Thoughts

[swede]

The thing that drove Stock nuts was Ryan reverting to his CFL technique. He'd take a 3 step approach when really trying to hammer one. 3 steps = a blocked punt. the ST coach's ultimate nightmare.

...As if that were Stock's big problem.

How many penalties on returns during the Stock era? How many kicks and punts returned against us for big gains during the Stock era? How many blocked punts?

(I checked--2 blocked punts in 2007. Not good, but Ryan's dismissal still smacks of scapegoating to me.)

We're not really much better at punter since we let Ryan go.

[Guiness]

Hey Swede, good to see ya. Seems you haven't been around much lately, or did I just miss your posts?

Ryan was certainly not the calm, cool, collected type. The Scottish/Irish blood certainly shone through there! Tough to decide on a player like that. He had home run potential, and for a punter could really turn the tide of a game, a rare trait at that position.

Problem is, he could turn it either way. I guess GB decided the risk was greater than the reward.