Wakey wakey, eggs and bakey.

Mass has developed into a good coach...and he has tuned his temper down many levels....but he is till a very whiney coach...he is always in a refs ear it seems....So as Noeller points out the team emulates that.....but at least......

NO AIR HORNS....all game.........

3 hours ago, Noeller said:

Look at who their HC is and that says it all. 

So I’m on the side line Saturday with the other season ticket holders bringing out the Canadian flag for O Canada. I’m minding my business, The head coach is like 200 yards away, but this man has EARS so big they probably pick up satellite radio. My girlfriend squints and goes, “Why does he look so angry? He looks like an off-brand Gargamel.”

I panic. I’m like, “SHUT UP, HE CAN HEAR US.”

She laughs, until he TURNS. Not walks, not jogs. TURNS..

Next thing I know, this man is SPRINTING toward me like I just bad-mouthed his favorite protein powder. Before I can react, this dude snatches my toque straight off my head like it was a turnover he could challenge.

I’m stunned. My scalp is cold. My girlfriend is praying. The coach is standing there wearing my toque with a stupid grin on his face.

Then security pulls up like “Sir, is there a problem?” And this coach, this MASTER MANIPULATOR, instantly transforms like he just activated cutscene mode and goes:

“Problem? No, no, this is my best friend, my BROTHER, my day-one from preschool. Look, I’m just borrowing his toque because it’s cold. Right, champ?”

 

I’m still processing the ear-to-sprint timeline, so all I manage to say is:

“Yes”

Security nods and leaves. Coach pats my shoulder like I just got drafted to his emotional support roster and walks away in my toque, humming like a Disney villain who just got the magic amulet.

4 hours ago, Bigblue204 said:

I was honestly surprised at just how much whining the ALs did last game. Seemed every other play a player or a coach was complaining to the refs. It got absurd at one point were 2 players and a coach were all bellyaching at a sideline ref.

It would be interesting to hear from the group of CFL referees how they would rank each Head Coach in terms of biggest whiner to least whiner?

My sample is real small in terms of actual observation but I would definitely place DD near the top.

22 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

It would be interesting to hear from the group of CFL referees how they would rank each Head Coach in terms of biggest whiner to least whiner?

My sample is real small in terms of actual observation but I would definitely place DD near the top.

DD or Maas

1 hour ago, 3rdand1.5 said:

Mass has developed into a good coach...and he has tuned his temper down many levels....but he is till a very whiney coach...he is always in a refs ear it seems....So as Noeller points out the team emulates that.....but at least......

NO AIR HORNS....all game.........

nailed it. We’ve been lucky that our most successful coaches we have had, have been likeable especially by pro coaching standards. The list of detestable people as coaches here is pretty short, and mostly short lived.

While i have great contempt for mos’ failings as a head coach, and believe he’s about run his time out short of drastic changes, he is a tremendous person and leader. Eventually, my lasting memory of him will be the 21gc parade in the stadium, when he and his wife went around picking up trash from the field. Pure class. 

Grim reality is that the coaching world is filled with highly decorated people who range from @$$holes to pure garbage. 

 Maas isn’t a bad guy, but he isn’t great. He has become a great coach up here, especially in montreal. He and Maciocia jive in a way that makes a whole lot of sense once you think about it. 

 

Boy am I glad they got the two turds on mute for this one. I am hoping this ends up being a throw back to those old intense rivalry games when we were in the east, but with a better out come than we usually saw. 

4 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

DD or Maas

Mace and psycho-in-training Kilam are not far behind

14 hours ago, Pete Catan's Ghost said:

Mace and psycho-in-training Kilam are not far behind

Every coach whines but some more than others except Bobby Dyce, he probably apologized to the refs for cheating when his players got flagged.

Honestly the coach who lost his **** the most or atleast the most newsworthy one was RD in Toronto against Edmonton. Haven’t seen anything that intense involving coaches in the while. Mass whining? Sure. DD whining? Sure but they didn’t try to go after the other guys ever. So RD and Killam for that matter are in a category on their own 

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5 hours ago, Goalie said:

Honestly the coach who lost his **** the most or atleast the most newsworthy one was RD in Toronto against Edmonton. Haven’t seen anything that intense involving coaches in the while. Mass whining? Sure. DD whining? Sure but they didn’t try to go after the other guys ever. So RD and Killam for that matter are in a category on their own 

Cue Adam Rita

Anyone who thinks that Maas has changed his spots are a little mistaken....If you watch him closely (I know not a fav thing to do) his demeanor hasn't changed much ....just on a low simmer...IF you can lip read you can pick up the profanity easily....To me he's the same ol same ol....minus the throwing of equipment tantrums......... 

14 minutes ago, Stickem said:

Anyone who thinks that Maas has changed his spots are a little mistaken....If you watch him closely (I know not a fav thing to do) his demeanor hasn't changed much ....just on a low simmer...IF you can lip read you can pick up the profanity easily....To me he's the same ol same ol....minus the throwing of equipment tantrums......... 

Here’s hoping it’s put on high simmer this coming Saturday as he pans the scoreboard . . . please?

55 minutes ago, Stickem said:

Anyone who thinks that Maas has changed his spots are a little mistaken....If you watch him closely (I know not a fav thing to do) his demeanor hasn't changed much ....just on a low simmer...IF you can lip read you can pick up the profanity easily....To me he's the same ol same ol....minus the throwing of equipment tantrums......... 

yeah...u can see it oozing out of him and how he doing his best to hide it....and behind closed doors and away from cameras he still goes off like a freakshow assbag

1 hour ago, Booch said:

yeah...u can see it oozing out of him and how he doing his best to hide it....and behind closed doors and away from cameras he still goes off like a freakshow assbag

Coaching a group relatively new to playoff football, that can't be good 

we look like ****.

what a ridiculous flag. bush league reffing

Hey Alexander want to do an interview? Sure but let me throw on my white muscle shirt that portrays a real good look shirt.

DB’s can’t cover for ever.

Too bad we didn’t have 2-3 other DL to use who can get pressure on the quarterback.. 

11 minutes ago, White Out said:

we look like ****.

what a ridiculous flag. bush league reffing

Looked even worse the second time I saw it. Minor contact that in no way impeded the receiver

Team playing like they believe less than we do.

How the **** was that not PI and the call on Lawson Jr was?