Jim Popp is currently at the Maple Leafs game tonight versus the Jets. Expect an announcement soon.
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Jim Popp is currently at the Maple Leafs game tonight versus the Jets. Expect an announcement soon.
Popp, Bang, Boom. If he has promised to NEVER coach this team, I am pleased. I suspect he can hit the ground running. It would have taken one of those NFL guys a couple of years, and the Argos don't have the time to fritter away like that. Maybe he can deliver Trestman?
Naylor has been tweeting this tonight as well.
Doesn't seem official yet. Perhaps the thread title can be ammended with a '?' at the end for now.
And Copeland is in Arizona. I'm not sure it's a lock yet.
I like it!! Can Trestman be far behind
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Have to believe Jim Popp is here to talk about the Argo GM vacancy ... that's what I'm hearing but apparently no deal done. #Argos
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Am told that ex-Montreal Alouette GM Jim Popp is sitting down low at the Leafs game tonight. He lives in North Carolina ... why is he here?
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ex-Mtl Alouettes GM Jim Popp seen at Jets-Leafs game with MLSE chairman/Argo co-owner Larry Tanenbaum.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/argos?src=hash">#argos</a> <a href="https://t.co/mjEroyw7Yx">pic.twitter.com/mjEroyw7Yx</a></p>— David William Naylor (@TSNDaveNaylor) <a href="https://twitter.com/TSNDaveNaylor/status/834235380706721793">February 22, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Yes it's Bubba from Long Island, our next GM sitting with Mr. Tanebaum. No beers in hand. What!?!?!
GOB recycling at it's finest. Total joke if it turns out - sorry bout that but Poop was a clueless clown in his last few Als' seasons. Is he going to sign a bunch of ex-NFL has beens or all-American heroes for the Argos? - fits a time honored Argo tradition i guess. Desperation GOB time.
Tanebaum gets tired of Copeland tooting around North America and brings in a GM himself. I don't think Popp was the first choice but something had to be done. Could be worse I guess. Just don't let him try to Coach. lol<iframe id="rufous-sandbox" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true" style="position: absolute; visibility: hidden; display: none; width: 0px; height: 0px; padding: 0px; border: none;" title="Twitter analytics iframe"></iframe>
Naylor seems pretty adament that this is not just a chance encounter, and that Popp should be the next.GM, bringing with him Trestman as Head Coach. I'm not really crazy about either move, especially Trestman as Head Coach, as I was hoping to never again see the Trestman/Milanovich offence ever again here in Toronto.
I am always surprised how critical people are of Popp's last few years. Do you not think this had a lot to do with the ownership group getting in his way. I understood some of the poor coaching decisions were pushed upon Popp by ownership... not his choice. Anyhow, I don't see how this could be bad. Our ownership group has deeper pockets and could lead to some legit splashy signings in the future. The structure should have Copeland running the business end of things if he is at all capable and a guy like Popp dealing with all football decisions. I think this would work out well. Rumour is Trestman is checking out who has interest in being part of a coaching staff in Toronto.... hopefully all this stuff gets resolved soon and we can put a real team together for this season.
The inability to properly replace Anthony Calvillo is what haunts Popp's last couple of years in Montreal. He was still finding decent talent on the defensive side of the ball, and likely overcompensated for the inexperience at QB by signing veteran receivers. Yes, I do not want him anywhere near the sideline as head coach.
Agreed Popp would not be my first choice, but something has to be done and not today but yesterday.
If he can bring in Trestman that would be awesome.
Keep in mind Milanovich came to Toronto on the coat tails of Trestman success. Scott M was OC but Trestman made the calls on game day. My point is, just because we had Scott M, does not really mean we had the Trestman offence
BTW Gary Lawless, though adds a disclaimer at end, but he pretty much states it`s a done deal if you listen to the full audio at TSN, States TSN has confirmed that Trestman is gauging interest in coaches through a mediator, basically putting a team together
http://www.tsn.ca/trestman-gauging-i...staff-1.678052
At this point I guess I'd be happy with Popp as GM considering how Copeland has put the franchise sideways.
As long as they make sure Popp can't become coach. Maybe a new challenge will get him back to focusing as a GM!
I remember the Alouettes offence being more vertical and quick release than the SM Argo offence. Not as much dink and dunk and a lot more successful.
My favorite thing Trestman said was this...You have heard it said you have to run the ball to open up the passing game, Well Trestman says he prefers throwing the ball to open up the running game. I prefer that as well
I like a passing game over a running game any day of the week. Give me the 70 yard bomb, that is football to me
Jim Popp was always my first choice for Argo GM. Funny this comes up in a week when Leo Cahill is in the news, god bless him. Leo always understood, just as Popp always understood, that the GM's job in one of the major CFL cities has as much to do with generating fan interest as it does with winning. Barker never understood this. Tannenbaum wants to bring in the Argonaut equivalent of Giovinco, and there is no better GM for bringing in big names than Jim Popp.
True, Trestman called the plays while thankfully Milanovich then for the Als was in the background.
In addition, there is no question AC credited Trestman for extending his career.
Specifically, changing AC to a quick release with a 3 step drop.
Do not quote me here, under no circumstance do I want Ray back, however under the same scheme if we have no other choice then perhaps the same can occur with Ray here.
A much quick release, definitely getting him out of the drop back pocket mode and away from the pylon mentality for the Defences.
Ricky will be the starter unless by some miracle Willy shows something in TC. Anyways both will play based on injury history. both will be way better this year as thats trestman's expertise.
I wouldn't think the offense will not change that much (its basically trestman's offense), but i expect gameplanning and calling will be way better.
Key is they need to recruit a good 3-tool RB for our offense.
All the work recruiting for TC was done by Barker over last 9 months, those are guys signed already roster is at 66 already. The piece we missed out on is high-end CFL free agents, but spending big $ in FA usually backfires. Big worry is ratio ... we better draft well over next couple years.
Yikes we would have been better off keeping Barker. Not a fan of Popp. He thinks he is gods gift to the cfl.
I've never liked Popp's personality -- too arrogant for my taste -- but at this point he's clearly the best option available. If this goes through with both Popp and Trestman, I wonder if we could see a return of Josh Bourke. He didn't play well last season but I had the feeling there were other factors involved in his disappearance. He and Bulcke are old Windsor buddies and both somehow fell out of favour quickly. May have been based entirely on performance/on-the-field factors, but my suspicion is that there was something else at play. Trestman and Popp presumably have fond memories of what they got out of Bourke in the past.
Copeland will announce the hiring of Popp on NHL trade deadline day. Then announce Trestman on NBA trade deadline day. Opportunities always missed :(
I wouldn't mind seeing Perrett here, and either asking Van Zeyl to restructure his reported deal or just release him. I suppose one concern with Perrett is his age and he would end up becoming 2017 version of the Josh Bourke experiment.
As for Popp, my biggest concerns are that he failed to replace AC, and we badly need a top end starter now, or at the latest 2018. Ray, Willy and Matthews are not a top end QB stable IMO. Already seeing the Manziel talk ramp up again, and we do have Baker Mayfield on our neg list (If people haven't noticed - I really want Mayfield in double blue lol). I suppose another issue is that the Als went very veteran heavy, and reportedly had issues with the cap in 2016. Also IMO Cahoon and the all star Offensive line were never replaced either. In saying all that, considering Copeland was looking NFL only, I'm not opposed to Popp now, still not crazy about it, but I'd rather have someone with CFL experience up top, who would know who to hire and bring than an CFL newbie with NFL only experience.
There's also a chance that the new GM and head coach might want to start with a clean slate at QB. If Popp is calling the shots we can be reasonably sure that Vernon Adams will be in the mix and maybe Cato too, and at this point I would probably take my chances with those two, plus Fajardo, over Ray and Willy. Surely one of Adams, Cato or Fajardo would click, they have more CFL experience than meets the eye.
I'd rather not see either Cato or Adams in double blue, and I would hope Popp would let Trestman decide on the QB's. I also hope that Trestman if he comes in, quickly gives the boot to Willy and Matthews. I have no issue with Ray sticking around as a back-up, but if he sees the field then IMO the Argos are in big trouble.