From Jeff Bannon's FB page, there was a discussion about Kevin Glenn's .700 winning percentage since coming to Calgary. Someone called out Kelly for cutting him, and lo and behold, Kelly showed up and explained himself:

 

 

Mike Kelly you're welcome Cary! Kevin got himself in shape, lost the braces and became focused again so I'm glad the change of scenery motivated him to improve...now I'm sure you also understand the business side of those decisions too, right? Each year is different and there are a lot of things you simply do not know. Our record from 2009 would be a play-off team this year so it's pretty difficult to give equal measure to different years. 2009 Montreal was 15-3, what are the now? Toronto was 3-15 what are they now? 3 of the last 4 years the Bomber record has been less than 2009 and the lone season it was better they went 3-7 in the last 10 where we won more than we lost after Labor Day...LeFors surgery went well by the way but he has chosen to coach high school football and doing quite well...enjoy the Thanksgiving weekend!!

Kevin got himself in shape, lost the braces and became focused again so I'm glad the change of scenery motivated him to improve

 

 

 

and....you and your staff couldn't get the same thing out of him? That would be a fail on your part Mr Kelly.

Taman was not demoted when Kelly was hired. He quit because he didn't want to work with the guy. There was no GM, Bauer had decided he would oversee football ops and Kelly, Murphy and Hodgkinson.

 

Yes and no.

 

 

 

Taman was moved from the GM position to the position of Vice President of Player Personnel in late 2008. He stepped down as VP of Player Personnel on January 13, 2009, saying he needed a break from football.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Taman

 

I've got a copy of the Bombers 2009 Media Guide and you're right that no one is listed as a GM that year. (Wiki is in error on this point, they put Kelly as the 2009 GM.) 

 

Bauer was the President and CEO.

 

John Murphy was the Director of Player Personnel.

 

Ross Hodgkinson was the Director of Football Operations. (He handled the day-to-day stuff, like booking hotels.)

 

Kelly, in the media guide, is just listed as the Head Coach. But in his Wiki autobiography (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Kelly_(Canadian_football)  "someone other than myself is libellously making edits on this page. I have taken off negativity and updated content in the initial summary, revised my career highlights, and eliminated personal life. Please do not allow anyone telse to edit this page") Kelly lists himself as HC/OC/QB coach.

 

I also agree with you that Taman left because he didn't want to work with Kelly but AFAIK this was never made clear in the media.

Kelly at least showed emotions... and sadly Burke's legacy will be possibly lower then both Kelly and Reinbold...

Yea, but his emotions got the better of him, impacting the team, fanbase and media negatively. Simply showing emotions isn't good enough.