When I look at how this GM is conducting his search it is starting to look like to me at least that he really can't get who he want's, or the people he really wanted to possibly hire don't want to be a part of the process. Quality candidates have to be able to have the opportunity to get quality coaches to work with. That is being hampered heavily with the way this has dragged on. My guess is whomever they hire may not be in the best position to be successful the way that this process has been handled so far. The fact that the owner and GM have not been able to make a decision at this point after interviewing who they have looked at should make people really wonder about how this will ultimately turn out in the long run.
I don't understand what you mean. The season does not start until July and spring camp can be held any time in April or May. The CFL hiring season is long over. 40 candidates applied or were talked too of those seven or eight were interviewed. I think this is how a proper search should be done. Trestman left the team high and dry after the CFL hiring season and after he started hiring his 2013 staff. It is frustrating but it is being well done given the circumstances. Panic hire would have been worse.
As tweeted by Jim Popp:
Senior Ah Me to be interviewed for the post of shoeshine boy. It takes a man of superior intelligence to do this job right and judging by the posts I have read in this forum he should be a lock over all other posters.
234ever will get latrine duty at Molson Stadium. No need for an interview. He is without a doubt the lowest common denominator here.
You off your meds ?
Exactement. Je crois qu’une des raisons qui font qu’une annonce semble tarder à venir est que les dirigeants pèsent aussi le pour et le contre des gens que chaque candidat pourrait vouloir amener avec lui, et comment ils pourraient l’entourer. Certains ont passé une entrevue pour devenir entraîneur-chef mais peut-être qu’un autre poste leur sera offert, ce qui ne veut pas dire qu’ils vont l’accpeter.
Ce qui est bien, cependant, c’est que le battage médiatique militant pour l’embauche d’un entraîneur-chef bilingue s’est tu depuis que le hockey est revenu. Êtes-vous surpris?..
Pas necessaire d`avoir un entraineur bilingue, on a un Wopamo Osaisai bilingue. 
«Bonjour, mon nom est Wopamo Osaisai et je porte le numéro le 21 pour les Alouettes de Montréal», a lancé d’entrée de jeu le demi défensif à la centaine d’élèves réunis dans l’auditorium de l’école secondaire Saint-Henri. Osaisai a fait une introduction de cinq minutes tout en présentant ses coéquipiers et les meneuses de claque dans la langue de Molière.
Ses coéquipiers anglophones, Scott Flory, John Bowman, Sean Whyte, Josh Bourke et Michael Carter ont fait de même en se présentant aux jeunes en français. Pour en arriver à cela, ils se sont engagés volontairement à apprendre une deuxième langue dans le cadre du programme scolaire où ils visiteront environ 120 écoles primaires et secondaires au cours des prochaines semaines.
«J’ai appris le français au lieu de l’espagnol à l’école en Californie, a indiqué Osaisai, qui est originaire d’Oakland. Je ne l’ai pas pratiqué depuis 10 ans et je dois maintenant faire une mise à jour. J'ai fait quelques erreurs, mais je suis content de ma performance d’aujourd’hui (lundi).
«Je vais continuer de travailler afin d’être fluide en français.»
Osaisai a ajouté que d’apprendre le français lui permettra de parler à des partisans et de commander au restaurant en français.
«Ça crée une meilleure connexion, a-t-il précisé. Ce n’est pas tout le monde au Québec qui est capable de communiquer en anglais.»
[url=http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2013/02/11/les-alouettes-se-mettent-au-francais]http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2013/0 ... u-francais[/url]Eh bien! Si Saku voit ça, il va être malade. Mais comme il ne lit pas le français, ça ne risque pas d’arriver…
As I've asked before -does it not seem unethical to make public the names of applicants?
I mean-who does that in any profession? If you are applying for a job do you want that known? do you think it is fair for the potential employer to put that out on the internet?
Bizzarre
Bonne journée,disciplineandpunish, de la part de Wopamo. Make your day.
Richard
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Why not ? What’s to hide ? If someone is applying for a job there should be no problem with it being public. Was it wrong of the Bears to put their names of candidate on the net ?
While the process is getting on everyone`s nerves, including mine, Trestman was named Bears coach Jan. 16. So the search has really been less than a month.
If he had left Dec. 15 and we had hired a replacement Jan. 15, I dont think we would be complaining. But he left late, and its now late anyways in terms of hiring assistants, so I don`t think a few days are going to make a difference other than satisfying our curiosity.
It`s an important hire that has to be right, so they are doing their due diligence and being thorough.
As for Popp`s tweets, I look at it that he is keeping the Alouettes and the CFL in the spotlight. There is no such thing as bad publicity.
Exactly, it is a complex process, we could hire the best HC on the planet if he can’t put together a staff he will fail. Anyway the tweets come from @JimPoppGM not @JimPopp and I think its the teams PR that is putting the tweets out. Because Jim tweeted this from his account this morning.
Jim Popp ?@PoppJimDecided to tweet after 200 days…try it, not easy.
so…
I agree with you entirely. Publicizing the names of job candidates, on Twitter of all places, is unprofessional to me, besides serving absolutely no purpose but raising the profile of Jim Popp. This is not in the best interests of the Alouettes, or the candidates.
Je crois que c’est plutôt dans la nature de l’industrie elle-même. Cette entreprise vit de son exposition médiatique. Pour que les billets se vendent, il faut qu’elle fasse parler d’elle régulièrement. C’est la nature de la bête : ça vaut pour toutes les ligues de football. On l’a vu cette année pour les postes disponibles dans la NFL.
Ça me semble être quelque chose d’accepté de part et d’autre. Les équipes font parler d’elles, les candidats font parler d’eux. Tout le monde en profite.
Exactement et ca empeche les media de speculer ce qui souvent cause plus de problemes.
Hmmmm....I've never seen a list of applicants published by the team before.
Maybe I just missed it.
Doesn't seem fair to applicants...
If the guy is employed, the Als need the team’s permission to talk to the guy, so no secrets being exposed.
I like the transparency.
[i]No, he ain’t off his meds. He just used some of Johnny’s!
Speaking of Senior ah me and Alouettes employment; Senior once tried to be hired as Adrian McPherson’s shower assistant. It did not work out. There is also a rumour he offered to be his bicycle seat, but it’s just a rumour… [/i]
C’est bien de voir les joueurs des Alouettes faire cet effort.
Par contre, je pensais qu’Osaisai avait été libéré il y a plusieurs mois. :?