Riders Give Team and Fans a Teaching Lesson
Riders give team and fans a teaching lesson Thursday Friday against Edmonton, but was anyone listening?
This week there is an expression that goes something like – these are not your Daddy’s Riders – that seems somewhat appropriate after the Riders dropped a 39-36 decision to the Edmonton Eskimos.
It was Rider GM and Head Coach Chris Jones’ return to Edmonton. OK, make that second return after an exhibition game, but this time it would be televised. The last time he was up, the Eskimos did a shock and awe campaign designed to show Jones the team has moved on from when he coached it to a Grey Cup last year.
In a sense you can’t blame the Eskimo organization for being petty. Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s when there was no salary cap, the Eskimos could buy a Grey Cup contender every year. Now that there is a salary cap and free agency, Edmonton goes about a decade between Grey Cups, but being typical Albertans, they love to look down their noses at the rest of us.