Printers…by a mile.
Maybe not a huge bust because he was never expected to be a saviour - but the worst quarterback the team’s ever put on the field, I think, is Billy Dicken in the 2000 season, when Danny went down. I went to a game in Toronto that year, and in the first half, he had one completion for four yards, two interceptions returned for touchdowns and a fumble returned for a touchdown. They put in Todd Bankhead in the second half and he threw a touchdown pass, but also another pick-six. The Argos won 29-11, I think, with four defensive TDS and a rouge.
No but I’m pretty sure she had a tryout. :o
I remember that Larry Scizinski (sp?) called him Billy the Skid in the Spec. Ozzie put the fear of god in the Spec beat reporter the next time he walked into the Cat locker room. I think he never reported another Ticat game after that.
I just checked - In 2000, Billy Dicken had 10 completions on 32 attempts with 5 interceptions for a QB rating of 9.8
Ozzie actually had the best QB rating on the team that year. He was 1 for 1.
…and every time after that when Ozzie kicked a field goal, he imagined that the ball was Sinker’s head!!!
That was back in the days when a starting QB getting hurt was a rare occurrence. Now it’s just assumed that it will happen to the majority of teams every season.
In recent years, I’m going to say Sam Giguere. No ability to make football moves / yac yards. It’s probably a case of a guy not living up to the hype. Maybe more of a modest bust.
There was way too much hype about this guy. People wouldn’t shut up about him making the Indianapolis Colts, but the reality was that Giguere was on their practice squad for two years and only activated for a single game; the last game of the 09-10 season.
My personal #1 Tiger-Cat biggest bust was Casey Printers. When we signed him, I wouldn’t shut up about how great life was going to be. The Kelsey’s in Ancaster had a framed Printers jersey in a hall leading to the men’s room. Every time I walked passed it, I just shook my head.
One of the softest players I ever saw . Throw him a pass over the middle and on first contact he would crumple like a cheap suit . It seemed like old Sammy only liked the sideline patterns so he could run out of bounds without getting hit . The guy had a million dollar body but the mentality of the skinny kid at the beach who always got sad kicked in his face .
We used to say “Looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane”. ;D
Geez, I know Giguere wasn’t the greatest but no way was he a bigger bust than Chris Bauman or Brock Ralph.
Giguere also had hands of wood, lots of speed, little ability to catch and hang onto the ball. Went on to disappoint in Montreal did he not?
The only thing that Brock Ralph ever led the league in was being flagged for being Offside .
The only thing that Bauman ever led the league in was dropped passes that were right on his numbers.
Yep, a real pair of beauties these two were and both would be ahead of Sammy Soft on anybodies Bust List .
Agreed. Didn’t live up to expectations set by the fans. So he hung around an NFL PR for a couple years, all of the sudden people expected Ben Cahoon.
He was serviceable, played well when given the chance in the slot.
Stan “the man” Gelbaugh
I remember his first (?) game. We were down a few points late in the game. Danny Mac threw him a soft one right in his hands. He was wide open with nothing between him and the winning TD. He bobbled the ball and dropped it. I think this took a huge mental toll on his confidence that he never recovered from. As I recall he had a brilliant college career and looked to be the next Fantuz. Sad that the mind can stop us from achieving our true potential sometimes. If only he had secured that ball things likely would have been much different for him. 8)
Did he actually play for us? Or was he the guy that took the detour on the way and went and played for the London Monarchs?
Bauman never played with Danny Mac.