dlbalr Posted July 23, 2018 Posted July 23, 2018 24 minutes ago, JoeLassister said: Could backfire very quickly as two 1st round picks were given to get Manziel. And they already don't have their 2019 1st rounder either as it was used in the Supplemental Draft. There's a narrow window where this could work for Montreal. He needs to be good but not too good at the same time. If he thrives, he'll look to go back to the NFL. If he struggles, he's a very expensive gamble. It's not like the other two players they picked up really move the needle either - they'll have to use a non-import spot on the offensive line now and while they had some ratio flexibility, they lost a big part of it by including Westerman in the deal. Quote
dlbalr Posted August 6, 2018 Posted August 6, 2018 Well, that debut was a memorable one for all the wrong reasons. Hopefully, ownership won't be interfering with lineup composition anymore (there's no way an experienced coach would put a new QB in after four practices - this felt like a PR stunt to sell tickets above all else). Quote
dlbalr Posted June 8, 2019 Posted June 8, 2019 Just when things couldn't look any worse in Montreal with a potential owner pulling out over the Commissioner wanting to force Danny Maciocia on him with a 10-year contract, now the Als have fired Mike Sherman amidst reports of a mutiny around the team. Khari Jones, the underwhelming offensive coordinator, takes over on an interim basis, presumably until an ownership group that's willing to work with Maciocia gets a deal done to buy the team. Quote
JoeLassister Posted July 17, 2019 Posted July 17, 2019 On 2019-06-08 at 2:10 PM, dlbalr said: Just when things couldn't look any worse in Montreal ... hahahahaha What the actual #### ?!?!?! Quote
dlbalr Posted July 18, 2019 Posted July 18, 2019 8 hours ago, JoeLassister said: hahahahaha What the actual #### ?!?!?! It has been an eventful first six weeks or so of the season. I don't mind Reed getting let go. I will mind if Maciocia (who struggled badly as a GM) winds up being the replacement. This cap circumvention scheme is a little worrisome though in terms of potential repercussions. They already are out another couple of first rounders - if this winds up being serious, how many more are they going to lose. Quote
dlbalr Posted September 21, 2019 Posted September 21, 2019 What. A. Comeback. Down 24 in the 4th quarter, the Alouettes pull off the 38-37 victory with Adams Jr. just heaving up throw after throw. The defence basically quit in the first half and then stepped it up big time in the second half. This has certainly been a more entertaining season thus far. Quote
dlbalr Posted November 10, 2019 Posted November 10, 2019 Tough loss today to end their postseason in a hurry. The defence really let them down in this one as they couldn't get to Harris until the fourth quarter and by then, they were in trouble. Here's hoping the ownership situation gets resolved in a hurry and Jones gets a contract extension (he earned it with a strong first year as head coach) instead of having Danny Maciocia forced upon them by the commissioner. Quote
dlbalr Posted January 14, 2020 Posted January 14, 2020 Good news - the Alouettes have new ownership. Bad news - Danny Maciocia is GM. Quote
JoeLassister Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 James Wilder Jr. is now with Montréal. They will probably bring at least another proven RB to the training camp and create a competition. Quote
dlbalr Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 2 hours ago, JoeLassister said: James Wilder Jr. is now with Montréal. They will probably bring at least another proven RB to the training camp and create a competition. They'll bring another RB or two but I don't know how proven they'll be. They gave Adams Jr. a huge raise for this season which takes a good chunk of their payroll flexibility away. It's also usually one of the easier spots to try to fill with undrafted/unproven guys. Quote
JoeLassister Posted January 31, 2020 Posted January 31, 2020 14 hours ago, dlbalr said: They'll bring another RB or two but I don't know how proven they'll be. They gave Adams Jr. a huge raise for this season which takes a good chunk of their payroll flexibility away. It's also usually one of the easier spots to try to fill with undrafted/unproven guys. True. lot of Americans RB out there who won't make the NFL. Quote
dlbalr Posted February 19, 2020 Posted February 19, 2020 I stand corrected - they went with a veteran backup as they signed Tyrell Sutton. Quote
GHT120 Posted June 24, 2020 Posted June 24, 2020 On 1/30/2020 at 3:29 PM, JoeLassister said: James Wilder Jr. is now with Montréal. They will probably bring at least another proven RB to the training camp and create a competition. James Wilder is now retired ... might be. little hard to recruit another RB or two until the details of whether or not there will be a season are resolved Quote
dlbalr Posted June 25, 2020 Posted June 25, 2020 2 hours ago, GHT120 said: James Wilder is now retired ... might be. little hard to recruit another RB or two until the details of whether or not there will be a season are resolved Well that was a short-lived tenure. The good news is that import RB's don't seem to be that tough to find. I'm also not sure they'll get this season off anyway. The bubble city format probably isn't going to work and how many players are going to be willing to come up to play for 2-3 months at half their salary or less? For guys making the minimum, are they making the trek over and being separated from their families for $25,000? Some of them probably have another job at this point (construction is something a lot of guys do in the offseasons), they might be better off just doing that for the rest of the year. They'd get less money but would stay with their families at least. Quote
Fanpuck33 Posted June 1, 2021 Posted June 1, 2021 I saw that Edmonton is now the Elks... Isn't the plural of "elk" just "elk"? Quote
dlbalr Posted June 2, 2021 Posted June 2, 2021 I thought so as well but apparently there are some circumstances where elks is technically appropriate. https://thewordcounter.com/plural-of-elk/ Quote
dlbalr Posted October 18, 2021 Posted October 18, 2021 Trevor Harris is now a Montreal Alouette. I wouldn't have seen that coming a few weeks ago but his surprising benching in Edmonton and Adams Jr. being done for the season has made for an interesting match. He's certainly on the downswing of his career but Montreal's offence will look a bit different once he takes over. Quote
dlbalr Posted July 6, 2022 Posted July 6, 2022 On 1/13/2020 at 8:38 PM, dlbalr said: Good news - the Alouettes have new ownership. Bad news - Danny Maciocia is GM. Well, it took more than two years for Maciocia to name himself as the head coach. Admittedly, that's longer than I expected but Khari Jones deserved a better fate. If Cote doesn't miss a 20-year chip shot, they're 2-2. They nearly beat Calgary on the road. They have, what, eight or nine starters missing? But sure, the coach is the problem. Here's hoping Maciocia learned how to coach once he left Edmonton as he wasn't much of a coach then. And Noel Thorpe wasn't a great defensive coordinator either but he's buddies with Maciocia so he's back as well. Quote
JoeLassister Posted November 20, 2023 Posted November 20, 2023 lol Marc-Antoine Dequoy didn't hold anything back in his post-game interview yesterday Quote
dlbalr Posted November 21, 2023 Posted November 21, 2023 Yeah, that was quite the 'celebratory' interview. Can't say I saw that coming after a Grey Cup win (which I also didn't see coming). Quote
dlbalr Posted November 16 Posted November 16 It has certainly been an interesting season for the Als. They look great with Alexander at QB and look terrible with any of the others they've trotted out there. Should be a good one for the Grey Cup as long as that hamstring soreness doesn't prove to be too much of an issue. Quote
JoeLassister Posted November 17 Posted November 17 The late fumble on QB sneak was pathetic tbh. They had 2 downs to gain 2 yards and didn't bother using their big running back who was getting things done just about fantastic just seconds before. It was stupid. Now, doesn't mean they would have gotten the 2 pts conversion, but I was quite pissed at the play choice there. Quote
dlbalr Posted November 17 Posted November 17 I didn't hate the play call, as conservative as it was. Patterson had been money in that role since joining the team midseason and that play would have worked way more often than not. I'm always hesitant about an RB handoff in those situations since he's getting the ball three or four yards before the line of scrimmage; those generally have a lower chance of success. Two sneaks for a first down then three cracks at first and goal from the one. If you were putting the odds on that working, it probably would have been in the 90s so I can't complain about the call. Quote
JoeLassister Posted November 19 Posted November 19 Yah, I watched maybe 2-3 games all season long. Can't say I had the same level of confidence with QB sneak than you did. Quote
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