I heard about Friisdahl from someone I know and trust within MLSE. Scianitti and Arash have tweeted about the not playing nice part - I think there was something written on 3downnation, but can't recall - Naylor and Lalji have also discussed it as well.
Naylor and Scianitti discussing the "misalignment".
https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/video/naylor-...gnment~1531250
Not the first time I've heard Trestman didn't want Manziel in Toronto either.
Last edited by R.J; 11-03-2018 at 03:47 PM.
I am not surprised by the firing but I am by how quickly it occurred.
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What was Manning thinking wearing that damn red sweater to an Argo press conference?😐
One thing that stuck with me this year was how Trestman talks about the locker room, and family etc.
But then there's a report about him ripping into a MLSE employee who quit. To me this doesn't add up...a good team needs all the support staff around them. So this reinforces the talk of Trestman going against upper management.
I really hoped that the Popp/Trestman combo was here for years.
Side note this makes me respect the careers of coach Buono, Mathews, etc. Their longevity was in part to adapting to the team they had, not forcing their system on the players.
Pretty staggering fall from grace in less than a year.
Trestman is a class act but I suspect Argo management couldn’t risk more of the same in 2019.
Should be an interesting off season.
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Coaching changes have speeded up significantly compared to fifty years ago as has the media and the two are not unrelated as the demand for information in a 24 hour cable network cycle in news and sports dictates more questioning of what is happening and why things failed, increasing the pressure on individuals and organizations to continually succeed. I still respect Trestman for his success in building a Grey Cup winning team last year and for operating under difficult personal and organizational circumstances with grace this year. However, a change had to be made.
That was 17 long years ago and the league has successfully instituted an embargo on any football operations announcements during the playoffs since that time.
To answer Paul's question, I am pretty sure that teams are not allowed to interview coaches from other teams until that coach's team is eliminated from the playoffs.
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Why wait until February. lol
Did anyone else notice the big push back on Facebook of Trestman's firing. I was a little surprised most people were not in favour, and especially the timing.
Speaking of Don Landry, from the "closed" post. I think he has been the best PA guy in my memory. Really liked him on the FAN. Don't know what happened there. He hasn't been replaced that's for sure.
Since that other thread has been locked, I'll just say here that I did not intend to ignore the request for DMs, I thought Mike meant to DM him only with complaints, not suggestions. My apologies.
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