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
despite flew good great guys mark played sharp team
We played hard, we played with intensity, we flew around. Were we as sharp mentally? No. Our guys were in a fog. We won, despite ourselves. That's the mark of good team. We're not a great team yet.
chances guys hard played running understand
We played hard but we didn't play smart. Chances are running out on us and those guys better understand that.
calls worry
If you want to win, you make calls like that. If you worry about the consequences, you keep on losing.
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.
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.
added excitement flair wish
He added a lot of flair and excitement to our organization and we wish him the best.
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.
consistent everybody fair football maintain salary structure
Everybody has the same parameters. What we want to do is to maintain a salary structure that's fair and consistent for the football club.
bring draft field goal great grow job looking whether
That's something he has to re-earn. He did a great job for us in punting; as a field goal kicker he has to grow in that. We're going to bring in more competition, whether that's through the draft or looking at an import.
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.
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.
confidence gives sam value
You can't put a value on the confidence (Miles) gives the (Tony) Tillers and (Ryan) Philips and Sam Youngs.
coach
If you're a coach and you want to win, you play like you want to win,