Eastern Final: Montreal Alouettes @ Toronto Argonauts

[Stevoman]

This feels like 2005 again, only worse. It has been so rare for the Argos to capitalize on a championship winning season and this year they did, even improving their record. They did the same thing in 2005 and just like that year they lose in the Eastern Final to the Alouettes. The Argos followed that loss with 2 more seasons of being a very competitive football team and I expect these Argos to come back strong as well. As much as a back to back championship would've been amazing, it was vitally important that the 2023 Argos be a strongly competitive and winning team. They accomplished that and for that I'm happy...but to lose in this fashion after such a great season is extremely painful and frustrating. I guess I should've seen it coming when I saw that they were going to have their largest crowd at BMO, that's usually the game where the Argos crap the bed.

[Will]

This feels like 2005 again, only worse. It has been so rare for the Argos to capitalize on a championship winning season and this year they did, even improving their record. They did the same thing in 2005 and just like that year they lose in the Eastern Final to the Alouettes. The Argos followed that loss with 2 more seasons of being a very competitive football team and I expect these Argos to come back strong as well. As much as a back to back championship would've been amazing, it was vitally important that the 2023 Argos be a strongly competitive and winning team. They accomplished that and for that I'm happy...but to lose in this fashion after such a great season is extremely painful and frustrating. I guess I should've seen it coming when I saw that they were going to have their largest crowd at BMO, that's usually the game where the Argos crap the bed.

There are three Argo coaches (O'Billovich, Clemons and Milanovich) who had Grey Cup victories early in their tenure (Pinball was more to the middle I guess), but failed to build on that. I guess the jury is still out on Dinwiddie.