The shake up in Edmonton

By Avry

Yo folks, I'm Avry and this is my first post on the CFL Bloggity I feel like a proud papa until I remember that Mike has a bigger ownership stake in this (aka more custody) in the blog than I do, but that will be left up to the courts. The Edmonton Eskimos and Eric Tillman have shaken things up this off season. Richie Hall is gone, Kavis Reed is in as head coach, guys like Jason Maas and Jared Zabransky have been released.

Usually when a team makes all these changes they are getting ready for a rebuild, but this is the CFL's greatest team (yeah I said it) and they once had the North American pro sports record of consecutive years in the post season at 34. So to get to the point THEY CANT HAVE A REBUILD IF THEY WANT TO REMAIN RELEVANT! This year has to be a playoff year, Eric Tillman needs a solid O-line for Ricky Ray that will not see him sacked 88 times a game, and guys like Fred Stamps and Arkee Whitlock to step up in 2011.

Now don't get me wrong a shake up is not bad, but if you don't make the playoffs after that when you know you need to, then you're going to be in a world of trouble, lets hope that doesn't happen to the Green and Gold again because missing the playoffs in Edmonton from a CFL standpoint is getting more and more common and that's starting to get me more freaked out than the thought of the boogyman and big foot standing in my living room.

Go Esks go, I cant wait for the season to begin!