Chris Schultz has passed away

[OV Argo]

Started watching the 91 GC game on YouTube - to get to watch the great Schultzie in action; still say that 91 Argo GC team could match-up with the great 96/97 teams - maybe better overall talent on D; scary talent in the receiving corps (DK Smith, the Rocket, David Williams and Masotti (just emerging as a receiver force); studs on the O-line in Schultz, Ferrone & Beckstead; and Dunigan maybe not Flutie but close in all-time CFL QB talent, IMO; has another CFL team ever had as dangerous a return duo of Pinball & the Rocket available ? Chomyck was a great place kicker back then (but did miss an easily makeable FG early in the game) plus the booming punt leg of Hank the Shank (not a good FG kicker); but Vanderjagt was pretty excellent in a dual role for the 96/97 teams

Notes:

= great era of CFL ball 80s into the early 90s; freezing cold but jam packed crowd in the Peg

- loved the bravado of the Argo D in the player intros - all walking out calmly in the cold with their helmets held high - remember that (watching on TV) like it was yesterday !





- Wayner Gretzky - Argo part owner - interviewed early in the game on the sidelines (RIP Walter)

- these were 2 pass first offences; Stumps offence going mostly empty backfield / 6 pack on offence ( i'm only in the first half so far; they did introduce Keyvan Jenkins & Andy McVey (very solid fullback) as starters, but they weren't on the field much - love to see some CFL teams go to that look now as a change of pace; Huff was the OC for the Stumps then under Wally (?); but the Argo D seemed to stick mostly in standard 4-3 in response ? good thing it was the average at best Danny Barrett at QB for them and not that Flutie guy who led them to GC win the very next season

- counting 10 Canadian Argo starters in the game: 5 O-linemen (CFL time when most O-lines were composed of only Canadians) + Masotti & Kevin Smellie (another solid fullback); and on D - Mike Campbell, Don Moen & David Bovell (at safety - Argos picked him up from the Bummers where he had been a star D player on their GC team the previous season; faded away to a short CFL career ?) = CFL dupe "fans" & media now who complain about Canadian talent & "ratio problems" should be force fed to watch this era of CFL ball, IMO

- Chris Schultz injured in the first half - went down low to just smoke the Stamps DE (Cofield ?) on the play, but caught his thigh in the head - seemed almost knocked -out and took awhile to get up off the turf



Anyhow - great Argo memories, and again - RIP Mr. Schultz; gotta get back to watching the remainder of that great Argo game !