5 Takeaways from Stamps loss to Lions: 'It doesn't look like us'

Dave Dickenson called his team’s performance Saturday night “hard to watch.”

No doubt he’d be hard pressed to get an argument from anyone.

In what seemed like a flashback to the last few years, the head coach watched his Calgary Stampeders struggle from front to back in a 52-23 colossal loss to the visiting BC Lions at McMahon Stadium.

Yeah … it was ugly — and it wasn’t this year’s version of the Stampeders.

“Hard to watch, because it doesn’t look like us,” agreed GM/head coach told reporters post-game. “But give BC credit,” continued Dickenson. “First off, they were more prepared and they beat us up. And they did. They kicked our (butt). So … you know … that’s just the way it is. It’s one game that was very ugly.

“Can’t really say that anyone played well or coached well.”

He’ll get