Thought I would make sure you guys know that Luke Tasker is son of former, awesome special teams NFL player Steve Tasker. I heard it somewhere.
You could not give them away? Well if true, your a bad salesman. I bought tickets off someone and would have easily taken yours for a small price, if you let this board know they were available. Are you using your tix for the season closer?
I was the biggest McCune supporter. It's obvious that due to him not playing anywhere else professionally, it's not a huge mistake, replacing him. Older players just "lose it", overnight it seems, and their careers are over.
This should be in the Emry thread, but since it's here . . . while McCune had an excellent season last year, I don't feel Emry has been a major step down, all things considered. He has had a very solid second half of the season, and he's a NAT which allows us to play an INT somewhere else. The fact we have had long-term injuries to three starting NATs makes his nationality status all the more important. And the fact is that even with McCune, last year's defence was far from good.
Yeah Ticat fans are crying about the offside call:
"Too bad they needed a gift from the official making up a phony offside call on the biggest play of the game to do it. The Ticats had a legit 3rd down stop and were still up 3 and getting the ball back. Instead Toronto was gifted a TD. Typical CFL."
I don't think Emry has been a big step down from McCune who couldn't cover as good as Emry IMO. He was ok against the run but he also had Ball beside him and he hasn't been replaced IMO. Jones and Ball would have been quite a combination, but Emry is doing ok and we need him bad right now for the ratio. This low draft pick Miles is doing ok on a part time basis, as well as Yurichuk. Mix and match rotate what ever and the opposing teams can't key on them. Worked ok yesterday. Now if they were playing against Ricky Ray that might be trouble.
Someone on Ticats.ca blew a screenshot of that up and it showed that Plesius lined up offside. It wasn't by a lot but he was clearly offside. Some Hamilton fans were complaining about a hold that wasn't called on the first Toronto TD and they blew that up too and they may have been correct on that. However, there was a blatant hold by #50 of Hamilton on Aston Whiteside on the second Hamilton TD that wasn't called so that evens it up. I also wondered a bit about the first Hamilton TD when it appeared that Tasker pushed Alex Suber down before going to the ball but, considering that offensive interference is rarely called, I wouldn't have expected them to make that call.
Chad Kelly + Dan Adeboboye + David Ungerer + Damonte Coxie + DaVaris Daniels + Dejon Brissett = Unstoppable Force
Don't forget Ravi that after it was shown that Plesius was offside that some Ticat fans tried to complain that Barker was outside of the rectangle that coaching personnel/team members are supposed to stay within.
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One of my favourite things about Saturday's game was that we passed to Zander Robinson three times. That's approximately the right frequency, I think; any more often and defences will start respecting our TEs as receivers. All three passes were completed, although one was wiped out by a penalty. Despite limited action I've noticed some improvement in his play. He no longer tries to juke defenders or run sideways to exploit blocking (thank goodness) but just heads upfield with the ball as he should. He needs to work on surviving contact and protecting the ball, and giving him the ball in the middle of the field isn't a good idea (yet), but hopefully he'll continue to develop. Luke Willson is never going to be an Argo, but I think we should keep trying to find similar players.
I am thinking Barker was photo shopped behind the official...also Ti-Cat fans say Barker was yelling in that officials ear about the offside. How they know that based on a photo is impressive.
Honestly though, if you are going to call a defender for having a finger nail offside, then should calls be stricter on receivers crossing the neutral zone before the snap?
Yes, I noticed Whiteside get tugged as he approached Collaros on the Banks TD...I did not however notice Suber get pushed by Steve (I mean Luke) Tasker, I thought he fell on his own?
Yes could not give them away. The game itself, and my price should have sold the tickets, not me. I would say to you if the Argos can't get more then 20,000 out to a important game with a population of 4 mil to draw from.......then not many really care outside of the small Argo world. Ottawa tickets were exchanged for another game in the season.
Chad Kelly + Dan Adeboboye + David Ungerer + Damonte Coxie + DaVaris Daniels + Dejon Brissett = Unstoppable Force
One down two to go, we have to run the table.
Of course, next week's game is the crucial one.
The thing I love about the Argos is the fact that they never quit. When the pressure is on they come out and perform.
A lot of fans of other teams in this city can't say that about their team.
The answer is probably nothing. It's a statistical oddity that most pro football teams with really good or bad turnover ratios don't repeat that stat the next season. So chances are the recipe will be the same as recent games -- grind it out, overcome mistakes, stay close, and find a way to win in the 4th quarter.
I'll take the very ugly win. Was very happy with the D and the pressure we put on Collaros. Two straight games against them and Collaros doesn't get the chance to toss a hail mary on the last play of both games. Love It!!!
Two puzzling things happened late. It sure looked like a second safety for us and the officials placed the ball on the Cats one. I's swear that Sinkfield landed on the goal line.Why didn't Milanovich challenge that? The other was why wouldn't they have taken a time count on the last field goal that Waters ended up missing? They could have killed more time. On third down it's not a loss of down and we still would have been in Waters range.
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