Dan Hawkins fired

[294life]

I was thinking the same thing...but why wait a week after their last game? Why not do the deed much sooner????

since they signed him for 3 years i guess they wanted to be absolutely sure.

[Irishargo]

There's no team I like seeing struggle more than Montreal and maybe they are entering their twilight years. I would probably side with the idea that Calvillo played a part in Hawkins departure. I have respect for Calvillo for what he has achieved but I don't think much of him as a sportsman and when things don't go his way i think he can throw the toys out of the pram.

He basically called out Hawkins after the bombers loss in week 2, any other player would have been reprimanded.

[ArgoRavi]

There's no team I like seeing struggle more than Montreal and maybe they are entering their twilight years. I would probably side with the idea that Calvillo played a part in Hawkins departure. I have respect for Calvillo for what he has achieved but I don't think much of him as a sportsman and when things don't go his way i think he can throw the toys out of the pram.

He basically called out Hawkins after the bombers loss in week 2, any other player would have been reprimanded.

As I recall, the coaches - I believe Hawkins and perhaps Miller - sat Calvillo down down after that game and told him that he had to change his demeanour on the field.

[OV Argo]

Calvillo: That's it, I can't work with Hawkins anymore. He has to go!

five minutes later.....

Popp: coach, you're fired!





(of course, I'm only guessing)

Could well be? - AC is far from a smart football type though - just IMO.

Popp was busy chasing an NFL gig last off-season; so he loses Trestman and decides that same recipe - an American football guy with zip-o Canadian ball experience, is an easy recipe for success and hires Hawkins - who has no clue and brings with him a similar coaching staff. Nice try Popp but i guess it didn't pan-out and having Bobby Wetandalll as your boss and a veteran QB whispering loudly in your ear changing your thinking there?

The Als had their time as big guns in the East for so many years; and IMO it will look good on them to be on the way out there now; Popp is not a HC and Calvillo is an aging QB who doesn't have the smarts to take it on himself to lead the offence (how many GC or play-off chokes now?). The Als have lots of good talent on their roster (as all CFL teams do) - BUT - Popp with Calvillo (and zip to take-over at QB) are not going to lift this team in anyway IMO; combine that with a mediocre to average defence and less on special teams = IMO they are going to slide big-time and be lucky to get close to being a 500 team in the future. Hawkins was a big change their and it didn't work out. The Als might be better off with wayyyyyy bigger changes - NFL wannabe Popp and Bobby Wetandall leaving town would probably help a lot more than Hawkins being punted/scape-goated.

Love to see the Argos pound the Als 40 some nothing like next time they play; I'll be very disappointed in an Argo loss or even a close game.

[OV Argo]

Could well be? - AC is far from a smart football type though - just IMO.

Popp was busy chasing an NFL gig last off-season; so he loses Trestman and decides that same recipe - an American football guy with zip-o Canadian ball experience, is an easy recipe for success and hires Hawkins - who has no clue and brings with him a similar coaching staff. Nice try Popp but i guess it didn't pan-out and having Bobby Wetandalll as your boss and a veteran QB whispering loudly in your ear changing your thinking there?

The Als had their time as big guns in the East for so many years; and IMO it will look good on them to be on the way out there now; Popp is not a HC and Calvillo is an aging QB who doesn't have the smarts to take it on himself to lead the offence (how many GC or play-off chokes now?). The Als have lots of good talent on their roster (as all CFL teams do) - BUT - Popp with Calvillo (and zip to take-over at QB) are not going to lift this team in anyway IMO; combine that with a mediocre to average defence and less on special teams = IMO they are going to slide big-time and be lucky to get close to being a 500 team in the future. Hawkins was a big change their and it didn't work out. The Als might be better off with wayyyyyy bigger changes - NFL wannabe Popp and Bobby Wetandall leaving town would probably help a lot more than Hawkins being punted/scape-goated.

Love to see the Argos pound the Als 40 some nothing like next time they play; I'll be very disappointed in an Argo loss or even a close game.

Well - a suitable beat-down anyhow.

Popp is a moron thinking he can be a HC (and he's slipped big-time as a GM too IMO); Calvillo is old and over the hill and stupid; the Als have some good talent on their roster but are weak in some areas and clueless in the coaching/ strategey departments - looking great on them IMO; LOVE to see them finish in last place and out of the play-offs; maybe Bobby Wet&all will sell the team and the Als can get a fresh start.

[Argo57]

Alouettes look lost, looks good on Popp and the rest of that organization, long may it continue.

[294life]

still a decent crowd. can toronto expect as many next sunday to congratulate their boys?

[Argocister]

still a decent crowd. can toronto expect as many next sunday to congratulate their boys?

How many attended? Sounded good on TSN.

[294life]

How many attended? Sounded good on TSN.

22,068. Surprisingly our lowest crowd this year. I'd have expected more after a win and a first place showdown. Montreal didn't deserve to win.

In that small stadium anything over 20,000 still sounds good so you can imagine what a new argo stadium would be like.