The Toronto Sun's Steve Simmons takes a look at the Argonaut's use of Ricky Williams after four weeks of regular season play. Despite the high profile of the NFL star, the returns on investment so far haven't been too great.
While it no doubt takes time to learn the intricacies of the CFL game, the yardage totals and turnstile turns aren't rolling upwards as first hoped. Check out the story below.
Ricky Williams a good idea gone bad
By Steve Simmons
Canoe
Sunday, July 9, 2006
What seemed like such a good idea at the time -- the one-year Ricky Williams experiment -- is turning out to be an expensive disaster for the Argonauts.
Wins are down. Attendance is down. Whatever early fascination there was seems lost. And attempting to over-involve Williams in the Argos offence only has bogged down a team that was beaten again yesterday, 24-17, by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of all people.
It isn't necessarily Williams fault, but on a wide field and playing a different game, the Bombers' Charles Roberts looks the part of a Pro Bowl running back while Williams can't even seem to pull off what Canadian Jeff Johnson managed a year ago.
Yesterday, Williams' numbers were dismal. Nine carries for six yards running behind a rather inept offensive line. One run mattered. One play excited people. And that was it. (Johnson had 12 yards on two carries).
If the reason to come out and watch the Argos was Ricky Williams, it now is not much of a reason. Quickly, the Argos' season is going up in smoke, and after four games and just one win, that's just a bad one-liner.
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