We haven’t heard much about Gil Scott during Grey Cup week. We should be, though, because, in reality, no one has had more influence on the makeup of the Canadian Football League than this super-agent from Unionville, Ont.

For more than 30 years now, Scott has been working and networking quietly behind the scenes — as I hear he is again in Toronto this week — to determine who runs which teams, and for how much.

It was Scott who quietly but surely arranged for two of his long-time clients, Eric Tillman and Kent Austin, to become the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ general manager and head coach, respectively. The ‘Riders are 12-point favourites to defeat Winnipeg in Sunday’s Grey Cup game. Oh, and Scott also represents Brendan Taman, general manager of the Blue Bombers.

But while Tillman, Austin and Taman are focused on Sunday’s match, Scott is thinking ahead — as he usually does — and is in the process of shuffling bodies and shaping the CFL’s front offices and coaching staffs for next season.

Scott has been exploring the idea, for instance, of persuading Tiger-Cats president Scott Mitchell to consider Taman for the vacant general manager’s position in Hamilton. Scott has clout with Mitchell. They’re close friends and former business partners. Mitchell was the only partner Scott’s ever had in his agency.

Scott also represents Adam Rita, GM of the Toronto Argonauts, and sources suggest Rita would like to fill the aforementioned spot in Hamilton. And, if he gets that position, he’d fire Charlie Taaffe as head coach and replace him with the Argos’ offensive co-ordinator, Steve Buratto.

Then there are the Montreal Alouettes, who will dump Jim Popp as head coach, and maybe as GM, any day now. Scott has a bevy of clients who’d be willing and able to fill those spots — including former Calgary Stampeders defensive co-ordinator Denny Creehan — and, again, the agent is working quietly to ensure the right fit.

“Gil Scott has as much say as anyone in our league,” a CFL GM told me the other day. “Check that. He actually has more say. Owners listen to him. Club presidents listen to him. They not only welcome his thoughts, they ask for his advice. He never seeks publicity for himself, but there’s no question that no one is more influential or more important when it comes to the CFL. I’m sure Gil would make a great general manager in this league if he felt like taking a shot at that.”

And, while there is precedent for agents becoming GMs in professional sports, I’m not sure if Scott would want to take over himself in Hamilton — a position he probably could have if he wished. He probably wouldn’t want the cut in pay.

But don’t be surprised if his son Bill, director of operations in the American Hockey League, winds up in management in either Hamilton or elsewhere in the CFL. The consensus is that Bill’s a chip off the old block.

• The main reason oddsmakers have made the ‘Riders such overwhelming favourites for the Grey Cup game is the fact that Ryan Dinwiddie will be starting at quarterback for Winnipeg.

Dinwiddie’s thrown all of 24 passes for the Bombers this season. He was an inconspicuous backup to Kevin Glenn, who broke his left arm last week and will not play Sunday.

Dinwiddie’s almost 27, and he’ll make the first start of his professional career on Sunday against the experienced – and hungry – Saskatchewan defence.

Dinwiddie graduated from Boise State University in 2003 and he wasn’t bad there, but this isn’t college football. THIS IS THE GREY CUP GAME, FOR CRYING OUTLOUD!

Every QB in the CFL had good college statistics. Heck, Michael Bishop was the runnerup for the Heisman Trophy as U.S. college football’s outstanding player, and you know what he did as the QB of the Argos in the Eastern final last week against Winnipeg.

Dinwiddie has been trying to sound confident publicly during his sessions with reporters this week.

“I’m one of those guys where I’m more excited than nervous,” Dinwiddie said, “because it’s my opportunity to do something big in front of an audience and really showcase my talents.”

Easier said than done. The Bombers keep yapping in public about all the confidence they have in Dinwiddie, but here’s what one of their veterans told me on the condition that I wouldn’t print his name (and I won’t):

“Ryan’s talking a good game, and we’ve been told to talk him up, too. But do we really have great faith in him? How can we? He’s never done anything. We’re hoping, but we’re certainly not expecting him to do a lot. We’re just hoping he can manage the game effectively enough and not make too many mistakes. But, deep down, we can’t expect a lot from him. Losing Glenn gives them (the ‘Riders) a huge advantage, there’s no question whatsoever about that.”

• Grey Cup week will be over Sunday night but there will still be a significant party for CFL fans in Toronto Monday night.

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