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

13 minutes ago, Booch said:

If the Rider's are this huge juggernaut fiscal money making best in the CFL team...how is it they loose money on the season, yet the "inferior" Bombers in their eyes make money...Riders enfded up over 200k in the red, albeit they would have made about 300k if not for the 500k they put toward the 2020 Grey Cup...If the Bombers didn't have to fork out an additional 800k+ for playoff expenses being on the road...grey cup expenses..rings etc, they would have pocketed even more than they did this season...while still making their loan obligations...This all with the Green Turds hosting a playoff contest....Me thinks their(that fanbase) needs to re-think their worth and realize they are not the be all..end all. 

Did the Riders just release their financials? I missed it. The Bombers last year got a big revenue boost from the NFL exhibition game at IG Field. It was an on field disaster, but big $$$ influx. Regina was the first choice for that, but there was a scheduling conflict I think. 

2 minutes ago, M.Silverback said:

Did the Riders just release their financials? I missed it. The Bombers last year got a big revenue boost from the NFL exhibition game at IG Field. It was an on field disaster, but big $$$ influx. Regina was the first choice for that, but there was a scheduling conflict I think. 

define big?

Riders also hosted a playoff game...and didnt have to pay for 3 playoff road game expenses and all the other $$ winning the cup costs...from what I hear was roughly a million smackers..

5 minutes ago, M.Silverback said:

Did the Riders just release their financials? I missed it. The Bombers last year got a big revenue boost from the NFL exhibition game at IG Field. It was an on field disaster, but big $$$ influx. Regina was the first choice for that, but there was a scheduling conflict I think. 

https://www.nugget.ca/sports/football/cfl/saskatchewan-roughriders/roughriders-finances/wcm/f69af966-2d48-4ea5-aa96-ec2919b34851

3rd. down has a piece by Darian Durant....First of all calling him a legend is a joke...secondly ranking the 3 best qbs. currently in the league and picking Fajardo (must have had his green goggles on) as one of them....especially over Zack....What a bull$hit piece , consisting of blowing smoke up the riders arse...Maybe he's looking for extra big lettering on his induction into their hall of shame.......Hey Durant....we want our money back

Edited June 4, 20205 yr by Stickem

24 minutes ago, Stickem said:

3rd. down has a piece by Darian Durant....First of all calling him a legend is a joke...secondly ranking the 3 best qbs. currently in the league and picking Fajardo (must have had his green goggles on) as one of them....especially over Zack....What a bull$hit piece , consisting of blowing smoke up the riders arse...Maybe he's looking for extra big lettering on his induction into their hall of shame.......Hey Durant....we want our money back

calling him an upandcomer...at 28 hardly an upandcomer

I would think that Harris..Evans, and Even Adams in Mtl would be ahead of Fajardo...

Durant and his selfish choices allowed for the emergence of Strevler and allowed us the cash to sign Bighill. All in all, he helped contribute to our Cup win. Still a tool though.

The Riders seem so inconsequential nowadays.

2 hours ago, Booch said:

define big?

Riders also hosted a playoff game...and didnt have to pay for 3 playoff road game expenses and all the other $$ winning the cup costs...from what I hear was roughly a million smackers..

Bombers website says $890,000 in revenue for that event. Not defending the Riders financials, or saying you're wrong about Bombers road game expenses.  The Bombers and Riders always rely on some type of non football event revenue, or in our case horrible NFL pre-season football revenue, to help boost the bottom lines. Also a Grey Cup win pretty much always leads to a revenue boost - merchandise, season ticket renewals and new purchases ... Of course this year, every team is in trouble. 

8 hours ago, Stickem said:

3rd. down has a piece by Darian Durant....First of all calling him a legend is a joke...secondly ranking the 3 best qbs. currently in the league and picking Fajardo (must have had his green goggles on) as one of them....especially over Zack....What a bull$hit piece , consisting of blowing smoke up the riders arse...Maybe he's looking for extra big lettering on his induction into their hall of shame.......Hey Durant....we want our money back

No respect for Durant nor do I care what he thinks. He picked Fajardo as the third best qb in the CFL which is a joke. I'll take Vernon Adams & Trevor Harris over him. As far as Collaros goes, he needs to play a bunch of games to get back into the running when discussions start about who is the CFL's best qb. 

Edited June 5, 20205 yr by SpeedFlex27

Raise your hand if you're still a self-centered douchecanoe who basically stole money from a team willing to help you keep your CFL career alive.

"Against all odds - I'm gonna steal."

Sack of green s**t

 

3 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:

 

Geez, the wrong guy left.

How can TSN let one of their best up and leave?

That Stupid Network!

Seems like he really wanted to be back on Saturday nights

That sucks for the CFL. Please hire somebody to replace Rod Black and Glen "Let me fawn over a Country Music Star like a 12 year old fangirl during the Grey Cup" Suitor.

More Miller and Dunigan and the new guy which yet again I forgot his name! 

Dustin Neilson? Was really good the few games he did. Maybe he gets the call up.

Guess Cuthbert is hitching his wagon to hockey full-time. Maybe he knows something about what will happen to the CFL in the future if they don’t play this year. 

Absolutely brutal for TSN. By far the best CFL PBP guy. What in the actual hell are they gonna do to replace him. If Rod Black is the new A guy, that's tough for us. Gord Miller is likely their best PBP right now, with Rod Smith second. The kid from the U of A will get more time now but he's not ready yet. 

Okay, so I've taken a moment and had a couple of thoughts on this. Being in broadcasting and being a ridiculous sports fan like the rest of you, these sorts of things (sports broadcasting) hit home for me........

-Derek Taylor is gaining experience as a CFL PBP guy now, and has TSN experience. Could be someone they reach out to.

-By the same token, I wonder if they reach out to Rod Pedersen. I know what we all think of him, but for some reason he has a lot of goodwill built up in CFL circles and has a lot of years of CFL PBP experience. Curious if he's a name passed around.

-Wondering if there's anyone currently at Sportsnet that might get plucked to come over to TSN..... a name I thought about was Dave Randorf, who really wanted to do NHL PBP, so he left TSN to go do that for S'Net once they got the contract. But he has some CFL background and I'm curious if he'd come back to TSN to do a similar role to Cuthbert (both hockey and football PBP)...

Edited June 5, 20205 yr by Noeller

Sucks for watching the CFL, no doubt, but it's a boost for the NHL broadcasts...  Some of those Sportsnet guys are brutal.

I honestly cannot believe Cuthbert left!!!  He was by far my favourite play by play guy.   It'll be good to hear his voice for hockey games though... I really hope he would start calling Jets games on Sportsnet. 

That being said, are they going to elevate Gord Miller to West games?   TSN needs some better broadcasters.  Maybe Brian Williams can come back into the fold.  

9 minutes ago, captaincanuck12 said:

I honestly cannot believe Cuthbert left!!!  He was by far my favourite play by play guy.   It'll be good to hear his voice for hockey games though... I really hope he would start calling Jets games on Sportsnet. 

That being said, are they going to elevate Gord Miller to West games?   TSN needs some better broadcasters.  Maybe Brian Williams can come back into the fold.  

Brian Williams is 107 years old and doesn't do PBP. Cripes. 

They need newer, younger blood. Getting Neilson out of U of A was an interesting move because you have to start grooming people. You know who's an interesting thought is a guy like Darrin Bauming. Doesn't he do some Bisons PBP or am I crazy? I wonder if he has aspirations for the big leagues... 

7 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Okay, so I've taken a moment and had a couple of thoughts on this. Being in broadcasting and being a ridiculous sports fan like the rest of you, these sorts of things (sports broadcasting) hit home for me........

-Derek Taylor is gaining experience as a CFL PBP guy now, and has TSN experience. Could be someone they reach out to.

-By the same token, I wonder if they reach out to Rod Pedersen. I know what we all think of him, but for some reason he has a lot of goodwill built up in CFL circles and has a lot of years of CFL PBP experience. Curious if he's a name passed around.

-Wondering if there's anyone currently at Sportsnet that might get plucked to come over to TSN..... a name I thought about was Dave Randorf, who really wanted to do NHL PBP, so he left TSN to go do that for S'Net once they got the contract. But he has some CFL background and I'm curious if he'd come back to TSN to do a similar role to Cuthbert (both hockey and football PBP)...

I don't want Rod P. or Rod P. junior calling games... Taylor from 2 years ago would have been fine but since taking the job in Regina, he's gone full 4-Stripe.  No thank you!

3 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Brian Williams is 107 years old and doesn't do PBP. Cripes. 

They need newer, younger blood. Getting Neilson out of U of A was an interesting move because you have to start grooming people. You know who's an interesting thought is a guy like Darrin Bauming. Doesn't he do some Bisons PBP or am I crazy? I wonder if he has aspirations for the big leagues... 

Well he's 73.   Cuthbert is 62.  our own Bob Irving is 70.  Yes they need new blood, but it's too bad the guys like Cuthbert aren't there to mentor the next generation.   I think Bauming would be an excellent addition to the CFL broadcast spectrum.