MONTREAL — Montreal Alouettes general manager Danny Maciocia announced on Saturday that Jason Maas has been named the 27th head coach in team history.
Shocker,
Yeah, a REAL shocker. I don't know whether to say "congrats" or "I'm so sorry" to Montreal fans.
Not a shocker to anyone who had been following the team. Maas wouldn't have been my first choice, but he was definitely the best of the candidates. He's got HC and OC experience. He's won a Grey Cup. We could have done a lot worse.
Does this mean T. Harris will be the Alouettes starter for 23?
Hopefully Harris will be convinced to re-sign.
Was being sarcastic - this has been in the works for a long time. Harris & Maas have, by all accounts, had a great working relationship & it would be a "shocker" if Harris doesn't re-sign with the Als.
That's the kind of 'thumbs sideways' endorsement that makes America great. 
I was saying in the Als forum yesterday that on paper, Maas is the best HC hire we've made since Trestman. He's certainly better than:
Dan F. Hawkins
Tom "I could play Trestman's body double in a biopic but I have none of his football IQ" Higgins
Jacques Chapdelaine
Jim Popp, Fake Head Coach
Kavis Reed
Mike Sherman
Khari Jones
So would Maas have been my choice in a perfect world? Probably not. I'd have preferred Trestman, Bob Dyce, Scott Milanovich, Maksyvic, or Monson. But of the candidates in consideration, Maas was the best choice.
I really hope that this 'Maas decision' works out in the long run. Nothing will fill that stadium of yours better than a little success.
about time
Straight from Saskatchewan.........Good luck with that Montreal!!
i suspect he may have more success in montreal than regina. i love that he got fired from an OC position and moved up to HC with a better team.
It was that glowing letter of referral from Saskatchewan that caught Maciocia's eye. Perfect attendance still counts for something.
Well this should save the Riders some cash, not having to pay him for next year now.
Maas and the offence didn’t stand a chance in Regina with that oline last year. He’ll be a better coach for Montreal than Macioccia or Khari. Just needs to dial back those occasional fits of rage.
Macioca is out of his freakin' mind.
I'm no fan of the Als but I like Maas and I hope for his sake he's successful enough.
A poor choice. He could be, maybe, a good High Scholl coach, what with all his yelling and emotional outburst. He screwed things up in Edmonton, did nothing of note in Regina and got hired because he and Macioca have a sort of Edmonton link.