Toronto Argos fire GM Jim Barker after missing CFL playoffs
Posted January 24, 2017 9:14 am.
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The Toronto Argonauts have fired general manager Jim Barker.
The move comes after Toronto finished last in the East Division with a league-worst 5-13 record.
Barker spent six seasons as GM, winning a Grey Cup in 2012.
The 60-year-old California native was in his second stint with the Argos.
He assumed his first CFL head-coaching position with Toronto in 1999 before returning to the U.S. in 2001 to be an offensive co-ordinator with the XFL-champion Los Angeles Xtreme.
Barker rejoined the Argos as head coach in 2010, leading the franchise to the playoffs for the first time since 2007 and earning CFL coach of the year honours.
He assumed GM duties Dec. 10, 2010, when Adam Rita’s contract wasn’t renewed and became the full-time GM prior to the 2012 season when he hired Scott Milanovich as head coach.
