Captain Blue

That's not exactly what he said...I caught it on the way home and he said, and stay with me here guys because I know this sounds loony, but O'Shea essentially be the actual HC but bypass on the HC gig and just 'accept' a DC position here, thus allowing Cortez to be promoted from Sask OC to our HC as more of a figurehead title. O'Shea would be the HC but actually hold the DC title, and Cortez would be the OC but have the HC title. Ya... Does that sound as stupid to you as it does to me? I wanted to punch his face through my radio. In fairness I usually have that reaction to Lawless, but it was a stronger emotion after that. Because in Gary's world, he believes you can just do whatever you want. Fake titles for everyone! Hire all the candidates!

That's not exactly what he said...I caught it on the way home and he said, and stay with me here guys because I know this sounds loony, but O'Shea essentially be the actual HC but bypass on the HC gig and just 'accept' a DC position here, thus allowing Cortez to be promoted from Sask OC to our HC as more of a figurehead title. O'Shea would be the HC but actually hold the DC title, and Cortez would be the OC but have the HC title. Ya...

I like Cortez, even if he strikes me as a royal a-hole. I think he would be similar to Doug Berry, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. If we hire MB I will flip out. Do not want. I am hoping that it was more just out of courtesy. If I am choosing out of this list I would take Cortez, O'Shea and Khari- in that order.

Tim Burke is a helluva DC and Toronto is getting one of the best. I would take Burke over Jones, personally. Hated him as HC here but I respect his defensive acumen.

I like that the hires have experience in the league and that we're creating a team of management around Walters. If this is the influence of Miller or Walters, or both, I like the direction they are going.

I like the move. Hoping we can put together a solid string of hires this offseason.

Because....? Because a year ago, Walters was a lousy ST coach...........today he is GM of the football club. Miller is taking a huge chance hiring him to GM. It could ruin Miller's name in the football community. If Miller just wanted to focus on the off-field stuff and not be involved in field ops, wouldn't he want someone in the GM chair that was more experienced? Which leads me to think he wouldn't hire Walters if he couldn't exert considerable control over him and the day to day decisions. Bottom line, unless Walters is the Doogie Howser MD of the CFL, he owes Miller huge for this. Walters would be lucky to AGM anywhere else. But hey, if we win, I won't complain. The flaw in the logic is that Walters was already AGM here under a previous regime. I get what you're saying, and I think the optics of this hire are pretty darn bad myself, but I do not subscribe to the theory Walters is just some schmuck.

I feel like the moon is an untapped market, we should definitely consider this.

I can hardly wait for these players to step onto the field to chants of "Go 'Blacks go!"

Not unhappy, not thrilled.

This is terrible for both leagues in my opinion.

Give me O'Shea at HC, Khari at OC, Stubler at DC and Maas for the QBs and I would be so stoked. Very small odds of that happening.

I like Walters a lot. Still not happy that they hired the guy in the next closest office once again. Thinking maybe I'll hang around the stadium a lot this year, probably be promoted to assistant GM.

This is why I had no intention of watching the game and don't intend to start watching it now. This was an atrocious matchup.

I don't intend to watch the game, have to study but also because I don't honestly think this game will be close. Hoping Hamilton wins but I think the Riders are going to win by double-digits and cruise to victory. No thanks.

I think Khari would be a better choice. Not sure I think either of them are really strong candidates.

Berry did well here, I was not in favour of his firing. I've heard his players weren't that big of his fans though here.

This is the step we've all wanted and waited for, I am excited. I wish Tim Burke all the best as a DC in this league, he will be a smart hire for someone later on.

We do this all over again next year except Burke throws different people under the bus?

Just do what it takes to get a promising QB here. We can continue to play it safe and all that...or we can be aggressive and try and find a QB.

He is going to be really good in this league. Tremendous talent.

No we can fire everyone and start over again, and hopefully, this time we can get on the right track.

At this point the team is such a mess it's really hard to draw conclusions about how good or bad these players are.

I feel like the Worman move pretty much guarantees Walters is getting the GM job. If not, definitely not a smart move to bat out of order on this one. On the plus side, at least it is someone with experience to help him out.

Things I learned today: a) Gary wants Walters hired, big time. I am struggling to believe he actually loves Walters so much that he would write about this for that reason. Probably makes his job easier because if Walters fails, Gary can write about how the team shouldn't have hired internally. Gary is unable to name any other GM candidates other than ones that actually already are GMs. Man if we really miss out on hiring this Buono guy we're screwed! c) Gary does not believe hiring an external GM will give them enough time to actually build a team. For this reason, we need to promote Walters so that he can sign a coach and trade for a QB the exact minute after Toronto's season ends. The exact minute, you hear me? Because if not, we're going to take a few days to find a GM and then all the players will already be gone. By mid-December. d) Gary is still not very good at his job.