Comment from Saskatchewan Rough Riders head coach Ken Miller
"The disparity in the score does not reflect the difference in the two teams"
I had to go back and check the score again and sure enough it was Montreal 43 Saskatchewan 10
Now if that doesn't reflect the difference between the two teams, I am left wondering what does?
Is it the fumbles, the interceptions, the turnovers? Is it the Rider defense that had to stay out on the field for almost three quarters of the game? Is it an offense that couldn't move even when the defense got them the ball several times?
Is it the lack of quarterbacking that failed to move the offense? Is it poor Steven Jyles who got to come into the game in a
garbage cleanup role when their was no chance of coming back?
To me the score 43 - 10 accurately reflected the difference in the two teams. Montreal has a championship quality team, the Riders, without an experienced quarterback are far from that.
Kent Austin brought hard nosed, no excuse, no reason to accept mediocrity football to Saskatchewan and the result was a
Grey Cup championship. The Danny Barrett era featured lots of losses and lots of excuses for every loss.
Hopefully we are not headed back to that.
A final comment - the fans, hopefully few in number, who booed Anthony Cavillo after he tied Ron Lancaster's record are
in a word, classless.
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