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Originally posted by Sundeep Malhi+Feb 2 2005, 01:01 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Sundeep Malhi @ Feb 2 2005, 01:01 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-calf@Feb 1 2005, 09:03 PM
Sundeep: 1) the element of surprise counts for a lot, 2) would 'the most conservative coach in the cfl' pull out a fake punt at a time when a team's not expecting it?
Hell, I hate the 'smos, but I thought it was brilliant timing. Maybe you're just p*ssed off they lost. Fair enough.
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Even if it was the right call, there was no reason the Eskimos, with that talent, should have finished 9-9.
Higgins made plenty of baffling decisions, and was never respected in general, by the fans or players.
It's too hard to say if he's an improvement over Dunnigan.
We'll see. [/b][/quote]
It isn't hard to see at all if he is an improvement over the fans. He obviously is. The fact that you try to put him off as a bad coach shows your bias towards everything that is edmonton, as shown in other threads. The fact of the matter is that all CFL experts agree that he should not have been fired. Maccoica may be a decent replacement but is only where he is thanks to Higgins.
Higgins is a big improvemant on Dunnigan an if yuo wan to dicount all he did for edmonton then go ahead and do that but realize that you are not getting a better coach in Danny as many times when they lost the games they have in the past couple of years on wa thanks to the offense.
There is a reason that Marshall left after Higgins was fired.