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Originally Posted by MissTeeks
13 Western All-Stars for the Stamps this year. Ties Franchise Record from 1998.
http://www.stampeders.com/news_blogs..._blog/?id=1939
Offence: Henry Burris, Joffrey Reynolds, Romby Bryant, Nik Lewis, Ben Archibald, Dimitri Tsoumpas.
Defence: DeVone Claybrooks, Tom Johnson, Charleston Hughes, Juwan Simpson, Dwight Anderson, Brandon Browner
Special Teams: Burke Dales |
I am a little surprised Claybrooks made the All-Star because he sat out at least 4-4 games this season but I guess he played well everytime he plays so I guess that's the reason why he made it.
I am not surprised that Burke Dales is the only one that made the All Star for Special Teamers. Our ST were terrible this season. They can't block, they can't cover and our returner is afraid of getting hit. He would rather go out of bounce so he doesn't get hit rather than try to get more yardage. It sucks that other teams can find someone like Thigpen, Tristan Jackson, Yonus Davis and so on but Stamps cannot find anyone even close to those guys. Is it the special team conservative coaching philosophy or we can't just find a good returner? Makes me wonder if Deon Murphy will ever play again after his comment before Huf replaced him with Talley. Murphy mentioned that he always look to run out of bounce to keep him healthy and stay in the league for a long time. Is he kidding? He's a rookie and hasn't really shown much. He's worried about not getting hit a lot? I think he is in the wrong sports.
As for the Semi-Final games. It would be a great pleasure if BC can upset the Riders. I don't care if the Stamps lost to BC the last 2 games at McMahon this season. I don't think the reason BC beat the Stamps were because they outplayed them. It was more like the Stamps took them lightly and they beat themselves on both games. I am just not comfortable playing vs the Riders as Durant and receivers seems to get pumped up every time they play the Stamps.