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History professor researching Toronto's football history. Our Game, Our League, Our History. Fugitive from Muskovy: follow the Bygone Boatmen page on Facebook.

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linkhttps://www.uoguelph.ca/arts/history/people/james-e-fraser calendar_today26-02-2018 14:53:33

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The 0.222 record, the injuries (are not an) excuse, and the revolving dressing-room door are really starting to feel like 2018 and 2019.

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There's been some talk about the injuries to Cassar and Harelimana hurting special teams play. Rightly so, but now that they are back, we need to talk about missing Thiadric Hansen's massive ST contribution.

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Personally, I think personnel decisions (possibly linked to budgetary ones), and not coaching ones, have done the most damage to the team in 2024 and 2025. You're not always going to get it right replacing the lion's share of your best players every winter.

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Well, I said this would happen, and took flak for it, back when the World Cup schedules were announced. But it does surprise me, because I got the strong impression from training camp chats that the plan was going to be very different. Rogers has taken over in the meantime ...

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Repeatedly finding a way to lose close games is usually a fatal trait. A high snap here. A fumble there. A missed field goal cancelled out by a dumb penalty here. A half chance cancelled by a coach’s challenge there.

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Well, at least the Argos made a bunch of EE players happy on this trip. I know there are many Argos fans, fine people all, who find this delightful. I am emphatically not one of them.