Which head coaches are most likely to get fired at end of season?
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2022 12:56 pm
Which head coaches do you think will be unemployed when the 2022 season ends?
Personally, I think Craig Dickenson is done in Regina if the Riders don’t win a home playoff game. But even winning the WDSF at home may not be enough. Dickenson’s future likely depends on the Riders playing in the Grey Cup game, and if they are the visitors from the east only a win saves his job.
Chris Jones is most likely safe in Edmonton. He’s only in year one of a huge rebuild and the community owned team likely won’t be willing to pay him not to work.
There will be pressure on Ottawa to make a change, but LaPo should get a third season as HC. He got a mulligan for the Nichols disaster, and nobody expected Masoli would get hurt. Instability at this point would be worse for the Redblacks than waiting to see what the team is capable of under LaPolice once Masoli returns.
Orlando Steinhauer may not get the same consideration as LaPolice. The team has greatly underperformed and it’s not just because Dane Evans loves to throw picks. This is a team that probably should have had a Grey Cup championship by now and it doesn’t look like they will anytime soon. Steinhauer is a good coach and a very popular guy, but the TiCat are trending in the wrong direction.
If Steinhauer gets canned, likely so does Ryan Dinwiddie. For no reason other than to make room for Orlando Steinhauer to become the next HC of the Argos. Dinwiddie could definitely improve his job security situation by finishing the season at least a few games over 500 and playing in the Grey Cup this November.
I would think Danny Macochia is on very thin ice in Montreal, especially if Adams has success in BC. However, there certainly seems to be something going on behind the scenes with ownership in Montreal. My gut tells me that Gary Stern doesn’t agree with the rest of the ownership group who may be pro-Macochia. The timing of the Adams trade coming a few days after Stern walked away from the Als suggests to me that he may have had a very different vision about who should be coaching and starting at QB in Montreal. So does Macochia survive and remain as GM? Yeah probably, if the remaining owners have his back.
Dave Dickenson is not going anywhere as long as John Hufnagle is GM. Mike O’Shea only leaves Winnipeg if another team offers him the job of GM and HC. Rick Campbell could possibly be coach of the year at the end of the seson.
Who do you think gets shown the door at the end of the season?
Personally, I think Craig Dickenson is done in Regina if the Riders don’t win a home playoff game. But even winning the WDSF at home may not be enough. Dickenson’s future likely depends on the Riders playing in the Grey Cup game, and if they are the visitors from the east only a win saves his job.
Chris Jones is most likely safe in Edmonton. He’s only in year one of a huge rebuild and the community owned team likely won’t be willing to pay him not to work.
There will be pressure on Ottawa to make a change, but LaPo should get a third season as HC. He got a mulligan for the Nichols disaster, and nobody expected Masoli would get hurt. Instability at this point would be worse for the Redblacks than waiting to see what the team is capable of under LaPolice once Masoli returns.
Orlando Steinhauer may not get the same consideration as LaPolice. The team has greatly underperformed and it’s not just because Dane Evans loves to throw picks. This is a team that probably should have had a Grey Cup championship by now and it doesn’t look like they will anytime soon. Steinhauer is a good coach and a very popular guy, but the TiCat are trending in the wrong direction.
If Steinhauer gets canned, likely so does Ryan Dinwiddie. For no reason other than to make room for Orlando Steinhauer to become the next HC of the Argos. Dinwiddie could definitely improve his job security situation by finishing the season at least a few games over 500 and playing in the Grey Cup this November.
I would think Danny Macochia is on very thin ice in Montreal, especially if Adams has success in BC. However, there certainly seems to be something going on behind the scenes with ownership in Montreal. My gut tells me that Gary Stern doesn’t agree with the rest of the ownership group who may be pro-Macochia. The timing of the Adams trade coming a few days after Stern walked away from the Als suggests to me that he may have had a very different vision about who should be coaching and starting at QB in Montreal. So does Macochia survive and remain as GM? Yeah probably, if the remaining owners have his back.
Dave Dickenson is not going anywhere as long as John Hufnagle is GM. Mike O’Shea only leaves Winnipeg if another team offers him the job of GM and HC. Rick Campbell could possibly be coach of the year at the end of the seson.
Who do you think gets shown the door at the end of the season?