People won't let Vanderjgt forget

[Oarsman]

It sounds like he may lose his job...
http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/25/vanderjagt-may-lose-job-over-alleged-attack

[matchuk]

what an idiot if true

[1argoholic]

Sounds like the little shite deserved a kick in the arse. I don't see this being true. After all the bs he had to put up with I'm sure he had plenty of chances to go nuts on someone. He wouldn't grab a little shite by the neck. Personally if he did then I say big deal. He'd be behind bars if the kids neck was grabbed.

[argomANIA]

I'm not buying it either...Vandy's not like that. I've spent enough time with him to know that.

[1argoholic]

I agree as I got to know him fairly well during his first stint with the team. He was always a great down to earth guy. I remember when he misplaced the Grey Cup. I was bugging him at a bar about a week later. I told him I'd buy him a pint but he's lose it. haha. I've always been a big fan of his.

[Argocister]

Apparently, he was let go from his position yesterday.

[ArgoRavi]

For those who hung around with Vanderjagt in '96 and '97 and then met up with him in '08, had he changed any after his NFL stint?

[ArgoGabe22]

For those who hung around with Vanderjagt in '96 and '97 and then met up with him in '08, had he changed any after his NFL stint?

Great question. I heard he was a jerk in the NFL AKA "idiot kicker"

[argomANIA]

For those who hung around with Vanderjagt in '96 and '97 and then met up with him in '08, had he changed any after his NFL stint?

I started following the Argos in '97 so I didn't know him then. But in '08 he and I would chat practically everyday. Since JY was in Edm that year Vandy was my fave Argo. I still keep intouch with his mom.

[gilthethrill]

It is easy for some people to continue on about other peoples failures. I will never forget Vanderjagt going 6-6 in FG's, during deplorable weather in those back to back Grey Cup victories in 96-97.

[1argoholic]

That idiot kicker thing was over blown. The guy is anything but an idiot. They blow everything out of proportion in the US because that's just how they roll. I can't speak for his return as an Argo because I lived here then. I just know when I was going to plenty of practices, games, meet the Argo nights and bars after games that he was always a great guy. He didn't have his head in the clouds. I would guess you'd have to have a sense of cockiness to be an NFL kicker.

[AngeloV]

Not that I have a problem with Vandy, (I think I was perhaps the only one that was happy when he was brought back over Pre--tough choice but Vandy is still the best FG kicker I have seen) but am I the only one that sees a problem with the people on here defending him but letting loose on Coughman? We're talking about a kid in middle school here--not even high school. There is NEVER a reason to lay a hand on a kid that young.

[1argoholic]

I don't agree if the story is true I just don't believe the story. I need to hear more.