Guest Posted December 6, 2013 Report Posted December 6, 2013 Jock Wilson @TalkwithJock 15m Higgins says he has been living with this lie since the grey cup! He did not quit or resign. #CFL Jock Wilson @TalkwithJock 22m Tom Higgins says he did not quit or resign from #CFL he says he was not extended a new contract by the league! On demand audio vault http://www.newstalk770.com/audio-on-demand-2/ Should be up soon Dec 5th 8pm
SPuDS Posted December 6, 2013 Report Posted December 6, 2013 lmfao. waaaaaait. so he struggled as a coach and a gm then struggled as director of officiating... and yet was considered a good pick for our management staff? glad he never ended up here..
JohnnyOnTheSpot Posted December 6, 2013 Report Posted December 6, 2013 Maybe because he pursued every opportunity that came up to leave. I always wondered why an ex-official didn't have the job anyway.
Logan007 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Posted December 6, 2013 lmfao. waaaaaait. so he struggled as a coach and a gm then struggled as director of officiating... and yet was considered a good pick for our management staff? glad he never ended up here.. Let me see...in 7 years as a HC he went 72-53-1 and brought his teams to the playoffs every year and won the grey cup one of those years. Yeah sounds like he really struggled as a coach. Mr. Perfect 1
SPuDS Posted December 6, 2013 Report Posted December 6, 2013 lmfao. waaaaaait. so he struggled as a coach and a gm then struggled as director of officiating... and yet was considered a good pick for our management staff? glad he never ended up here.. Let me see...in 7 years as a HC he went 72-53 and brought his teams to the playoffs every year and won the grey cup one of those years.Yeah sounds like he really struggled as a coach. did he not ultimately **** the bed in his last 2 or 3 gigs tho? as it, cfl changed and he didnt?
Logan007 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Posted December 6, 2013 lmfao. waaaaaait. so he struggled as a coach and a gm then struggled as director of officiating... and yet was considered a good pick for our management staff? glad he never ended up here.. Let me see...in 7 years as a HC he went 72-53 and brought his teams to the playoffs every year and won the grey cup one of those years.Yeah sounds like he really struggled as a coach. did he not ultimately **** the bed in his last 2 or 3 gigs tho? as it, cfl changed and he didnt? The only season he lost was the last season he was a HC when he went 7-10 and still made the playoffs. After that from 2008 till now he was the CFL director of officiating. What 2 or 3 gigs are you talking about?
SPuDS Posted December 6, 2013 Report Posted December 6, 2013 well he was on a steady decline from first season to last.. and I have to assume knew he didn't have it anymore or else why would he take the "easy" way out? regardless, glad he's not on our management staff.. not to mention, it's not like officiating became something the cfl could look at and say "wow, we got good since 08!"
iso_55 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Posted December 6, 2013 lmfao. waaaaaait. so he struggled as a coach and a gm then struggled as director of officiating... and yet was considered a good pick for our management staff? glad he never ended up here.. Struggled as a Head Coach & GM? Uh, don't think so... A former CFL COTY. Check his won loss record & what he accomplished in Edmonton & Calgary & get back to us. We would kill here to have a coach who struggled like he did.
BlueBall Posted December 6, 2013 Report Posted December 6, 2013 Hate to see someone out of work but with the state of the officiating being what it is in this league, and for all the times the Bombers got screwed because of the refs and all Higgins could muster after the fact was a "Yeah, that call should have been reversed, too late now...sorry Winnipeg!", can't really say I'm disappointed. MOBomberFan 1
Valderan_CA Posted December 6, 2013 Report Posted December 6, 2013 yeh... considering the reffing for the last 5 years I'm not shocked that he wasn't extended.
Mike Posted December 6, 2013 Report Posted December 6, 2013 I can see it now ... In a sick twist of fate, Andre Proulx is announced as the new director of officiating. Effective immediately, penalties will only be assessed to players with numbers ending in tree. blitzmore and Mr. Perfect 2
blueandgoldguy Posted December 6, 2013 Report Posted December 6, 2013 lmfao. waaaaaait. so he struggled as a coach and a gm then struggled as director of officiating... and yet was considered a good pick for our management staff? glad he never ended up here.. Some nice revisionist history going on here. Check his record as a coach, Gm and asst. Gm and get back to me. Also note the 3 Grey Cup appearances. As for director of officiating no one's going to fix that unless the league puts a significant increase in their investment in officials. And if Higgins struggled, I'd love to see how you would describe Joe Mack's tenure as GM. Logan007 and NotoriousBIG 2
braddman19 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Posted December 6, 2013 At least it would get Proulx off the field though!
blueandgoldguy Posted December 6, 2013 Report Posted December 6, 2013 lmfao. waaaaaait. so he struggled as a coach and a gm then struggled as director of officiating... and yet was considered a good pick for our management staff? glad he never ended up here.. Struggled as a Head Coach & GM? Uh, don't think so... A former CFL COTY. Check his won loss record & what he accomplished in Edmonton & Calgary & get back to us. We would kill here to have a coach who struggled like he did. Spudsy would probably have us believe Joe Mack was a better Gm than HIggins!
Floyd Posted December 6, 2013 Report Posted December 6, 2013 I still would love to see Higgins on this staff... in any capacity. Higgins worst season was more a matter of Hank/Frank than anything else.
SPuDS Posted December 7, 2013 Report Posted December 7, 2013 he progressively got worse while in calgary,.stymied the growth of the edm team even while winning AND officiating didnt become elite so again, i state im glad he isnt here.. would any of you want don mathews here? whats his cfl record look like?
Logan007 Posted December 7, 2013 Report Posted December 7, 2013 he progressively got worse while in calgary,.stymied the growth of the edm team even while winning AND officiating didnt become elite so again, i state im glad he isnt here.. would any of you want don mathews here? whats his cfl record look like? Damn rights I would take Matthews. If he hadn't got sick and retired I would anyway. Guy was a control freak but he was a winning one.
iso_55 Posted December 7, 2013 Report Posted December 7, 2013 he progressively got worse while in calgary,.stymied the growth of the edm team even while winning AND officiating didnt become elite so again, i state im glad he isnt here.. would any of you want don mathews here? whats his cfl record look like? he progressively got worse while in calgary,.stymied the growth of the edm team even while winning AND officiating didnt become elite so again, i state im glad he isnt here.. would any of you want don mathews here? whats his cfl record look like? Don's coaching days are over. He's in his 70's & recovering from cancer. Enjoying life away from the game. He has a young son or daughter.
SPuDS Posted December 7, 2013 Report Posted December 7, 2013 he progressively got worse while in calgary,.stymied the growth of the edm team even while winning AND officiating didnt become elite so again, i state im glad he isnt here.. would any of you want don mathews here? whats his cfl record look like? Damn rights I would take Matthews. If he hadn't got sick and retired I would anyway. Guy was a control freak but he was a winning one. again, you saw how his last season as a coach went, right?
Brandon Posted December 7, 2013 Report Posted December 7, 2013 he progressively got worse while in calgary,.stymied the growth of the edm team even while winning AND officiating didnt become elite so again, i state im glad he isnt here.. would any of you want don mathews here? whats his cfl record look like? Really Don Matthews? Can't believe anyone would even say that....
MOBomberFan Posted December 7, 2013 Report Posted December 7, 2013 he progressively got worse while in calgary,.stymied the growth of the edm team even while winning AND officiating didnt become elite so again, i state im glad he isnt here.. would any of you want don mathews here? whats his cfl record look like? Really Don Matthews? Can't believe anyone would even say that.... I think I see what Spuds is saying. Ya, undeniably a great coach when you look at his record overall, but at some point he just wasn't the same as he used to be. A '67 Camaro is a sweet ******* car til the engine blows and the wheels fall off.
SPuDS Posted December 7, 2013 Report Posted December 7, 2013 he progressively got worse while in calgary,.stymied the growth of the edm team even while winning AND officiating didnt become elite so again, i state im glad he isnt here.. would any of you want don mathews here? whats his cfl record look like? Really Don Matthews? Can't believe anyone would even say that.... I think I see what Spuds is saying. Ya, undeniably a great coach when you look at his record overall, but at some point he just wasn't the same as he used to be.A '67 Camaro is a sweet ******* car til the engine blows and the wheels fall off. yes, thank you! higgins and mathews in their prime were two of the best, no doubt.. some coaches are unable tho to change their game plans for the changes to the game (mike kelly for one, lol) i think both guys just couldnt adapt their concepts and ideas to work in the "new" cfl.. yea i know its all cycles and blah blah but I really think Higgins wouldnt have been a solution to our problems..
SPuDS Posted December 7, 2013 Report Posted December 7, 2013 he progressively got worse while in calgary,.stymied the growth of the edm team even while winning AND officiating didnt become elite so again, i state im glad he isnt here.. would any of you want don mathews here? whats his cfl record look like? Really Don Matthews? Can't believe anyone would even say that.... and in the 90s and early 2000's id not have brought it up but his last few seasons in the cfl were not a pretty sight..
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