By Lowell Ullrich, The Province August 14, 2011
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More baffling decisions here by the Lions HC and a Lowell Ullrich full out onslaught this weekend with the target Wally and his coaching and scouting efforts:
It can never be proven whether Buono’s insistence that his players try to fight through injuries has a demoralizing effect on the CFL team, but his move to reshape the running game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers backfired miserably.
It was evident from the opening kickoff that a hyperextended knee suffered by Brown a week earlier against the Saskatchewan Roughriders inhibited the explosive capability of the easygoing 26-year-old.
“I couldn’t really play my game,” Brown said after the 30-17 loss at Empire Field. “Coach kept telling me, ‘It’s a mind game, get over it and keep going.’ Sometimes you got to do some things to help the team win. He was right. You really don’t want to miss any games.