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[Throw Long Bannatyne]

That's a pretty inane question to ask. And it will go unanswered for that reason.

2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023: all years in which a team with Harris on its roster didn't win a championship.

Are you saying yikes due to the glaring lack of critical thinking by you and one other poster?

4 rings in 6 years makes you wonder if Andrew doesn't know the recipe to the "secret sauce".  Have to keep an eye on him to see where he goes from here, could be he wants to become a HC.

[TBURGESS]

[Tecno]

The only difference in Oullette's 2025 is that he stayed healthy. It wasn't even his most productive season on a per game basis, he was just able to play more snaps.

Hehe, but staying healthy is another one of AH's trademarks.  When he was in his prime (basically until 2022) he was one of the least-injured RBs.  Once again, watch the pressers: he (and others) would talk about how he had all sorts of tricks for not getting injured when other RBs would.  He actually talked about it at length, stuff like going limp when it was smart, and going rigid when it was smart, etc.

I bet you a zillion to one he taught them all toe Oullette.  I bet AH was half responsible for Oullette losing some of that useless upper body "wrestler" muscle.

And voila: Oullette has a season where he finally isn't in the tub all the time.  Proved my point.

[Tecno]

But really, no, on the rest of that stuff.

Great, expansive argument there.  Don't strain yourself.

To illustrate this clearly for you, for both our Grey Cup wins, Kevin Bourgion was a position coach at running back and then later receiver. Great coach, but, see where I'm going here?

Markf already spelled it out.  Though surely you probably sensed it as you typed that.  Winning and cups follows AH around.  Nothing followed Bourgoin around.

I knew people would still doubt the value AH provides after the TOR GC win.  But now he gets another rah-rahing in green.  4 teams, 4+ cups, 1+ cup with each team.  Good enough for me.

If AH wants to maximize his profit potential he should start a RB school, for both CLFers and NFLers.  He's like the high end coaches top CEO's hire to hone their craft.

[Tecno]

Yes, it is just a coincidence.

Teams win championships.

And once you get near the top it is the little 5% nudges that change you from a contender to a winner.  The entire Mafia tenure is an illustration of this.

AH was the 5% nudge that pushed potential contenders into GC appearances and wins.  As was other things, like Mace in SSK and Dinwiddie in TOR.  But each of those 5%'s were critical.  To say AH was a 0% nudge and made no difference either way is blind.

If AH wasn't in WPG in 2019 we don't win that cup.  We don't even win the WSF.

Clearly many of you didn't watch all the pressers and vignettes and Bomber vids and GC-Saturdays and post-games and pep talks.  I've literally never seen anything like what AH brought to our team.

After the '19 cup a lot of stories came out about how they were in the locker in the WSF halftime down a bit and AH starts telling the guys/leaders that they aren't just going to let this one be lost like all the other previous years.  He picked them up and told them they were going to win it.  And that's what they did.

Oh ya, and as soon as he left we started going downhill.  Sure, the coattails got us to many more cups... but did we get the nudge needed to win them??

Brady's a great back, but he has NONE of the leadership qualities AH had.  And no one else has stepped up to take us to that level of hype.  And so we struggle.

But whatever, if some want to think it's just athleticism or raw talent that wins cups (especially with SMS limitations), you do you.

[Tecno]

2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023: all years in which a team with Harris on its roster didn't win a championship.

I guess some people can't see the forest for the trees.  It's like the distinct and odd lack of curiosity I often experience here.  Some people just can't make the mental leap to understand something that isn't concrete black & white.  It's like all things point to Z, but because an authority didn't say it, or the path is convoluted, or it required more mental or time effort, it just doesn't exist for them.

I've grown to accept it, but it still stuns me how prevalent it is.  For the few who get it: I got your back.  And... We're coming home with that cup, WOOOOOOOOOOOO!

P.S. Yoshi was another of those 5% nudges.  Dude's effect on demoralizing D's cannot be understated.  The dude actually teabags and toots on DL and LBers on the regular, on camera.  And he's another perennially positive guys who lift everyone around them up to higher heights.  Just like AH.  Funny how we let SSK have probably the 2 biggest difference makers from our winning formula, eh?  What's next, letting Willie walk to SSK too?  LOL, that would be hilarious, albeit following precedent!

[markf]

I guess some people can't see the forest for the trees.  It's like the distinct and odd lack of curiosity I often experience here.  Some people just can't make the mental leap to understand something that isn't concrete black & white.

Also, people  here take things (and themselves) a bit too seriously.

Why  get angry, defensive, superior, and rude about something someone posts on a very small, completely insignicant football fan forum.

Relax. It's supposed to be fun. nobody's Opinion here is important. At all.

[dd]

Well said. Some folks on here think they are above everyone else and thisvisctheirviennpersonnsl forum and only their opinion matters.

You're 100% correct, at the end of the day,  it really doesn't matter. Some people got to move away from the keyboard and get a life