
Montreal Alouettes go from model franchise to the CFL basement
These are indeed troubled times for the Montreal Alouettes.
They’ve lost six straight games and appear destined to miss the playoffs for a fourth straight season. It’s been a quick fall from grace for a club that long ruled the East Division and was one of the CFL’s model franchises.
From 2000-12, the Alouettes finished atop the East nine times. They appeared in eight Grey Cup games, winning three.
“(Owner) Bob Wetenhall did a great job of helping to save the CFL and the Alouettes and I was just so proud to play a role in it,” said Larry Smith, the former Als player and CFL commissioner who later served as Montreal’s president. “It troubles all of us who had anything to do with the CFL, no matter what position, to see the Alouettes and the plight they’re in today.”