Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 24, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Sunday free August a9 curtain Hast fallen yet on Mcdougal Vargas show Blue not shopping for Pivot by Ashley Prest sports reporter it want exactly a ringing but the Winnipeg Blue bombers declared yesterday they will forge at least for with the quarterbacks they now in a six game losing skid after losing 2621 to the Montreal Alou ettes on Friday night at Winnipeg Sta head coach Jeff Reinebold and assistant head coach Joe Paopao said Kevin Mcdougal and Chris Var Gas will remain the teams quarterbacks despite ongo ing discussions about airlifting National football league its not like theres any Good ones available to step in immediately out you have to remember that Kevin at one time was an nil Cut so its not a magical said whose team recorded 296 Yards of offence against the but in his fourth played his first full game As the coaching staff elected to stay with him in a second half that produced just three Points and 96 Yards of Kevin really showed his inexperience at times Friday three or four times he either called the wrong formation or called it the wrong Reinebold Kevin didst look confident in the pocket like he did at times against downcast after the said the focus has to stay on not on the As far As i i think they the coaches Are confident with weve got to just keep keep play keep finding things to build said who completed 15 of 26 passes for 126 in the i made some mistakes on some Calls and some reads but were steadily getting better at trying to be As perfect As sometimes were looking really Good and at times were not doing too who remembers late in the 1990 season being the starting quarterback in with a Young Doug Flutie As his pointed out that Mon Treal Pivot Tracy Ham was once a struggling backup behind Damon Allen and Matt Dunigan in youve got to Start its easy to forget that those players had challenges too when they were starting having played the position in very but i also realize there is a growth there Paopao i dont think youll find a lot of quarterbacks run Ning the Guys weve got Are the Guys were we cant afford a million Dollar salary our Guys have shown glimpses to build on and they Are Winnipeg ground game disintegrated in the Sec Ond half but not for Lack of the bombers ran 11 Rushing mostly in the third but barely averaged three Yards per Lack of offensive production in the second half and penalties were keys in the As was the defences failure to adjust after halftime to Montreal offensive take two Days of rest and a look in the Mirror by Ashley Prest sports reporter the Sun came up yesterday on the second half of the Canadian football league season for the Blue great bad the bombers exited the first half with a 18 record after Friday nights hard fought 2621 loss to the Montreal Alou ettes at the they go into the second half weighed Down by a six game los ing with so Many High Hopes at the beginning of the season for the club under the new direction of head coach Jeff Reinebold and its not a pretty sight these Reinebold gave his players yesterday and today with two Days everyone needs to go Home and take a look at themselves and ill be the first one doing said linebacker Wade who took one of five Spe Cial teams everyone battled and worked hard All it just want every one needs to take a look at themselves and then we Start another weve got nine games from free safety Errol Brown said the Pride fac Tor will be front and Cen tre in the second were professionals and were not doing our the people of Winnipeg deserve better than that two players waived two players were placed on waivers yesterday As Reinebold was forced to Cut Down his roster or Shalon Baker and so Tyrone Montgomery were waived to make room for or Joseph obtained in Trade last week from and Rush end Grant a free agent signed it was a really Tough decision but we have to get More production out of peo Reinebold loss costly for Blue six players suffered injuries in fridays game including do Colin Scrivener f irs degree do Glen Scrivener knee do Brandon Hamilton lower Back do Reggie Carthon Anterior hip do Errol Brown bruised Shoul mild hip Pointer and feb David Pitcher deep Shin Carthon is the Only one not expected miss Winnipeg next an encounter with the Saskatchewan roughriders in injuries held Over from last week include so Allan Boyko knee or Turton Obannon Ham string do Keith Powe quadra Cep Strain and do Junior Tagoai Florida Payne in second place behind lines up putt on fourth Hole Putter Pincher takes Lead Calcavecchia at 14under Par in greater Vancouver open Canadian press Case of the purloined Putter helped solve the mysteries of the North View Golf and country club greens for Mark Calcavecchia he shot a six underpay 65 with a Putter acquired under some what Shady circumstances to take the third round Lead in the greater Vancouver open Golf tournament at 14underpar he was one shot better than fellow tour Veteran and Floridi an Payne Stewart whose second consecutive 68 left him one shot off the Lead for the third consecutive Richard Zokol of who shared the 36hole Lead with Len Mattiace and Steve Pate of was grouped at 201 with Andrew of Paradise and John Adams of of Ponte Vedra had an even Par 71 As scores Rose slightly with the wind and he slipped to a six Way tie for seventh plagued lately by missed seven and eight foot discovered wednesday that the head was Loose on the Only Putter he brought to Van after missing a Short putt on the final Hole he twisted the head off in disgust but could it find anything suitable at the pro shop of a nearby Public after a Cool reaction to a Putter he scrounged from a player who missed the Calcavecchia leaned into the locker of Jeff Maggert who was already on the course and found a Ping answer one he is comfortable i lifted it right out of his locker and away i the Putter came in Handy right away As the 1989 British open Champion started with a 25foot Birdie putt and a 15footer for Birdie on the second he didst need his newest club on the seventh when his 50foot Uphill Chip from a poor lie fell for an approach Irons set up birdies on and he completed the subpar scoring with a 20foot putt on will Maggert Ever see that put Ter again it depends on How bad he wants said Calcavecchia who plans to use the club again today in a bid for the first prize at the pea tour Stewart said although he shot consecutive there was a big difference in his two i hit a lot of Good puts but they just didst go Friday was a round of 68 that want yesterday was a round of 68 that could have been Ray of nearby abbots completed the rare sight of two canadians near the top of the Leader Board going into the final round of a tour event with a four underpay 67 to join the group tied i hit it close a lot but missed a couple of close putts on the front Side but i generally cleaned up after said Stewart whose Best tour finish is a Sec Ond at the 1989 Chattanooga Clas Mcmillan rep As a pro starting to suffer about this time last if there was a conversation about Cana Dian Golf in Charlottetown or Vancouver or it was most surely about Rob Mcmil the 21yearold Whiz kid from Pine Ridge is no longer a stranger to Golf even in but unlike not much he has touched recently has turned to As an he beat the Best Canadian tour pros and the country Best As a Mcmillan Hast beaten Many rivals at All and you guessed it the questions Are Mcmillan has made Only two cuts in seven pro most recently failing to make the Grade Here at this weekends pea tour the greater Vancouver open at the North View Golf its just a continuation of an unsteady summer for the one whom Many believed was completely in Friday afternoon after finishing the first two Golf Tim Campbell rounds at two underpay 140 70 each Mcmillan was stunned with the based on the number of Quality swings he this weeks was the Ping zing Putter he has relied on since he was the same Blade that steered him to three Canadian Junior three Manitoba the fantastic open and the Canad an Amateur on his final Hole Mcmillan stood on the tee at the eventual Cut and striped a five Iron right at the Hole on the Par three and in typical 1997 the titlist landed just Short of the Flag and took a wild hop off a Little Down slope and bounded Over the his Chip Back was to four and a horrible pulled putt Cost him a bogey and an Early trip i dont know whether to be encouraged or Mcmillan i hit the Ball so much better this really in my didst help i dont want to say i putted i think in rolling it but i get them to go in and that not Good out that May seem but Mcmillan has made an important discovery this he said hed have been Happy with the Way he putted this were he still an on the pro especially this one the pea there really Are no bad he these Guys get it in the the Good news is that theres always next and in this its the final Canadian tour Stop in Prince Edward after with a Canadian open berth now very Mcmillan will concentrate his efforts on preparing for pea tour qualifying which starts in just like in any interview cull la u1c a Hes done for the last 18 the subject moved to the continuing perception that Hes Cana Das next big Hope in pro i still take that talk As a com he i dont think the expectations have affected my in just trying to do the Best i its just that people who really talk that Way have no idea at All How difficult this is out Here on the pea no in not being mean when i say and whatever Hap pens to me in the next Little in cheer ing big time for Guys like Glen Arden Knoll and Mike its really important that they do we need some canadians out on the pea tour and give people some body to cheer something to talk Mcmillan didst finish the train of but his smile gave away the that it just be great to slip out of the spotlight of attention for a while so that he can do some serious work toward improving the Way he knows he still needs Manitoba minutes new Low cellular Lon distance a minute limited time offer 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