Monday, August 21, 2006

The firing line

Another rare instalment of Rider blogging due to the firing of Roy Shivers. Having attended one of the better and more entertaining Riders games I've ever seen on Saturday, I'm not quite sure whether the over/under on keeping Shivers was 52 points. But in a general sense, it's seemed to me that the team's problem has been more one of talent deployment rather than player acquisition ever since Shivers first took over, which makes it surprising for Shivers to get the axe while Danny Barrett stays on. And the specific timing is even weirder, as it leaves the team effectively unable to sign players at a time when it's stuck with approximately 1.5 healthy CFL quarterbacks.

We'll see whether the move ends up sparking the 'Riders the rest of the way. But I'm not sure many fans realize just how big Shivers' shoes will be to fill - and his replacement will have to fill that role and more in a big hurry for the move to actually help the team this season.

Update: In fairness, the move looks a lot less problematic now that Eric Tillman has been brought in to fill the GM role.

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