Saturday, March 06, 2004

Ti-Cats continue to shake off the cobwebs

Credit the Hamilton Tiger-Cats with doing their best to not only increase interest in the CFL in Hamilton, but to increase interest in the CFL from the college ranks. New head coach Greg Marshall, has been putting forward the idea of having a third QB on the roster designated as a Canadian position, giving the league the chance to one day have nine (and hopefully ten) seasoned homegrown Quarterbacks ready to tackle the record books.

As Marshall explains, if that third QB spot was held for a Canadian, they would be able to learn under the experienced arm of a Danny McManus. Marshall says, that with the third QB able to sit back and learn from the old hands the league would be a stronger group and Canadian college football could only benefit from the situation as well.

Marshall who has joined the Ti-Cats from the CIS college ranks, has been showing signs of wanting to shake up the old way of doing things. Breathing some fresh air not only into the tired old Hamilton franchise but giving the league some food for thought as well. If this keeps up it's going to be rather hard to get a good hate built up for the Ti-Cats. With new owner, Bob Young providing some funding and a sense of stability, Ron Lancaster concentrating on getting quality players and Marshall putting forward some radically new ideas. They Ti-Cats are a team to watch, they may even end up rivaling the Saskatchewan Roughriders as Canada's team!

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