Hetherington ... fans call for patience

[OV - 54:40]

At this most crucial part of the season, frankly the situation is the kid is severely under qualified for his positioning on the depth chart.

The worst thing to have done was to throw him to the wolves with so much pressure riding on him to perform under the circumstances of the occasion, when both Green and Anderson have a vast pool of experience between them, and were available to play.

I am not knocking the kid’s potential nor the fact he may well become the next Geroy Simon, but rather I endorse what has been said in his favor, just that now was just not the right time to started him.

So, you think Lyle Green - a RB by trade with basically zero game experience as a receiver and all the finesse required there - running routes, etc., or Anderson - definitely showed very good receiver skills in the past, but hasn't even been on the roster all year, would not be up to speed with the current play-book, and who knows if he is in game shape now, should deserve the start over a guy who has been practicing the position all year with the team and who was an accomplished receiver in college ball? - could be i guess.

I don't think you have to worry much for the future on this one though - my guess is that Hetherington's all of 2 drops plus a couple of other gaffs will have sealed his fate for very little playing time for Wally in the future.

[Coast Mountain Lion]

Surely Lyle Green would be a better option than Heatherington.

Or even in a worst case scenario start Glatt as the 8th NI and slide Arceneaux or Wilson inside.

Glatt could probably catch the ball better than Simmons/etc etc etc.

Excuse me?

What?

Just slightly tongue in cheek

But he does have seven INTs in his Lions career. More than most of them had catches (whose job is to catch the ball) in the short time they were here.

[B.C.FAN]

But he does have seven INTs in his Lions career. More than most of them had catches (whose job is to catch the ball) in the short time they were here.

Glatt does have excellent hands. I enjoy watching him take reps with the wide receivers before games.

[Canuck_4_Life]

Let's use Rufus Skillern and Ryan Grice-Mullen as the measuring stick for dropped passes.

Sure, Hetherington dropped one vs Edmonton, but Skillern dropped 4 in one game last season and still managed to stick for a while. GH has 2 things working for him:
1)He Canadian
2)He's young

[Lionheart]

PM also hasn't played for two months plus, he needs to work off some of the rust too.

What rust? He's been kicking for weeks. No, we got the best of Paul that game, which is the same as before he got injured.

Back to Whyte now please.

[Lionheart]

Did the title of this thread get changed?

Well I'm a fan and I'm NOT calling for patience, I'm calling for the practice roster.

Brutal game.

Next year kid.

Maybe.

[squishy35]

Did the title of this thread get changed?

Well I'm a fan and I'm NOT calling for patience, I'm calling for the practice roster.

Brutal game.

Next year kid.

Maybe.

One of the mods changed the title of the thread.......

[Tighthead]

I don't see how cutting Hetherington helps our NI receiver depth.

[pennw]

If he was cut and picked up by another team and then developed into a good receiver , wouldn't we just feel great about it .

[Rammer]

If he was cut and picked up by another team and then developed into a good receiver , wouldn't we just feel great about it .

First off, Hetherington was already cut and picked up by the Lions after a season out of football. Secondly...here is what the Lions think of his performance.

In his first start, receiver Greg Hetherington had two drops and a holding penalty, prompting coach Wally Buono to state Bret Anderson would play in Winnipeg if needed.

[Spud387]

If he was cut and picked up by another team and then developed into a good receiver , wouldn't we just feel great about it .

First off, Hetherington was already cut and picked up by the Lions after a season out of football. Secondly...here is what the Lions think of his performance.

In his first start, receiver Greg Hetherington had two drops and a holding penalty, prompting coach Wally Buono to state Bret Anderson would play in Winnipeg if needed.

I think this is more of a case that Wally is going with the proven players in crunch time, cold weather play. Hence PM for Whyte and BA for Hetherington. I don't think this is the end for Hetherington, but I think Wally understands this is the wrong time to work in a rookie for he will be better with experience, he needs the results now.