The airlift has begun, the panic button has been pushed and one of the Canadian Football League's greatest coaches, Wally Buono has to be feeling the heat and its not from forest fires. The British Columbia Lions and Buono are off to an uncharacteristic one win, four losses start and a loss on Friday night to the Saskatchewan RoughRiders may be the nail in the Lions coffin and a nail in a great career.
So some armor has been added in the form of linebacker JoJuan Armour, of late a disruptive force in Calgary, running back A. J.
Harris and defensive lineman James Edwards.
Buono's teams just don't start 1 - 4. He has four straight first place finishes with the Lions, he owns four Grey Cup championships and has a career record of 227 wins, 112 losses and three ties. But all that will mean little if the Lions fall to Saskatchewan. Buono has to be feeling even more heat after the Lions owner David Brayley publicly apologized to Lion's fans for the teams poor play of late. Not exactly a vote of confidence for anyone connected with the Lions.
Meanwhile rumors are swirling that defensive tackle Scott Schultz will announce his retirement from the Saskatchewan RoughRiders on Tuesday. That could be a bit of a downer going into Friday's game.
It should be another interesting weekend. Winnipeg (2 - 3) is at Calgary (2 - 3). Former Rider quarterback Michael Bishop made his debut for the Bombers and won. Edmonton (3 - 2) is at Hamiton (3 - 2) It looks like Ricky Ray is back but the TigerCats are off to their best start in years. Toronto (2 - 3) is at Montreal (4 - 1)
Going to make my fearless predictions here.
Calgary will beat Winnipeg, Ricky Ray and Edmonton will tame the TigerCats, Montreal will bounce back and beat Toronto and the Lions will win a close one over Saskatchewan. Saving Wally !
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