Kent Austin arrived in Regina last night. This afternoon he'll be officially introduced as the new Head Coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. This marks the 2nd time a former Roughrider quarterback has become the bench boss of the team. It wasn't a roaring success for Ron Lancaster. Hopefully things go much better for Austin.
Austin has never held a head coaching position, although he has been a position coach in Ottawa and an offensive coordinator with the Toronto Argos. Not unlike Danny Barrett's resume before Roy Shivers brought him to Saskatchewan. Barrett and Austin were both CFL quarterbacks before turning to coaching. That's pretty much where the similarities end.
And, just to liven things up a bit, Yoda decided yesterday was a good day for a bonfire. Inside her house! Fortunately no one was injured. And I end up with a house guest for a couple of days. Never a dull moment.
2 comments:
The worst kept secret - Barrett is sacked! The next worst secret - Austin is hired! Although I thought Ritchie would come in with Austin and let him ease into the job in 2 yrs.
Austin gave us our last Grey Cup parade. He will likely give us our next. I hear he is big on accountability and heaven knows the Riders have been sorely lacking that component for years. This has been a coddle and baby them regime.
A few people will whine a bit but those are the same people who were happy with .500 year after year.
Trust me if we win a cup in the next few years, Attila The Hun could be the head coach and we will love him. Men will buy beer for him and young ladies will throw thongs. We have short memories to go along with our thin skin ie; gophergate, Austin leaving....That mentality makes want to heave. As soon as we win, all will be well..........
I know what you mean. I suppose we should hold a grudge against every single person who left Saskatchewan for greener pastures (ie: more money) over the past 50 years? That's a lot of grudges.
Accountability and demanding results? Interesting concept. Rumour has it that's what the good teams do, too. It's just crazy enough that it might work.
And any player who objects is advised to not let the door hit them on the way out. The country club is closed.
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