This is being talked about as if it's a done deal. I know that speculation is the bread and butter of any forum but deciding whether or not this fellow is going to have a true "carte blanche" when it comes to retaining assistant coaches is putting the cart way ahead of the horse. Each day...

Ironically, the 1984 Grey Cup is airing tonight on ESPN Classics at 9 pm PST. All four QBs in that game - Tom Clements, John Hufnagel, Dieter Brock and Jeff Tedford - went on to coaching careers with varying degrees of success. Tedford gets into that game for the Ticats late in the 4th quarter IIRC.

Absolutely! Is there a reason you wouldn't want Cortez as OC? All the man knows how to do is move the football, as long as he has a competent QB which every OC needs. Saskatchewan was crazy to get rid of him IMO. Cortez was good enough to coach the Riders offence to the 2013 Grey Cup championship.....

Rammer wrote:Question on Tedford...do you take him on as HC if he wants Cortez as his OC?

Absolutely! Is there a reason you wouldn't want Cortez as OC? All the man knows how to do is move the football, as long as he has a competent QB which every OC needs. Saskatchewan was crazy to get rid of him IMO.

George Cortez was Tedford's offensive coordinator for a few years in the NCAA as well so you can see where this might be going.

If they hire Barrett over Jeff Garcia, Wally needs to have his head examined.

I am a little skeptical of Madani's sources but here is what Madani tweeted after the Grey Cup:

Was told tonight that David Braley has told prospective buyers that the #BCLions sale price is... $40 million. You can't make that up. #CFL

http://cfl.ca/video/index/id/107373/autostart/true Kent Austin post game. Very classy comments. Upbeat. No blaming. Credits Calgary. Proud of his team. Came close to winning. No blame. You hear that Toppy? LOL I can't comment on that goal line failure. Getting a drink. Did Austin take any responsib...

Here is the report that I was just referring to: http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?playlistId=1.2126126

This was preceded by Sandie Rinaldo asking the reporter what the "real story" of the Grey Cup was.

If he's from Toronto, what would he know about hockey ? :wink: That's prob where the Debby Downer angle comes from. Did anyone see CTV's national newscast tonight? Please watch if you haven't already although it will get your blood boiling. This same reporter - Peter Akman - made it sound like ther...

There are rumours that Chapdelaine is headed to Saskatchewan to become their new offensive coordinator. I hope that Durant likes the hand signals.

BabaBooey Benevides is looking good on TSN. I am somewhat surprised as to how comfortable he looks on there. I look for him to replace Lapolice in 2015.

David Naylor is saying that Barron Miles, Richie Hall and Cortez will all be looking for work as of tomorrow. All good candidates for the new B.C. coaching staff.

Can you get a more negative report on the eve of the Grey Cup game than this one which appeared on CTV's national news tonight?: http://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/organizers ... -1.2125564

Braley just told Dave Naylor and James Duthie on Toronto's TSN 1050 Radio that there are fewer than 2000 tickets remaining with almost half of those being singles.