It’s up to players to execute: Campbell
WINNIPEG Rick Campbell isn’t about to mess with success. The Ottawa head coach said if scoring off the football field helped his team get to the Grey Cup, he’s fine with his players getting lucky this week as the Redblacks prepare to face the Edmonton Eskimos on Sunday in the CFL title game. Campbell, in his first CFL championship contest as a head coach, offered a brilliant answer when asked the traditional question about pre-game sex at the annual Grey Cup coaches news conference Wednesday. “It’s my job to put guys in the best position to have success, whether that’s on or off the field,” Campbell said with a straight face. “So I guess I’m going to give advice more than a policy. This would probably apply to most of our players and coaches and it mirrors our football team is that the odds aren’t good and no one gave you much of a chance, but if you pay attention to detail and you execute and you do it with zest and enthusiasm, anything can happen.” Campbell’s deft answer left Edmonton head coach Chris Jones almost speechless. “How do you top that?” he asked. THE BAD OLD DAYS: JC Sherritt can’t forget how tough it was to be an Edmonton Eskimo two years ago — and neither does he want to. The fifth-year linebacker said remembering the CFL club’s miserable 4-14 record in 2013 makes this year’s trip to the Grey Cup that much sweeter. “From an athletic standpoint, it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever gone through in my life,” Sherritt said Wednesday after Edmonton’s practice. “To go through that adversity, to lose like we were losing — just that whole situation made you really grateful for what you are involved in now. To be a part of that change and to watch the culture shift, all these things take place, you’ve just got to be grateful.”