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
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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.
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I am getting other calls. There are a number of scenarios we would entertain.
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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.
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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.
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If you're a coach and you want to win, you play like you want to win,
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You can't put a value on the confidence (Miles) gives the (Tony) Tillers and (Ryan) Philips and Sam Youngs.
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Kicking was an area of concern and one way to address it is to get a guy with a proven track record.
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He added a lot of flair and excitement to our organization and we wish him the best.
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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.
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He's playing two-thirds of every game. He takes a lot of pressure off those front guys.
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He's a guy worth taking a risk in. We'll bring him in to see where he's at.
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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.
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A very tricky situation. Some of the salaries are at the point of being out of whack, really out of proportion.
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This resolves a big issue that we thought we would have to come to a conclusion on fairly quickly.