How many no yards penalties do we have to take game after game? Offsides, procedures, etc?
Since the players appear to have totally abandoned any appearance of professionalism, coaches should punish them by fining them.
Seriously, fine a player $100 every time they take a no yard penalty. It's the CFL - they should have figured this out by now.
Players don't get paid much. Unlike the NFL, where a $5,000 fine is peanuts. In the CFL, a $100 fine - that'll hurt & the players will take notice.
When Dave Andreychuk joined the Lightning, the team was a losing, laughable team. He fined everyone, even coaches, for walking on the Tampa logo in the dressing room. Soon, players figured out by habit how to walk around the logo and avoid fines. As a result, the team began to respect itself.
Punish the players where it matters most - the bank accounts - for obvious, lazy and unnecessary penalties. Maybe that'll get them to play smarter, if not better.
Joe Paopao and co. will not be accountable until the trapdoor is engaged.
A fining system in this environment would be a bit much since the coaches clearly have no clue as to how to instill good habits game in, game out.
One example: If Erdman tells Lawrence Gordon to respect the 5-yard restraining zone on his punt coverage and Gordon doesn't anyway, then fine re a fine.
What happened? Erdman explains the rule to Gordon on the sideline after the play AFTER SENDING HIM OUT THERE.
Sure implement some fines. Adrianno Belli for one should have a standing fine every game. This guy is a jerk! He takes the dumbest penalties at the most in opportune time. When will the coaches see the light?
As far as the no yards goes, that comes with poor punting. Sure Flemming had some that rolled forever but his kicks have no hang time and are not very long. One punt hit one of the cats as it came down. Lets call Flemming Mr. NO DISTANCE OR HANG TIME
He was shanking some late, but overwork will do that sometimes. We got some good rolls from those bounces, so no biggie. Punting is the least of our worries.
I'm assuming a lot of players are already getting killed on performance bonuses....taking money off their paycheques further isn't going to help in my opinion...
i meant a kangaroo court where they fine each other , This is not a team . Teams care whether they play well or not and they fight tooth and nail till the end of the game . Some players are , but not many !!!!!