MoontoScott
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In fairness, many posters said that.You were saying?
We weren't aware that the EE were on the hook for only one calendar year. That puts things into a new perspective.
In fairness, many posters said that.You were saying?
If nobody is going to the games you make changes, that’s the real perspective.In fairness, many posters said that.
We weren't aware that the EE were on the hook for only one calendar year. That puts things into a new perspective.
Dreadful paid attendance number of 18K..I don’t know what the official attendance was last night but those crowds look smaller every game. Firing Jones was probably the only thing left to try to change that.
Gregor started his show today saying zero chance Jones gets fired![]()
….The only three coaches with a worse winning percentage while still getting to 32 games (2 seasons) includes such shining examples as Annis Stukis (BC 1954-55, 6-26 record), Ron Lancaster (Sask 1979-1980 4-28 record), Jeff Reinbold (WPG, 1997-98, 6-26 record),
Honestly, considering everything that has happened, the fatigue of the oilers run, the pitiful state of the teams ability to play football, the price of tickets that is not aligned with the value being provided, I’d say it’s not all that bad. Shows there may be life yet in this franchise in my opinion. Not saying it’s great, but over 15k is probably a win right now, and maybe they can claw over 20 with a new owner bump. This is not an overnight fix, but this is an event town, people will come if you give them a reason. Apparently the tail gating is still going strong too.Dreadful paid attendance number of 18K..
the offense isn't the problem
No change at QB.
“Asshole” was already taken somewhere else in the family is my guess.Who names their kid Annis?
My view is that he was a good and maybe even really good coach, but a f***ing horrendous, and I mean horrendous General Manager. When the two got blended he quickly went off the deep end.
Watching on tv that crowd didn’t look anywhere close to 18k. With the upper bowl now closed capacity would be around 30k. Whenever the cameras panned over the seats it looked like only 20% of that lower bowl was filled at best.Dreadful paid attendance number of 18K..
I remember reading stories about this guy in the 70’s when I was a kid. He was Greek and spoke broken English. He was kind of out there. He was a kicker and not particularly athletic towards the end of his career. He was famous for wearing his wristwatch during games and smoking cigarettes in the huddle and when he was kicking field goals. One of my favourite stories of his was his teammates thought it would be funny to direct snap the ball to him on a field goal attempt without telling him about it first. He got crushed on the play and his beloved wristwatch was broken. He was mad as hell and wanted his teammates to pay for it.Who names their kid Annis?
Heard this on 630 ched, but was sure if I heard it right.
Me either--if you have made no formal financial commitment to buy a business then you don't have any say in the matter.Damn, 70 year season ticket holder passed away. Love this bit ", his 75 years of faithfully watching Edmonton Eskimos football team (not the Elks!"
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Remembering the life of Paul Hawirko
Paul Hawirko passed away. This is the full obituary where you can express condolences and share memories. Published in the Edmonton Journal on 2024-07-10.edmontonjournal.remembering.ca
Heard this on 630 ched, but was sure if I heard it right.
I have never heard anything in my life about potential future owners signing off on moves. Makes one wonder what else they are signing off on lol
He's also Edmonton's first official coach, he had slightly better results going 19-23 from 1949-1951.Who names their kid Annis?
Watching on tv that crowd didn’t look anywhere close to 18k. With the upper bowl now closed capacity would be around 30k. Whenever the cameras panned over the seats it looked like only 20% of that lower bowl was filled at best.
That’s a typical Stukis story. He was a bit like Don Cherry (colourful, outspoken) and found his way from the playing field to the broadcast booth on CTV.I remember reading stories about this guy in the 70’s when I was a kid. He was Greek and spoke broken English. He was kind of out there. He was a kicker and not particularly athletic towards the end of his career. He was famous for wearing his wristwatch during games and smoking cigarettes in the huddle and when he was kicking field goals. One of my favourite stories of his was his teammates thought it would be funny to direct snap the ball to him on a field goal attempt without telling him about it first. He got crushed on the play and his beloved wristwatch was broken. He was mad as hell and wanted his teammates to pay for it.
Damn, 70 year season ticket holder passed away. Love this bit ", his 75 years of faithfully watching Edmonton Eskimos football team (not the Elks!"
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Remembering the life of Paul Hawirko
Paul Hawirko passed away. This is the full obituary where you can express condolences and share memories. Published in the Edmonton Journal on 2024-07-10.edmontonjournal.remembering.ca
Heard this on 630 ched, but was sure if I heard it right.
I have never heard anything in my life about potential future owners signing off on moves. Makes one wonder what else they are signing off on lol
You can thank KarenFunny tidbit from the game, there was a beach ball being tossed around the crowd, and it eventually fell on the track, a security guard grabs the ball (everyone is hoping it gets thrown back into the crowd) but they pull out their knife and pop it and the crowd boo'd the guard.
Probably not allowed to have a ball but the team sucks and that stupid ball actually made some people enjoy the game, but can't allow any fun.
I thought the crowd sounded loud while watching the tv broadcast too.He's also Edmonton's first official coach, he had slightly better results going 19-23 from 1949-1951.
The coach of the year award is also named after him.
Ultimately, I guess those stats just show sometimes even good coaches occasionally have a terrible stint with a team. Even Don Matthews had a couple bad stints in his career.
It's weird. Being in the building it felt like the best crowd of the season, but when I watched clips on TV it looked empty. I sit on the side that usually is seen on TV so maybe the distribution East vs West was off.
Small crowd or big crowd, I will say that was the best atmosphere so far this year (until every one lost their minds at the end).
Yeah, it's paid attendance which includes no-show season ticket holders and no-show single/multi game purchasers. Once it's paid, it's counted in the number.Watching on tv that crowd didn’t look anywhere close to 18k. With the upper bowl now closed capacity would be around 30k. Whenever the cameras panned over the seats it looked like only 20% of that lower bowl was filled at best.
Actually pretty typical that operations of an organization get “frozen” (kept status quo) when an ownership transfer is well on the way to reality.Damn, 70 year season ticket holder passed away. Love this bit ", his 75 years of faithfully watching Edmonton Eskimos football team (not the Elks!"
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Remembering the life of Paul Hawirko
Paul Hawirko passed away. This is the full obituary where you can express condolences and share memories. Published in the Edmonton Journal on 2024-07-10.edmontonjournal.remembering.ca
Heard this on 630 ched, but was sure if I heard it right.
I have never heard anything in my life about potential future owners signing off on moves. Makes one wonder what else they are signing off on lol
Actually pretty typical that operations of an organization get “frozen” (kept status quo) when an ownership transfer is well on the way to reality.
Large decisions that could affect the longer term operations, reputation, value of the org would have to be vetted through the prospective owners.Failure to do so could cause a material breach in altering the asset for sale and the others could then potentially walk away from the purchase. Shareholders would be all over a BoD if that were to occur.
This involvement by new ownership before the transfer is fully passed happens in all business with regularity.
If they have signed an LOI of course you would run the decision by them. Last thing you would do as a board is a make a decision that may blow up a pending deal.Me either--if you have made no formal financial commitment to buy a business then you don't have any say in the matter.
What a bizarre situation this has become. Hopefully a new owner can bring some sanity to bear.