Ti-Cats vs. Lions Game Day Thread

[MexicoLionFan]

Khari Jones found his genius in the final minute of the game...bold play calling, and he trusted in his young OLine to get the job done and they did...but we have some serious coaching issues on this team...

[Lions4ever]

Attendance 24,236

Hamilton and Ottawa are the worst draws. Even in mid-80s we would get 25,000 for those teams

Apparently the BC Lions aren't that big of a draw either.

[burnt_orange_2]

Is Stubler bsck to coaching our defence?

Sure looked that way.....until the 4th Q.

[sj-roc]

Attendance 24,236

Hamilton and Ottawa are the worst draws. Even in mid-80s we would get 25,000 for those teams

Apparently the BC Lions aren't that big of a draw either.

Heck, the ENTIRE league isn't much of a draw this year. We've discussed amongst ourselves here and we've heard in the media how the entertainment value of the games just hasn't been there so far this year. On this type of landscape, ticket sales have nowhere to go but DOWN.

[Lions4ever]

Apparently the BC Lions aren't that big of a draw either.

Heck, the ENTIRE league isn't much of a draw this year. We've discussed amongst ourselves here and we've heard in the media how the entertainment value of the games just hasn't been there so far this year. On this type of landscape, ticket sales have nowhere to go but DOWN.

Yep. To say most of these games have been duller than dishwater would not be an unfair statement. What's the speculation on the over/under for a Tuesday nighter in Toronto (actual in-stand attendance)? 7,000? 4,500?

Brutal

[sj-roc]

To say most of these games have been duller than dishwater would not be an unfair statement. What's the speculation on the over/under for a Tuesday nighter in Toronto (actual in-stand attendance)? 7,000? 4,500?

Brutal

Oddly the Argos on Tuesday hit a season-high for (announced) attendance at 18,106. No idea how much of it was papered, but one would think there had to be some.

On the matter of gridiron ennui, Stickler referees are taking fun out of CFL.

It wasn’t a particularly banner night for the crew headed by Kim Murphy [at BC Place on Aug 8 for the Hamilton game], who needed replay to overturn a blatant pass interference call missed on Keynan Parker of the Lions. Umpire Gord Unger also got in the way of a pass intended for Emmanuel Arceneaux.

“The most important thing is where to we find a place [on the field] for the umpire,” said Benevides.

At least neither team was happy.

“That game was not refereed fairly and I don’t care if they fine me,” Ticats veteran Marc Beswick of Langley told the Hamilton Spectator. “I care about the game being fair. If you don’t believe me watch the film.”

Sure enough, Beswick was fined by the CFL Wednesday.

What gets players riled as much as the strict application of the rule book is that there is no public scrutiny from the league for missed calls by officials.

“We get fined for little things. Why isn’t everybody held accountable?” said Taylor. “There’s just a lot of crappy calls.”

And while coaches want players to be at their violent, though legal, best during a play, it’s not always easy to shut off emotion merely at the sound of a whistle.

“If there’s a rule, the refs have to call it. The question that should be asked is what is the league trying to do?” said Solomon Elimimian of the Lions. “How do you take emotion and passion out of the game?”

It’s easy, said Taylor. Nothing more needs to be done other than to enforce the current rule book, which may partly explain that at a time when penalty numbers are climbing rapidly, average league attendance is off by nearly nine per cent.