99 Ticats remote reunion

This brings back a flood of good vibes.

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Made my day. Great , Great, Great!
"Nice headset Oz."
Too funny

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Awesome!

Sad that 4 years later the same team, coach and QB was 1-17.

That ā€˜99 team started getting slowly dismantled with free agency, trades, retirements etc. Team basically went bankrupt in 2003. Lancaster and McManus were still the faces of the franchise but Steinauer, McGriggs, Tiggle, Flutie, Grigg etc all gone

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Yes a lot of that ā€œ99ā€ team were indeed gone 4 years later but surprisingly there was 13 hold overs from that Grey Cup season that remained on that forgettable infamous record breaking 1-17 squad .

Here is the list of the unlucky 13 who went from being Champs to chumps in 4 short seasons.

Danny McManus -qb
Archie Amerson-sb/rb
Tony Akins-wr
Carl Coulter-c
Dave Hack-ot
Jarrett Smith-rb
Trevor Shaw-wr
Paul Osbaldiston-k
Joe Montford-de
Rob Hitchcock-s
Warren Muzika-lb
Chris Shelling-lb/db
Kyle Walters-db

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The budget was so tight that Mike McCarthy had to use his own computer . How times have changed , thanks to the Caretaker . :grinning:

Pat Lynch (the aged one)

Good find. Iā€™m surprised there was that many left over. But looking at some of the names Iā€™d say most were nearing the end of their careers

It makes the 2004 Comeback year (9-8-1 ) with an aging quarterback and a rookie Canadian head coach even more impressive. It was the Caretakerā€™s first season as owner and the old stadium was packed ( thanks in part to some giveaways but stillā€¦) and I couldnā€™t believe the change of atmosphere in that stadium that year. Fun memories before the dark years arrived (2005-2008).

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We lost Coulter to the Ottawa expansion draft 2002 and he was reacquired by the Cats in 2003.
Cats lost 2 from the OLine in that expansion draft including big Seth Dittman and it hurt bad

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Interesting Fact Grigg now owns Tim Hortons Locations in the hammer and he has a son Anthony Grigg who is a wide Reciever for the Ottawa Gee Gees .

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I didnā€™t know his son played as well. Grigg was a very underrated receiver, came out of junior football with no fanfare m. Would be cool to see Anthony get drafted in the CFL, even better if itā€™s the Cats.

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More interesting facts about Grigg ā€¦

  • He was one of three Canadian starting receivers along with Mike Morreale and Corey Grant on that ā€œ99ā€ Grey Cup team . Compared to today it would be highly unlikely that you would see a team with 3 Canadian receivers deemed talented enough to be starters on any team .

  • He was also the teams back-up emergency kicker and actually got used in a game in his final season due to an in game injury . For the record he missed his two fg attempts but made good on all three of his convert attempts .

  • He was highly durable and didnā€™t miss a single game over the last six years of his career .

  • He was twice named an Eastern All-Star at receiver (1998 ,2001)

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I follow his son on Instagram and agree that would be cool :slightly_smiling_face:

Here's an idea why don't the ticats and 900 CHML
Approached TSN an apps for a waiver on the right
In return TSN gets commercials on 900 for free