Ticats turn focus to 2026 after heartbreaking end to 2025 |
It’s difficult to fathom a more heartbreaking way to lose a playoff game than on a walk-off field goal, with zeros on the clock and a Grey Cup berth on the line.
It’s also difficult, if not impossible, to understate the magnitude of that type of agony for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and their faithful supporters, given they haven’t celebrated a Grey Cup victory since 1999.
But two months after the latest gutpunch, president of football operations Orlondo Steinauer chooses to focus on the positives rather than wallow in the could-have-beens from the Eastern Final.
“We’re obviously extremely disappointed in the outcome,” Steinauer said earlier this week during CFL Winter Meetings in Calgary. “I thought we played hard and we didn’t find a way to win.”
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The Montreal Alouettes won 19-16 on a 45-yard field goal by José Maltos Díaz.
“I’m super proud of our people and everyone involved, from the coaches to the players,” Steinauer said. “You have to reflect on how we were able to get to that game and how we can possibly have a different........