2024/2025 CFL (non-Bomber) Off-Season Thread

[Arnold_Palmer]

Just now, Noeller said:

Further to all this, never mind Killam in BC...

 

 

CFL the one professional league where you can continue to fail upwards! A ST coordinator fired for poor performance and gets consideration for several head coaching opportunities. Make it make sense!

[Noeller]

9 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

But some random podcast guys said Campbell was a done deal?

Random podcast guys said Buck was a done deal. Madani said Campbell to LOLks was a done deal...

Edited November 28 by Noeller

[Booch]

for a scuffling team trying to reset their foundation...and get back to respecrability the important hires are the assistants and the coordinators....any HC who has lousy ones...will fail

The HC they hire has to basically be respected, not an a-hole and have ability to lead and inspire...and most importantly...not a dumb idiot......check those boxes and if he can get quality assistants to follow him....he will be ok...as will the team

Who were our co-ordinators and assistants in Osh's first 3..4 yrs?....bottom of the barrel rekindled crap....it was only in yr 4 when things were solidified...and stayed that way for years....we suddenly took off....

Edited November 28 by Booch

[wbbfan]

9 minutes ago, Fatty Liver said:

For the sake of their fanbase the Elks can not afford to get this hire wrong, better they go with the safe choice in Campbell, than gambling on someone without HC experience, which includes most of their candidates.

I feel like they’ve already cooked their own goose. 
 

 

[wbbfan]

3 minutes ago, Booch said:

for a scuffling team trying to reset their foundation...and get back to respecrability the important hires are the assistants and the coordinators....any HC who has lousy ones...will fail

The HC they hire has to basically be respected, not an a-hole and have ability to lead and inspire...and most importantly...not a dumb idiot......check those boxes and if he can get quality assistants to follow him....he will be ok...as will the team

Who were our co-ordinators and assistants in Osh's first 3..4 yrs?....bottom of the barrel rekindled crap....it was only in yr 4 when things were solidified...and stayed that way for years....we suddenly took off....

Yup. 
 

how would you build a coaching staff this off season? 
 Top down for me, I’d try to get ac to be hc and oc, then Jy to be dc and ast hc. Ted as gm, Costello as ast oc. Maxie and Greg quick on D. Travis Moore and idk if he’d actually leave western but Greg Marshall on offense as well. People will hate it but I’d get reinebold to coach teams. 
 After that 1 analytics guy, and room left over for extra scouts. 

[Noeller]

*shrugs*

 

 

[JohnnyAbonny]

Not sure if it’s been mentioned, but would anyone be interested in Jarious Jackson as OC? He made a small chicken salad out of a lot of chicken **** this year. I’d like to see what he could do with our offence. 

[rebusrankin]

So Buck to BC or are we stuck.

[wbbfan]

42 minutes ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

Not sure if it’s been mentioned, but would anyone be interested in Jarious Jackson as OC? He made a small chicken salad out of a lot of chicken **** this year. I’d like to see what he could do with our offence. 

I’d be all over that. Better than the retreads. 
 

13 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

So Buck to BC or are we stuck.

imo we are in good shape for him to go to bc. Unless for some reason they are married to maksymic 

[Fatty Liver]

2 hours ago, Noeller said:

Further to all this, never mind Killam in BC...

[rebusrankin]

A career ST coach who just got fired is not who you should be hiring if you've been as bad as Edmonton has. This is Rebus's Straight Fire take of the day.

[17to85]

25 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

A career ST coach who just got fired is not who you should be hiring if you've been as bad as Edmonton has. This is Rebus's Straight Fire take of the day.

If you're not screaming it is it really straight fire?

[Noeller]

Just now, 17to85 said:

If you're not screaming it is it really straight fire?

With wooden dentures in, no less....

[Tracker]

3 hours ago, wbbfan said:

I feel like they’ve already cooked their own goose. 
 

 

Or, in this case, their own Elk,

[Booch]

3 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

A career ST coach who just got fired is not who you should be hiring if you've been as bad as Edmonton has. This is Rebus's Straight Fire take of the day.

technically he wasnt fired....He was on final yr of his deal....maybe he declined re-upping or said he was moving on

[HardCoreBlue]

3 hours ago, 17to85 said:

If you're not screaming it is it really straight fire?

Jim Barker agrees.

[wbbfan]

37 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Jim Barker agrees.

Lmao soo true. 

[bigg jay]

56 minutes ago, Booch said:

technically he wasnt fired....He was on final yr of his deal....maybe he declined re-upping or said he was moving on

Based on the Stamps statement, it doesn't sound like it was his decision.

"As an organization, we felt some changes were needed as part of the process of rebuilding a winning team,” said head coach and general manager Dave Dickenson in a statement. “We thank these coaches for their contributions to the organization and wish them the best.”

[SpeedFlex27]

4 hours ago, Booch said:

technically he wasnt fired....He was on final yr of his deal....maybe he declined re-upping or said he was moving on

A 20 year STC to take over? That is ridiculous. If that's the best that the Elks can do then they aren't searching very hard. 

[Booch]

9 hours ago, bigg jay said:

Based on the Stamps statement, it doesn't sound like it was his decision.

"As an organization, we felt some changes were needed as part of the process of rebuilding a winning team,” said head coach and general manager Dave Dickenson in a statement. “We thank these coaches for their contributions to the organization and wish them the best.”

dickie trying to save his arse and have nobody in house to take over his mess lol

[wbbfan]

8 minutes ago, Booch said:

dickie trying to save his arse and have nobody in house to take over his mess lol

The chris jones technique. Now just needs to resign him self to a multi year cap crippling deal 

[bigg jay]

3 minutes ago, Booch said:

dickie trying to save his arse and have nobody in house to take over his mess lol

100%.

3DN has an article up about Charleston Hughes defending the Stamps organization after guys like Ka'Deem roasted them but even he says that those coaches were just fall guys.  Don't really buy his "bad blood from ex-players" excuse though because Parades also said the organization has gone downhill in the last 5 years and he's still with the club.

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"I think Juwan was a casualty. I don’t think he had anything to do with what happened with that team. When it comes to Monson, he’s a great defensive coordinator. He was one of those guys that’s up to be a head coach someday in the CFL. Kilam, he was the assistant head coach in Calgary. I don’t know how that even comes about. Why do you go off and get rid of your next-up guy for the team? I have no clue and I don’t think nobody will understand that one,” he said.  "I guess after leaving a situation like that, somebody has to be the fall guy. Those three guys became the fall people in that situation."

https://3downnation.com/2024/11/28/charleston-hughes-defends-calgary-stampeders-blames-ex-player-criticism-on-bad-blood/

[17to85]

Dickenson as GM is just a bad fit. Think he’s a very good coach but as a GM not so much.

[Booch]

1 minute ago, 17to85 said:

Dickenson as GM is just a bad fit. Think he’s a very good coach but as a GM not so much.

yeah....he's a good coach....but seems to have nary a clue about how to G.M

[bluto]

17 hours ago, Booch said:

for a scuffling team trying to reset their foundation...and get back to respecrability the important hires are the assistants and the coordinators....any HC who has lousy ones...will fail

The HC they hire has to basically be respected, not an a-hole and have ability to lead and inspire...and most importantly...not a dumb idiot......check those boxes and if he can get quality assistants to follow him....he will be ok...as will the team

Who were our co-ordinators and assistants in Osh's first 3..4 yrs?....bottom of the barrel rekindled crap....it was only in yr 4 when things were solidified...and stayed that way for years....we suddenly took off....

Are all of Edmonton's coaches at the end of their contracts? The management cap allows you to fire 1 guy and not count their salary against the cap. Every other coach would have their guaranteed contract on the cap.

Can they do a big reset?