Hambone wrote:DanoT wrote:No question that the Lions intentions were
but McCallum is a feisty sort who had no intentions of retiring and his kicking for the Riders proves his worth. He just got beat out by younger, stronger, cheaper Leone. So, yeah in hindsight the Lions should have just released him but the Lions did misjudge McCallum's reaction to the situation.
IMO BC handled the McCallum situation as well as was possible. The only thing I could've seen them doing differently was to have released him outright without giving him the opportunity to bow out gracefully. McCallum has proven his worth as a Rider and that's as a one dimensional kicker who can still make a 45+ kick if he has a tailwind. I'm curious to see if the Riders don't try to land Sean Whyte, 15 years PM's junior, as someone who can give them a longer term solution.
Wally certainly gets how players react differently to bad news and it's hard to know how to do this. But let's face it with Wally. He will always get a player before his best before date as that is in his DNA. He will not wait and say Oh Oh, I should have cut him. This is the guy who used to say 'My job is to find a better player than you.' As an aside, too bad he didn't do this as effectively as when he was HC..lol.
Paul Mc no doubt is pissed at the lack of loyalty to him as he strongly believes this new kicker is just here punching a ticket to the NFL for next season.
Lui Passaglia made his own decision on retiring and he retired after 2000 on his accord and possibly Paul now settled in his business here felt the Lions would do the same for him.
They used to make a big deal of Lui's shorter kickoffs and I'd laugh at every game Lui played how it was just not happening as they planned. I'd have settled for Lui with the knowledge that if I wanted a short kick off he'd deliver.
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Until the 80s playing and coaching I have seen lots of injuries but before the 80s the Achilles seemed not to be the issue with ankle injuries. Now they are. One article suggests to me that the level of work these guys are doing to prepare and get in shape may be a bit of a contributor in terms of "overuse."
These days even amateurs are bigger, stronger faster and in better condition than when I played sports at a high level.
My two stars did Achilles with NO ONE near them. One was on a breakway on turf and just went down like he'd been shot. The other jumped up and heading a cross in the back of the net and fell like he'd been shot from the grassy knoll. NO ONE touched him.
http://patient.info/health/achilles-tendinopathy < Not directly related to tears though.