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The Saskatchewan Roughriders, who were winless at the six-game mark in 2015, have a CFL-worst 1-5 record this time around.

They are a mere one game better after overhauling the football-operations department and the roster.

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How much more progress can the league’s best fans withstand?

Roughriders president-CEO Craig Reynolds surely didn’t hire Chris Jones as the head coach, general manager and vice-president of football operations with the expectation that the team would once again occupy the cellar.

But there is the defence, choreographed by Jones, regularly surrendering upwards of 30 points per game.

There are some empty seats at Mosaic Stadium, even with this being The Farewell Season, and empty feelings after defeats that have become alarmingly routine. Mosaic Stadium, we are told, is a difficult place to play … but for which team?

There are pleas for patience from people who maintain, with some justification, that a rebuilding process can take some time. As one who sat through 11 consecutive non-playoff seasons (1977 to 1987), I can attest to the fact that nobody can simply wave a magic wand and repair everything.