Sadly, the head coach of the Hamilton Tigers Cats has commented on their devastating loss from last night.
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have a lot of questions going into the off-season after the team once again fell short of the championship expectations that followed a series of high-profile transactions last winter.
It was meant to be this year. The Ticats appeared destined to win their first Grey Cup in almost a quarter of a century, and they were going to do it in front of their supporters at Tim Hortons Field, led by a future first-ballot Hall of Famer.
The offensive coordinator was fired, the team lost six of their first nine games, the quarterback sustained an injury, and the injury returned. Under head coach Orlondo Steinauer, they came back, but it wasn’t enough. In spite of the commotion and all the anticipation, this season ended in the same way as the previous one—with a Montreal East Semi-Final defeat.
If the Tiger-Cats want to be in the running for a championship in 2024, they have a lot of crucial questions to address. These are the four main queries that the team will be addressing this winter.
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Make amends or start over?
Any question you may have at the most crucial point in the game takes precedence over any others you might have to respond to.
It appears that the Tiger-Cats and Bo Levi Mitchell are getting divorced just a year after they started dating, based on his remarks made in the post-game after the playoff loss to the Alouettes.
The next step will be interesting for Mitchell.
If he concludes that his playing days are done and that he will probably end up on television,. Mitchell is a natural and would be a great addition to the panel and possibly the booth if you’ve watched any of the TSN playoff coverage in recent years.
The options outside of Hamilton are far less appealing for him if he wants to continue playing. Six teams seem fully committed to their starting lineups for the upcoming season: B.C., Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, Saskatchewan, and Edmonton. Calgary is obviously not an option. That leaves only Ottawa, a team that is presumably tired of playing quarterbacks who are prone to injuries.
There aren’t many options available to Hamilton outside Mitchell. Taylor Powell could transport them and make use of the cash they’ll save on his first contract to assemble a team around him. Recently, B.C. and Toronto have found success with Nathan Rourke and Chad Kelly, respectively, using this tactic.
While it would be foolish to expect Powell to become the next Rourke or Kelly, having a starting quarterback, even on a rookie contract, who can pass has been a successful roster-building move for teams both north and south of the border.
There aren’t many good options outside the building if the team decides to search for their 2024 starter. The Ticats may use the free-agent market to make Winnipeg backup Dru Brown their starter, as they did with McLeod Bethel-Thompson, who has indicated interest in rejoining the CFL.
ten years ago, when Zach Collaros took Henry Burris’ place.
It looks like the Ticats’ winter quarterback move will be interesting to watch, and it will be interesting to see how it affects the other players on the team.
