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Losers of three in a row to begin a new season, the Argos are looking and playing like the same old team that ended 2018 by dropping nine of its final 10 games.

Sloppy, far too often lacking execution, devoid of offensive creativity and ingenuity, it reached the stages of laughable late Saturday night when the Argos had a chance to pull off a win.

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But then came an inexcusable kick out of bounds, the beginning of an end to an 18-17 defeat that epitomized all that is wrong with this unit.

Virtually everything associated with the Argos must be and has to be re-evaluated because this kind of performance and lack of awareness has been allowed to fester far too long.

MLSE has shown no signs that it is — or ever will be — completely engaged in this franchise, providing peripheral support when its full attention is required.

It says a lot when one guy, Bill Manning, is asked to oversee two franchises, but everyone knows his mandate is with soccer’s TFC. And that is probably why both the football and the futbol sides of the MLSE empire are operating well below expectations.