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aklawitter
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he of the 1100 career yards?
given the O schemes used here, i would say that parker would have had pretty much the same impact as iannuzzi
given the O schemes used here, i would say that parker would have had pretty much the same impact as iannuzzi
Agreed. Parker's getting all the headlines because he had a breakout game against our back-ups. Big whoop.
He only had 443 receiving yards all year. Iannuzzi only had 91, but wasn't given many reps. While that may say something about Iannuzzi, I believe he should be getting more playing time at the wide or field side receiver position. He's a very under-rated punt returner too. He's a straight ahead runner that gets up field in a hurry and has good wheels.
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He only had 443 receiving yards all year. Iannuzzi only had 91, but wasn't given many reps. While that may say something about Iannuzzi, I believe he should be getting more playing time at the wide or field side receiver position. He's a very under-rated punt returner too. He's a straight ahead runner that gets up field in a hurry and has good wheels.
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Parker has had some serious stretches of being ice-cold. Good speed but inconsistent hands; I can count multiple games where he has had multiple drops. And even though he wears the dark eye-shield, you can tell the guy fights it big-time in his head when he gets the dropsies. And a lot of the ones I have seen were total gimmes.
I think it was last year during one game where the commentators noted he needed to change his approach big-time. Not a great attitude, runs lazy routes and relies too much on his speed. And as noted, not consistent actually catching the ball.
And besides, Marco is one smart cookie! Didn't you see he is in the final of Canada's Smartest Person!
I think it was last year during one game where the commentators noted he needed to change his approach big-time. Not a great attitude, runs lazy routes and relies too much on his speed. And as noted, not consistent actually catching the ball.
And besides, Marco is one smart cookie! Didn't you see he is in the final of Canada's Smartest Person!
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If you want to complain about that maybe you should complain that the Lions shouldn't have made the trade and used the pick on Coehoorn who has been more productive than Parker.
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For the record the deal amounted to Parker, Akwasi Antwi and Matt Walter for Iannuzzi, Hugh O'Neill and Yannick Sage. Having selected O'Neill the Lions then shipped Sean Whyte to Montreal for a 2012 pick that would turn into a piece in the trade that allowed them to move up to take Jabar Westerman while Edmonton took Paztor in BC's slot.
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Hindsight on drafting is often 20/20, so I'm not going to speak to drafting decisions.David wrote:Agreed. Parker's getting all the headlines because he had a breakout game against our back-ups. Big whoop.
He only had 443 receiving yards all year. Iannuzzi only had 91, but wasn't given many reps. While that may say something about Iannuzzi, I believe he should be getting more playing time at the wide or field side receiver position. He's a very under-rated punt returner too. He's a straight ahead runner that gets up field in a hurry and has good wheels.
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As for the on field observations, though, Please. Ianuzzi's the Dean Valli of Special Teams. And he spent much of 2014 just kind of hanging out at the wide side receiver position.
I forever shake my head on why Iannuzzi continues to choose to play in the CFL. A Harvard grad could put his intelligence to good use & make far more $$$ in the business world than risk scrambling his brains (as he has done twice before) 
as a backup wide receiver / punt returner.
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Networking Bosco, networking! Lots of potential clients he meets on every pass route.Bosco wrote:I forever shake my head on why Iannuzzi continues to choose to play in the CFL. A Harvard grad could put his intelligence to good use & make far more $$$ in the business world than risk scrambling his brains (as he has done twice before)
You're as old as you've ever been and as young as you're ever going to be.
that is no puzzle to me.Bosco wrote:I forever shake my head on why Iannuzzi continues to choose to play in the CFL. A Harvard grad could put his intelligence to good use & make far more $$$ in the business world than risk scrambling his brains (as he has done twice before)
I could have been the worlds foremost genius with multi million dollar job offers, but If I could have played ball, I would have, just for the love of it.
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He appears to use the Lions for self promotion purposes. Keeps his name out there not for his efforts on the field, but for publicity of his business interests. The Lions are not great in developing Canadian receivers. Why keep them if they are never going to play as receivers and actually get passes. They have wasted Stephen Adelkulu, never all season given a chance.
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It doesn't appear to me to be the case, so if you could site some examples of what you claim about Iannuzzi, it might help prove your point.ballhawk wrote:He appears to use the Lions for self promotion purposes. Keeps his name out there not for his efforts on the field, but for publicity of his business interests. The Lions are not great in developing Canadian receivers. Why keep them if they are never going to play as receivers and actually get passes. They have wasted Stephen Adelkulu, never all season given a chance.
