minutes ago, NorthernSkunk said:

And after Booch explains it to them ....they will resort to covid something something cost them...lol

Nah they'll accuse Booch of being a troll and ban him.