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The success of any organization starts at the top — as evidenced by this year’s edition of the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

The Green and White has a legitimate chance of finishing first in the CFL’s West Division. The last time the Roughriders accomplished this feat was when Rob Vanstone most recently wrote a good column. That would be 2009.

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The Roughriders’ first-place season of 10 years ago just happened to coincide with the club bringing me back, so I’d have to think that was a big part of the success too.

OK, maybe not.

Two people who did deserve a huge amount of credit were the general manager and head coach.

Eric Tillman’s ability to gather personnel and win games shouldn’t be questioned. His uncanny ability to find gems of players and move his roster around for wins to occur was unmatched by most GMs in the league.

Upon arriving in Saskatchewan that year, I met the head coach, Ken Miller. I wasn’t sure what the future in the CFL had in store for me, but Ken rejuvenated my enjoyment of the game. The day-to-day dealings with Ken made it seem like football was fun again.