Too soon?  Too many truly painful Grey Cup losses have taken the sting out of yesterday's loss already.

Time to look forward while we cope with the recent disappointment.  

Who do we keep?  Who do we let go?  Who do we go after?

Someone was going to start this thread at some point.

19 minutes ago, Mr. Perfect said:

Extension now finalized per the team. 👏👏

17 minutes ago, JCon said:

Pinch me. 

10 hours ago, Noeller said:

The latest from Jeff Hamilton 

 

 

No one was panicked, Jeff. 

No shock... I'm glad it is now finalized... our sole focus now is 3 in four years (or 1-0 if you're coach)... Let's go Blue! 

We all knew it was coming but making it official that MOS is back for three more years is excellent news.

****... I am really ******* excited for 2023... 

All these solid signings. Reading about some of the players and coaches having that singular focus on getting better and gunning for another cup... using the sting of the 2022 GC loss as added motivation... 

 

https://twitter.com/MoEgger/status/1600881498000859137?s=20&t=gjFFjZoL-GPfWP2B4Ow9Ag

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">O&#39;Shea&#39;s 20 wins away from passing Bud Grant as the franchise&#39;s all-time winningest coach:<br><br>Grant: 102<br>Cal Murphy: 86<br>O&#39;Shea: 82<br><br>A record he&#39;ll certainly have the opportunity to break before this new contract is up.</p>&mdash; Skylar Peters (@SkylarAPeters) <a href="https://twitter.com/SkylarAPeters/status/1600861665746366464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

(Imagine a tweet that shows MOS as 20 wins behind Bud Grant's record)

20 wins away...

 

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Bucky Buck officially staying on as OC as well. Wouldn't be surprised, in time if we see a transition plan with Osh and Buck similar to Huff and Dickenson.

2 minutes ago, Mr. Perfect said:

Bucky Buck officially staying on as OC as well. Wouldn't be surprised, in time if we see a transition plan with Osh and Buck similar to Huff and Dickenson.

Isn't Huff like 20 years older than O'Shea? Not sure if Buck is willing to wait 15 years for O'Shea to reach retirement age and want to move upstairs.

1 minute ago, KshyGuy said:

Isn't Huff like 20 years older than O'Shea? Not sure if Buck is willing to wait 15 years for O'Shea to reach retirement age and want to move upstairs.

Not at all the point. The point is, 11 years is a long time to be in any role, which will be O'Shea's tenure at the end of his new contract. If we're fortunate enough to win another championship or two in that time, he'd be well deserving of a promotion upstairs.

O'Shea is 52 years old... safe to say he should have at least 10 good years of coaching left in him... but I'm not going to pretend to know what his future plans are

Buck only signed a one year extension, which is very interesting to me. He'd ultimately like to stay in or around Winnipeg, because of his family. I'm curious if (when) Dickenson gets tossed in The Gap, if Buck is the next head guy there. Close to home  for his family, but gets to take the next step. He made abundantly clear in Our Man Tait's piece that he wants to be a HC, whether that's in the CFL or elsewhere. 

29 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Buck only signed a one year extension, which is very interesting to me. He'd ultimately like to stay in or around Winnipeg, because of his family. I'm curious if (when) Dickenson gets tossed in The Gap, if Buck is the next head guy there. Close to home  for his family, but gets to take the next step. He made abundantly clear in Our Man Tait's piece that he wants to be a HC, whether that's in the CFL or elsewhere. 

I thought about that too.

As repugnant as it sounds, if the Riders clear the decks and hire a competent GM that Buck respects, he’d have the opportunity to do what KW and MOS did here.

The only succession plan I can see in Winnipeg is Jordan Younger taking over once Richie decides to hang them up.

Yeah, honestly, I have no clue what we do if Buck leaves....no idea who's next in line. Costello?? 

5 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Yeah, honestly, I have no clue what we do if Buck leaves....no idea who's next in line. Costello?? 

If it's next season, Lapo seems like the most likely candidate (as much consternation as that may cause around here).

But Kevin Bourgoin seems to be following the Buck path of moving through our offensive coaching ranks.

15 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Yeah, honestly, I have no clue what we do if Buck leaves....no idea who's next in line. Costello?? 

ZC8?

Buck back, MOS back. Pretty good day for all of us.

21 minutes ago, Dodge and Burn said:

ZC8?

He's like...8 years away from OC eligibility...

I don’t think Buck only being a year is anything of note. I’m pretty sure SOP has always been assistants for single year contracts. 

And can't blame an assistant for keeping their options open.

I'm curious about Walters. Normally they re up him at the same time as Osh and keep him one year ahead (just in case...) but no word on that yet. 

10 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

Buck back, MOS back. Pretty good day for all of us.

Riders probably thought they had the best shot in the league at landing Buck.

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

I'm curious about Walters. Normally they re up him at the same time as Osh and keep him one year ahead (just in case...) but no word on that yet. 

Can't see him giving oshea 3 years if he doesn't plan on being around for it. 

10 hours ago, Nolby said:

Riders probably thought they had the best shot in the league at landing Buck.

Probably did think that, they are that dumb.

Walters has said it was OShea first and his contract later. Did'y seemed worried about it.