Joe Paopao
Joe Paopao
Joe Paopaois a former professional Canadian football quarterback and former head and assistant coach of the CFL's BC Lions Paopao played 11 seasons for the BC Lions, Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Ottawa Rough Riders. He began his coaching career with the BC Lions and has coached with five CFL organizations, including stints as head coach with the BC Lions in 1996 and the Ottawa Renegades from 2002–2005...
decided spot trust veteran
That's a veteran crew. I was told they didn't see it, and they decided to come back to the spot on the play. I'm going to trust their judgment. I thought it was a fumble, even on the screen. But I'm going to let it go.
break none spot three tough
Basically, they didn't see the call, none of the three refs, so it comes back to the spot of the play. It's a tough break for us.
anybody guy help interested might reason staff talk
We're interested in anybody who might be able to help us and for that reason we're interested in a guy like (Rison). But, this is something as a staff that we have to talk about,
managing primary priorities rightfully role
My primary role is really the on-field product, which is our players, ... Most of my managing priorities are there, and rightfully so. That's enough on my plate.
emotional football momentum played saw
We never saw this coming. They played emotional football and, for the most part, they really had momentum and control.
knock majority october run
We have to run the first ball, first. To run the table, you have to knock the first one down. If we run the majority of the table, we should be okay. We have to be an October team.
leg overwork smart takes tire
We don't want to overwork him and tire his leg out, ... We've just go to be smart there. We'll see where that takes us.
asked evaluate hard phases pull three until
We were going to pull him after one, then he asked to take one more .... . I think he was off on some. It's hard to evaluate until you see the film. But we have to look at all three phases of the game.
dropped games helped three
Three games ago (in Winnipeg), we probably dropped about three (passes) that could have helped us,
consistency needed
We needed more consistency there, ... We're going to look at some different options.
run
It has been a long run and a long grind.
anticipate ready team
They've got nothing to lose. They're going to get out there and just go play. They executed well (against Edmonton). They were ready to go from the first play on. That's the team we anticipate we'll play.
ways
There's two ways to look at it: We know what they do best, what we need to attack, and vice-versa,
decision management
It's a management decision and it's a decision that had to be made, and it is what it is.