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Keep in mind that this was conducted in Winnipeg and not Nationally.....


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* Who should be the CFL's coach of the year?

Doug Berry 49%

Wally Buono 38%

Pinball Clemons 9%

Other 4%
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Riiight
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Doug Berry ? What are they smoking in Winnipeg ?
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TheLionKing wrote:Doug Berry ? What are they smoking in Winnipeg ?
nothing, they are born that way...hyuk hyuk :twisted:
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If Wally doesn't get it this year then he never will.

Every button he hit this season (Warren, Young, Lockett) was right one and he had to deal with the same injuries to key players (Dickenson, Clermont, Simmons, Singh) as other coaches.

Never mind the level of excellence he has brought to the Lions in his impressive 4-year run.
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Wally 100%. Sure he made some bad calls, but the amount of good ones outweigh them.
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Normally, I'd take the coach that improves his team the most from year to year.

This year, however, I'll side with Chris Cuthbert and take Wally.
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Got to be Wally. As Sammy says he made some pretty togh decisions look easy, and his team was the most consistent from start to finish. That indicates preparation, and preparation is the coaches job.

Berry's team started well in a weak Eastern division, got some adversity and tailed off.

I don't think anyone else deserves recognition.
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Danny Macciocia ...

I think he did a wonderful job....
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My vote goes to barrett :wink:
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The only blemish on Wally this year was the McCallum punt in overtime in Regina.....other than that boffo, he had a great season, with seemingly every other decision going in his favour.

Berry did bring the Bombers from a laughing stock (as Solar Max so eloquaintly put it...."The only sure fire bet...Winnipeg finishing last") to at least a playoff contender.

I'm a staunch Bomber supporter, but Wally wins this one......hands down.
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'm a staunch Bomber supporter, but Wally wins this one......hands down
Too often the Coach of the Year award goes to a coach in a turnaround situation. It's a lot tougher to have a team that has been close and lost a couple of seasons and improves on that than a turnaround situation. It's just much tougher to take the step we took this season.

Wally (its really a coaching staff awrd) deserves the award this season for a whole lot of reasons. Wally himself was a coach who turned himself around from the 2005 football season. He was decisive in 2006 and yet more relaxed... focused as well as prepared.
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There should be drug testing on all the voters if Wally doesn't win it.
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Blitz wrote:Too often the Coach of the Year award goes to a coach in a turnaround situation. It's a lot tougher to have a team that has been close and lost a couple of seasons and improves on that than a turnaround situation. It's just much tougher to take the step we took this season.
Yeah, in the NHL, the Jack Adams award often goes to the coach who displays the best improvement of the team from the previous season. If that case is applied to the CFL, then the Blue Bombers showed the best improvement from 10 points in 2005 to 18 points in 2006.
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cromartie wrote:Normally, I'd take the coach that improves his team the most from year to year.

This year, however, I'll side with Chris Cuthbert and take Wally.
I can't disagree here. It is true, that often this kind of award goes to the guy who gets the biggest turnaround.
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