WestCoastJoe wrote:Buono says he is starting to wonder if they have enough talent.
Hmmmmmmm
Is he starting to wonder if he has enough talent in the coaching department?
But he says the coaches are working hard. Long hours too.
I think that we have all come to the conclusion here that this is a three headed monster.
1) The talent is just not there. Sorry, but Esks have way more talent in their tumultous room than the Lions do.
2) Coaching is sub-par, and in denial. There are steps to take when the offence regresses year after year since Chapdelaine got here, and it improved when he left in 2007. (As an aside, I was stunned to hear Suitor on team10hockey recently refer to the fact that Dorazio was the OC here last year, when Young Skywalker himself has confirmed that his dad was carrying the "Receivers Coach" tag to ensure that the Esks still paid part of his salary, which we all knew, but that Jacques was indeed the OC, which we also knew. That was a terrible travesty, blaming Dorazio for Chapdelaine's incompetence.)
3) Playcalling is abysmal. You can't DARE the other team, whom you know knows your playbook as well as you do, to stop you. They will. They do. Duh.
Sometimes the coaches can't see the forest for the trees, imo. The game has changed, and Chaps' playbook hasn't. Wally's strength was always the fact that he was a good manager of coaches, if not a very good game day head coach. Now, he can't even manage his staff.
He needs to stay, but with coaches he can guide, nurture, cajole, teach, help. But that won't happen.
