CFL/LCF : a men's man ?

Is it a surprise ? Réjean Tremblay ("La Presse") and Jack Todd ("The Gazette") also do not share the same taste in men.

Last Monday, Réjean Tremblay boldly walked aout of the closet and confessed that Jim Popp was "too good looking". Otherwise, he would not be presently so criticised. And nobody would mind his driving a Hummer.

A couple of days later, Jack Todd described Jim Popp as a "short", "chubby" "nerd", the kind of guy meant to drive a Honda and to stick to it.

Unfortunately, according to Todd, Popp the nerd dreamt of being in the spotlight and fulfilled his dream by becoming the Alouettes head coach, while keeping his nerdy GM day job (and a few other titles which would make for a rather long business card and probably do make for a nice payday).

Then, the nerd changed, not just his car, but also his looks. He basked in media attention.

But the tale moral is : a nerd a day, always a nerd; Jim Popp was not meant for the spotlight, even less for the head coach position.

Worse for Popp, there is a second, shocking, tale moral : Tremblay and Todd are suddenly in agreement: the too good-looking nerd should say good bye to his coaching gig but remain the Alouettes' General Manager and return to the obscurity that suits him so well.

If he agrees to, he may be allowed to keep his Hummer and the media may still turn the spotlight on him at times if he promises not to waste more than one hour of their precious time as was the case for his season post mortem press conference.

Does the guy think he is Fidel ?

(P.M.)