Trash Talk: Ticats vs. Riders
Find out what members of the Tiger-Cats and Roughriders had to say about this Saturday’s game in this edition of Trash Talk…
“Would like to thank every1 for the support we will bounce back #Positive”
Ticats DE Stevie Baggs (@StevieBaggsJr), Twitter, July 9
“The key to success is to be better today than yesterday… I am a man with a vision”
Ticats OL Marwan Hage (@MarwanHage), Twitter, July 9
“Still, it’s something that we need to overcome. Maybe a few challenges for us outside of the lines might be a positive for us to build some extra character. We need something to motivate us because we need to show up in Hamilton.’
Roughriders DT Keith Shologan, Leader Post, July 11
“It’s important for your quarterback to be in a rhythm. Taking out your starter for a couple of series takes him out of a rhythm and the other guy doesn’t get into a rhythm.”
Ticats Head Coach Marcel Bellefeuille, Hamilton Spectator, July 14
“It’s important for our players to start having more fun and start playing looser. We have to not worry about making mistakes. When you’re a little tentative, you’re a step too late.”
Ticats Head Coach Marcel Bellefeuille, Hamilton Spectator, July 14
“We talked and it’s important for our players to have fun and start playing looser,” Bellefeuille said. “They have been working their tails off and it’s to the point now where I want them to play fast and loose.”
Ticats Head Coach Marcel Bellefeuille, Toronto Sun, July 14
“If you’re going to get off the field and make the defence go right back on, at least put seven points on the board – or three,” Durant said. “That gives them extra motivation. If we keep going two-and-out, punts, interceptions, fumbles, whatever the case may be, those guys start hanging their heads a little bit.”
Roughriders QB Darian Durant, Leader-Post, July 14
“I told the players that all we’re trying to do is win a ball game and that starts with Hamilton. You’ve got to go to Hamilton, which is a tough place. They’ve got a good football team and it’s going to be a tough environment. I think this is a toughminded group. We’ll show up and we’ll get after it.’
Roughriders Head Coach Greg Marshall, Leader-Post, July 14
“Just touched down in Calgary. We backed up a little bit to get a better running start at Hamilton. #WestJet #Waggle”
Roughriders WR Jason Clermont (@JasonClermont), Twitter, July 14
“We need to sustain drives and give those guys a chance to rest so that they come on the field fresh each and every possession. The main thing is to just put more points on the board. You may hear talk about the defence if we won, but I guarantee it wouldn’t be at the level that it is. We definitely can help the defence out. Even if (the opponents) score 50, we have to score 51.”
Roughriders QB Darian Durant, Leader-Post, July 14
“This is the second week in a row the coaches have made some subtle adjustments to what they are doing and to try and make it simpler and create more opportunity for these guys. End of the day though it comes down to execution and players have to execute the game plan and the coaches have made adjustments to help them do that.”
Ticats Head Coach Marcel Bellefeuille, Toronto Sun, July 15
“I’d like to say that my explosiveness and my height, obviously, are my advantages but I like to stretch the field and I like to block. And, in this league, a lot of big plays are made down the field, so blocking could be my big advantage.”
Ticats WR Bakari Grant, Hamilton Spectator, July 15
“I’m not sure who it’s more of a relief for — myself or Darian (Durant, the Roughriders’ quarterback). Obviously, it’s important for us to have him in the lineup. He’s been productive and then, on top of that, it would have created some ratio issues. We’re very happy that he’s going to be a go.”
Roughriders Head Coach Greg Marshall on WR Chris Getzlaf, Leader-Post, July 15
“You want them to be on edge. You don’t want them to be content with the way we’ve played the last two weeks. I don’t think anybody in that locker-room is and no one on the coaching staff is. We’re going to try to channel that into positive emotions.You don’t want them to become tight and pressing. You don’t want them squeezing their sticks. You just want them to go out and play fast and try to make plays.”
Roughriders Head Coach Greg Marshall, Leader-Post, July 15
“Anytime you go two games, there’s a sense of urgency. We’ve got 16 games left and we’ve got opportunities to get ourselves back on the right track, but we’ve got to begin this week.We need to get a win and then week by week climb back to .500. Then we can go from there.”
Roughriders LB Barrin Simpson, Leader-Post, July 15
“The frustrating thing has been our execution. We’ve got to execute better. That’s the key to us playing good defence. It’s not so much what other teams are doing to us, but it’s what we’re doing to ourselves.”
Roughriders LB Barrin Simpson, Leader-Post, July 15
“What’s our Mission.. Ti-Cat Tradition! Let’s live up to it tomorrow..”
Ticats RB Avon Cobourne (@AvonCobourne), Twitter, July 15
“Gameday it is…time to be great!!!”
Roughriders QB Darian Durant (@DarianDurant), Twitter, July 16
“Its a Gr8 day to be a Ticat oskeeweewee… #leggo”
Ticats DE Stevie Baggs (@StevieBaggsJr), Twitter, July 16
