John Gregory, who died Dec. 12 at age 84, transformed the sskroughriders from a perennial doormat into a Grey Cup champion. CFL Riders
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Baker had actually planned a more exhaustive head-coaching search than the one that took place. The initial intention was for the process to extend into the early stages of 1987, but a review of Gregory’s candidacy stopped all that. “There was nothing to be gained by continuing,” Baker told reporters on Dec. 18, 1986 — only 10 days after he had been hired — while announcing that Gregory had become the CFL team’s 42nd head coach.Article content“I’m very pleased with John Gregory. His experience is excellent, but the thing I am most pleased about is the kind of man he is — a very mature individual with tremendous integrity.
The team was in such miserable shape financially that a telethon, held in July of 1987, was required to keep the community-owned franchise afloat.Advertisement 4Only once during that span did the Roughriders post a winning record .
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