2014 Playoff Picture

[Argo]

IMO the Argos will fail to make the playoffs because of (finally) this loss to the Als.
If they do in fact miss the playoffs, any and all advisable changes to be made will be difficult to effect given the big-picture mess the team is floundering within.

[ArgoRavi]

IMO the Argos will fail to make the playoffs because of (finally) this loss to the Als.
If they do in fact miss the playoffs, any and all advisable changes to be made will be difficult to effect given the big-picture mess the team is floundering within.

The Argo season could go either way at this point. They are in very much a similar situation as they were in two years ago at this time when they needed to win their next five games to win the Grey Cup after a disappointing home loss to Winnipeg. They accomplished that task back then - and virtually no members of this forum gave them any chance to be successful at that time - and we shall see if they can do the same this year amid many doubts.

[ArgoZ]

The Argo season could go either way at this point. They are in very much a similar situation as they were in two years ago at this time when they needed to win their next five games to win the Grey Cup after a disappointing home loss to Winnipeg. They accomplished that task back then - and virtually no members of this forum gave them any chance to be successful at that time - and we shall see if they can do the same this year amid many doubts.

After watching many years of the CFL, I agree. Any eligible playoff team this year, even Montreal, can go on a 4 game win streak resulting in a Grey Cup berth.

[Argo57]

The Argo season could go either way at this point. They are in very much a similar situation as they were in two years ago at this time when they needed to win their next five games to win the Grey Cup after a disappointing home loss to Winnipeg. They accomplished that task back then - and virtually no members of this forum gave them any chance to be successful at that time - and we shall see if they can do the same this year amid many doubts.

You could sense the Argos hitting stride during the last portion of the 2012 season, the D in particular kept improving and quite frankly I think they had a better coaching staff that season as well. I find Milanovich's demeaner a little troubling lately during his press conferences, he almost seems resigned to the fact that this season isn't going anywhere at all.

[ArgoRavi]

You could sense the Argos hitting stride during the last portion of the 2012 season, the D in particular kept improving and quite frankly I think they had a better coaching staff that season as well. I find Milanovich's demeaner a little troubling lately during his press conferences, he almost seems resigned to the fact that this season isn't going anywhere at all.

You may or may not be right about the coaching staff but I think that many of us have rose-coloured glasses when we recall the 2012 season. I honestly don't think our defence looked any better prior to the final two regular season games in 2012 than it does today. The Argos were 7-9 at one point in 2012. They had just played three consecutive home games and lost all of them. The first two were played with Jarious Jackson at QB as Ray was hurt but our defence still looked awful in two of those losses - a 36-10 Thanksgiving Day blowout at the hands of Saskatchewan and a 44-32 loss to a wretched Winnipeg team that managed to pass and run all over the Argo defence that night. Adriano Belli was hauled out of retirement prior to the Winnipeg game which indicated some concern with the defensive line. After the Winnipeg game, the defence played better in a 31-26 win over Saskatchewan before ending the season with a memorable 43-40 win over Hamilton when the Argos played many, many backups. It was only in the playoffs that the defence started to come together which culminated in the best performance of the season in the Grey Cup.

If anyone can go back and look at the forum posts from two years ago, after that Winnipeg loss, you will see members at their lowest point when it came to belief in their football team. The Montreal loss on Saturday may be a sign of things to come but it could also just as easily be a red herring. I think that we will have a better sense about this football team after the Hamilton game this Saturday. Until then, I see a season that could range in anything from a disaster to one for the ages.