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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Recapping Tuesday's Cage

A solid two hours of sports talk radio on Tuesday as Global's Derek "Duke" Meyers joined me to discuss a variety of topics.

We talked about Brett Favre's legacy and whether or not he is hurting himself and that legacy by continuing to play as he did the other night. I think he is and that people are now just shaking their head at him asking why he continues to fight on when its so evident that its over. I don't find him to be a warrior anymore. I find him to be rather pathetic and that's too bad when you look at the great career that he has had.

Bruce Boudreau's f-word filled rant in the first episode of HBO's 24/7 was entertaining, but while its getting a lot of press, I've come to the point that "swearing" has just become commonplace in pro sports these days whether it be the athlete or player. Some of you called in to say you have no time for that especially in minor sports. I wholeheartedly agree with that as there should be no coach at any high school or minor level throwing out curse word after curse word, but in the junior hockey and football ranks along with the pro game, its going to happen and its going to happen a lot so we should just get over it.

Dan Clark from the Riders joined us. Dan has a new contract from the Riders in his backpocket which I'm sure is a great Christmas gift. I really like the fact the Riders stocked the cupboard with four Canadian offensive linemen because they are so important to the CFL. You can never have enough good Canadian o-lineman. With Gene Makowsky and Jeremy O'Day in the twilight of their careers, the team has made sure they have guys who can step in. All four have impressive resumes, but then again a PR staff does have to try and make a guy look good, but when you have CIS all-star attached to it, you know you are good.

Now that the Riders have re-loaded at o-line, I threw out the question what area does the team need to upgrade in. Duke says the Riders need to find that stud d-lineman that can be on the other side from Brent Hawkins so that we have a John Chick-Stevie Baggs scenario. I think linebacker is where the team has to re-load. I don't know if Sean Lucas will be back seeing he is a free agent, and while Byron Bullock and Jerrell Freeman are good and can step in, you need to keep the cupboard full. If Freeman goes to the NFL, a hole is created. I also think this could allow Tad Kornegay to go back to being a defensive back. Some of you felt that what is needed the most is a guy who can flip the field in the return game. Brendan Taman thought Dominique Dorsey was that guy, but the experiment failed---at least last year. There was no return game even when Weston Dressler was out there so what do you do. If Jim Daley is relieved of his special teams duties, does it mean Dorsey gets another chance? That's up to the new head coach---and I don't think we will know who that is for another couple of weeks.

2 comments:

Red said...

I disagree, I think that the riders need a def tackle. We need a push in the middle and chunkys best days are behind him. We need to stay ahead of the curve and find a young def. tackle. A nice xmas gift would be a 24 year old Nate Davis or Scott Schultz. Hopefully the potential of a NFL strike keeps Freeman here. The man is a stud and needs to be an everydown player , we have to try and entice him to stay and give him some cash. We also need to try to get Bullock in the line up more , he is going to be a good one.

Anonymous said...

Larry Taylor would be worth a look at training camp as a returner for the Riders.