Ed Hervey congédié?

Ryan Rishaug a touitté que Ed Hervey avait été congédié.

C'est une décision pour le moins surprenante considérant que cette équipe a gagné la Coupe Grey en 2015. Il faut croire que l'exode provoqué par la défection de Jones a fait des dommages.

Je ne sais pas combien de temps Hervey sera inactif, mais il m'a semblé un bon évaluateur de talent. Je sais qu'il est celui qui a congédié Kavis Reed, mais si le temps a pansé les rancunes, il me semble qu'il serait un atout dans le système de dépistage des Alouettes.

That's not going to happen here. Hervey is going to sit on his money for a while. It think he has two full years left on his GM contract. At some point I could see Popp hiring him.

Edmonton has had decent success under Ed

EDM 2013 4 14 0 .222 4th Failed to Qualify
EDM 2014 12 6 0 .666 2nd Lost in West Final
EDM 2015 14 4 0 .777 1st Won Grey Cup
EDM 2016 10 8 0 .555 3rd Lost in West Semi-Final

With last season coming after a coaching staff overhaul thanks to Jones jumping ship shortly after the Grey Cup win.

There must be a story behind this as it isn't certainly doesn't seem like a football decision at this time of year.

Sean Fleming probably summed it up best in the other Esks forum:

[b][i]Let's be clear, this move was strictly all about Rhodes' ego and the negotiations to extend Ed's contract which were initiated by the organization.

  • Ed was looking to be paid market rate for GMs in the league, which is a reasonable ask, given his success and how he handled the staff exodus last season. Rhodes took issue with that since it would mean Ed would be making more than Rhodes, a point he raised with Ed.
  • Ed was looking for a bump up in title to President of Football Operations. That didn't sit well with Rhodes.
  • Rhodes didn't like the fact that Terry Jones was publically calling Rhodes weak by stating that football ops was running the show in Edmonton and across the league.

In the meantime, attendance continues to drop under Rhodes' leadership on the business side. This coming from a guy who brought you the concert series with Vanilla Ice as a way to increase attendance. To blame that on Ed when he is putting a winning product on the field is an attempt to pass the buck.

All the rest of the excuses Rhodes is trying to peddle is just an attempt to backfill. Why enter into negotiations to extend if you have been looking to replace him since January? A total contradiction.[/i][/b]

To be fair, Fleming was a candidate against Rhodes for Eskimos President.

My guess is the BOD wanted Ed extended and Rhodes found a way to scuttle negotiations.

Tout ceci sent très mauvais. Je vois mal comment on peut congédier un gars de la trempe de Hervey et prétendre œuvrer pour le bien de l’équipe. Si je comprends ce président, la chose qui compte le moins pour son équipe de football, c’est le football. :roll:

From the Esks play by play guy:

Morley Scott? @Morley_Scott 15h15 hours ago

As per #CFL, #Esks can talk with other teams employees re GM job but must have written permission from both the team and the Commissioner

So I guess there is no Jan. 31 deadline after all.

Not the most flattering portrait of Ed Hervey:

[url=http://edmontonjournal.com/sports/football/cfl/edmonton-eskimos/conflict-the-only-constant-for-fired-edmonton-eskimos-gm-ed-hervey]http://edmontonjournal.com/sports/footb ... -ed-hervey[/url]

Must really drive fired employees nuts that they can never tell their side of things if they ever want their contract paid out.

That said, there were always rumors in Edmonton about how difficult Hervey was to work with. He's a tough guy straight outta Compton who no doubt learned a lesson here about corporate survival in a city like Edmonton.

Does anybody know anything about this potential candidate?

Mark Stephen?
@Markonfootball

SOURCES: Former @EdmontonEsks , @calstampeders and @MTLAlouettes HC Tom Higgins candidate for GM job with @EdmontonEsks #cfl #yeg #esks

Quand les Alouettes en arrachaient en 2014, Higgins a dit publiquement qu’il n’avait aucune solution pour régler les problèmes des Alouettes. Bien qu’il soit retourné au football collégial, je doute qu’il ait à ce point fait les contacts qu’il faut pour ce travail. Je suppose donc que l’équipe de dépistage mise sur pied par Hervey sera mise à contribution si Higgins se retrouve dans la chaise de DG. Tout de même curieux qu’un gars qui n’a pas été capable d’amener avec lui plus que 2 entraîneurs devrait tout à coup prendre une équipe en charge.

Je ne suis pas si surpris, considérant que je jonglais avec cette possibilité la semaine dernière, sans trop oser l’avancer. Il est possible que Higgins fasse un meilleur boulot comme DG qu’il n’en a fait comme entraîneur-chef. Tout dépendra comment il saura s’entourer.

A more logical candidate:

[url=http://3downnation.com/2017/04/20/redblacks-brock-sunderland-interviews-edmonton-gm-job/]http://3downnation.com/2017/04/20/redbl ... on-gm-job/[/url]

And whatever happened to that off-season Jan. 31 deadline for interviewing other teams personnel? Theyve interviewed ODay and now Sunderland less than 3 weeks before the draft.

La consigne était qu'il fallait que l'équipe soit d'accord. Je suppose que ce fut le cas. Si Sunderland réussit à avoir le poste, nous verrons à quel point le choix de Reed était avisé ou pas.

Given the history between Ottawa-Edmonton over Maas I don't see the Communist-AfricanAmericans giving permission.

Ottawa is going to charge Rhodes hefty compensation...