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

can you say...ewwww....eeeks....ouch?? 

was that meant to be boasting??

Edited February 11, 20205 yr by Booch

3 minutes ago, Booch said:

can you say...ewwww....eeeks....ouch?? 

was that meant to be boasting??

Ain't enough lipstick in the work that will help that pig...

Taylor to Nye: "Oh, yeah... The Riders look like contenders."
Nye:

just look at that o-line depth...or lack thereof....yikes!!

same with National receiver..some potential there...but man o man

Huff is making some nice moves in Free Agency...  right now I'd say Walters and Huff are tops for me - Ticats close behind

3 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Huff is making some nice moves in Free Agency...  right now I'd say Walters and Huff are tops for me - Ticats close behind

Toronto has really rebuilt their roster in a good way too..and BC has done fairly well...tho they seemed to ignore their biggest concern..O-line

5 minutes ago, Booch said:

Toronto has really rebuilt their roster in a good way too..and BC has done fairly well...tho they seemed to ignore their biggest concern..O-line

BC's DL is going to be drastically improved...

I'm not sold on Bladek and Blake replacing McEwen and Bomben at all in TO

I think Junior Luke would be a pretty sweet consolation prize instead of Laing for us...  Chris Mulumba would be nice ST/LB depth too

10 minutes ago, Booch said:

Toronto has really rebuilt their roster in a good way too..and BC has done fairly well...tho they seemed to ignore their biggest concern..O-line

Ignoring the signing of Nichols...  I'd say overall the Argos have taken a step back.    I'm assuming they make a few more signings...

1 minute ago, Brandon said:

Ignoring the signing of Nichols...  I'd say overall the Argos have taken a step back.    I'm assuming they make a few more signings...

How have they taken a step back? 

7 minutes ago, Tiny759 said:

How have they taken a step back? 

Three raptors tickets...

48 minutes ago, Tiny759 said:

How have they taken a step back? 

Well up until I wrote that post the additions to the team were Nichols ,  Nevis,  some crap Rider players and a whole lot of nothing.     They took a step back on the o-line and receiver (until now with Daniels).   I don't see any really big improvements by them.  They cut a lot of decent players and haven't really replaced them with much. 

 

11 minutes ago, Brandon said:

Well up until I wrote that post the additions to the team were Nichols ,  Nevis,  some crap Rider players and a whole lot of nothing.     They took a step back on the o-line and receiver (until now with Daniels).   I don't see any really big improvements by them.  They cut a lot of decent players and haven't really replaced them with much. 

 

So Blake and blazdek, even though they are from sask, they are still capable starters. Then they got tj Jones, brescacin, Daniels, Nevis. For Toronto, this is a huge win for them. Take it easy on them they don’t get wins that often.

1 minute ago, Tiny759 said:

So Blake and blazdek, even though they are from sask, they are still capable starters. Then they got tj Jones, brescacin, Daniels, Nevis. For Toronto, this is a huge win for them. Take it easy on them they don’t get wins that often.

They also have two QBs who have won games in this league. That’s more than some teams can say. 

They also got Tommie Campbell, Bo lokombo, and extend Shaq Richardson. Could be a sleeper team in the east.

They nay be able to scrape together enough wins to keep the Riders from the cross over....7 should do it..

Has Nevis been confirmed as an Argo?

three offseasons running now the Riders look like a 3-15 team on paper and yet for the past two years we wind up having to play a playoff game out at IG Field West.

we always win those games so it's cool ... still, that team pulls rabbits out of their asses every year, gonna assume they keep doing it until I see otherwise.

1 hour ago, Tiny759 said:

So Blake and blazdek, even though they are from sask, they are still capable starters. Then they got tj Jones, brescacin, Daniels, Nevis. For Toronto, this is a huge win for them. Take it easy on them they don’t get wins that often.

They lost two better players on the o line, lost walker, sj green, Edwards at receiver and a few decent guys on defense. I don't see the improvement from last year.

1 hour ago, Tiny759 said:

So Blake and blazdek, even though they are from sask, they are still capable starters. Then they got tj Jones, brescacin, Daniels, Nevis. For Toronto, this is a huge win for them. Take it easy on them they don’t get wins that often.

What has TJ Jones done? 

1 hour ago, Tiny759 said:

They also got Tommie Campbell, Bo lokombo, and extend Shaq Richardson. Could be a sleeper team in the east.

The problem is, for every player they gained, they seem to have lost one.

They gained Davaris Daniels, they lost SJ Green. They gained Juwan Brescacin, they lost Derel Walker. They gained TJ Jones, they lost Armanti Edwards. They gained Drake Nevis, they lost Cleyon Laing. They gained Tommie Campbell, they lost Jonathon Mincy. They gained Alex Bazzie, they lost Freddie Bishop. They gained Phil Blake, they lost Ryan Bomben. They gained Dariusz Bladek, they lost Sean McEwen.

It's great that they made a big splash but this is literally what happened to Edmonton last year and it didn't net them anything. They've shuffled around a lot of who they spend their dollars on, but I fail to see how they have a better roster today than it was before. That being said - I do think they have some strong areas on their roster, but in addition to all the losses I already mentioned, they still have to find a way to resign Frank Beltre, Davon Coleman, Tobi Antigha, Micah Awe, Jermaine Gabriel and Rodney Smith (or equal replacements)

1 hour ago, Tiny759 said:

So Blake and blazdek, even though they are from sask, they are still capable starters. Then they got tj Jones, brescacin, Daniels, Nevis. For Toronto, this is a huge win for them. Take it easy on them they don’t get wins that often.

They lost Holmes, McEwen and Bomben.  At best Blake and Blazdek are equal to Holmes and Bomben, but probably a bit of a downgrade.  

They are scrambling fill holes in a terrible roster that lost most of its top players.

It isn't like Blake and Blazdek are quality starters. 

I think most are taking McEwen and Bomben over them.

1 minute ago, Geebrr said:

It isn't like Blake and Blazdek are quality starters. 

I think most are taking McEwen and Bomben over them.

I don't believe Blazdek is very good.  I actually think there's a pretty good chance he doesn't make any roster this season.

1 minute ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

I don't believe Blazdek is very good.  I actually think there's a pretty good chance he doesn't make any roster this season.

I can't say it would shock me.

 

11 minutes ago, Mike said:

The problem is, for every player they gained, they seem to have lost one.

They gained Davaris Daniels, they lost SJ Green. They gained Juwan Brescacin, they lost Derel Walker. They gained TJ Jones, they lost Armanti Edwards. They gained Drake Nevis, they lost Cleyon Laing. They gained Tommie Campbell, they lost Jonathon Mincy. They gained Alex Bazzie, they lost Freddie Bishop. They gained Phil Blake, they lost Ryan Bomben. They gained Dariusz Bladek, they lost Sean McEwen.

It's great that they made a big splash but this is literally what happened to Edmonton last year and it didn't net them anything. They've shuffled around a lot of who they spend their dollars on, but I fail to see how they have a better roster today than it was before. That being said - I do think they have some strong areas on their roster, but in addition to all the losses I already mentioned, they still have to find a way to resign Frank Beltre, Davon Coleman, Tobi Antigha, Micah Awe, Jermaine Gabriel and Rodney Smith (or equal replacements)

That’s fair. I guess it comes down to a matter of opinion on who we believe is the better quality player. And I by no mean think they are a good team. But I just don’t believe they have taken a step back. Like I said if the east is still weak they could be a sleeper team claim that last spot and prevent the cross over.