Once the UFL season ends I’m all in again on this CFL thing. I only watched part of two games that being the Eskimos v Riders. Did a double take with Bethel Thompson playing again. I thought he was retiring. He seems much more comfortable with the Canadian game, or at least the parts I actuallly watched. The other was those awesome fog jerseys of BC. Don’t know why I love them but I do! Oh about 5 Min of that. With the Battlehawks Brahmas I was waiting for the Battlehawk comeback that never was. Damn it! lol
Coaching QB in the CFL has traditionally been very difficult. With any league, rookie QBs will have a learning curve. But the extra man and wider field are a lot to learn for a QB that was raised to play a different version on the game. Plus less hours in the day/ week for practice in comparison to NFL. Mini camps a month before training camp have not been a thing for a number of years. The successful QB and QB coaching trees have been pretty distinct for decades. Ask Jordan Love, Rodgers and Favre about it, they are still benefitting from the Cal Murphy ( Hugh Campbell) tree with Tom Clemons & Hufnagel getting the wealth of that knowledge in Winnipeg's 80s QB room. There are currently 3 starters in CFL from the Milanovich tree. Only some coaches have the gift and ownership to exercise patience in combination with their critical eye. In a traditional pass first league, this is very important. Love the show. Also, did you see the Kicker's press release? They mentioned the USFL failed experiment. And yes, only WPG/ MTL were forced to use the chipped ball during kicks. Thanks for talking bout the league. Thanks for talking UFL. Keep up the good work. You and Your audience seems to be interested in wanting to know more, so I hope the sprinkles of history were just enough.
Argos had a great defence and Javon Leake on special teams in 2023. Kelly also pooped the bed in the playoffs. In 2022, Kelly had the benefit of studying the game with MBT giving him the odd tip. Having said that historically if you look at QB #'s the first year is usually the worst and they get better in year 2.
