Wray Morrison: Why so long?

I can’t help but ask this question.  Why did it take 17 years for Craig Dickenson to get a head coaching job in the CFL?

From the time I started watching him interact with players at training camp, to hearing him calmly tell the fans through the media that he didn’t think his team played very well after they had locked down a
division title on Sunday, I realize that there is a players’ coach there. He expects his players to be great, but also realizes that they are only human.

Dickenson empowered a first year starter, Cody Fajardo, to a point where Fajardo is in the conversation as the league’s most outstanding player.

He also empowered a quarterback with little experience, Isaac Harker, to a point where he won a game that helped the Riders clinch a first round bye in the playoffs.

So many things are beyond explanation in this 2019 CFL season. Why Craig Dickenson wasn’t a head coach before now is one of them.