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Not only is this a (rare) win for the Elks, this is a win for the league. Good bye and don't let the door hit you on the way out.

https://3downnation.com/2024/07/15/edmonton-elks-fire-head-coach-and-general-manager-chris-jones/ At long last, the cfl is free of Chris jones once again. I wonder how long it’ll last this time… I could see him getting another dc shot in the off season unfortunately. Edm is better than their record and could imo bounce back.

Elks are the most creative team in the league.......in a perverse way.

Dru Brown almost 500 yards.

If one player we should have walked away from due to injury concerns it's Hallet...

Could be a nice matchup if Garbutt is back to full power and ready to go.

Good for Dyce. As for Jones...

Wow 🤣🤣 if there was ever a million dollar arm, 10 cent brain analogy/comparison when it came to kicking, it would be Boris Bede. Wonder if Chris Jones finally just got fired?

WTF are we doing with this team? Like, seriously, WT actual F?

Jake Thomas for Tre Ford

Didn't think this would happen till after the season but good move by Edmonton.

Add Kolo to that...also due to his outrageous salary Kramdi...you could get at very worst...the exact same production with some impact plays for about 50k a yr less...or even go entry level and save 70k more...which would have gone a long way elsewhere locking down another key player I don't mind paying premium bucks for a National ...within reason if he is clearly the best player at that spot in the league..we are probably paying top dollars to our SAM and he's probably the worst one in the league...that's just poor cap management and allocation of SMS use The fact tho we don't even need a national on the dline tho..makes it even more pointless...let a young up and comer who may have a future get the reps and experience

Nailed it.

Think we'd all be doing the happy dance if he started......

I have no idea how BO prepares for upcoming games but if this doesn't impede it too much I'd have him on maintenance days for most of the week leading up to the walk thru for game day. Protect BO at all costs.

Kramdi hasn't been perfect... but he's 4th in line of players that need to be replaced on this D... Thomas, BA, and Biggie are much bigger concerns than Kramdi

Yeah there’s an arrogance from O’Shea for sure where it’s like “see we can start ten plus Canadians” but it’s really we’re winning despite that. Kramdi is a good rotational piece but again he’s a victim of being asked to do too much. No one would have any issues with him or many of the Canadian players if they were planning on the role that they should be playing in.

yup....he actually seems to not know a good linebacker if it slapped him upside the head...and Kramdi has been fr from fine...unless you look at adequately average with continued brain farts and non ability to cover a receiver as fine...and that just doesnt cut it....why we dont roster our best option and athlete there when we have no ratio restarints is baffling...it's just another case of a HC playing his favorites and using his bias even tho it isnt the best yup...Cole would too....also Griffen...But we get Kramdi....who wouldnt start there on any other team....look at all the rosters and say you wouldnt take any other one over him yup....needs to be an impactful playmaker...Kramdis biggest and best impact was failing to bring down Rhymes last year so they couldnt kick the fielld goal...And thankfully Parker came out of nowhere and took him out so he didnt score Bonds already is being avoided alot...how often do you hear his name...not very...and thats a good thing on the corner Our weakness is right up the gut..Thomas...Biggie...and also Kramdi...when the safety and a halback like Hiolm..are leading in tackles it tells you that they are having to clean up the open space from that deficiency

Jones likes making insane moves... can we dump some of our veteran crap for Ford?

Every time Suitor confirms that "any head contact is RTP" I think of the time Zach got has helmet ripped off and Suitor defended it and I get angry.

Walters said they were not sure if they coukd fit him in the sms...it wasn't an injury issue Yup..we allocated too much money in poor spots...

Parker was really good at SAM...and also prob the best form tackler on the team...at any position...if and when he comes back that SAM spot would be best spot for him...

Thank god. Hopefully that arrogant prick never darkens the door of a CFL team again.

61-70 record as a head coach. Always coached extremely undisciplined teams, not a guy I would want around my team in any capacity.

I bet MOS's entire paycheck.

Nope. We could be using this time as a chance to groome someone to take over for 2 of those spots (I'll give them a pass on Jake just due to injuries on the DL). Even one out of the three would be progress but I haven't seen anything to indicate they're willing to do that.

When all else fails, pull out all stops.

Nope...not at all...and how much do you wanna wager Osh will want all 3 coming back?

You'd think so but all we have to do is look at Saskatchewan the last several years to see that character and selflessness aren't exactly integral traits for everyone.

should not all the players have this? you find and use the players who are the best...and not a cancer, or selfish to the point it hurts the team....plain and simple.....and we dont do that ....and its very apparent with some of our choices not being the best "football" players

You find players that have both, it's not an either or.

I was harsh on Holm originally...still dont like parts of his game. as a HB....but would love him at free safety....flowing to the ball over top.....he would truly excel there Save for Wilson who has got back to form and is playing well...our LB core, and parts of the dline interior on who/how we use certain guys is killing us....and is soooo weak...glaringly and Osh won't do jack about it....sad part we have parts in house to totally revamp things and make a huge difference....but we won't. Soon we will have Fox...Garbutt....Jake Kelly....ready to roll...No need for 3 Canadian Dline man whatsoever...Do we see a unit of WJ and Garbutt...Woods...Fox and Adams used in different schemes...with Hubert and say Schmeck or Samson as fill in rotation...Kelly in for Thomas which at the minimum shores up our already good coverage teams, as he was probably our best...or one of the best teams guys last yr. and he can cover as a safety back-up....prob corner for Ford and actually took reps at SAM and was alriht there too. And if Parker returns you add him to the mix as well...as he can play all the DB spots...and play them well....Is that at the expense of BA?...Maybe as I would hate to see a promising guy like Griffen pushed off the roster due to Osh's damn love for his failing vets....Can or do we start mixing in Ayers in Biggies spot...start getting him reps and see if he is the transition piece....would be smart....but again....do we see it?....Likely not unless Thomas...Biggie...BA and Kramdi all go down with season enders...and thats just pathetic coaching

history suggests otherwise... Hurl, Kuale, obviously washed up Bighill.... other than getting a prime Bighill on his return from the NFL middle linebacker has been an issue for this team, and prime Adam Bighill is no brainer stuff.

Brown's contract ends the same time as Zach's... Brown's contract ends the same time as Zach's..........

This is gold.....

The 3dn articles on Mace and the riders are soo nauseating. Mace makes a brilliant move putting Harris on 6 game ir. Mace didn’t want riders to go un defeated. Mace schooled dinwiddie in first match up. Etc etc and it’s from all different writers.

And why didnt Edmonton let the clock run down on 3rd down? They could have avoided Ottawa getting the ball back.

Age, skill set, familiarity of the system....never should have let him out the door - and I'll always be a "Zach guy" to the very end.

Vintage Bob Dyce. I mean it is Edmonton so may not be a terrible move but overall he's way too conservative of a coach.

The only reason we would need sheed now is the injury rash. If healthy our wr core of schoen Lawler Demski woli plus a rotation of lord Keric and Wilson plus clericius. If any thing in retrospect moving on from Lawler and keeping shred might’ve been prudent, but you can’t operate in retrospect. Grant still has it, but isn’t the entirety of what he used to be. Smith is giving us 25 and 10 ish on kr and pr with tons of upside and miles left on him for a rookie min deal. Hansen is a great guy and teams player. But our teams has been very good, meanwhile Hansen hasn’t been able to stay healthy and is a premium global salary. He’d be nice for sure but our teams guys plus hubert at de is more than sufficient. And gives us youth upside and cost savings. You can finger wave a lot of moves in the off season. These 3 aren’t strong cases.

Poor Dru being forced to make chicken salad out of chicken crap. When he gets time in the pocket and is able to set and deliver...wow! 🔥

Half a kramdi deal, 10k less than Augustine, what 15k more than the vet min? For a guy who would lead our none qbs in tds. Pretty good value imo.

The 100's of Elks fans are not happy

One of those records that I just never see being broken. Absolutely incredible to imagine a performance like that.

I can remember listening to the game on the radio, I think he hit Alfred Jackson for the record breaker. Still wild to think about how common it was to have games not televised, up until the early 2000s even.

Tburgess making excuses for the lions? Noooooo

Bailey grant and Hansen aren't the difference makers. The problems aren't who they didn't keep, the problems are who they kept and who is injured and how people are used.