Quick note to let you guys know that Owens have left the team...

Wonder why? permanent? because it looks like he was going to make the team.

raison familiale. J'étais à l'entraînement. Trestman a confirmé qu'il avait déjà été désigné comme retourneur partant pour le premier match en Saskatchewan.

Ah donc confirmer pour Chad.

I wonder if the Kent/Owens situation are related ?

AnthonyC13 wrote:raison familiale. J'étais à l'entraînement. Trestman a confirmé qu'il avait déjà été désigné comme retourneur partant pour le premier match en Saskatchewan.

Je veux pas t'ostiner mais c'est pas mal définitif il ne reviendra pas.

Chad Owens, expected to be the team’s primary return-specialist, according to head coach Marc Trestman, left the team for personal reasons. Although the door’s open for him to return, that seems unlikely
Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/f ... z0rdCHFf2J

Mais je t'accorde que dans le merveilleux monde de la CFL et surtout dans la gestion du personnel façon Jim Popp tout est possible.

hfxtc wrote:I wonder if the Kent/Owens situation are related ?

Peut-être ... au moins Kent est parti il ne semblait pas faire l'unanimité et voir la façon lamentable dont les SU ont joués je content de le voir partir avant la saison...

Il va être remplacé par Andy Bischoff qui est un des fidèle lieutenant de trestman... il a très bien fait avec les demi (Avon Cobourne a vraiment trouvé ses ailes sous lui)

Voici l'explication selon Coach

«Il a trois jeunes enfants et se retrouvait à quelque 8 000 milles de sa famille, a expliqué Trestman. Il en est venu à la conclusion que ça ne pouvait pas continuer ainsi.

http://ruefrontenac.com/sports/alouette ... n-blessure

Yeah this is not easy, i guess bringing them over here is not an option.

He's from Hawai... That's almost 20hours to get home and for the money he'd make here. I can see that would be tough, just weird he hung in there for two years , gets a starter's job and quits...kind of sad, all that hard work for nothing.

Yeah exaclty what i was thinking. and considering that 2 returners have been picked from the CFL to get a job in the NFL...

Just "worried" he might show up in BC....we've seen it before.....

2 before TC everybody (media + plus fans) were talking about Andrew Hawkins...I know he's still injured but have forgot about him yet? This guy was supposed to be our next raising star?

Maybe that's part of the equation too...what about Maypray ...Calvillo was all about him after the game..Withaker? Or maybe DJ Boldin he's having a good camp or not?

Owens mind you was okay but I think it's too early to panic he played what 3 half of football with this team.. plus LT may come back...so nothing to be worried on.

We should all be concerned about Kick/punt coverage and D against the run... those aspect were pathetic in both preseason games.

Hmmm intéressant, Chad Owens viens d'être échanger au Argos contre un draft pick de 4ieme tour pour le draft de 2011, et il sera a la pratique des Argos demain.
Donc on peut conclure qu'il n'a pas eu ce qu'il voulais des Als et a demander a être échanger ou libérer. au moins Popp a eu un pick.

Jim is no fool. Sure looks like weird stuff going on. Let's hope he didn't get his mitts on Trestman's 2010 playbook before leaving...

hfxtc wrote:Jim is no fool. Sure looks like weird stuff going on. Let's hope he didn't get his mitts on Trestman's 2010 playbook before leaving...

He has, but not the entire book heck the guy has been here 3 years IIRC, so he does know it.

Traded to Toronto for a 4th round 2011 draft pick
http://en.montrealalouettes.com/article ... -2011-pick

Montreal, June 24, 2010 - Montreal Alouettes' Vice President and General Manager Jim Popp announced today that the team has acquired the Toronto Argonauts' fourth round pick in the 2011 CFL Canadian Draft in exchange for import receiver Chad Owens.

Owens joined the Alouettes' practice roster last July and played in the last game of the season in Toronto.

SectionU2 wrote:

hfxtc wrote:Jim is no fool. Sure looks like weird stuff going on. Let's hope he didn't get his mitts on Trestman's 2010 playbook before leaving...

He has, but not the entire book heck the guy has been here 3 years IIRC, so he does know it.

Same old Barker... Well at least we managed to get a draft pick out of the prick. A fourth rounder from the Argos is like a 3rd round Als pick

With Lemon as QB, you are quite correct that 4th rounder will be better than usual.

More details coming out, Als apparently asked him to take a pay cut, Herb has more info, got to love Herb http://alsinsideout.com/the-snap/owens-now-an-argonaut/

RDS reports that Marco made the team, good.