Sad news: The Hamilton Tigers cats head coach has announced his retirement due to his….
Hamilton — Ed Hervey has been promoted to general manager, and president of football operations Orlondo Steinauer has given up his head coaching responsibilities as part of a significant reorganization plan unveiled by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Tuesday.
In December 2021, the Ticats added front-office responsibilities to Steinauer’s position as head coach, which he had held since 2019. He will continue to oversee the football operations division. The decision was dubbed a “collective decision” by Steinauer.
Steinauer told reporters on Tuesday, “You don’t make a move like this if you’re not really sure the direction you want to go.” It’s a different task in the end.
“To put it simply, I wholeheartedly support this choice. I have no wish to be mediocre in any way. My goal is to excel in all I do.
A new coach will be announced later this week, according to the Tiger-Cats.
In December 2021, Hamilton hired Hervey as an assistant general manager. He was the general manager of Edmonton for four seasons (2013–16) and Vancouver for two seasons (2018–19).
Hervey led Edmonton to victory in the 2015 Grey Cup.
Working with Hervey, Steinauer remarked, “It became very apparent to me why he’s been entrusted to run two different organizations.” “He just has that experience; he’s run day-to-day operations, run drafts, and made big decisions.”
“It seems like we have three general managers here,” he continued, mentioning assistant general managers Drew Allemang and Spencer Zimmerman.
The football operations team, Hervey, and Steinauer have a busy off-season ahead of them in Hamilton. Bo Levi Mitchell, a veteran quarterback who signed a three-year, $1.62 million contract with the Ticats, is uncertain about his future after being restricted by injuries in his debut season as a star player for the Calgary Stampeders.
Sometime in January, Mitchell is expected to receive a sizable six-figure roster bonus. If Hamilton chooses not to pay it, Mitchell will become a free agent.
Receivers Tim White, veteran linebacker Simoni Lawrence, and quarterbacks Matt Shiltz and Kai Locksley are among the players who will be available for free agency.
Hervey stated, “We have to concentrate on what the core of our roster starts to look like. There are some other decisions that have to come down the line.” “You get to choose the composition of the roster once our coaching staff and all of the players are in place.
We are simply going to go through a line-by-line (review) of that, regardless of the free agents we want, who we want to maintain in the organization, or how we draft. And that is proceedingto provide us with the possibility to assemble the roster we desire.”
