Mitchell has a lot of enemies around the league, I believe, so I doubt he's a serious candidate. His dad was no great shakes as a commissioner although he had a tough act to follow and arrived just as the league was trending way downward.
Mitchell has a lot of enemies around the league, I believe, so I doubt he's a serious candidate. His dad was no great shakes as a commissioner although he had a tough act to follow and arrived just as the league was trending way downward.
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Rider fans must be going nuts about their forum being down at the moment.
Year of the Rocket: John Candy, Wayne Gretzky, a Crooked Tycoon, and the Craziest Season in Football History (https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/pro...of-the-rocket/)
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Even though he was likeable, Wright was responsible for the poor TV contract signed during one of the renewals.
It came out how he did not even speak to CBC or any other possible suitors who after the fact made it known of having interest.
For me that's a poor negotiator.
I don't think Orridge ever had the support he needed from the board to have success but overall, he wasn't as bad as everyone makes it seem.
i heard that the CFL was just going to simulcast Roger Goddell's decisions for the remainder of the year.
You can't blame Wright for that without also blaming Pelley who took the lead in those negotiations. I have no interest in seeing either of those gentlemen return to the league as Wright fiddled while Ottawa burned and I don't see Pelley as being overly committed to the CFL.
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Cameron Dukes + Dan Adeboboye + Kevin Mital + David Ungerer + Damonte Coxie + DaVaris Daniels + Dejon Brissett = Unstoppable Force
Most boards are appointed by senior management and the management can control their boards. The CFL board appoints management and therefore controls them. There is the added complication of corporate, community and individual type of ownership with a variety of objectives.
The timing is curious, just like the GM, HC changes recently. It was far from a successful Grey Cup and Toronto transition. I wonder how much influence the Commissioner's office had on those events. If he was a very strong advocate them, than those plus a number of other issues may have led to his removal.
Pure speculation.
Suitor was lobbying for the job yesterday on TSN 1150. If it was a job interview, it would have been a massive fail. Kept repeating the same simplistic mantra -- get someone who knows football to go into boardrooms and sell the game.
I'd like to know what he thinks qualifies him to take on such a role. He has played in and televised the league. So have Schultz, Dunigan, Climie, Stegall, Forde, Walby, Benefield and many others. Do any of them have qualifications that would make them viable commissioners of what amounts to a business with nine owners who can seldom agree on anything?
Year of the Rocket: John Candy, Wayne Gretzky, a Crooked Tycoon, and the Craziest Season in Football History (https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/pro...of-the-rocket/)
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Suitor is a swell guy and all a big CFL fan plus a former player - "knows" the league for sure; but wether he has any business acumen is a big question, plus he is rather limited in speaking ability IMO; of all the above guys you described, Duane Forde is easily the most well spoken IMO; Climie maybe 2nd plus he is a lawyer as well.
I'd rather see an ex-player who has been in constant contact with or working with the league for years, get the job over some clueless about Canadian football guy in a business suit. BOG myopic clowns probably just want a yes man.
Shouldn't this be in CFL room?
I have had dealings with Jock here in Ottawa, and I too would endorse such a move
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