Cato to replace veteran quarterback Glenn as Alouettes visit Lions
VANCOUVER — Montreal Alouettes coach and GM Jim Popp hopes a quarterback switch will work as well for his team as it has for B.C. counterpart Wally Buono.
With Montreal (3-7) last in the East Division standings and the team’s offence in need of a spark, Popp decided this week to sit veteran quarterback Kevin Glenn and give youngster Rakeem Cato the start for Friday’s game against the Lions (7-3) at BC Place.
Buono made the decision last winter to go with Jon Jennings as his main starter instead of veteran Travis Lulay. The move has worked well so far as the Lions are second in the West and have already matched last season’s win total.
The Alouettes’ change is not a sign Montreal is giving up on the season, said Popp, but a switch in approach from the years in which they would rely on the experience of Anthony Calvillo — now the team’s offensive co-ordinator — with no eye to the future.