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CALGARY - Dave Dickenson says he doesnt mind waiting another year to get his first opportunity as a CFL head coach. Patrice Bergeron Jersey .John Hufnagel announced Wednesday he will be back on the sidelines next season as he tries to guide the Calgary Stampeders to a second straight Grey Cup title, but he said he will hand the reins over to Dickenson, the teams offensive co-ordinator, in 2016.I have one more year left on the field coaching, Hufnagel said on Wednesday afternoon. Then, Dave in Year 2 will become the head coach and Ill move up to just be the general manager. With that program in place, I dont think that theres a whole lot of talking necessary about another team.When asked if hed still consider talking to B.C. general manager Wally Buono about the vacant head coaching position with the Lions, Dickenson said hes not even considering that option.Im not leaving, said Dickenson, who was announced as a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fames 2015 class last Friday. Ive said that a million times. Im staying here. I dont know if hes planning on calling or not. I respect Wally, love what hes done. Hes been really good to me, but Im locked in here in Calgary. Im very happy to do that.The Stampeders are coming off a 20-16 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Sundays Grey Cup final. Its Calgarys second CFL title since Hufnagel took over as head coach in 2008.We put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into this one man and (its great) for Huff to finally get one again, said linebacker Keon Raymond, who referred to Hufnagel as probably the best coach Ive ever played for in my life.I appreciate and I admire coach Hufnagel so much, Raymond added. To have this opportunity to make this run with him — seven years — Im overjoyed with.When told of Raymonds comments, Hufnagel said he appreciated the compliment.It was very flattering, he said. One thing I try to do is build a relationship within the locker-room of trust and part of that trust is them trusting me and it goes from there.Dickenson also had high praise for the man he referred to as one of his coaching mentors.This is Huffs team and hes done just such a great job, Dickenson said. Im glad hes coming back. I told him that after the game, Dont do anything crazy now. Come back here. Hes just really, to me, a guy that we can all lean on and he showed what a great coach he was this year. I want to keep working with him for many, many years.Running back Jon Cornish wasnt shocked to hear of the plan to have Dickenson to take over as coach in 2016.I think that a lot of players were surprised, Cornish said. I wasnt. Hes been the associate head coach and has sort of been the No. 2 guy here for quite some time now, so its just nice to see it official.Now that hes had time to celebrate the Grey Cup win with his staff and players, Hufnagel said hes going to turn his attention to more pressing matters related to helping the Stamps defend their title next season.Right now its full steam ahead and trying to get some players signed up and talking to their agents, Hufnagel said. Hopefully we can have some good luck with that over the next couple weeks.Among the list of prospective free agents on the Stamps is Brett Jones, the CFLs Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman.Brett has a lot of things on his table right now, Hufnagel said. He is getting NFL interest. He wants to try to pursue that. Thats going to be a wait-and-see game. If things dont blossom down south, then hopefully hes wearing the red and white next year.Defensive end Shawn Lemon confirmed that he already has a dozen workouts scheduled with NFL teams, the first on Friday with the Washington Redskins.I wouldnt play for another CFL team but Calgary, so well go from there, said Lemon, who could test the free-agent market. Ive expressed that to the management already. I want to do those workouts and see what happens.Other potential free agents include Stanley Bryant, Brandon Smith, Micah Johnson, Edwin Harrison, Keenan MacDougall, Glenn Love, Simon Charbonneau-Campeau, Brad Sinopoli, Matt Walter, Hugh Charles as well as 11-year veteran receiver Nik Lewis.Obviously were not going to have everybody back, said quarterback and Grey Cup MVP Bo Levi Mitchell. We wish we would. We have a great team, we have a great mesh and we have a great locker-room. Theres going to be some surprises for sure — none that I know of yet. When they come, Im sure theyll hurt, but Im sure well go out and get people too.Like Hufnagel, Mitchell said he enjoyed being able to celebrate the championship win, but that hes ready to start preparing for next season.Its over, we won it, so back to work for the next one, he said. We know that theres a lot of hard work that we have to put in and I know that Im going to push myself that much harder to become that much better. Jakub Zboril Jersey . Modin, 36, tallied seven goals and three assists in 36 games with the Thrashers this season. The Sundsvall, Sweden, native has posted 232 goals and 230 assists in 894 career NHL games with Toronto, Tampa Bay, Columbus, Los Angeles and Atlanta and has appeared in 57 post-season contests, helping the Lightning capture the 2004 Stanley Cup Championship. Brandon Carlo Jersey . TSN Hockey Insiders Pierre LeBrun and Bob McKenzie both reported Thursday that there have been ongoing trade discussions between the Oilers and Los Angeles Kings over forward Sam Gagner.John Gibbons got a new years bonus of sorts from the Toronto Blue Jays. According to ESPN.coms Jerry Crasnick, the Jays managers contract option for 2016 automatically kicked in on Jan. 1, 2015. The option guarantees Gibbons a full 2016 salary. The 52-year-old skipper is in his second stint as Jays manager and has guided the team to a 157-167 record over the lasst two seasons. Charlie McAvoy Jersey. . Over parts of seven seasons managing the team, Gibbons has posted a 462-472 record, good for a .495 winning percentage. The teams 83-79 finish in 2014 was its best since 2010 and earned them third place in the American League East for the first time since 2007, the last full season on Gibbons original Toronto tenure. 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