Don't Do It

Rumours are flying left and right that the Tiger-Cats are kicking the tires of the BC Lions about veteran Kicker Paul McCallum. The name being bandied about on Hamilton's end is Receiver Marquay McDaniel.

Tiger-Cat General Manager Bob O'Billovich has already said that the team will not be acquiring McCallum. What he does not say is that he did not offer McDaniel for McCallum.

Far be it for me, a lowly blogger, to tell Obie what to do, but how on Earth does anyone think it is wise to trade a Receiver for a Kicker? This is the same guy who wouldn't (or maybe couldn't, to be fair) trade up in the 2010 CFL Draft to pick last year's leading scorer, Kicker Rob Maver. Why, a year later, would he consider trading a 26-year-old who finished two yards shy of 1,000 in 2010 for a 41-year-old kicker who is, at best, a stop-gap solution?

I know we were all disappointed in the season that Sandro DeAngelis had in 2010, but let's not get stupid and do something rash just for change's sake.

I hope Obie is telling the truth, and McCallum is not on his way to Hamilton. Don't get me wrong, I think Paul McCallum is a heck of a player, but he is not worth Marquay McDaniel.