Take this FWIW. Written by Marty York, a longtime CFL columnist.
Never know how to take these types of "turmoil" stories, but passing it along for those interested.
The Calgary Stampeders, ranked by oddsmakers at the season?s outset as
co-favourites with the B.C. Lions to capture the Grey Cup, are in turmoil as they wallow in the cellar of the CFL?s West Division.
?There?s unrest,? one of the Stamps told Metro Tuesday. ?It ain?t pretty. We have issues.?
Examples:
- Receiver Marc Boerigter, who returned to the Stamps this season for a high salary (by CFL standards) of more than $150,000 after five years in the NFL, is fuming because coach Tom Higgins has made him a healthy scratch for Friday night?s game against the Lions.
- Star running back Joffrey Reynolds is irked about not being handed the ball enough.
- Punter Burke Dales is upset because journeyman Duncan O?Mahony has replaced him.
- Some team members wouldn?t mind if Higgins were replaced.
- Offensive players are questioning the philosophies of new co-ordinator George Cortez.
- The club is irked by the schedule, which has the Stamps playing on fewer days of rest than any team in the CFL.
- Strangely, the Calgary defence is staying out of controversy ? even though the Stamps have allowed the most points (210) in the league.
Never know how to take these types of "turmoil" stories, but passing it along for those interested.
The Calgary Stampeders, ranked by oddsmakers at the season?s outset as
co-favourites with the B.C. Lions to capture the Grey Cup, are in turmoil as they wallow in the cellar of the CFL?s West Division.
?There?s unrest,? one of the Stamps told Metro Tuesday. ?It ain?t pretty. We have issues.?
Examples:
- Receiver Marc Boerigter, who returned to the Stamps this season for a high salary (by CFL standards) of more than $150,000 after five years in the NFL, is fuming because coach Tom Higgins has made him a healthy scratch for Friday night?s game against the Lions.
- Star running back Joffrey Reynolds is irked about not being handed the ball enough.
- Punter Burke Dales is upset because journeyman Duncan O?Mahony has replaced him.
- Some team members wouldn?t mind if Higgins were replaced.
- Offensive players are questioning the philosophies of new co-ordinator George Cortez.
- The club is irked by the schedule, which has the Stamps playing on fewer days of rest than any team in the CFL.
- Strangely, the Calgary defence is staying out of controversy ? even though the Stamps have allowed the most points (210) in the league.
