B.C. Lions hire Ed Hervey as GM, Buono to stay on as coach for 2018
SURREY, B.C. — When the B.C. Lions were shopping unproven backup quarterback Mike Reilly on the trade market after the 2012 CFL season, Wally Buono got turned down by a number of fellow general managers as he searched for a deal.
One that agreed to listen was Ed Hervey, who was less than two months into his tenure with the Edmonton Eskimos.
“Ed stuck his neck on the line, made the trade and reaped the benefits of it,” Buono recalled. “(Reilly) helped that organization win a Grey Cup, and made that organization into a contender every year.”
Hervey and Buono will now be working together towards that same goal in 2018 after the Lions announced a major front-office shift Thursday aimed at turning around the club’s sagging fortunes.