Saskatchewan Roughriders thread

[jerrym]

Jeremy O'Day discusses below why the Riders released Kevin Glenn so quickly after signing Collaros:

“Once we make a decision to make a trade like we did yesterday, there’s going to be some movement that we have to do on the roster,” said Jeremy O’Day, the Roughriders’ assistant vice-president of football operations and administration. “We had time to discuss that and develop a plan moving forward and we came to the conclusion that it was probably best not to let that linger on and, in fairness to Kevin and everyone else involved, to go ahead and make that decision to release Kevin this morning.” ...
“He’s disappointed and understandably so,” O’Day said of Glenn, a veteran of 17 CFL seasons. “You come to an organization and you hope to play there for a longer period of time.“Kevin’s a true pro; he has been through it many times before. It doesn’t make it any easier on everyone involved. It’s the tough part of the business. There are a lot of good people who end up getting hurt when you make those decisions, but he handled it like a pro.”
Glenn was signed in part to help the Roughriders’ other quarterbacks, none of whom had more than three years of pro experience. Noting that Glenn is “a very team-oriented guy,” O’Day praised the veteran for the impact he had on Bridge, Vernon Adams Jr., Marquise Williams and David Watford in Saskatchewan’s quarterbacks room.
The mentoring work that Glenn did prompted many to suggest that he could succeed the departed Jarious Jackson as Saskatchewan’s quarterbacks coach. On Thursday, that didn’t sound like a possibility.
“That was probably erased when Kevin told us that he wanted to continue playing,” O’Day said. “You want to respect the player’s aspirations.

https://www.riderville.com/2018/01/0...lenn-decision/

[Argo]

This is a very nice contract for ZC.

http://3downnation.com/2018/01/19/de...ured-contract/

IMO, the fact that it is faith-based, and not incentive-and-performance-based, is clearly a mistake (i.e., an unnecessary gamble) on Chris Jone's part.

[R.J]

This is a very nice contract for ZC.

http://3downnation.com/2018/01/19/de...ured-contract/

IMO, the fact that it is faith-based, and not incentive-and-performance-based, is clearly a mistake (i.e., an unnecessary gamble) on Chris Jone's part.

Yup, very nice deal for Collaros indeed. Took less money, but I too am surprised that it's not an incentive type deal.