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What does it say about a football team when as many wins (3) have been produced as the amount of kickers currently with the club?

It speaks to incompetence, arrogance and lack of talent, poor coaching, bad management.

This is bad and as bad as it’s been it can get worse with five games remaining.

Certainly, the loss of Ricky Ray left a huge hole.

James Franklin was brought to town well before Ray decided he wanted to play one more season.

When Ray suffered his horrific neck injury in Toronto’s home opener against Calgary, the Argos turned to Franklin.

Franklin won his first start but the Argos would lose the next three games, including back-to-back blowouts to Winnipeg in a home-and-home series.

Enter McLeod Bethel-Thompson, who rallied the Argos to back-to-back comeback wins over Ottawa and B.C., at home.

Five losses have ensued and in each setback the Argos’ deficiencies, in all three areas, have been laid bare.

Popp brings in Duron Carter, ostensibly to provide a playmaking presence for an offence lacking playmakers, and Carter is barely involved in the offence.

Whether it was how he handled the Franklin situation or Carter, Trestman must be held responsible.

He’s the coach, he’s the primary playcaller, the one individual who sets the tone day in and day out.

No one goes from being a Grey Cup-winning head coach to looking like a rookie bench boss, but Trestman hasn’t been able to adjust and react to the changing landscape with this group.