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
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.
level raise respond
We have to raise our level of intensity. I think they'll understand. We have to respond and rebound.
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.
both difficult impressed jay player plays position skill
We were very impressed with Jay as both a player and a person. He plays a very difficult position with skill and intelligence.
When you look at his credentials and what he's accomplished, it's tremendous.
single
Too much is made of that single stat.
improve status stay
We have to improve in all areas, we can't stay status quo,
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.
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.
front playing pressure takes
He's playing two-thirds of every game. He takes a lot of pressure off those front guys.
number scenarios
I am getting other calls. There are a number of scenarios we would entertain.
believe defense last offense special team teams
When you look at why this team is 9-0, I don't think it's necessarily because the offense is that much better than it was last year, but I do believe the defense and special teams are better.
conclusion fairly issue
This resolves a big issue that we thought we would have to come to a conclusion on fairly quickly.