Challenges - Maximum Show

[bomb squad]

To be fair, I don't think Tecno is fully tin-foil hat here and thinking it is a conspiracy.  It really isn't a huge stretch to think a new mandate (there's that word) was given to command center in order to optimize offense.

He's also not wrong that the new commish has shown he isn't afraid to make big changes that are not going to be popular.  I am not debating if the reported (not proposed) changes are good or bad, just saying they are the biggest changes I've ever seen in my time following football.  It certainly isn't inconceivable that this less than a year in commissioner would then tweak the command center's instructions.

I agree - you would think it would be reported to coaches and others, if these changes would come in and affect in-game decisions.

It's the same commissioner overseeing things when the league suddenly added available money to the cap in the middle of free agency  this year, that no one knew about according to our brass.  If it wasn't reported and out there, that would seem ridiculous and inconceivable as well.

Perhaps. But, certainly not in the general terms it was suggested. Anyways, I will add "secret from coaches" then . In the past though, if there's a new standard in how they are going to call or review something, they have kept coaches, and usually the media, informed.

Just a reminder too that it wasn't just the Commissioner that made the "big" changes. He had the backing of the Governers.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Perhaps. But, certainly not in the general terms it was suggested. Anyways, I will add "secret from coaches" then . In the past though, if there's a new standard in how they are going to call or review something, they have kept coaches, and usually the media, informed.

Just a reminder too that it wasn't just the Commissioner that made the "big" changes. He had the backing of the Governers.

We should run a pool on Johnston's shelf life, I think he underestimated the hostility he would evoke on all platforms with these changes.  I guess he could hang on as a hated sovereign like Bettman has for decades but I give him less than 2 years before he jumps to a higher rung on the corporate ladder.  It will be interesting if he makes any public appearances at the Grey Cup at all,

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Johnston's entire job is grow revenue and increase profits. It's not to be your best friend and if he accomplishes that then he'll have job security just as Goodell and Bettman are booed everywhere they go by fans and yet are firmly entrenched at league office.

In short, he doesn't care if you like him or not. You shouldn't waste any energy on it. He won't.