Today, we're going to touch on two big subjects in the Canadian Football league at the moment, and go a little into depth on both fronts.
Maciocia.
As everyone knows by now, Danny Maciocia was brought in by the new owners of the Montreal Alouettes as their new General Manager. This was initially somewhat surprising, as Maciocia was happily running the successful football program at the University of Montreal, having taken the Carabins from obscurity and into perennial Vanier Cup contenders, winning the top prize in his time there as well.
Maciocia won a Grey Cup in his first year as head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos, and seems to do well wherever he goes. I believe that the new owners made a statement in hiring him, wanting someone with a winning pedigree to run the team and rebuild it into a contender. This, in concert with head coach Khari Jones (who did an amazing job in Montreal this past season) should bring the Alouettes some instant credibility once again.
Arbuckle.
This one is more confusing than anything at the moment. The Ottawa RedBlacks had acquired the rights to the former Stamps QB, and decided to bring him in for workouts in the next few days or so. Considering that new RedBlacks head coach Paul LaPolice (formerly of the Grey Cup champion Blue Bombers) said on a couple occasions that he specifically wanted to target QB Matt Nichols as the RedBlacks' next franchise quarterback, this move was weird at best.
Yes, Nick Arbuckle is good. Yes, he played behind Bo Levi Mitchell in Calgary. But....Calgary has always had depth on their roster, something that Ottawa hasn't really had. Sure, they've had great players here and there, and had enough stars to win a Grey Cup in 2016. The lack of year to year elite players has been an issue, and one would think they would go after Nichols unconditionally.
This is not a knock against Arbuckle, but rather a question mark hanging above the RedBlacks as a whole. Why say one thing and do another?
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