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No panic here. Rookies with six days of CFL practice on the road against a veteran-laden roster performed about as expected. The defence probably performed better than expected; the offence and special teams not so much.Hambone wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2019 8:10 pmHoly crap. I've just popped in and read this thread. Apparently my expectations based on a team of largely rookies and backups playing under an almost totally new coaching staff with only 6 days of practice are much lower than everybody else. I guess I missed the memo that said I should expect the team to perform like a well oiled machine of seasoned vets in mid-season form. WTF is with the Rider fan-like jump off the tallest grain elevator panic?!?!?
Or how long it took him to tell the Frank Smith story. Must have attended the Squire Barnes school of broadcasting. Talk about everything but the subject at hand.
I rarely listen to radio PBP when games are televised but I loved Moj's call today. He described sets, matchups and substitutions better than most broadcasters, and Giulio Caravatta's honest colour commentary (e.g. his criticism of Brett Boyko's play) added to the authenticity of the broadcast for a diehard Lions fan seeking a mental picture of the action.
Hambone is unhappy with the commentary of the fans.Hambone wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2019 8:10 pmHoly crap. I've just popped in and read this thread. Apparently my expectations based on a team of largely rookies and backups playing under an almost totally new coaching staff with only 6 days of practice are much lower than everybody else. I guess I missed the memo that said I should expect the team to perform like a well oiled machine of seasoned vets in mid-season form. WTF is with the Rider fan-like jump off the tallest grain elevator panic?!?!?
“We’ve got to get better reads there, they’ve got to let the ball go, they’ve got to settle down and relax,” said head coach DeVone Claybrooks. “But you know, it’s the first pre-season game seven days (into camp), so we should get better.”
“We have several young guys, virtual unknowns, that’s why this game was extremely important for them,” Lions’ GM Ed Hervey said at halftime. “It kicks off the start of their opportunity to be the backup. You can never simulate this type of action in practice.”
“We feel our young guys can get it done once the game starts to slow down for them, but it’s very important for our fans and our coaches to understand that we’re in the process of developing young quarterbacks,” continued Hervey.
“We can’t always run to the recycle bin and grab someone for just in case. If there are guys out there and we had to make that move, we would make that move, if an injury (to Reilly) occurred. But at this juncture, we feel very confident in the fact that our young guys need the reps and if you bring a veteran in, the reps are stolen.”
Lions' would-be backup QBs go to school of hard knocks in loss to Eskimos“Do we expect them to be Mike Reilly or somebody who is a veteran’s calibre? No. But at the end of the day, they need to be functional in the offence and they have to be efficient,” said Hervey. “That’s what we expect from these quarterbacks as they continue to go through this evaluation process.”
“We’ve got a lot of work to do,” said Lloyd, who went three-for-six and emerged with the best percentage and the most passing yards, with 53. “We’ve got to get back into our playbooks and produce better, you know. It was a tough day out there for all three of us. It’s a big learning curve. In training camp it’s a slower pace. When you get out here it’s different and it’s something you have to get used to.”
