Calgary Stampeders

Right? Now you got embarrassed and you got an injury all at the same time.

So it is great to see Alex actually do what he did at Calgary with the Stampeders.

Do as a special team players for the Eagles.

Because the one thing you want your linebackers, your second level players to be able to do to tackle.

Not only do we get this extension, we get Mark Killam extending through 2029 in Edmonton.

The one that got away for the Calgary Stampeders and maybe seven other teams as well.

But what a start to his tenure in Edmonton.

Year two, first in the West.

So, yeah, I thought this was a great, great no-brainer move.

Again, makes a little bit more sense announcing this in Edmonton on the bye week when they don't have... uh a game this week but uh yeah props to him and congrats to him and i assume hervey is probably quietly extended the same amount of time if he wasn't already uh so i think that regime is there for for quite a while and that's a great thing for elk fans

and then down the qe2 in calgary We learned that Dave Dickinson is back as coach and GM for 2027 for the Calgary Stampeders.

Now, yeah, you can say probably the best 9-9 team ever.

That's right.

Doug Flutie did it with the Calgary Stampeders and then with the Toronto Argonauts in the mid to late 90s.

And for Doug Flutie, I mean, it launched him fairly successfully through the CFL and obviously got him another shot at the NFL.

For Chad Kelly, looking at this situation, it is a landmark contract because it's really, and you pointed it out already, it's the first one in the post-salary cap era that has reached these heights.

Well, speaking of which, there could be one receiver out of Calgary that may be looking at that kind of dollar value.

That's Jalen Philpott.

He's been very noncommittal about coming back to the Calgary Stampeders.

When asked point blank, he said he's going to talk about it with his family and he's going to see what they feel, but they want to get some time away to really discuss this and get a sense of where they want to go from here.

The Red Blacks have more than 20.

The Stampeders have 30.

That seems to be the CFL now.

You're only signing one or two-year contracts.

Number four, Argos.

Number five, Bombers.

Number six, Stampeders.

Number seven, Riders.

But I think it's going to be a 10, 12 point difference for BC.

Now I'm reminded of John Hofnagel in 2008, his speech to the Calgary Stampeders before they played the Grey Cup in Montreal against the Alouettes.

And gentlemen, we got them right where they want them, or right where we want them.

We're in their place.

And one could argue that if they didn't play three teams to end their season with depleted lineups, they may not even be in the playoffs right now.

We might be seeing the Calgary Stampeders here this week.

But your thoughts on the Riders as they come into BC Place and how they match up? Go ahead, Cole.

Yeah, I think it's an interesting one.

NHL, only four games today.

Some Stampeders award finalists.

Also a little bit of a newsy note for the Stampeders.

Big one.

And the Raptors host the Magic tonight.

Well, they have a GM, and they have a head coach.

They still do.

Stampeders president Jay McNeil confirmed today that Dave Dickinson will be returning as the head coach and general manager of the Calgary Stampeders next year.

Those are Edmonton's best regular season and home records since its last Grey Cup season in 2015.

Meanwhile, Dave Dickinson will return as coach and general manager of the Calgary Stampeders next season.

Dickinson's been head coach in Calgary since 2016 and added general manager to his duties in 2023.

He led the Stampeders to a Grey Cup title in 2018, but the team failed to make the playoffs this year for the second time in three seasons.