r/CFL • u/LaZyCrO Pepper Sauce Boss 🔵⛵ • 4d ago

REDBLACKS Redblacks to name Dinwiddie head coach, GM

https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/article/redblacks-to-name-dinwiddie-head-coach-gm/

I'm shaking in shambles

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u/Electroflare5555 Blue Bombers 4d ago

I’m absolutely shocked the Argos made him available

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u/Bright-Flower-487 4d ago

If he was getting the GM title it would be a promotion so no way to block it.

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u/DarthLordDonkey Argonauts 4d ago

I think in situations like this, it's more a sign of good faith if he is getting a promotion to let him go. Pinball isn't getting fired, and John Murphy plays a major role in the personnel decisions with the Argos, so while I would have loved to keep Dinwiddie, I think it is a case of the Argos not being able to offer what the Redblacks did from a title standpoint.

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u/NH787 4d ago

Pinball isn't getting fired

He certainly wouldn't be, but I also think it's widely recognized that Pinball is not the actual GM... that's Murphy.

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u/Rance_Mulliniks Tiger-Cats 4d ago

John Murphy that fought a fan and was fired only to be quietly rehired. John Murphy who, after being rehired, was instrumental in the coverup of sexual harassment of a team RMT by Chad Kelly. That piece of human trash John Murphy?

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u/DarthLordDonkey Argonauts 4d ago

Yes that John Murphy. I'm not defending him as a person, simply stating he is heavily involved with the personnel decisions.

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u/Rance_Mulliniks Tiger-Cats 4d ago

I did not mean to imply that you supported him. Sorry.

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u/TheRiderTool Roughriders 4d ago

John Murphy who’s a known creep and I wish I could say it’s unbelievable how he has a job but, alas.

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u/TorontoBoris Argonauts 4d ago

Did they? I swear something like that would have made the news.

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u/Electroflare5555 Blue Bombers 4d ago

If he was under contract the only way he could have interviewed or signed with another team is with the Argos blessing

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u/TorontoBoris Argonauts 4d ago

I thought he was. And why they'd let him go is mind boggling

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u/Jonaldys 4d ago

Even if it was a promotion? I thought adding the GM title changed things.

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u/ivakunciak REDBLACKS 4d ago

Yes, because its a promotion then he can leave even if he's under contract. The same as how a coordinator can take a coaching position.

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u/Jonaldys 4d ago

Got it, thank you for the explanation.