Tillman the genius...
Yesterday saw some more incredible news out of the Toronto Argonauts when new head coach [ Sporting Madness , Sept. 9] Don Matthews announced [ The Canadian Press , via The Globe and Mail ] that he would start backup quarterback Cody Pickett in place of Kerry Joseph Friday night against Calgary. Now, Pickett did play well in relief of during the Argos' 39-9 loss [ James Mirtle , The Globe and Mail ] to Winnipeg Friday night, completing nine of his 13 pass attempts for 100 yards, but that was his first game action for the Argos. It's a risky move by Matthews, but one perhaps justified by Joseph's poor play, and as Duane Forde pointed out on TSN yesterday, benching, reducing or changing the role of established players in favour of unknowns has given Matthews two Grey Cups (changing Pinball Clemons from a running back to a slotback in 1997 and benching running back Mike Pringle in favour of an offence centred around then-unknown quarterback Anthony Calvillo in 2002)....