Regina Rams season ends with Mitchell Bowl loss to Laval
Nov 16, 2024
Laval Rouge et Or earned the 17-14 win at Mosaic Stadium on Saturday.
The fall of the Ottawa Redblacks went as quickly as the rise of the Ottawa Redblacks.
The team came into the CFL in 2014 and after a two-win debut, the Redblacks turned things around and were in the Grey Cup in 2015.
In 2016, they were holding the Grey Cup after a dramatic overtime win against the Calgary Stampeders. Henry Burris rode off into the sunset but with Trevor Harris at the helm, the team kept its head above water.
General manager Marcel Desjardins, who built the team from scratch, is now the fall guy for this season and with good reason. The talent of a team that had four 1,000-yard receivers in 2016 diminished. The quarterback went from Henry Burris to Trevor Harris to Jonathon Jennings to a dealer’s choice of quarterbacks this season.
But, if the Redblacks of 2014 showed us anything, it is that a two-win team can quickly find its way to a Grey Cup.
The checklist for the new general manager should be easy: Quarterback and five guys to protect the quarterback.