Originally Posted by
OV Argo
??? - higher draft picks maybe ?
Guess you don't get the point? The usual suspects are always pi$$ing and moaning about the "thin" Canadian talent pool for the CFL (and thus they bleat for more Americans and reducing Canadian content), yet outstanding college ball players like Boateng or Jordan Herdman get passed over by all CFL teams repeatedly in the draft; and yet when they get to play in the CFL it is clear they are very good, starting calibre players, and easily better than some imports playing the same position in the league; that dullard Desjardins in Ottawa could have selected both those guys in their draft year, and they would be solid starters on the RedBlacks D now (both better than what they had at the positions last season); but better to favor whatever imports he can find at those "import only" positions, and draft back-up H-backs or long-snappers instead ? Mind numbing myopia, IMO. Luckily for Desjardins, they stumbled across local kid place kicker in their own backyard (undrafted though) and he goes on to set all-time pro FG kicking accuracy #s; they might have ended up with an American kicker - with a name US college ball resume, and a "stronger" leg though.
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