Even as a former player I sometimes forget how important football is to the players and how important winning is to all players, especially a championship.
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you are at the stadium watching the individual introductions you cant help but
notice the watery eyes of just about every player on both teams in the moments
before they run on to the field to play in the Grey Cup. It is a moment. It is
impossible to determine what is going through a mans mind that would make him
cry in such an enjoyable event but there it was in perfect jumbotron colour -
player after player almost losing control as their name is about to be
introduced in front of 50,000 people in stadium and millions on TV. If anything,
you would want the opposite to happen, to stay in control and be calm and
focused. Yet 24 players could not hide their emotion and it was so evident how
important the moment was to them in a most personal way. In an athletic world
dominated by a desire for positive revenue streams it was the tears of pre-game
that was the moment for me. Nobody can tell me that money was more important
than winning the 2014 Grey Cup to those so directly involved. The eyes showed
the truth. For Calgary, Bo Levi Mitchell took a step from good to great in this
game and that was tangible. His calmness under stress was so evident all game
and his physical skills were as well. Dave Dickenson as an offensive coordinator
had a good day. How do you have a good day as an offensive coordinator? You see
your plan unfold in front of you in a detailed way. By using Jon Cornish as a
possibility and not as a reality it just seemed to be enough to open any - and
at some moments - all opportunities down field. Dickenson was a great player, is
a great coordinator and may have the opportunity to be a great head coach in the
near future. His mentor John Hufnagel has trained and influenced him well. With
the Ticats so many of their missed opportunities were taken away in many cases
by their own actions. The penalty on the return by speedy B Brandon Banks had to
be called. If it had not been called that official could lose his job and
credibility. I detest football penalties and the poetic moment for Hamilton
would have been something historic but the right thing happened, however
painful. In the end it was a good Grey Cup that was sold out contrary to reports
of the opposite. And in the end the best team did win, with a record 17 wins and
only three losses. The Calgary Stampeders now get a Grey Cup ring, and they
earned it.
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Jerseys . Sizemore, who turned 29 on Jan. 4, has been limited to six games
over the past two seasons because of an injured left knee that twice required
surgery. He originally got hurt on Feb. 25, 2012, during a fielding drill in
Oaklands first full-squad spring training workout and had surgery that March 21
to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
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Jerseys . Certainly not Monday night. George Hill took care of the early
work, scoring a season-high 26 points, and Paul George closed it out by scoring
11 of his 26 points during a decisive second-half stretch that finally allowed
Indiana to pull away from Minnesota 98-84 for yet another win.
http://www.cheapsacramentokingsjerseys.com/ . Doug Fister allowed two runs over seven innings and Washington hit three solo
homers in a 6-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.Daniel
Bruno: Do you guys feel any affinity towards the young canadian players coming
in the NBA now like Wiggins, Bennett, Thompson. People talk about Vince being
the guy to influence these young players, but you guys were also a part of
growing the game in the country at that time.Alvin Williams: Well i got a chance
to work with the Canadian team a couple of years ago with Jay Triano. He brought
me back and I met a lot of the young players. They showed a lot of respect, they
showed a lot of appreciation just through their communication with me, so yeah I
feel a connection with them and it just feels good to be a part of there
upbringing. To what degree Im not sure, but its always good to have a piece of
that.Antonio Davis: I think when were playing this game we never really know the
effects and what is actually going on outside the basketball floor. All we know
is that weve got each others backs and were trying to come out here and win. But
when you come to Toronto, theres a different set of circumstances, were trying
to over throw hockey as well (laughs). Were trying to get people to love this
game the way we love it and if anything came out of that we were definitely
appreciative of it, but i think these guys would have caught onto the game
eventually. I just think that we brought a little more sexy, is maybe the word
for it, so that the fans would want to go out and experience what we were
experiencing.DB: So, the Raptors are celebrating their 20th Anniversary season,
which you guys are a part of. Over those years, the Raptors have gone through
three distinct "looks", the original purple dinosaur look, the purple
front/black back look of the early 2000s and the red/white look. Which one of
these was, or is, your personal favourite.AD: Ahh, I dont even know about that
(thinking).AW: I think I like the purple/black one with the black in the back, I
think I like that. I do like the red though because it gave you a little
different feel to it, but I like the purple the best.AD: Actually, when I was
coming here my kids liked the whole Barney thing, so I like those first early
jerseys because I was the man in the crib when Id come home (laughs). Id have a
t-shirt on or something like that and theyd be going crazy.DB: So Alvin, you
have a pretty good relationship with Kyle Lowry and a lot of people see
similarities between your demeanor on the court. Antonio, What are some
similarities you see when watching Kyle after playing with Alvin all of those
years.AD: I always say for me, I obviously always watched him play from behind.
And to me, he set the tone with what we were doing. You know, hed be out there
locking somebody up, whether it was full court, as soon as we cross half court
or wed see him down in the stands. You just saw this aggression you know what I
mean, so anytime youre looking at that it just kind of carries over and every
body kinda takes on the same tone. And I see that now, Kyle Lowry is out there
showing passion, you know he wants to win, hes doing everything that it takes
and all of those other guys are just falling in line. And its an incredible
thing to watch.(Getty Images)DB: Do you guys know who has your lockers now on
this team?AD: I dont even know because I havent been in there, so im not even
sure.AW: They changed the locker room now, so...AD: Oh, they did?AW: Its not
even the same, its like a oval thing now, its not like a block like when we
played. Its fancy in there now.AD: Ya, they fancy now (laughs).DB: (Laughs)
Well, Drake is the global ambassador of the Raptors, as you know, and hopefully
this will help recruit some players to the city. Back when you guys played, who
was a rapper or pop culture star that would have helped sway you towards a team
if they were the “global ambassador?”AD: (Points at Alvin) Thats the hip-hop
dude right there, theres probably a bunch of them that woulda swayed you!AW:
Nahh...AD: Cmon, give me one good oone, what you got?AW: I was a Biggie Smalls
guy and a big Jay-Z guy, so someone like that.
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Jerseys. Someone that you know, well, its cool to see Drake and his
passion, its cool to see him there, he can relate to the young guys and the
young guys can relate to him. Its a good combination.DB: So, in honour of
Movember, people are growing out there best staches. Out of you two, who would
look better in a stache? And if youre having some trouble picturing it, I used
some technology to help make it happen.AD & AW: (Hysterically laugh for
awhile)AD: (Composes himself) Im trying to see who Al looks like! He looks like
somebody I know, but I dont know who (starts laughing again).AW: Um, I dont
really like that (laughs)... Tone looks really happy though. Like really happy!
Head to the side..DB: Moustache is curling up nice...AD: (Still laughing) That
stache, yo. Wow! Im so glad we didnt do that. This whole stache/beard thing that
they got going on nowadays, Im so happy Im not a part of that.DB: So, lets go
back to that 2000-2001 season. Whos someone on that team that doesnt get the
recognition that maybe you guys and Vince get for the success of that team. Who
was the unsung hero that deserves some credit.AD: Hmmm.AW: You got a lot of
players, I think Dell Curry was a guy...AD: (nodding his head) Ya, I was gonna
say Dell.AW: He was a guy that would just come off the bench and open everything
up for you. And I dont know if you know, but as a point guard it just made it
easy. You just give him the ball and you know what hes gonna do. And I know, I
can speak for Tone, when Tones setting screens and youd have to leave someone
like Tone as a defender because you have to chase Dell. So, Tone would get a lot
of slips, tip-in baskets and such, so Dell Curry I think was the guy. Hed bring
us back, hed keep us in games and stretch games out because of his ability to
score the basketball.(Getty Images)DB: Thats interesting, do you guys remember
Steph Curry as a kid being around a lot, shooting the ball and whats it like
watching him play now?AD & AW: (Share a look and shake their heads, almost
in disbelief)AD: Wow, yeah its crazy...AW: Its unbelievable to see, and now back
at home I use him for an example. You know, its not an accident that hes as good
as he is because he stayed in the gym. Even when we played games, hed go into
the practice facility at shoot. Wed get there for practice and hes already there
just putting up shots. He and his brother, Seth. They were just always around
basketball.DB: Do you guys have a favourite Charles Oakley story?AD: One we
could tell? (Laughs).AW: I dont have one (winks).AD: I would love to tell one, I
just dont know if we should.DB: (Laugh) Thats fair. Who do you guys think is
going to be the first Raptor to get their jersey hung in the rafters at the Air
Canada Centre? Is he playing now, has he not come yet, is it Vince?AD: I
remember we were talking about this earlier, I dont see how it wont be Vince. I
think with all of the excitement and buzz that he brought to Toronto, you cant
help but think that he kind of lit that match to the fire. And its continuously
burning now, through all these young Canadian guys in the mix and its just taken
it to another level. And fans here now are more open to having a team like the
Raptors carrying the flag for the country. #51972788 / gettyimages.com DB: Can
you guys go BarDown?AD: I cant even get on the ice.AW: I can.AD: Nooo, you cant!
Get outta here!AW: (Stares at Antonio with a smirk and raised eyebrows... Both
burst out laughing).....(After the interview)AD: (As were saying our goodbyes)
Hold on before you go, I need that picture of us with the moustaches
(laughs).(Sees it again, starts laughing and puts the picture onto his phone)AW:
(Smiling and shaking his head at Antonio)AD: This is good to see every once in
awhile, man! (laughing) And im gonna figure out who you look like, Al!
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