text: have the roughriders made a good move by not renewing barret's contract.? personal opinion!!  bad move.  there is no one out there to take his place.   dave ritchie is too old.  the cfl has passed him by.  kent austin is not a team player.  he does not work well with others or accept the opinions of others.  the roughriders being a team that has to answer to a board of directors has reacted to the panic button and have elected to start over again.  look to another period of long term rebuilding.  it is a good thing that there is nothing else in saskatchewan so the fans will keep supporting them.  does anyone no why?? i agree with you. the previous regime was a disaster. the riders were probably doing this good because of barrett, who is a player's coach.  the riders had success because the players generally liked barrett. he should end up on a coaching staff somewhere, because he did a good job.  i think the riders will regress under the new coach likely, and miss the playoffs, while the eskimos will recover from a bad season, and make it in their place. bc and calgary look to be pretty solid teams, while the east is pretty solid with montreal, toronto and winnipeg (really a west team that is playing there to even things out).