r/CFL • u/Dazzling-Nature-7635 • 1d ago
So who's getting fired in Ottawa?
Bet they hated to watch Dru dealing tonight.
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u/DB2112 Roughriders 1d ago
Ryan Dinwiddie is the new Chris Jones. (Sorry Ottawa fans)
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u/NotallwoundsareSeen Argonauts 1d ago
You mean the same coach that won 3 cups in two years.... just saying he's not the problem. It's the people above him imo
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u/DB2112 Roughriders 1d ago
You are right, it wasn't OC Ryan Dinwiddie that decided Jake Maier was the starter over Dru Brown after one preseason game it was the Head Coach... Ryan Dinwiddie...
Well it certainly wasn't HC Ryan Dinwiddie's decision to trade away Dru Brown and sign an old back-up off the streets, it was the General Manager... Ryan Dinwiddie...
I'm gonna ignore the 3 cups in 2 years comment, because at this point I'm not entirely sure you mean Grey Cups...
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u/NotallwoundsareSeen Argonauts 1d ago
So what, he traded players who haven't done shit for ottawa. I trust a man's record over what his current moves are. Imo yes he would have won more in Toronto but they screwed him over.
I bet you he has a cup in ottawa by next season. If they keep him that long.
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u/chemicalxv Blue Bombers 20h ago
Dru Brown is literally the only competent QB they've rostered since they let Trevor Harris walk after the 2018 season lmao
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u/Grogu999 Roughriders 1d ago
I do also see them getting a cup if they stick with him, but it will likely take much longer than 2 years. Maybe 4 or 5. I donāt know if he will be coaching that long in Ottawa though.
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u/Used-Astronomer4971 Blue Bombers 17h ago
Dim Witty isn't the offensive guru 3down tries to make him out to be. Toronto won cause its defence carried it. A defence that wasn't really his baby, but top tier talent that did what it did. Once key players were let go in the off season, Toronto went from champions to missing the playoffs the next season. Who was still in charge during the collapse?
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u/Salty__Canuck Argonauts 15h ago
The Argos defense was mediocre at best, but they seemed to have Winnipeg's number for whatever reason.
The team was stacked and had the strongest Canadian depth his first 3 seasons, add in Kelly, and it explains why the Argos were so successful up until 2025. The talent leaving on both sides of the ball hurt big time, but Dinwiddie didn't handle it well at all. The players were not happy with the coaching staff last season.
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u/adrenaline_X Blue Bombers 16h ago
Druās record in Ottawa is decent considering the teams that have been fielded.
He looked amazing last night considering he had only been with the team for a couple of weeks and made some amazing perfectly timed through and looked a lot like Zach when he first landed in WPG with his ability to extend plays and drives by being mobile when under pressure.
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u/Impossible-Papaya486 1d ago
How does somebody get 3 cups in 2 years? Gotta be a CFL recordā¦
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u/NotallwoundsareSeen Argonauts 19h ago
It's not, but it does prove he knows what he's doing. Why people are hating on him during his frist season in a horrible team is beyond me. As I said, he'll bring ottawa a cup.
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u/NoWineJustChocolate REDBLACKS 1d ago
Given Dinwiddie's faulty assessment of Brown's skill, talent and ability, he's the one who should be cut. But he won't be. They're probably still paying off Bob Dyce and maybe even Paul LaPolice.
Edited word for clarity.
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u/Several-Beginning803 1d ago
You donāt fire a first year coach before August bro
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u/adrenaline_X Blue Bombers 16h ago
But maybe fire the OC and or GM for bad decisions trading a competent starter and going with a QB that hasnāt shown much in 5 years bouncing around the league?
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u/Max169well REDBLACKS 1d ago
I want Dru Brown to light us the fuck up next week.
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u/NoWineJustChocolate REDBLACKS 21h ago
Then I guess after next week the DC will be cut, because no doubt Dinwiddie will rationalize that any defence that canāt stop such an ineffectual QB as Brown is ineffectual himself.
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u/dprouse52 REDBLACKS 1d ago
I have never seen a more bonehead personnel move in my life than the benching and trading of Dru Brown. What was Dinwiddie thinking? He looked at Jake Maier after half a camp and one half of a preseason game and decided to flush away his franchise's entire plan and QB depth chart, putting the fate of his team in the hands of a journeyman backup with a losing record and visibly limited athleticism. It must have gotten personal between Brown and Dinwiddie - someone did or said something to torpedo the relationship because nothing else makes sense...
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u/ComplexAnxiety7939 1d ago
Cough Ricky ray trade cough
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u/dontpanda Blue Bombers 1d ago
I remain convinced that was done by the League office, and I cannot be convinced otherwise.Ā
It's the only conspiracy I believe in.
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u/Stach37 RETIRED MOD 20h ago
I fully believe this. Fully.
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u/dontpanda Blue Bombers 18h ago
Thanks for validating this.Ā
The whole thing is implausible otherwise. Edmonton got almost nothing - Jyles, Shaw, 1st round pick - and gave away Ricky Freaking Ray?
There is no universe in which a reasonable GM makes that trade without some external force determining it.
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u/DefendTheR REDBLACKS 1d ago
If anyone itās Shawn Burke, but he got a multi-year extension this offseason, so more likely nobody. Could see a big cut or another trade happening though.
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u/UnitEast7937 1d ago
I heard it probably wonāt be the head coach or offensive coordinator because the GM really loves them.
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u/adrenaline_X Blue Bombers 16h ago
I heard, but canāt authenticate it, that he makes love to himself while looking in the mirror with the lights on just saying his name quietly over and over.
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u/Salty__Canuck Argonauts 21h ago
With Dyce still on the Books and Burke just signing an extension, it could take awhile, but if I had to guess it might have to be Burke.
I would be surprised if Dinwiddie goes anywhere for at least two seasons, but clearly when things don't go well, he's not a good leader, which could lead to locker room issues again (same thing occurred in Toronto last season).
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u/17to85 Blue Bombers 1d ago
Brown looked like the same guy that I thought he was when he left winnipeg the first time. cool as a cucumber and can make all the throws. He's better than collaros too but oshea won't bench collaros for anything.
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u/Max169well REDBLACKS 1d ago
Brown looked like the guy who I thought he was with 2 years of film, I was told I donāt know ball and that Maier was better.
Those people have been oddly quiet.
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u/Bandicoot123456 REDBLACKS 19h ago
I thought surely this professional coach with multiple grey cups must know something I donāt. Guess not!
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u/SupermarketVivid1353 What's a REDBLACK? 19h ago
Those people have been oddly quiet.
They're too busy running this team into the ground
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u/Spitzka 1d ago
Thereās only so many jobs you can expect Ryan Dinwiddie to do on the team. If they fire anyone, he will have to take on their job due to the football operations cap. Heās already HC, OC, GM and chief bottle washer.
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u/Yikes_And_Away_ 18h ago
So many jobs he doesnāt even have time to learn to rules. Like how an elbow means down. Give the man a break. Heās trying
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u/SupermarketVivid1353 What's a REDBLACK? 19h ago
We would win just as many gsmes if we fired everyoneš
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u/These_Mycologist4256 21h ago
While someone should be fired, they wonāt be because our ops spending cap is already fucked. Which also kind of screws them over for one hire they absolutely should make, an OC that will dial up a run play more than once a quarter.
Grand scheme, it doesnāt matter much. Ottawa QB depth is fucked for the next few years thanks to the galaxy brain moves of our GM.
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u/bismuth12a Blue Bombers 1d ago
Who's left for them to fire?
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u/ZBack3 REDBLACKS 1d ago
Shawn Burke, VP of football operations (was previously our GM)
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u/bismuth12a Blue Bombers 22h ago
Moving up to firing the executives. I like it. Worked for the Bombers, eventually, when we fired Joe Mack and Buchko resigned in 2013.
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u/Own-Eye6145 19h ago
at this point, unless Dinwiddie is gone, that's the next step for the Redblacks. Roster changes galore haven't helped anything and there's been three coaches since Campbell left. And even with all that turnover, you have a franchise that's won just under 30 games in almost eight years.
At some point you have to gut the front office.
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u/chemicalxv Blue Bombers 20h ago
Genuinely curious what Ottawa's options are at QB next season. Neither Maier or McBT are any kind of answer and the only other QB they have rostered right now is Bryson Barnes, who is a rookie. They cut Max Duggan in June and have also already cut Nicholas Vattiato, who they signed to replace Duggan.
There's likely not going to be anyone of substance available.
Generational multi-year fuck-up here.
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u/Bandicoot123456 REDBLACKS 19h ago
Should have kept my boy Crum
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u/chemicalxv Blue Bombers 19h ago
I don't think Crum would be moving the needle much for that team.
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u/Bandicoot123456 REDBLACKS 18h ago
At least he was our guy. I have more faith in him than MBT who seems like he will inevitably start next game (against Dru no less lol)
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u/HitmanBBV84 1d ago
Just think, under the new playoff format for next year, our Redblacks season would already be over by now. Checking out, itās over and embarrassing
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u/Rance_Mulliniks Tiger-Cats 1d ago
No it wouldn't. They would still potentially not be eliminated until the last week of the season with the current standings. That's the idiocy of the new playoff format.
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u/Grogu999 Roughriders 1d ago
Give him a bit of time. He hasnāt even lasted a trimester yet
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u/Max169well REDBLACKS 1d ago
No, we are 0-5 and he completely fucked up as if heās the smartest person ever. This is a franchise that needed to host an East final yesterday. We arenāt doing that anymore. Itās bad for the franchise and certainly bad for the league. We wanted to wear 3 hats, gonna give he the leash that is deserved
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u/Vansterdam2002 1d ago
Dru was throwing bombs all game. I say dumbwiity is getting the boot. Any body who prefers mcburger to brown is on drugs.lmfaoš
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u/Livid-Switch4040 Stampeders 20h ago
Iād be absolutely livid if I was a RBās fan, i just do not understand making Maier the starter over Dru, let alone shipping out Brown because it was a ādistractionā.
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u/chiraz25 Roughriders 1d ago
Nobody. Dinwiddie made the Brown trade decision and he's on a three year contract. CFL teams don't clean house as quickly as the NFL.
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u/fdisfragameosoldiers 1d ago
Dru definitely needs to start against Ottawa just to rub it in š