Inside the CFL: Alouettes head coach gets results by empowering players

It was mid-September, and the storm clouds had been hovering above the Alouettes for some time. It was clear something was about to transpire.
The Als had just lost yet another close game at Hamilton, their ninth in 12 matches. Kavis Reed, then the special teams coordinator, presented general manager and head coach Jim Popp with the game ball, in defeat, but claimed it was no symbolic gesture — only that Popp had endured a difficult week back home in North Carolina after one of his childre