What's really interesting is that he didn't show that he had this level of ability in the pre-season. He was the best of a bad lot and that was the only reason he even got the job...
A lot of people on this forum were “crucifying” Austin at season start for not pursuing one of the high priced kickers available at the time…ie. Medlock, Maher. There is smarts on TiCats management I guess, sometimes more than from some in this forum.
Another off-season I was worried about the kicker when I should have worried about the O line, the secondary, the receivers, the quarterback and basically everything else. And it's been a bad year for kicking around the league. It seems like Castillo is the only one who hasn't struggled. I'm thinking Parades choked in the early season, Edmonton leaning on their punter for field goals, Crapigna's late game misses, even Medlock was short on a 50-yarder that would have won the game. Teams don't seem to be attempting 50+ yards unless it's do or die.