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Roughriders head his coach Craig Dickenson understathends need to rebuild the team on the attacking side of the ball. Photo by Troy Fleece/Regina Leader-Post
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What’s next for the Saskatchewan Roughriders?
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That’s the question CFL teams are asking after Tuesday’s announcement about top-level football operations and coaching staff. regina reader post headline news
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The Riders have announced that their Vice President of Operations and General Manager of Football, Jeremy O’Day, and Head Coach Craig Dickenson will return for his 2023 season, the final year of his contract. They will continue without fired offensive coordinator and quarterback coach Jason Maas. Running game coordinator and offensive his line coach Stephen Sorrells and receiver his coach Travis Moore have not renewed their contracts.
The move by the offensive side came in response to the Riders (6-12) missing the playoffs for the first time since 2016. The change was intended to avoid another non-playoff season.
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“With Jeremy and I and the staff, we’re already pretty into the season,” Dickenson said. “We believe we can learn a lot of lessons from this season and one of them is that we need to do a better job on offense, so we had to make some changes there.”
The final regular season leaderboards will confirm these changes. Offensively, Ryder was in the bottom third of the CFL in most categories of offensive stats.
When asked about the dismissal of Mars, who has one season left on his contract, Dickenson said, “Productivity and we weren’t good enough on offense. The offensive line was a big problem. The Riders led his CFL with a team-record 77 sacks.
“This year was a great example of how important his line is offensively,” O’Day said. “This is certainly an area of focus for us and an area where we still need to improve.”
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Quarterbacks are also in question, and Cody Fajardo is expected to test the waters of free agency after being off the bench in the final two games of the regular season.
“There are a lot of evaluations going on right now,” he said O’Day. “We have not made any decisions about the future of any player.”
In addition to evaluating players, drivers must find replacements for Maas, Sorrells, Moore and Fajardo.
Attack coordinators have options.
Paul Lapolice could be available after being sacked as head coach of the Ottawa Redblacks on Oct. 14. 1. LaPolice is familiar with Ryders, who served as offensive coordinator in 2008 and 2009. He is currently a member of his CFL on the TSN Board of Directors, but could be persuaded to return to the Riders.
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Kari Jones is a famous figure who coached him as quarterback for the Riders in 2012 and he was in 2013. He served as head coach and offensive coordinator for the Montreal Alouettes, but was fired on July 6 after a 3–1 start. Jones, who has extensive experience as his offensive coordinator,currently serves as his advisor to Hamilton on the Tiger-Cats offensive.
Regina-born Marc Muller is an interesting prospect. It’s his ninth season with the Stampeders and his third as a quarterback coach. The former Regina Rams University has suggested the caller has no experience as an offensive coordinator and is on a long-range shot to become an offensive coordinator for the Riders. The most prominent name that has emerged as a candidate to replace Fajardo is Bo Levi Mitchell, who was benched in favor of Jake Meyer earlier this season. His Mitchell, who won the Gray Cup twice and won the Most Outstanding Player award, struggled this season before being taken off the bench.
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There are concerns about Mitchell’s right shoulder that need to be addressed. But the 32-year-old Mitchell may have enough strength left to lead the Riders deep into the playoffs. This is a feat that the Riders have never been able to match or even match in his 2022.mmccormick@postmedia.com
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