FRIDAY COMMENTARY – SURE ROY

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We close the week with another edition of the good, the great and the ugly!

First, the good: It’s good that the newest Canadian Football Hall of Famer Roy Shivers returned to Regina this weekend and held a friends-only event at the Regina Rugby Club on Thursday night.

In his seven seasons as General Manager of the Roughriders, Shivers amassed a lot of friends. We’re not sure what the reason is for Roy’s trip back to the Queen City other than to take in the Roughriders and Stampeders on Saturday night – two of his former teams – but it should be a fun night.

Shivers hasn’t been back since being fired in August of 2006. I see he told the Leader Post this week that he wasn’t fired; he quit.

Sure Roy. We all quit.

You’d think Shivers is old enough to know that it doesn’t matter!

All good things come to an end.

Next, the great: The same can be said for the life span of the Saddledome here in Calgary. News came down this week that the Flames and City of Calgary have opened talks on a new arena for a third time only this time, they’re bringing in a third party to broker the deal.

It really seems like this time around they’re going to get it done, and that’s great.

I love the Saddledome but it’s aging and it doesn’t help to look up Highway #2 and see the world’s best hockey arena sitting in Edmonton.

It also doesn’t hurt that the Flames are the #1 team in the NHL, despite their woeful showing against Buffalo last night (a 6-3 loss).

And lastly, the ugly: It has to be the bumbling and fumbling of the Riders quarterback situation this week.

If the team truly knew going into the week that Cody Fajardo would be benched for Saturday’s must-win game against Calgary, then why not just say it on Day 1 rather than lie and say he was given a “vet” day?

All it did was make Cody look bad and have to answer for a team that clearly has no plan for the short- or long-term future.

I’d say that’s as ugly as it gets, but just wait to see what it’s like in Sask if and when the Riders miss the playoffs!

That’s today’s Rod Pedersen Commentary

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