Riders Hit a New Low – Out Coached by Jim Popp
I was lucky I had to work the night the Riders sank faster than the Titanic in their 41-3 loss to the Montreal Alouettes.
I watched the replay at 3 a.m. after seeing the score and it was like driving past an accident scene over and over and not quite believing what you were seeing. The Riders had a week to prepare for this game and Montreal last played on Monday. Yet it seemed it was the Riders who had just one hour to prepare for the game.
At least the Riders are in the driver’s seat for the first overall pick of the 2017 draft.
There is a grocery lists of complaints about the game from how does the Rider defense line up offside when its standing on its goal line; to how do you boot the opening kickoff of the second half out of bounds, to how does the Grey Cup winning coaching staff gets outcoached by Jim Popp, who is the definition of mediocrity?