Some interesting quotes from Wally Buono about coaching in these excerpts from the article by Terry Jones of the Edmonton Sun ...
LeLacheur has said jobs are on the line in Edmonton. Buono talks about job uncertainty as a coach.
Richie Hall is under the gun. Danny Maciocia should be under the gun. I would say LeLacheur himself should be under the gun. Will the desperation of the Eskimos cause them to fight or fold?This is not Buono’s first rodeo. This is not the first game he’s coached when the guy on the other sideline was on the verge of being bucked off.
“I’ve seen it before,” he said Thursday when the B.C. Lions arrived at Commonwealth Stadium to prepare for Friday’s tilt between a team which has lost four in a row and a team which has lost three in a row and managed their only win here to open the season.
“It’s part of the business. It comes with the job. I understand it,” he said.
“Is it fair? Life isn’t fair. Football isn’t fair.
“When you win, somebody else loses. You might have feelings for it. But you can’t show compassion.
“For three hours you have to understand your job and take the emotion out of it.
“That’s life. That’s the business we’re in.”
“We don’t have the authority people seem to think. We don’t have a magic wand we can bring out. We try to prepare people and put confidence in people to go out and succeed. And then we’re at their mercy.
“You can tell people ‘Don’t drop footballs’ but that’s not going to make them not drop a football. The bottom line is the scoreboard and the standings.
“You are always judged after the fact. Did you win? Did you lose? That’s the one certainty. There’s going to be one winner and one loser.”
Will the Lions fight like they have their backs to the wall?
Good breaks, bad breaks ... tend to even out. The win/loss record is usually a pretty good indicator of how your team stacks up.The bottom line is the scoreboard and the standings.
A good test for the Lions ...
