It's reassuring that Wally knows all that is needed to know about the Hamilton offence and defence, and that he does not need to utilize the inside knowledge that can be provided by Jerome Dennis.The former Lion brings with him not only a lust for payback, and a zest for the game as a special teams demon and extra defensive back, but he possesses inside intelligence on Ticat schemes and players.
“I know the [Hamilton] defence inside out. I pretty much know the offensive scheme,” Dennis said. “I’ll leak all of that to my new team. I’ll let everybody know anything we need to do to win. I’ll sit down with the players and coaches and share my knowledge. Individually, I’ve already gone to Geroy [Simon] and told him how he can beat his man.”
He’s already handed over his secret Ticat decoder ring and polyalphabetic encryption machine to analysts at the Lions Surrey headquarters. But head coach Wally Buono seems curiously unmoved by this unexpected windfall of intelligence dropped in his lap two days before Friday’s game.
“Hamilton’s going to play a tight man coverage. They’re going to blitz sometimes, and drop off at other times,” Buono explained. “Tell me something I don’t know. I don’t need Jerome to tell me that.”
Not even a little adjustment? Maybe a tendency here or there? Maybe how they disguise a blitz? Maybe what tendencies they see in the Lions' offence? Or the tendencies they see in the Lions' defence? Ah well, an opportunity missed ...
