It appears the public campaign put on by his former players was exactly what Mark Kilam needed to get his first CFL head coaching job as he was officially introduced by the Edmonton Elks on Monday. “The thing that stood out the most was the overwhelming amount of support from the players that he’s coached and the lives that he’s touched out there. I went through the interview process and I called players and there was not one candidate that the players were more excited about than Mark,” said new general manager Ed Hervey. “There’s many coaches we could have selected to come in and coach with experience and all these other things, but for what we need to accomplish in Edmonton right now and moving forward — getting people excited and being able to touch lives and be able to really create that environment where the players feel that someone cares about them — there was no question who was going to get this opportunity.” Rob Maver, who punted for the Stampeders for 10 seasons under Ki...