November 3, 2012

Eric Tillman. (QMI Agency file photo)

Eric Tillman is the Edmonton Eskimos general manager no more.

“I have spent considerable time looking at the future direction of this club and did not see Eric as a part of this team moving forward,”said Eskimos President and CEO Len Rhodes in a press release. “We will begin our search for a new general manager immediately and hope to have a successor in place by the end of the calendar year.”

Tillman has been a general manager for 12 years, and joined the Edmonton Eskimos in 2010.

More to come...