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We can use this thread to discuss anything to do with the Ti-Cats! I know there's not much to talk about THIS year... but here's hoping for '08: is 2008 the year of Casey Printers or Richie Williams!? Will Lancaster finally get the (real) boot? What's gonna happen with Charlie Taffe? Let's keep everyone informed... maybe we could even convert a couple ticats.ca forumers to join up here as well ;) |
I feel so bad for Bob Young. Spent so much money and invested so much into this city yet he continuously gets a crappy team. He deserves a parade all on his own lol.
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^true enough but bob's made some terrible decisions and the results are fairly plain to see. i love his emphasis on canadian talent, coaching but it's back-fired badly. they're so bad it's frightening. teams score at will against them. we may have to look further ahead than next year. hopefully the fanbase will hang around, though last week's crowd was dismal. here's hoping things turns around quickly.
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^^ The main reason for the crowd last Friday night was b/c of the weather.
My bro and his friends are Season's Tix holders (and have been for years) and none of them went only b/c they all thought it was going to rain... which it did, for about a quarter total... No Playoffs + Rain + A Shitty Team = last Friday's Attendance (19,322 according to ticats.ca) |
Ticats to axe GM
Nov, 04 2007 - 6:00 PM HAMILTON (AM900 CHML) - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are expected to announce the firing of general manager Marcel Desjardins. A news conference will reportedly be held Monday morning to make the announcement official. For complete details, click on Ticats Nation on our homepage. |
^^ Wow... he was suppose to be our (on-field) "saviour"!
Obviously he failed... but we can't completely blame him, I'm gonna go with Lancaster and his "my way or the highway" attitude. I was at last night's game, and despite how FREEZING it was, and how shitty they are this year, I still had a GREAT time! I'm glad we wasted so much money on "Oh no I'm Injured" Printers! haha Richie Williams was great last night! re: defence, I'm pretty sure they forgot they were playing football!? |
Ticats fire general manager Desjardins
The Canadian Press 11/5/2007 9:53:12 AM HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have fired general manager Marcel Desjardins after just one year at the helm. The move was announced in a three-paragraph news release Monday morning. Desjardins completed his first full season as Ticats GM on Saturday with a 21-19 victory over the Edmonton Eskimos. Despite the win, Hamilton finished the 2007 campaign in the CFL basement with a 3-15 record, which was worse than last year's 4-14 mark. Desjardins was named Hamilton GM on Aug. 29, 2006. Prior to that, the native of Burlington, Ont., spent five seasons as assistant general manager of the Montreal Alouettes. He also spent five years at the CFL's head office in Toronto. Desjardins had received heat in Hamilton for the Ticats' regression and also for making some questionable deals. On Jan. 31, he sent offensive lineman Wayne Smith and receiver D.J. Flick to Saskatchewan for quarterback Rocky Butler and a 2007 second-round draft pick. The deal came after Flick refused to take a substantial paycut. The Ticats ended up letting go of Butler, who is now with Toronto, while both Flick and Smith made the Roughriders roster. In fact, Flick has prospered in Regina, catching 10 touchdown passes this season. On June 27, Desjardins dealt defensive back Tad Kornegay to Saskatchewan for receivers Thryron Anderson and Jason French. Anderson isn't with the Ticats while French has enjoyed a roller-coaster season with his new club. Then, on Aug. 19, Desjardins sent running back Corey Holmes and rookie receiver Chris Getzlaf to Saskatchewan for running back Jason Armstead. The acquisition of Holmes was met with glee in Regina, where he was the West Division's outstanding player finalist and the league's top special-teams player before being dealt to Hamilton. The hope was Armstead would become a deep threat for the Ticats, something that didn't materialize. Desjardins also did sign free-agent quarterback Casey Printers to a four-year deal reportedly worth $1.8 million. But while the Ticats did win two games with Printers in tow, he figured in neither due to injuries. The departure of Desjardins also does create questions about the long-term future of head coach Charlie Taaffe, a Desjardins hiring who still has two years on his deal with the Ticats. www.tsn.ca (http://tsn.ca/cfl/news_story/?ID=222190&hubname=) |
thank goodness...that's step 1.
Step 2 is getting rid of this horrible coach. |
^^ get rid of Taaffe! The guy obviously doesn't want to coach a pro team!
Has anyone seen ANY emotion from this guy this season? I can't remember the last time I saw a change of facial expression even! ugh. |
more importantly, one bad decision after the next.
I was at Acclamation with some friends watching football a couple weeks ago when Taffe and the coaches/wives came in. They had just been throttled by (I think BC??) and you would have thought they won the lottery with all the fun they were having. |
The GM guessing game
A look at possible candidates who could be the next Ticat general manager November 06, 2007 Steve Milton The Hamilton Spectator (Nov 6, 2007) Team president Scott Mitchell made official yesterday what had been widely anticipated for weeks. The next Hamilton Tiger-Cat general manager will have CFL experience as a GM. And, in other shocking news, the Ticats will try to get some better players. Mitchell has a plan of attack that likely involves a primo choice and someone else he'd be nearly as happy to have. The Ticat prez is well-connected throughout the CFL and those people he's targeted are very aware that they've got a lucrative bull's eye attached to their chest. It's also probable that the top couple of choices are working somewhere among the six teams still in contention. If that weren't the case, the Ticats would have a new general manager this morning. Here's a look at the potential candidates: Bob O'Billovich: One of the most intriguing possibilities. He's 67, but is still an energetic, effective talent judge and recruiter as B.C.'s director of player personnel. Obee has been GM of both the Argos and the Lions and still lives in Oakville. One possible scenario would be to secure O'Billovich as GM, then provide him with a bright young trainee who could move seamlessly into the Big Chair in a few years. Jim Popp: It's widely expected that Popp will be ordered to give up head coaching and concentrate on the GM job. But has all the controversy surrounding the Alouettes also eroded his cachet as GM there? Will team president Larry Smith and owner Bob Wetenhall decide they need a fresh start in the front office too? Mitchell has his ears to the ground on that one which, in itself, will give Smith and Wetenhall cause for caution. Jim Barker: He's been the head coach of the Argos and Stampeders, and the GM of the Stampeders the past three seasons. Could be liberated from the dissatisfied Stamps, and is a strong candidate although the people in Calgary don't think so. Wally Buono: Solid as a rock in B.C, and not going anywhere. Still, Mitchell might make a call to Lions' owner David Braley, a Hamilton lad, just in case. Stranger things have happened. But not many of them. Roy Shivers: If so, why isn't the former Riders' GM here now? Adam Rita: Has done a terrific job as GM with the Argos, and has won six Grey Cups in various capacities and cities. Deeply-entrenched in the Toronto organization and not likely to move but might want a new challenge if there's a refitting of the organizational chart. This is an extreme long shot. Brendan Taman: Has impressively restocked the Bombers and has a great gig there. He's a friend of Mitchell's but it's unlikely that he'd want to leave the 'Peg or that the Bombers would want to lose him. Greg Mohns: Adam Rita's assistant GM and director of player personnel, Mohns was the director of personnel and assistant GM of the Tiger-Cats in the early 1990s. Tom Higgins: Higgins could well be out as Stampeder coach. He served a term as GM of the Eskimos. But he doesn't have the bearing of a Mitchell man. Dan Maciocia: The Eskimos have missed the playoffs two years running but their coach and de facto GM is likely to survive the wrath of the green and gold. Paul Jones is the talent finder and Mitchell won't really be interested in either of them. Matt Dunigan: Had a shot at it in Calgary which, in the infamous Feterik era, was less stable than what's gone down in Hamilton. Lives in the area now, but loves the TV stuff. Not experienced enough. Mike McCarthy: If he were the No. 1 choice, he'd be GM today since he works for the club as player personnel consultant. Has GM'ed successfully in Hamilton, B.C. and Toronto. Is an important part of the Cat organization, with a deep contact list and is one of the few people in the franchise with a connection to a better past. He could get an opportunity to GM elsewhere. Dan Rambo: Former Ottawa GM, with a respected CFL history, he was brought in as director of football operations partway through this season. That was widely interpreted as manager-in-waiting, but says he likes his current role, and doesn't want to move away from Ottawa. The Cats don't want a GM who isn't living here. The new GM would be out of his mind not to retain him as No. 2. Scott Mitchell: Has said he won't do the job, isn't qualified, and has too many other responsibilities in the Bob Young businesses. We'll hold him to that. |
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Come on now. What happens at work is one thing, what happens in your personal life is another --- if you have a bad day at the office, it shouldn't stop you from getting together with co-workers afterward. It may well have been someone's pre-planned birthday party (or something like it) for all we know. If having fun were dependent upon winning, then these guys would not have been able to leave their homes all season. |
I have nothing to base this on, but I always got the impression that Marcel Desjardins had no idea what he was doing. He just didn't inspire any confidence in me for whatever reason.
I predict a 5+ win season next year! |
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5+ season? Sweet!! That's almost playoff contention! hehe Well anything would be better than 1, 2 or 3 wins :( |
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Plus, sports is different than the office. You're PAID to win, not just show up and be miserable until the day you die. I would have at least expected them to appear to have cared a little about what just happened 1 hour earlier. either that, or maybe they were just drinking the pain away....who knows. |
Got an interesting email from Angus-Reid tonight re: CFL Fans in Canada. Didn't know where else to post it but on this thread. Check it out:
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I wonder where the majority of that 44% were? Atlantic Canada? Western Ontario?? |
Stampeders part ways with coach Higgins
The Calgary Stampeders will have a new head coach next season. Tom Higgins was let go Thursday after losing his third straight Western Semifinal game with Calgary Higgins was offered a post of executive vice-president within the organization, but turned it down. Higgins says that he turned down the offer because he could not see himself working at a desk. "I'm a football person," Higgins told THE CANADIAN PRESS Thursday. "I've been a football person all my life. I don't think I'm ready now to start dealing with public relations, the media and special projects. "When I turned down the job that was presented to me, I knew there was still a mindshift that was going to occur that I was no longer going to be the coach of Calgary Stampeders. That doesn't fit my personality, lifestyle choice as of right now. I like to be involved in football operations." No replacement was named, but the Calgary Sun and the Calgary Herald have both reported that former Stampeders offensive co-ordinator John Hufnagel was expected to be named coach and general manager. An official announcement could come after the Grey Cup. "On behalf of the Calgary Stampeder Football Club's Ownership Group; management; coaches; players and the entire Calgary Stampeder family, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Tom Higgins for his commitment to the Club and the Canadian Football League over the past three years," said Managing Partner and President Ted Hellard in a statement. "Our hope was that Tom would accept an Executive Vice-President position within the organization. However, we respect and appreciate Tom's passion to remain on the football field. We wish Tom success and good luck in his future endeavors." Higgins led the Stampeders to an 11-7 mark in 2005, as the team won seven of its final eight games before falling to Edmonton in the Western Semifinal. Higgins earned his second CFL Coach of the Year award for that effort. Hopes were high for the future, but in 2006, the Stampeders were 10-8 and fell to Saskatchewan in the Western Semifinals. This season, Calgary was 7-10-1 and once again lost the Western Semifinal to Saskatchewan. There was some dissention on the team, with many veterans not appreciating Higgins' plan to constantly rotate players at various position on a game-by-game basis. And defensive co-ordinator Denny Creehan was fired during the season. Higgins has 25 years of experience in the CFL, including 13 with the Stampeders organization. Before re-joining the Stampeders organization in 2005, he coached the Edmonton Eskimos for four seasons, winning the Grey Cup and Coach of the Year honours in 2003. In total, Higgins won three division crowns with Edmonton and made two Grey Cup appearances. Higgins had been with the Eskimos since 1993, when he was named assistant general manager. He took over as Edmonton's GM in 1997 before assuming the head coaching job in 2001. Prior to that, Higgins had been with the Stampeders in various capacities. After his playing career, which included stints in the CFL and the NFL, ended in 1981, Higgins coached the University of Calgary for three season, winning a national title in 1983. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Hmmmm... I think *I* know a City/Team that could use a EXPERIENCED cfl coach ;) |
I watched the half time and I swear Lenny was wearing a thong! He bented over to the crowd and you can see his crack and a thin black line, a thong! OMG hahaha
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oh my! hahaha I wasn't THAT close to him (good thing??) hahaha
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Report: O'Billovich to be Tiger-Cats' GM
TSN - The Sports Network 12/4/2007 It appears it will be up to Bob O'Billovich to turn things around in Hamilton. According to CKNW Radio in Vancouver, O'Billovich will be announced as the new general manager of the Tiger-Cats on Wednesday. The report indicates that, as late as Tuesday morning, O'Billovich was content to stay with the Lions as Player Personnel Director but the Tiger-Cats apparently sweetened the offer later in the day and lured the 25-year veteran away. O'Billovich would replace Marcel Desjardins, who was fired after his first season with the Ticats, which resulted in a dismal 3-15 record. Last month, media reports indicated the Tiger-Cats had reached out to Adam Rita of the Toronto Argonauts and Brendan Taman of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers but were not granted permission to talk to these candidates. O'Billovich began his CFL career as a player in 1963 and then moved into the coaching ranks with the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1974. In 1982, he took over the reigns of the Argonauts and went on to become the team's all-time leader in coaching wins, earning Coach of the Year honours twice and capturing the Grey Cup in 1983. O'Billovich then spent three years with the Lions before returning to the Argonauts in 1993 as general manager and head coach. He went back with the Lions in 2003. |
Sounds fun... let's just see how south things go once Lancaster gets a piece of him. yikes.
So maybe there'll be a lil BC chemistry once O'Billivich and Printers re-combine? |
Ticats season tickets come with guarantee
Dec, 11 2007 - 12:30 PM HAMILTON (AM900 CHML) - Season tickets for the 2008 Ticats season are now available. The club is guaranteeing that if the team fails to make the playoffs next year, season ticket holders will receive a 25% credit towards the purchase of a 2009 season ticket. The Cats have missed the playoffs for three straight seasons, winning just 12 of 54 games during that span. Buying an '08 season ticket will also get you a ticket to the 2008 Vanier Cup at Ivor Wynne Stadium. Tickets are available by calling 905-547-CATS. http://900chml.com/news/news_local.cfm?c...23aPBIny&wids=410&gi=1&gm=news_local.cfm |
Taaffe quitting Ticats: reports
January 10, 2008 The Hamilton Spectator Charlie Taaffe is reported to be bolting the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for a job at the University of West Virginia. According to both the Charleston Daily Mail and the Charleston Gazette, the Cats’ head coach has accepted a job as offensive co-ordinator and quarterbacks coach at the school. If true, this shocking move leaves the Ticats’ top position open just two days after the team nearly completed its coaching staff with the hiring of Denny Creehan as defensive co-ordinator. Bill Stewart, the Mountaineers’ new head coach, was the offensive line coach in Montreal when Taaffe was offensive co-ordinator with the Alouettes. This news comes the day after news broke that another CFL head coach – Saskatchewan’s Kent Austin – is interviewing for the offensive co-ordinator’s job at Ole Miss. The Ticats have not confirmed the story. |
Hmmmm, interesting!!!
I hope it's true. I don't know why they extended his contract in the 1st place!?!? Sooo is Tom Higgins still looking for a job?? *crosses fingers* |
Taaffe only 50-50 to stay with Cats
January 11, 2008 The Hamilton Spectator Charlie Taaffe might not be returning to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats after all. Cat GM Bob O’Billovich told the Spec this morning that Taaffe was still considering an offer last night to leave the Cats to join the staff of the West Virginia University Mountaineers. “We left it that he would get back to us .He was comfortable with our situation but he wanted to talk it over with his family and make sure everything was ok. I got a feeling he wanted to sleep on it,” O’Billovich said, adding he expects to learn of Taaffe’s decision sometime today. The GM said he puts the chances of Taaffe returning to Hamilton for a second season at no better than 50-50 at this point. A West Virginia sports web site is also reporting that Taaffe is still considering the chance to rejoin old pal, recently hired West Virginia head coach Bill Stewart. The hurdle could be Taaffe’s contract status. He has two years remaining on his Cat contract , which sets up the possibility that Taaffe, West Virginia officials and Cat president Scott Mitchell may be in negotiations to determine what it would take to let Taaffe out of the deal so he could accept the West Virginia assistant coaching post. O’Billovich said another factor could be Taaffe’s son Brian, a good QB who is seeking a scholarship to play college ball. That could be part of Taaffe’s attraction to the West Virginia job. “Maybe that is part of it, who knows?” O’Billovich said. Mitchell told the Spectator yesterday that Taaffe would be returning to Hamilton after being convinced that he remains part of the club’s long-term plans. Taaffe earns close to $300,000 a season, a figure that West Virginia could likely surpass. |
frig! I was hoping he was gone.
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$300,000!! wow, is that the going rate for sub-par coaching in the cfl? i could coach the cats to a 3 win season for that salary.
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heck, I'd take $100,000 and guaruntee them 1 win!
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Sources: NFL has approved plan for Bills to play eight games in Toronto
TORONTO - The National Football League has reached an agreement with the Buffalo Bills that will allow them to play eight games in Toronto over the next five years, starting in 2008. Two sources requesting anonymity said Wednesday that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will make the announcement Friday at his state-of-the-union address in Arizona. The Bills, as well as the Toronto Argonauts and Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL, would then hold a joint news conference in Toronto next week to officially unveil the details. That, though, was news to Argos co-owner David Cynamon. "I have no idea, I swear," he said when contacted Wednesday. "I know about the Bills potentially coming here for games, but that's it." Brian McCarthy, the NFL's Director of Corporate Communications, had no comment on the issue. "The Commissioner's annual news conference is Friday," McCarthy said in an e-mail. "We anticipate this will come up during the news conference along with many other matters." News of the NFL's approval isn't surprising. The sources said the Bills will play a regular-season game at Rogers Centre in 2008 after the CFL season, avoiding possible conflicts with both the Argos and Ticats. As part of that deal, season-ticket holders with both clubs will be given some sort of priority at purchasing tickets to Buffalo's game here. However, a Toronto all-sports radio station reported the Bills' agreement only ensures that the 2008 game won't conflict with the CFL schedule and that it wasn't clear whether that stipulation would also apply to the other four years of the deal. The Fan also reported tickets would be done via lottery, with first crack going to Argos and Ticats season-ticket holders, then Bills season-ticket holders. The average price would reportedly be C$250 a game and fans would have to purchase all eight tickets and pay for them upfront. In October, Bills owner Ralph Wilson Jr. asked the NFL for permission to play eight home games in Toronto over five years, beginning in 2008. Buffalo would play one regular-season contest each year at Rogers Centre, with three exhibition contests sprinkled in over the five-year span. The plan, Wilson said, was to an attempt to expand the Bills market as well as its fan base by playing games in a more vibrant Toronto marketplace. The hope would be that playing games in Canada might result in more Canadian businesses purchasing the high-end seats at Ralph Wilson Stadium. The Bills attract a solid group of fans from southern Ontario - between 10,000 and 15,000 per game, depending on the opponent. Metro Toronto boasts a population of about five million people, compared to just 1.25 million for the metro Buffalo area. Another factor, too, is the strength of the Canadian dollar and the health of the southern Ontario economy compared the economic sluggishness currently plaguing Western New York. That has prompted many to see the Bills' plan as their first step towards relocating to the richer, more financially appealing Toronto marketplace. Wilson, 89, fanned those flames last summer when he announced he wouldn't sell the Buffalo franchise in his lifetime but that it would be sold the highest bidder upon his death. Talk of the NFL coming to Toronto has existed since the 1970s. But the combination of Wilson's statement, the Bills' playing regular-season games at Rogers Centre, the strength of the Canadian dollar and deep pockets of the Toronto NFL group headed up by Ted Rogers and Larry Tanenbaum has many believing the NFL's arrival here is inevitable. Cynamon and Argos co-owner Howard Sokolowski obviously think so, too. They reportedly spoke to CFL commissioner Mark Cohon and the other league owners about buying an NFL franchise for Toronto to ensure the Argos' long-term survival in the city. The overwhelming belief is that if the NFL does come to Toronto, it will not only spell the end of the Argos and Hamilton Tiger-Cats, but ultimately kill the CFL. But in November Cohon said he has a strong line of communication with Goodell and that the NFL commissioner's top priority is protecting the CFL's eight member franchises. |
Ya, I saw this on SportsCentre last night.
I wish they would play a game at Ivor Wynn... but 30,000 seats is just not nearly enough for NFL standards. Hell, Roger's Ctr's 50,000+ seats aren't enough for the NFL! Could this be the demise of the CFL? |
Well, there is certainly legitimate concern in Buffalo about the future of the Bills given this turn of events and Wilson's statement that the franchise will go to the highest bidder upon his demise.
That being said, how much of a game changer would an NFL franchise in Toronto really be to the CFL. I personally don't see a mass exodus of the Argos fan base, given the relative weakness of the Argos in the market in the first place, the lack of much overlap in the NFL/CFL schedules and the fact that the T.O.ers who abandoned the CFL for the NFL did so years ago. Heck, it might even raise the profile of the came in general and stimulate some interest in the Argos. The Rogers Centre is a dreadful facility--the only thing worse than seeing football there is seeing baseball there. In some ways I think it may be worse than Olympic Stadium in Montreal. As for the death of CFL, that's something that has been speculated about for as long as I've been alive. Toronto aside the league is healthy--I recommend a visit to a game in Western Canada or MTL to confirm this. |
Personally , I've never bought into the perceived NFL threat to the CFL. The NFL plays a grand total of 8 home regular season home games per year. And mostly on Sundays.
There are 6 days per week during the 10 week overlap for the CFL to draw a crowd. |
As an NFL fan, who doesn't like the CFL. I am pumped for this news. i'm a casual fan, who doesn't have a specific team to cheer for, but will cheer for a Toronto NFL team for sure if moved there. Currently I consider myself a hybrid Packers/Colts/Bills fan.
The CFL doesn't interest me at all, so it wouldn't hurt me. I can see it affecting majorly the teams here and in Toronto. But that's not a big deal really. |
i'd be so pissed if i were a...buffalonian? whatever, i'd be very upset.
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Ticats Reject Rogers Proposal For NFL Games In Toronto
Hamilton, ON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats announced today that contrary to earlier reports, the team will not participate with Rogers Stadium Limited Partnership that will bring eight Buffalo Bills games to The Rogers Centre in Toronto. "We feel that bringing NFL games to stadiums in Canada without a comprehensive agreement between the CFL and the NFL will lead to unintended consequences, not all of them good," said Bob Young, owner of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the 139-year old Canadian Football League franchise that plays at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario. "The CFL is Canada's premier professional sports league, as the NFL is the premier sports league in the US. We are looking forward to a mutually beneficial agreement resulting from discussions between the CFL and NFL," added Young. |
good! As a Bills fan and a Cats fan I want nothing to do with this idiotic idea.
mind you, I'm still peeved that the Pats lost the superbowl. Now we have to put up with Don Shula and his band of idiots until they die. |
Why were we supposed to co-operate when the games wouldn't even be here anyway? Ted Rogers has deep pockets, if he wants it so bad he can go for it on his own.
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Well I'm glad Bob Young is taking the side of the CFL. Toronto seems to be in dire need of American acceptance for some reason? I don't quite understand. If the NFL moves to Toronto, the CFL will die... no doubt. It may resurface in the west, but Hamilton would then be without a single full-pro sporting team. |
Ticats will open '08 CFL season vs. Montreal
Feb, 21 2008 - 6:40 AM HAMILTON (AM900 CHML) - The 2008 CFL schedule has been released this morning, and the Tiger-Cats and Alouettes will kick off the season on Thursday June 26th. It will be the 1st time since 1977 that Ivor Wynne Stadium will host the league's season opening game. The Labour Day classic on September 1st against the Argos will be a 7:30 start at Ivor Wynne. The Cats will also visit Montreal on Thanksgiving. Hamilton's pre-season games are June 12th against Winnipeg, and June 19th in Toronto. Montreal will host the 96th Grey Cup on Sunday, November 23rd. http://900chml.com/news/news_local.cfm?c...23aPBIny&wids=410&gi=1&gm=news_local.cfm |
2008 Tiger-Cats schedule
Pre-Season Thu Jun 12 -- Winnipeg @ Hamilton, 7pm Thu Jun 19 -- Hamilton @ Toronto, 7pm Regular Season Thu Jun 26 -- Montreal @ Hamilton, 7pm Thu Jul 03 -- Hamilton @ Toronto, 7pm Sat Jul 12 -- Saskatchewan @ Hamilton, 4pm Thu Jul 17 -- Hamilton @ Calgary, 9pm Fri Jul 25 -- Edmonton @ Hamilton, 7pm Thu Jul 31 -- Hamilton @ Montreal, 7pm Thu Aug 07 -- Toronto @ Hamilton, 7pm Thu Aug 14 -- Hamilton @ Winnipeg, 8pm Mon Sep 01 -- Toronto @ Hamilton, 7:30pm Sat Sep 06 -- BC @ Hamilton, 4pm Sat Sep 13 -- Hamilton @ Edmonton, 7pm Fri Sep 19 -- Winnipeg @ Hamilton, 7:30pm Sat Sep 27 -- Hamilton @ BC, 10pm Sat Oct 04 -- Montreal @ Hamilton, 4pm Mon Oct 13 -- Hamilton @ Montreal, 1pm Sun Oct 19 -- Hamilton @ Saskatchewan, 3pm Fri Oct 24 -- Calgary @ Hamilton, 7:30pm Sat Nov 01 -- Hamilton @ Winnipeg, 2pm |
how about some record predictions?
I say 3-15. |
Hmmm... well I can't guess as of yet. We'll have to wait and see. But with Taffe on board, I'm gonna say 7-11.
I REALLY hope they make Grey Cup this year as I have tickets again (in Montreal this year) and really want the Cats to keep with the tradition of at least 1 Grey Cup per decade!! |
I honestly think they won't do so badly this year. I don't think they'll be contenders for the Grey Cup, but they won't completely bomb again this year.
Since I don't know, when was the last Grey Cup win for Hamilton? |
^ Party like it's 1999!
The best part was winning the playoffs when Ozzy made a successful 55 yardish kick for a field goal. I remember that so cleary, could hear a pin drop well the ball was in the air and burst into joy with the field goal lol. |
why is labour day a 7:30 start?
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Tiger-Cats team up with Bills for cross-border promotions
The Hamilton Spectator (Mar 25, 2008) The Queen City and Steeltown are on the verge of forging a new strategic football alliance. Tiger-Cats owner Bob Young told The Hamilton Spectator's Ken Peters yesterday that his club and the Buffalo Bills are planning joint marketing initiatives this season designed to strengthen each franchise in its own market. Young said both organizations plan to work together. The Ticats hope to strengthen the Bills in Buffalo in a bid to keep the club's expansion into Toronto under control. In January, the Bills announced plans to play eight games over the next five years at Toronto's Rogers Centre. Conversely, the Bills want to build interest in football in southern Ontario by helping the Tiger-Cats flourish. Young said the alliance could include plans to help football fans in each market attend games on both sides of the border. Other possibilities include joint autograph-signing sessions with Ticats and Bills players and airing Tiger-Cats games on Buffalo TV. Young said the Cats won't be opposed if the Bills continue to play a couple of games in Toronto each season as of way of remaining viable in western New York. |
Cats and Bills teaming up
Clubs look at joint efforts to promote football in Hamilton and Buffalo Ken Peters The Hamilton Spectator (Mar 25, 2008) Buffalo is located just over 100 kilometres from Hamilton. But the two cities' professional football teams have never been closer. For the first time in the history of both the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Buffalo Bills, the two teams are close to a joint marketing partnership to strengthen each other's grasp in their respective markets. Ticat owner Bob Young said yesterday that while details are still being worked out, both franchises are committed to helping each other survive. "It's one thing for us to say nice things about each other in the occasional newspaper article. It's something again, for example, to do joint promotions," Young said. "Get, say, (former Bills star quarterback) Jim Kelly and Danny McManus to do autograph signings together. "The conversations have started and we're both optimistic we can do some interesting things together." He also raised the possibility that Tiger-Cat games might be aired on Buffalo television for the first time. The announcement is a bit of an eyebrow-raiser, given that the Tiger-Cats pulled their support from a Bills plan announced in January that will see the NFL club play eight games over the next five seasons at the Rogers Centre in Toronto. Young said he believes the Canadian Football League will continue to flourish, even with the Bills playing some games in Canada. "We have finally got off our duff, and instead of sitting back and waiting for the Bills to encroach on our league, we have actually opened a dialogue with the NFL and the Buffalo Bills," the Ticat owner said, adding he sat down and talked with Bills management last month. Young said there is a huge Buffalo Bills market in southern Ontario that the Bills have not capitalized on. But there is also a huge CFL market in both southern Ontario and northwestern New York that remains untapped, he added. Young said the Cats-Bills discussion reveals both franchises have much in common. "The lack of dialogue between the CFL and the NFL generally, and between the Buffalo Bills and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, for the last 50 years is scandalous," he said. "So we're going to fix that and you will be hearing, over the course of the next six months, some interesting initiatives coming out of that partnership. "We're both in the same business. And we want to see each other prosper. There is no downside here." Young said the only downside from the Bills' perspective would be to see another NFL club set up shop in Toronto. "They want to make sure they are the NFL team of choice for football teams in southern Ontario." And the Bills seem to be prepared to help the CFL teams in southern Ontario as a way of strengthening their own grip on that market. Young insisted that the Cats haven't changed their tune. "My interest isn't in helping them be successful in Toronto," he said. "My interest is seeing them be successful in Buffalo." Young said that while he "had nothing to announce today," the marketing plan between the two teams would be to encourage fans in each market to attend the other's games. "You are going to see some initiatives between us and the Bills just because their interest and our interests are aligned. They want to be successful in Buffalo and we want them to be successful in Buffalo. But equally, they want to see football be successful in southern Ontario and that's what our interests are." Young said Bills football in Toronto is only a problem if the CFL isn't proactive and doesn't try to work with the organization. "It turns out the guys in Buffalo are really good guys. We see many more opportunities to collaborate. The other people I love are the Bills fans. They are our perfect allies because the Bills fans want the Bills and are desperate for the Bills to be successful in Buffalo." |
Bravo Bob. I have no use for that group of antique losers running the Argos and Skydome trying to bring the NFL here because they feel the CFL is below them.
Guess what fellas....I wouldn't pay a nickle to watch an NFL game at your stupid dome. OSKEE WEE WEE LET'S GO BUFFALO. |
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During the Bills/Rogers Centre interview, the group ensured there WOULD be tickets for under $100 each... Ted (Rogers) was laughing in the background holding up two fingers suggesting there would be 2 tix under $100 for sale. What a loser. MLSE & Rogers are money hungry organizations that do NOTHING for their sports teams. Leafs fans need to wake up and start protesting MLSE and tell them to worry about their HOCKEY TEAM before building condos! (edit: you don't see any Habs/Canadiens condos, and what place are THEY in ;) ) On a brighter side, CFL is returning to Ottawa yet again!!! Let's just hope it has nothing to do w/ the Gliebermans (sp?) that destroyed the franchise the last 2 times. |
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