Riders head coach Ken Miller released a statement on the Matt Dominguez situation this morning. Here it is....
Over the past several weeks, we have had numerous questions regarding Matt Dominguez and the upcoming season. Making a decision in this matter has been a very complex process, as we have attempted to strike a balance between our profound respect for Matt and our health related concerns, given his unfortunate history of knee injuries. Matt is far more than just a football player in the eyes of this organization. He is a highly respected person who, along with his family, has invested significantly in our community, living here year round. He is, and always will be, beloved by the Rider Nation." "Regarding his most recent knee surgery, to Matt's full credit, he has worked very hard this off season, making substantial progress. And, our medical staff has done an outstanding job of keeping us up to date relative to his improvement. At this time, however, we feel the prudent decision is to enter training camp with the strong group of young talent we have assembled, and make any further decisions, if needed, after evaluating our new group very carefully." "In making this decision, we are not closing the door completely on Matt's career with the Roughriders; but, if he should choose to pursue an opportunity elsewhere, Matt will certainly do so with our gratitude and very best wishes."
4 comments:
So to basically transcribe the above, it would be Ken Miller saying unless every receiver we have gets hit by the injury bug like last year that the days of number 88 catching passes for the Riders are done. I would have to think this is the end of line for MD as no other team has picked him up. We will never know how good he could have been.
Mike
This isn't that surprising. I agree with Mike. We will never know how good Dominguez could have been had he stayed healthy. Hopefully the Riders make him a goodwill ambassador or something. Matt is as outstanding a human being as he is a football player. The team could use a guy like him to go throughout the province during the season.
While this doesn't surprise me, it sucks!!! I was hoping they could find some way to keep him and maybe they still can but it does suck!!
Terry C
Receivers coach Matt Dominguez??? I can't think of a better guy to teach his ply to than 88!!
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