{"id":181655,"date":"2026-08-25T01:33:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T01:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/181655\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T01:33:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T01:33:14","slug":"ottawa-redblacks-name-jim-popp-as-a-senior-football-adviser-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/181655\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa Redblacks name Jim Popp as a senior football adviser"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former Toronto Argonauts general manager Jim Popp speaks to reporters at the CFL club\u2019s practice facility in Toronto in 2017. The Ottawa Redblacks appointed Popp as a senior football adviser Monday.Christopher Katsarov\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

The Ottawa Redblacks appointed longtime CFL executive Jim Popp as a senior football adviser Monday.<\/p>\n

The move comes after the 0-10 club fired vice-president of football operations Shawn Burke<\/a> on Sunday. Burke\u2019s dismissal followed the departure of team president Adrian Sciarra, who stepped down six days earlier.<\/p>\n

Popp has spent 28 seasons in the CFL as a coach and front-office executive and has been a part of five Grey Cup-winning teams. He most recently served as general manager of the Toronto Argonauts (2017-19).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to get better, and there is no reason to wait until the off-season to start doing that,\u201d Mark Goudie, the CEO of Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG), said in a statement. \u201cJim has spent 28 years in this league and has been a part of building championship teams throughout his career.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe brings a proven ability to identify players who can succeed in the CFL, and he gives me an experienced and independent football perspective as we determine the right long-term structure for this organization.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ryan Dinwiddie, Ottawa\u2019s head coach and GM, welcomed Popp\u2019s involvement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have known Jim for a long time, and I have a lot of respect for what he has accomplished in the CFL,\u201d Dinwiddie said. \u201cHe brought me to Canada as a player and gave me my start in coaching.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has a tremendous network and a proven ability to identify football talent. I\u2019m looking forward to working with him as we continue to build this team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Goudie said Popp\u2019s appointment is an advisory role through the remainder of the \u201926 season. He\u2019ll join the CFL club immediately.<\/p>\n

Popp spent 21 seasons as the Montreal Alouettes GM (1996-2016), leading the franchise to eight Grey Cup appearances, three championships and 19 playoff appearances. He also won a Grey Cup title with the Baltimore Stallions in 1995.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Former Toronto Argonauts general manager Jim Popp speaks to reporters at the CFL…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[164,224,238,214,212,239,17,211,230,231,227,213,210,235,171,234,143,222,249,215,216,229,225,226,219,240,220,244,245,247,242,246,94,61,243,217,142,233,113,232,241,223,236,237,228,221,218,248],"class_list":["post-181655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-ottawa","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}