Interesting that Parades only made one fg north of 45. But more likely a sign of an offence that's actually capable of moving the ball.Hambone wrote:All kickers seem to get somewhat sheltered in that regard these days. CFL.ca used to break FG stats down by 10 yard range increments showing how the kickers did in terms of attempts/good but no longer do so. In terms of FGs of 45 and beyond with season longest in brackets:The_Pauser wrote:McCallum can't kick-off or punt. All he does is kick field goals, and he's been sheltered at that. He wouldn't have a 90% accuracy if he took more 40/45+ yard field goals. Too often I've seen us on the opposition 40 yard line and end up punting. IMO he's done, and we need an improvement.B.C.FAN wrote:Leone has too many NFL options to sign a CFL contract now. I'd love to see the Lions use one kicker who can do everything but McCallum is safe until someone proves they can do all three jobs. You're not likely to find a free-agent kicker with proven 90% accuracy on field goals and a 53-yard range.
Waters - 8 (53)
Whyte - 6 (49)
McCallum - 5 (49)
Hajrullahu - 5 (51)
Medlock - 4 (52) - only kicker to make 2 from 50+
Shaw & O'Neill (combined) - 4 (Shaw 49, O'Neill 47)
Maher - 2 (48)
Milo - 1 (48)
Parades - 1 (47)
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Parades' numbers is a bit perplexing alright. He never has been tasked much with the long ones. Whether that's simply by design or just not getting the chances I don't know. Over his 4 year career he's 162 for 190 with only 15 FGs of 45 or more. Over 4 years he only has 3 kicks longer than 47 to show for it.Coast Mountain Lion wrote:Interesting that Parades only made one fg north of 45. But more likely a sign of an offence that's actually capable of moving the ball.
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Rightly or wrongly (probably the latter), Paul doesn't do the mentor thing. He just doesn't do it.Sir Purrcival wrote:....Might be a better option to approach the situation by asking Paul to mentor his replacement. Get a good young prospect for next season and invest Paul to work with him as a player coach. Paul can still kick the FG's but for ones that might be further out of range, give them to the new guy with the understanding that he is to try is best and who knows, by the end of the next season, we may have a viable replacement. PM has to know his time is near done. Perhaps this can be the beginning of a new era where we harvest some of the wisdom we have nurtured rather than drive it off.
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True, but that was when Paul thought he had years still to go as a kicker. Perhaps now, with the dangle of a player coach/backup P/K should the occasion arise, he may see that as a route to continuing his career in the CFL. He still has the best all time prank feeding the linemen his donuts though....David wrote:Rightly or wrongly (probably the latter), Paul doesn't do the mentor thing. He just doesn't do it.Sir Purrcival wrote:....Might be a better option to approach the situation by asking Paul to mentor his replacement. Get a good young prospect for next season and invest Paul to work with him as a player coach. Paul can still kick the FG's but for ones that might be further out of range, give them to the new guy with the understanding that he is to try is best and who knows, by the end of the next season, we may have a viable replacement. PM has to know his time is near done. Perhaps this can be the beginning of a new era where we harvest some of the wisdom we have nurtured rather than drive it off.
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Without getting into details, was that prank the same as the one Martino ran on the coaches?Rammer wrote:True, but that was when Paul thought he had years still to go as a kicker. Perhaps now, with the dangle of a player coach/backup P/K should the occasion arise, he may see that as a route to continuing his career in the CFL. He still has the best all time prank feeding the linemen his donuts though....David wrote:Rightly or wrongly (probably the latter), Paul doesn't do the mentor thing. He just doesn't do it.Sir Purrcival wrote:....Might be a better option to approach the situation by asking Paul to mentor his replacement. Get a good young prospect for next season and invest Paul to work with him as a player coach. Paul can still kick the FG's but for ones that might be further out of range, give them to the new guy with the understanding that he is to try is best and who knows, by the end of the next season, we may have a viable replacement. PM has to know his time is near done. Perhaps this can be the beginning of a new era where we harvest some of the wisdom we have nurtured rather than drive it off.
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Not sure, I am not aware of Martino's prank, but I doubt that a player would do what Paul did, at least to his coaches.WestCoastJoe wrote:Without getting into details, was that prank the same as the one Martino ran on the coaches?Rammer wrote:True, but that was when Paul thought he had years still to go as a kicker. Perhaps now, with the dangle of a player coach/backup P/K should the occasion arise, he may see that as a route to continuing his career in the CFL. He still has the best all time prank feeding the linemen his donuts though....David wrote:
Rightly or wrongly (probably the latter), Paul doesn't do the mentor thing. He just doesn't do it.
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It kind of makes sense. Why would you want to train the guy who is going to replace you. But Paul is going to be replaced and that is the truth of it. Why not give him the option and let him decide. He has few peers in the game of FG kicking.David wrote:Rightly or wrongly (probably the latter), Paul doesn't do the mentor thing. He just doesn't do it.Sir Purrcival wrote:....Might be a better option to approach the situation by asking Paul to mentor his replacement. Get a good young prospect for next season and invest Paul to work with him as a player coach. Paul can still kick the FG's but for ones that might be further out of range, give them to the new guy with the understanding that he is to try is best and who knows, by the end of the next season, we may have a viable replacement. PM has to know his time is near done. Perhaps this can be the beginning of a new era where we harvest some of the wisdom we have nurtured rather than drive it off.
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