WINNIPEG -- The Winnipeg Blue Bombers confirmed this morning they have added former Hamilton Tiger-Cats head coach Marcel Bellefeuille to their offensive coaching staff.
It had been speculated on the weekend that the CFL club would name Bellefeuille a consultant to help their struggling offence.
A middle of the pack former OC brought in to fix the Offense in Winnipeg. He'll likely be better than Crowton, but he's no saviour. He had a fairly unimaginative offense during his time in Saskatchewan.
Just saw the piece on TSN about the QB situation.
Goltz and Pierce are both pissed and blame management for mishandling their situation.
Until the team cleans house with the HC, right down this remains a train wreck.
No doubt Bellefeuille may have been hired with the HC position in mind either this year or next.
The situation is just weird right now. I've never seen a team where the HC says that he has nothing to do with who the starting QB is and seems totally oblivious to what's going on. The QBs don't know who is calling the shots. Even Max Hall didn't seem to know who promoted him.
And the head coach of the bombers 2014 will be.... you guessed it. Might even happen in the last part of 2013. He can protect his team during the expansion draft.
so hall starting now.... Why not just bring back bishop. one thing that's frustrating in the cfl is teams always need instant success be nice if a team would actually give a young qb the ball for the season and give a chance to fail.
Marcel Bellefeuille is a class act, and he turned the very poor Ti-Cats into a respectable team. He might not have got them over the hump, but hindsight leads me to think Bellfeuille would have kept improving and eventually made it to the cup.
Either way, it's the coach Winnipeg needs. They just need to be careful, as he's also the coach Ottawa needs.
That's why I don't understand Marcel signing up for this current mess.
Unless he was convinced or signed to a long term contract with the promise of a HC position no later than next year.
Probably. Winnipeg Changes Coaches every two years whether they need it or not. :roll: Lets see since Doug Berry took them to the Grey Cup 2007...Mike Kelly, Paul Lapolice, Tim Burke, Marcel Bellefeuille, Yup, math works.
Actually the plays themselves are fine, it's the fact that he keeps calling it over and over and over as much as it always gets stuffed and is too stubborn to change it up.
I like Marcel, but not as a playcaller. Drove me NUTS back in '05/06 whenever it was.
Good to hear that Marcel will be back on the sidelines in the CFL again - sure hope he can help improve the fortunes of the Bombers. Welcome back, Marcel!