After missing the playoffs for two straight seasons, the Montreal Alouettes hired Patrick Boivin as the president and CEO, in the hopes of shaking up the struggling team.
Boivin joined Global News Morning live in studio with host Laura Casella to talk about the challenges that lie ahead.
“Tough challenge ahead for me, but for everyone, I think this going to need to be a real team effort,” Boivin admitted. “We have a huge opportunity with a huge blank slate ahead of us.”
The new leader is hoping to turn the team around by working closely with his new general manager Kavis Reed, however, before moving forward some introspection is in order.
Boivin said his experience as the athletic director of the Montreal university will help revive the franchise.
He also worked for the Montreal Canadiens for 10 years under his father who was president of the club, Pierre Boivin.
“Coming into the mandate at Concordia, everything was very similar, the setting was very different, but the context was of a fairly strong need of a change in culture and a change of how things were operating,” Boivin said.