Elks: Edmonton Eskimo Thread: 2018 Edition

[MoontoScott]

D'Anthony Batiste retires today, he was a very good O-lineman for a lot of years even if he was primarily in a relief role last year. It's another hole to fill.

 

[MoneyGuy]

OC Carson Walch is NFL bound. I hope Maas doesn't take on the role.

Eskimos offensive coordinator to take job with Eagles: report - 3DownNation

 

[Gord]

OC Carson Walch is NFL bound. I hope Maas doesn't take on the role.

Eskimos offensive coordinator to take job with Eagles: report - 3DownNation

Good for him. He has talent and it's amazing he gets to work for the champs

 

[MoneyGuy]

I wasn't sure this would happen but my friend, Simeon Rottier, has resigned with the Esks. I have to think this may be his last contract. I knew he wouldn't play the whole season last year as he struggled through camp. If he stays healthy he's a big signing.

 

[Cloned]

Good for him. He has talent and it's amazing he gets to work for the champs

Eh...I liked how he started off the year but didn't feel like he adapted all that well once opposing D-coordinators started adjusting to his schemes.

 

[Gord]

I wasn't sure this would happen but my friend, Simeon Rottier, has resigned with the Esks. I have to think this may be his last contract. I knew he wouldn't play the whole season last year as he struggled through camp. If he stays healthy he's a big signing.

the problem is anytime you have to refer to a player starting with "if he can stay healthy..."

 

[MoneyGuy]

the problem is anytime you have to refer to a player starting with "if he can stay healthy..."

Sim has been checked out and they think he can.

 

[MoneyGuy]

Euclid Cummings' contract voided by the league for criminal charges.

 

[bone]

Euclid Cummings' contract voided by the league for criminal charges.

Dodged a bullet there I guess.

 

[MoontoScott]

Football sure seems to have its bad boys. This must be something more serious than the usual marijuana issues for the league to void Cumming's contract.

I am glad that Rottier is returning. We are pretty thin on the O-line and if you can get another decent year out of a veteran lineman then that's a good thing.

 

[Stoneman89]

Football sure seems to have its bad boys. This must be something more serious than the usual marijuana issues for the league to void Cumming's contract.

I am glad that Rottier is returning. We are pretty thin on the O-line and if you can get another decent year out of a veteran lineman then that's a good thing.

Sexual assault.

 

[Stoneman89]

Sim has been checked out and they think he can.

If he makes it to game 6, I will be shocked.

 

[MoontoScott]

Sexual assault.

Very distressing, do you have a link? I hope the woman was not seriously hurt.

 

[MoontoScott]

Scratch that last request, I found it. This sounds very bad. Good riddance to this guy.

 

[Gord]

odd story though. if the bombers did let the league know, how is it the esks went a whole year with the guy and be able to claim they did not know anything?

 

[MoneyGuy]

Da’Quan Bowers resigned through 2019. Good signing.

Esks Extend Bowers - Edmonton Eskimos

 

[guymez]

Reilly is almost always an interesting interview. I found this interesting even though it is already 10 days old. Thought I would share...

Reilly: Coach Maas already has sent me new concepts

 

[Stoneman89]

Da’Quan Bowers resigned through 2019. Good signing.

Esks Extend Bowers - Edmonton Eskimos

Did they check to see if he had a criminal record first?

 

[MoneyGuy]

The Esks have announced the signing of receiver Torrance Gibson. This is one of the guys they've been pursuing who they're really high on. He's 6' 5" and has played quarterback. They love his athleticism.

 

[Gord]

TERRY JONES: ‘Big Foot’ Hank Ilesic finally steps into Canadian Football Hall of Fame

Hank Ilesic is 58. He’s been retired since 2001. That’s a long time to wait for a phone call.
When he finally received it, from Canadian Football Hall of Fame executive director Mark DeNobile, there was silence on the line.

“I think he probably thought his day would never come or that his accomplishments had maybe been overlooked by the selection committee for once and for all,” said DeNobile.

 

[rboomercat90]

TERRY JONES: ‘Big Foot’ Hank Ilesic finally steps into Canadian Football Hall of Fame

Hank Ilesic is 58. He’s been retired since 2001. That’s a long time to wait for a phone call.
When he finally received it, from Canadian Football Hall of Fame executive director Mark DeNobile, there was silence on the line.

“I think he probably thought his day would never come or that his accomplishments had maybe been overlooked by the selection committee for once and for all,” said DeNobile.

The guy was one of a kind. Miles better than anybody else who played the position and such an unbelievable story too. For those too young to remember. He played for the Eskimos while he was still in high school. Later went on to play in the NFL. I’m amazed it’s taken him this long to get into the Hall of Fame.

 

[MoneyGuy]

I don't remember anyone who kicked the crap out of the ball like Hank. I'm not sure he couldn't still play. He was a kicking demon.

 

[Stoneman89]

I don't remember anyone who kicked the crap out of the ball like Hank. I'm not sure he couldn't still play. He was a kicking demon.

Size 14 shoe size when you're a 17 year old certainly helped.

 

[oilers'72]

The guy was one of a kind. Miles better than anybody else who played the position and such an unbelievable story too. For those too young to remember. He played for the Eskimos while he was still in high school. Later went on to play in the NFL. I’m amazed it’s taken him this long to get into the Hall of Fame.

There was a rumour that Tom Landry travelled to Edmonton to watch Ilesic punt at St. Joe's (I believe). Just the two of them. It's never been confirmed but I don't think it's been ever debunked.

 

[MoontoScott]

I was shocked to learn that Hank wasn't already in the HOF. What were these people thinking?

I don't think I have ever seen anyone kick the ball like this guy could, either in the CFL or the NFL. He was always called Mr. "instant field position" and he was a key piece of the dynasty teams.

60+ yard punts were just routine for Big Foot. When you coupled him with Cutler, arguably the best PK in CFL history then it made a 1-2 combination that was just as big a headache for the opposition as Moon, Kelly, Scott and the rest of the boys.

I don't know why Hank wasn't recruited to the NFL but then again those were very different times in the CFL. A lot of guys didn't see the league as a place to audition for 2 years before getting their NFL shot. They stuck around for years and that of course was what created the dynasty. You had at least 20 key players who were here for a decade.

I don't know if the Landry legend is true but I do remember that someone from the EE was walking across a high school football field and saw him kicking the ball. The rest, as they say, is history.

I am pretty sure that Landry called Jim Germany after he had played a year with the Esks and asked him to come to Cowboys camp but Germany liked the idea of being a star in the CFL and the salary discrepancy wasn't anywhere close to what it is today.

One way or another, Hank is probably the greatest punter that the Guiness Book of World records never heard about. I doubt there will ever be another one like him.