Rammer wrote:
Nothing stung more than having to go catch that after thought pass at the end of the game for the continuation of his passing streak. Really though he is playing the role in Regina that Wally described for him here in BC, and he would have had more of a leadership role in BC as the incumbent graybeard vet receiver, not the brought i graybeard receiver with the future HOF resume. Grass is always green in Vancouver, not so much in Regina.
The difference is that the Riders agreed to pay Geroy top $ and Wally only offered $ that was = to the role he was asked to play. You can't blame Geroy for going or the extra $50 to $75K.
Yes he did go after the money, but with that money there was more of a role offered than what Wally offered Geroy here. In retrospect he is playing the role offered by Wally, and he doesn't appear to be liking it much. The catch should be classified in the embarrassment category, it certainly won't show up on any highlight tape of the future HoF'er, but without it that streak is dead.
It is not like Geroy is playing the wide side wide out and is lining up miles from the QB. How often is geroy open might be the answer to a lack of balls thrown his way. And yes that pass at the end of the game to keep Geroy's streak alive was embarrassing . He should have dropped it.
Re: Riders 31 Lions 17 Post Game Comments
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 4:29 pm
by Robbie
David wrote:
Shi Zi Mi wrote: Sadly, Geroy is merely an after thought in the Riders offence........and after ignoring him for better than 59 minutes, they rub salt in the wound by throwing him a meaningless pass in the dying seconds just to keep the streak alive.......not easy to take for a very proud man
It's hard to believe this won't be Geroy's last season in green although, if released, I am not sure who would be willing to take him on - other than the expansion RedBlacks. It could be the end of the line. When it hit home for me was in Regina a couple of weeks ago. He snagged a pass, had forward momentum and looked to turn it upfield, only to be tracked down by another greybeard in Dante Marsh. That never would have happened in the past.
Yes, Geroy is a proud guy, and I was happy to be among the 37,000+ who gave him a prolonged standing ovation for all he's done to raise the team's profile and amateur football. But he's always walked a fine line (like many superstars do), between confident and proud.....and arrogant. I recall several times as a Lion his almost "me first" get-me-the-damn-ball attitude raised some eyebrows in a such a team oriented sport as football.
I was also surpised to see several "anti-Geroy" signs in the crowd last night, calling him a "traitor." Maybe that stung him a bit too?
DH
I guess we now know that Lions can indeed give a standing ovation to an ex-Lion wearing another team's uniform, the same way Blue Bombers fans did the same for Buck Pierce.
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