Wally Buono
Wally Buono
Pasquale "Wally" Buono CMis the general manager, vice president of football operations, alternate governor and the head coach of the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League, and one of the most successful head coaches in league history. He spent 22 years as head coach of the Calgary Stampeders and the BC Lions, which is tied for the most seasons coached all-time. On September 19, 2009, Buono became the CFL's all-time winningest coach when his Lions beat the Toronto Argonauts...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth7 February 1950
draft fine guy higher means might pick quality
It means a guy you might not have got, you'll get. Sometimes the quality of the draft is that fine that one pick higher makes a big, big difference.
improvement patient personnel teams whatever
I wanted to see improvement or we were going to make moves. I said I was not going to be patient with the veterans, the ones who didn't show enough improvement. It's part of why we're 9-0 and other teams aren't. We feel that we made better personnel decisions, for whatever reasons.
addition address believe concerns definitely experience helps paul special strength
The addition of Paul definitely helps us address some concerns that we've had, and I believe his experience will add strength to our special teams.
hoping wrap
We're hoping before Feb. 16 comes we can wrap this up.
gives offense position starting
We're starting with much better position defensively which gives our offense more opportunity.
ball careful game production running
We'd like more production out of a lot of things, our running game is one of them, ... You have to be careful you don't try to do what isn't there. You can try to run the ball 20 times but if you have very little production it doesn't help.
bad call criticize good great momentum
They had the momentum at that time. Was it a good call or a bad call? I'm not going to say it was a great call, and I'm not going to criticize it.
point tricky
A very tricky situation. Some of the salaries are at the point of being out of whack, really out of proportion.
address area concern guy kicking proven track
Kicking was an area of concern and one way to address it is to get a guy with a proven track record.
front playing pressure takes
He's playing two-thirds of every game. He takes a lot of pressure off those front guys.
coach
If you're a coach and you want to win, you play like you want to win,
bring guy risk taking worth
He's a guy worth taking a risk in. We'll bring him in to see where he's at.
according bobby compared confident fairly pay team value
I am not confident that we can get it done before tonight. We want to pay Bobby fairly and according to his value on the team and his value compared to other players.
came hope protected score work
I hope we can play better than that. Sometimes the score is distorted. We did what we had to do. We came on the road, we got the win, we protected the quarterback. We did all those things, now we just have to keep it up and get back to work Monday.