By Jamie Nye

Saskatchewan Roughriders will look at possible changes

Aug 7, 2011 | 10:33 AM

The Saskatchewan Roughriders find themselves looking up at the competition and looking internally at what needs to be done to turn around their 1-5 season.

The Roughriders appeared to be turning a corner after an 0-3 start that lead to more meetings, the release of a key player and a win in Montreal.

The team, however, has found themselves looking for more answers after a 24-11 loss to the B.C. Lions on Friday night. President and CEO Jim Hopson says everybody is being held accountable, including himself.

“You have to accept that when the good times come we all get credit and when they aren't good times we all have to take our share of responsibility.”

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The Toronto Argonauts are in the same boat as the Roughridres, with a 1-5 record, and more questions than answers. The Argonauts fired defensive coordinator Chip Garber on Friday after Thursday night's loss and many in Rider Nation are looking for their team to wield the axe.

“If there needs to be a change then we have to do it,” Hopson proclaimed after the team's arrival back from Vancouver on Saturday, “What that change is, I'm not at a position to say right now because we haven't had a chance to sit down as a group to talk about it.”

Hopson will now sit down with General Manager Brendan Taman, Vice President of Football Operations Ken Miller and Head Coach Greg Marshall to come up with a plan and see if any major overhauls need to be made but changes won't be made to appease a disgruntled fan base.

“If you make a change and you don't get better then what's the next change? We better have a plan for what we're going to do and why we're going to do it rather than just a knee jerk reaction.”

Nobody is safe

After another game in which the Roughriders were out executed by the opposition, the performance of coaches and players will be evaluated.

Head Coach Greg Marshall didn't back down when asked if people's jobs were on the line this week.

“Your jobs always on the line whether you're 5-1 or 1-5, people are always being evaluated. The object is to win and the object is to make sure you have the best people doing what ever job it is they're being asked to do.”

Offensive Coordinator Doug Berry has come under fire for the offenses lack of production. In the last two losses the offense had chances to take control of the game but were unable to put points on the board. On Friday, the Roughriders only scored one-point in the second half.

Berry says he can't get caught up after Chip Garber's firing, thinking his job is on the line in Saskatchewan.

“If you worry about things like that you're never going to be able to do your job. As long as I'm working for the Riders, I'm bleeding green and I'm going to do everything I can to get the Riders going.”

Berry acknowledges he shares the blame for the offenses struggles this season and says in the CFL the passing game must be firing on all cylinders to be successful and right now, the Roughriders passing attack is letting the team down.

Berry believes he and quarterback Darian Durant are comfortable with the playcalling but Durant needs help from his receiving corps.