I think the dumping of Kruck coincided with the factory starting to produce defects. Not sure of Jarius and his role as QB coach but when you have good OL coach like Kelly Bates as your RB coach it suggests the OC's coaching room is full the moment JC's enters his lair. Remember Burratto was dumped as he didn't buy the Kool Aid and JC is without a doubt a skilled survivor which in his role is not typical in the current CFL.Blitz wrote:I'm happy that Buck is returning to B.C. He is just a very likeable player. I was sad to see him released after 5 seasons with us but his injury situation made it necessary. Hard to have offensive consistency with his injuries but he is courageous and loves the game.
I like this move because it gives us experience in the backup position and he will be a good fit. I also like it because it makes Toppy very happy and who cannot be pleased when a comrade Lionbacker gets his favorite player back in orange.
Adding leadership to a team is always a good thing. However, in another way, the first move by Wally is to bring in 'leadership' at the quarterback position when we really should have enough leadership being provided by our starting quarterback at that position.
No question though is that Buck will overtake DeMarco for #2 before this season is over.
What is puzzling is that after so many quarterbacks being developed by Buono in the 'quarterback factory' over the years and now we are struggling to find a a decent developemental quarterback. We've gone through 16 of them over the past couple of seasons or so. This is not the Buono Way but at least we're doing better than the Eskimo Way.
I thought they'd have gone to Elliott in short yardage but it is suggested by LU that there was a no love lost issue with the GM and the player - which surprises me.
