By: Justin Boone
Last week, the switch was flipped on the largest machine ever built, a nine billion dollar science experiment, that stretches 27-kilometres underneath the French-Swiss border. That’s almost 200 CFL football fields in length.
Some physicists believe it will unlock the mysteries of how the universe was created, while others believe it could create a black hole right here on earth. Just when you thought trading Zeke Moreno was the end of the world, these scientists might actually deliver the real thing.
Taking over 10 years to create, and more than two months to power up, scientists turned their informative toy on and held their breathe for a potential doomsday result. Only nothing happened, nothing bad anyways. For all the criticism they faced, the early returns are purely positive, although you can be sure as long this device is operating there will be plenty of detractors.
Maybe that’s the first lesson to be learned from this historic contraption, that while our instincts might scream at us to play it safe and go with the norm, it’s the risk takers who will be remembered and rewarded. Like Dr. Lyn Evans, who was charged with turning the key on the largest research project ever.
So slingshot yourself back to Ivor Wynne Stadium, and the Ticats current situation. GM Bob O’Billovich pulled the trigger on the biggest trade the team has been involved in since the Jason Maas experiment.
The early returns, Cornelius Anthony led the Ticats defence in tackles, and as a group the Tabbies forced five turnovers against a powerful Edmonton offence. The only downside was that the Cats themselves turned the ball over six times, but that’s another story for another day.
The point is whether you’re a scientist or a GM, you need to have the moxie to call a spade a spade when you feel the current state of affairs isn’t going to get you where you need to be. That’s when you have to go against the grain in the best interest of the future of your team.
This isn’t Obie’s first time creating a little friction as he shuffles the deck. He’s made a career of improving the teams he has signed on to and this will be no different, but just like the physics research, it’s going to take a bit of time.
That is of course if a black hole doesn’t get to us first.
