REDBLACKS FIRE LAPOLICE
OTTAWA – The Ottawa REDBLACKS on Saturday announced that Head Coach Paul LaPolice has been relieved of his duties.
“I have enjoyed working with Paul and thank him for his contributions to this team over the past two seasons; today isn’t an easy day,” said REDBLACKS GM Shawn Burke. “In this business, sometimes a change is required to help move a team forward and that’s what we’ve done here. We’re fortunate to have a coach of Bob Dyce’s caliber and experience able to step up and take on this role.”
LaPolice was hired as the second head coach in REDBLACKS history in December 2019, though it would take another year until he would lead the team onto the field following the cancellation of the 2020 campaign. LaPolice has since put up a 6-26 record at the helm of the REDBLACKS.
“Paul is a excellent man who has put everything he has into this job. But, unfortunately, we haven’t won nearly enough games,” said OSEG CEO Mark Goudie. “We are committed to getting back to what RNation deserves which is exciting and winning football.”
The REDBLACKS return to practice this week in preparation of clash with the Alouettes in Montreal on Thanksgiving Monday.
(OSEG Communications/Photo: Faces Mag)
Ladies and Gentlemen and Non Binaries – Let me introduce the next Offensive Coordinator of the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
……and/or Head Coach….
After what happened to Jeremiah Masoli against us this year and the ensuing animosity, the odds are slim and none that Paul would ever coach here in any capacity!
He will be on tsn as an “expert” by Tuesday! Good grief he is brutal as a coach and as a panelist.
Home hardware Paul. You can tell people what to do there.
Ladies and gentlemen we need to hire a GM and a head coach before we worry about an offensive coordinator!
That’s a coach’s life. Your family’s security is based on a lot of things out of your control, your starting QB gets hurt early in the year and the GM puts a bad team on the field, then fires you to shift blame from himself. Lapolice deserved a better fate than what he got in Ottawa. He will be a OC somewhere next year and then in 3 or 4 years someone will name him Head coach and he will get another spin of the football wheel destiny.