Frank Zicarelli also mentioned Chamblin and Steinauer. I'd prefer Steinauer. I like his style and his family lives in the GTA so there is more chance he would stay.
https://o.canada.com/sports/football...0-397bf89755d0No team can even approach a competing team for permission to speak to a potential candidate until 48 hours after this Sunday’s Grey Cup. But there’s word around the league that Corey Chamblin’s name continues to be connected to the Argos if he does, in fact, want to return to three-down football.
Chamblin won a Grey Cup as head coach in Regina when the Roughriders played host to the big game in 2013 and beat the Henry Burris-led Ticats.
He subsequently joined the Argos then departed this past off-season for a job at the University of Arkansas. In theory, there’s nothing preventing the Boatmen from talking with Chamblin because he’s not employed by a CFL team. Family is big with Chamblin and the sense around the league is that the Argos’ situation has to be too enticing for Chamblin to even consider a return.
Outside of a few big plays by the Argos’ offence, it was Chamblin’s defence that helped fuel Toronto’s run to last year’s Grey Cup. Without Chamblin, the 2018 Argos were terrible in all three phases of the game. But the biggest drop-off was on defence and it’s why there are many in the league who believe the Argos are more inclined to secure a defensive-minded coach to replace the fired Marc Trestman. ...
The Ticats, following Sunday’s East-final loss in Ottawa, will clean out their lockers on Tuesday. A few people associated with the CFL believe something “fast’’ will happen. And perhaps a new voice will be heard if Jones does decide he no longer wants to coach in the CFL.
The logical candidate to fill the void would be their defensive coordinator Orlondo Steinauer, who has also been linked with the Argos and Lions. Steinauer got his first coaching job with the Argos when Jim Barker ran the organization. Barker hired Steinauer first and then Mike O’Shea, who moved on to Winnipeg as its head coach. Steinauer’s family lives in the GTA.
If there is a change in Hamilton, another name that could resurface is Tommy Condell, assuming the circumstances are right. Condell has been both receivers coach and offensive coordinator with the Argos. In Hamilton, it was Condell’s offence that allowed quarterback Zach Collaros to flourish.
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