This team is NOT that desperate! That is all ...

As much as I dislike Taman, he if he was to work under Walters, he'd have some good contacts in the US.

actually id take him as a cfl scout or a us talent scout. Similar to danny mac's role. Taman was awful with scouting canadian talent, and trading (pics) but he did bring up some good american talent. That said i dont think itll happen. I think he will be out of the cfl for the rest of the year and maybe next waiting for another GM job to open up. Maybe ott brings him in since they have little use of him that seems to be how they work.

Even if a position was offered, why would he want to jump back into that meat grinder so quickly if he is still receiving a cheque from Sask.?

Make him the media relations guy. Then at least when local media fawn all over him it sort of makes sense.

Agree with the original poster.

 

Where does this myth come that Taman has all these US contacts?

Yup, bring back the guy who so totally stripped this team of Canadian talent and overall depth - we have not totally recovered yet....when injuries struck, some of the people we use to trott out there were beyond embarrassing.  Can't find a guy who could scout the US as well as Taman?   Really?

 

Taman (and Lapo) represent the glory days?  Whatever.

 

Pining for retreads, is some kind of religion, round these parts.

Well....what I really meant to say....was no.

There's discussion at riderfans about Dunigan's assertion that Taman was the source for the Lawless article on the firing of Chamblin. Some speculation that he may have given the story to Lawless to in some ratlike way, preserve his own crumbling employment. If true who needs people like that here, we just got rid of Mack ...

a) hes collecting a fat cheque from saskabush still..

b ) would he really accept a reduced role such as scout assistant or gm assistant?

i think he would be a good lean on for walters experience wiae but otherwise.. kind of a pipe dream.. or nightmare for some here lol

Water boy or mascot would be fine with me.

Why don't we name Mike Kelly OC while we're at it?

If we want someone with US contacts, I'd rather see us bring back Ken Moll. No to Taman.

If we want someone with US contacts, I'd rather see us bring back Ken Moll. No to Taman.

wonder if moll would ever consider a return..

There's discussion at riderfans about Dunigan's assertion that Taman was the source for the Lawless article on the firing of Chamblin. Some speculation that he may have given the story to Lawless to in some ratlike way, preserve his own crumbling employment. If true who needs people like that here, we just got rid of Mack ...

 

 

I'm sure he was the source. Taman and Lawless seem to be pretty good buddies and Taman is probably the source for a lot of Lawless' CFL tips.

 

I don't think it was meant as an underhanded thing. Taman easily could have thrown CC under the bus in an effort to save his job, he just waited too long. Although, I'm pretty sure the Rider board always intended to get O'Day in the chair.

Why the hell would we want to bring back the napkin boy....He was just fired in saskabush for incompetency and someone wants to bring him back here???LOL.. Do some fans have a deathwish concerning this club...A giant NO to Taman.

I'd rather bring back Kelly then him!

Kelly got a raw deal.... if he hadn't been so abrasive with the media, he would have lasted another season!  He went 7-11.... we've had a better record, what, once since?

Gee all he did was win the Cup. Remember the Cup?

I have no problem with Taman as a scout...  just keep him away from the draft picks

 

Never know, he might be interested - scouts are totally off the radar

 

That being said, I'd do my best to get Tillman here in the off-season - but I'd be surprised if he's not bound for Sask

Gee all he did was win the Cup. Remember the Cup?

Actually yes he did.  He won the cup by doing what he tried to do here, trade away draft picks for aging Americans, load up on free agents, and build up to what we got in 2007.  A shot at the cup.  We lost, but in 2013 it finally paid off after how many tries?  And now we see the result of his strategy in Regina, same as here when he left.  A completely depleted roster which will take a long time to recover from.

 

He's a mediocre GM (at best) flying by the seat of his pants, looking no further than the end of the year.  No thanks.    

Gee all he did was win the Cup. Remember the Cup?

 

And he recruited how many of the stars from that team?  And he has since replaced them with ?????

With Taman and Wade we'd have one of the most handsome/best looking front offices in sports!

 

Gee all he did was win the Cup. Remember the Cup?

 

And he recruited how many of the stars from that team?  And he has since replaced them with ?????

 

 

Well, he did find Drew Willy... and eventually replaced him Brett Smith

Nope.