Ready for a Miracle??

[ModAdmin]

Described as "a miracle", "un-believeable" and "How the Heck Did They Do That..."

Montreal leading Winnipeg 40 - 23 with 48 seconds left in the game and this happened...

[Jesse]

That was fun.

[GOLDMEMBER]

Tremendous night!

[TecnoGenius]

"The Montreal Miracle Game" (TM)

Probably the best night in IGF ever.  Though that 4-5 fumble WDF was close.

The only people left in my section were me, my toddler son, and a 35yo stranger lady.  At the end we all hugged and jumped up and down for 2 mins.  A complete stranger.

REC Thorpe really looked like he had a future here or the CFL in general, but he disappeared real fast.

As MOS and others said many times afterwards, they never thought they weren't going to win (unlike 75% of the fans).

That span of 3 years around that game we may have had the best tempo / 2-min drill game ever seen in the CFL.  We really had it down to a science.  We're still good at it now, but not nearly as good as then.  Maybe it was Lapo.  Maybe Hogan can recapture some of that.  We haven't been blowing out other teams like we used to, and many games are coming down to the last 2 mins again.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

That was so much fun to watch, there was a fresh energy on that team, sadly it doesn't feel the same anymore. Maybe we've been spoiled by feasting on success the past 5 years and the bitter taste of recent defeat.....or maybe it was just Buck?

[J5V]

When a team takes on the persona of a head coach that never gives up and always believes can win you have a team that you can never count out of a game. The winning culture of this team is no accident.

[TecnoGenius]

That was so much fun to watch, there was a fresh energy on that team, sadly it doesn't feel the same anymore. Maybe we've been spoiled by feasting on success the past 5 years and the bitter taste of recent defeat.....or maybe it was just Buck?

We have been spoiled.  But the team has also gotten a bit complacent.  We are no longer that good at the 2 min drill.  We no longer are that bold.  Everything is play it safe and play the law of large numbers hoping our pedigree is enough.  But the pedigree isn't that high anymore!

Oh ya, and AH33 was the secret sauce.  The dude was a magician with morale.  He was never replaced in that regard.

[blue_or_die]

C'mon guys. No talking about the good 'ol days until they're actually done.

The best is yet to come

[theaardvark]

We have been spoiled.  But the team has also gotten a bit complacent.  We are no longer that good at the 2 min drill.  We no longer are that bold.  Everything is play it safe and play the law of large numbers hoping our pedigree is enough.  But the pedigree isn't that high anymore!

Oh ya, and AH33 was the secret sauce.  The dude was a magician with morale.  He was never replaced in that regard.

There is no doubt that AH33 was a dynamic personality.  Not sure how much he was a morale booster, but he sure "led by example".  Jumping on the bike after a 60 yd run showed the team-mates work ethic... I think BO20 is as much or more a morale booster, with his head slapping and such..

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

There is no doubt that AH33 was a dynamic personality.  Not sure how much he was a morale booster, but he sure "led by example".  Jumping on the bike after a 60 yd run showed the team-mates work ethic... I think BO20 is as much or more a morale booster, with his head slapping and such..

Disagree Brady is a great running back that works super hard at his craft but he lacks authenticity, he's a me first guy team second, you can hear it come out when he talks any longer than 3 minutes, it's just who he is. Brady tries to wear those shoes but I don't think the core ingredient Harris possessed can be imitated, you have it or you don't and most don't. 

[blue_or_die]

Disagree Brady is a great running back that works super hard at his craft but he lacks authenticity, he's a me first guy team second, you can hear it come out when he talks any longer than 3 minutes, it's just who he is. Brady tries to wear those shoes but I don't think the core ingredient Harris possessed can be imitated, you have it or you don't and most don't. 

Definitely not how I see it

[blue_gold_84]

Never thought I'd see anyone say Brady Oliveira lacks authenticity. Wow.

[Jesse]

I get what TLB is saying, Brady will use some "I" language when he's speaking.

I think it's just that he's a younger player. We got Harris as a finished product. Brady hasn't been in front of the camera as long.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Two moments that standout to me beyond the leadership Harris demonstrated on the field in every single game, getting in Simoni Lawrence's face early in the 2019 GC game and leading the charge by ripping off the Rider player's helmet in the Banjo Bowl brawl a few years later, he had the dark soul of a warrior that would do whatever it took. 

Like the old rhyme says, Brady is made up of snips and snails and puppy dogs' tails, he's too nice a guy to cross the line and get nasty.  No shade on him, he's a great football player and an outstanding human.

[TecnoGenius]

There is no doubt that AH33 was a dynamic personality.  Not sure how much he was a morale booster, but he sure "led by example".  Jumping on the bike after a 60 yd run showed the team-mates work ethic.

AH33 was the perennial pre-game pep talk guy.  You don't remember the few ones we got to see on camera?  The "Who's got my back" ones.

He was literally the team leader and heart and soul of the team.

He was always leading on the sidelines too.  There were stories that came out about the '19 GC run and the WSF where they were starting to look like they weren't going to win, going into the locker room at half time.  It was AH33 that led the way convincing everyone they weren't going to have a season end in CGY again like they did in '18.

AH was way more than an on-field inspiration.  And we haven't seen anything like that since.

And this isn't a dis on Brady.  This role doesn't have to go to the RB.  It can be anyone.  No one has stood up to the plate in the way AH used to.  Yet.

That's why I get excited when I see a guy like DL Adams on the field pre- and in-game showing signs of that hype and attitude.  You never know who will take over that role.