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Calgary Stampeders

If they stay healthy, I'd expect them to be competitive. Injuries were a big story last year, and they still made the playoffs.
 
Mountain Man said:
I wonder if Maier is done if the Stamps lose tomorrow. 4 Ls in a row isn't acceptable.
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Might be time for more than Maier to be done. The Defense isn't good so I think Monson should be let go and I don't know about the roster construction as a whole... I'm not calling for Dave to be done but if the season keeps trending this way it might be time to move on. The Stamps have lost some good coaching talent to Toronto and Saskatchewan (via Toronto). With no prospect of a new stadium, I also wonder how long CSEC keeps the Stampeder's under their umbrella. CFL teams are selling, BC, Montreal, and now Edmonton.
 
I would love for CSEC to sell the Stamps to someone who actually gives a shit about the team. CSEC have done very little with the team and have basically treated them as a step child. I’ve seen little investment in the game day production/atmosphere, they don’t bring in any big name players, terrible stadium, no promotional or creative marketing strategies, over priced tickets. Instead of selling the corner seats for $10 a ticket and get families and kids in the stadium, they decide to tarp them off.
 
CSEC will need to do something now, Stamps are headed for the basement. I wonder who would buy them and if it would make much of a difference. A new stadium will need to be funded largely with public money, don't see any new owner building it themselves.
 
I've given up on the CFL now after 25 years of watching. The quality of the on field product has gotten noticeably worse in just the past decade alone, TSN's coverage has gotten stale and boring, and attendance is bombing in Calgary, Toronto and Edmonton (Vancouver never opens the upper deck of BC Place either). Worse of all no young fans ever talk about the CFL anymore, it just seems like the fanbases are getting older. I think this league is quickly heading toward financial ruin, and all it will take is a single team to fold for the rest of the league to follow.
 
Duck Lightning said:
I've given up on the CFL now after 25 years of watching. The quality of the on field product has gotten noticeably worse in just the past decade alone, TSN's coverage has gotten stale and boring, and attendance is bombing in Calgary, Toronto and Edmonton (Vancouver never opens the upper deck of BC Place either). Worse of all no young fans ever talk about the CFL anymore, it just seems like the fanbases are getting older. I think this league is quickly heading toward financial ruin, and all it will take is a single team to fold for the rest of the league to follow.
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I have to disagree with this. I am in my mid-thirties so maybe I'm not young anymore but I do think the CFL still has relevance. Attendance is way up in Toronto and BC. Alberta's franchises are going through tough times at the same time, which maybe makes things seem more dire here.

I was more or less pointing to the fact the Stampeders have sucked and seem to want to keep sucking. As the GM Dave has not been able to find a quarterback. Meanwhile the Stampeders have lost the next generation of coaches they had in the organization to Toronto and eventually Saskatchewan without replacing them.
 
Dave dodged the axe, reading about locker cleanout day the players hide their displeasure with how things went this year. Veterans versus young guys, was specifically mentioned. There was a bit of "I did not what I could with what I was given" from everyone. Never good.

I hope next training camp and season the stamps do what the flames have done with "the chase" behind the scenes style videos.
 
Mountain Man said:
Stamps just acquired Vernon Adams Jr from BC. Wonder where Maier will end up now...
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Some retail store in his hometown must be hiring for Black Friday... I'd say he's out of the league. Outside of Arbuckle being good enough to win the Grey Cup, Stamps have not developed a Quarterback since Bo. They got their veteran, curious to watch the rest of their offseason.

Here's 9 minutes of VA highlights

 
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