Well, I believe my belief in the uber importance of coaching smarts in football has been proven this season, in a few cases.
Jones is not a HC, he's more like a defensive consultant or D position coach at best IMO, but a legend in his own mind; his offence AND defence (for this supposed expert there) have been mediocre to putrid for 2 straight seasons with the EE now (in yet another recycled GOB chance for him); he has no clue about QBs (and maybe Ford would have won them a few more games, but i'm not sure of that - he's obviously a better QB talent than the 2 guys Jones passport preferred though).
And I had high hopes that Bob Dyce could show some smarts or different thinking but I suspected they were bound for failure there with the hiring of Jones & Miles as his OC & DC = ultra limited, same old, no imagination or smarts, recycled GOB dupes. And Dyce's dumb in game decisions likely cost them several win-able games.
And how many more chances does Davey Dickenson deserve to show he's a clown of an HC with the used to be very strong Stamps team/org. ? He's lost big play-off games galore and this season has sunk to league bottom feeder.
The Riders are a train-wreck with IMO really dumb/ poor decisions & coaching. Riderfans are howling for blood there, and rightfully so. I just bet they are going to go same old CFL recycling for the replacements though.
Argos are other end of the scale in the coaching department IMO; and Ryan D (and staff he picked) is maybe not getting enough recognition for what he has accomplished in his first 3 years at the helm: 1) 1st in the East and coulda/shoulda been in the GC; 2) wins the GC; 3) best season start/record in Argo history. Maybe the best first three seasons HC in CFL history ?
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