WestCoastJoe wrote:Who's in charge around here?
Team Turmoil.
Does any of this stick to Teflon Wally?
When Casey was winging it last year, he looked like the guy from 2004. With Training Camp and indoctrination this year, he was not the same guy. Too much stuff in his head. In the pocket he was torn between running or staying, meanwhile trying to go through his reads. Then in his uncertainty he was holding the ball like the loaf of bread.
This reflects poorly on the team. And he is a scapegoat. Wally sending a message to the team, and to the football world: I am in charge, and I do not tolerate .... hmmm what does he not tolerate? Messam breaking Jackson's jaw? Sanchez having a tantrum and giving Winnipeg that crucial point? Mitchell blowing the game with a punch to the opponent's gut? Just a message is all it is. It is not really something that will give the team discipline.
It is a shambles ...
For a team to behave like this for a coach with a lesser record, it would be one foot out the door for the coach, perhaps both feet.
But Wally now has his scapegoat, and it will direct the heat away from him, onto Printers, who is obviously the cause of all the Lions' problems.
It is a shambles. You just don't cut Printers because he developed a short stretch of fumbleitis over a game and a half stretch, after he had demonstrated excellent protection of the football up to that point, throwing few interceptions and holding onto the rock. Printers was 4/6 against Winnipeg and threw an unfortunate interception. His meltdown at the end of the game showed a lack of maturity but he was not the only player who had one out there and at least he didn't do it on the football field and cause penalties.
No, Printers is a scapegoat for what is happening right now. He's being used to send a message and deflect attention away from Wally's poor leadership in Winnipeg. However, this is a Wally strategy..blame the quarterback, keep the heat on the players, deflect away all attention from himself.
It would have been wiser to demote Printers to third string until the end of the season and make him earn his way back. At least he provided depth and the fact is that Printers is still our best quarterback, in terms of quarterback efficiency, and production. This is not good football sense but more important to Wally is to place blame elsewhere for our record and his lack of leadership.
Printers showed last season, that he still had the magic. His knee injury bothered him a lot this season. He wasn't as mobile and there is no question that he also got away from his natural tendancies in trying to execute the Chap offence. Chap has never been a fan or a supporter of Printers. It was Chap, in 2005, that hid Dickenson's injury from Wally, until near the start of the game and it was Chap (while never publically stated) that Printers alluded to when he said that there was someone in the organization that did not want him to achieve success,
However, Printers shot himself in the foot. He placed himself in a position with his blow up in Winnipeg to move into Wally's gunsights. Wally needed to cut someone. Its how he operates when things go badly...and has for years here in B.C. All week now the talk will be about Printers and not Wally. I believe we should keep the focus on Wally on Lionbackers, Wally will have the press all over the Printers story, which is exactly what he wants.
I renewed my Season tickets because I knew Casey Printers was gonna Be a BC Lions Player again I never saw issues with Casey even when he was last here the media I think made it worse I dunno I dunno what goes on behind closed doors but Frick the Lions Offensive line been good but how many times do the screw up too seeing how our QB's get hurt or scrambelling Travis Lulay come on now he make's me think he got some skills but I don't think he can be a quality QB we have not had a quality QB since Damon Allen and maybe Dickenson but to me Dickenson looked like a baby out there anyway focus Wally Buono you just lost my support 
