Brendan Taman
Brendan Taman
Brendan Taman is a Canadian football executive who last served as the general manager of the Saskatchewan Roughriders...
blue defensive ends expect himself improve integral last performance pleased premiere remain rookie team walls year
Gavin Walls was an integral part of last year's team and we are pleased that he will remain a Blue Bomber for the foreseeable future. Gavin established himself as one of the premiere defensive ends in the CFL in 2005 and we expect him to improve upon that Rookie of the Year performance in the years to come.
expect good performer special starting teams
Cory is just starting to come into his own as a player. We expect him to be a good special teams performer for us.
certain expecting
Absolutely, ... But we were expecting more from certain players.
becoming change few positives ways
We've got to find a few things that will change the results, ... There were some positives but we're still a ways away (from becoming a competitive team).
fight good hoping positive stay together
We've just got to stay together and fight through it, ... I'm hoping we can stay positive and fight through it. There wasn't a lot of finger-pointing so that's a good sign.
help honest next ourselves year
If the right one's out there to make and we can help ourselves -- more so probably for next year than this year, to be honest with you -- that's what we're going to look at,
beat chest excited string together tough
But, again, we're 2-6. You have to string some together before you go out and beat your chest about that. I have a tough time, when you're 2-6, getting excited about anything.
beyond next plans
Obviously, our plans are for him to be here beyond next year.
left living month season situation wing
We've never been in this situation before where there's a month left in the season and you're living on a mathematical wing and a prayer.
actively might pursuing
We'll be actively pursuing things, but when it comes down to it we might not even do one, ... What have we got to lose?
addition last needed replace
I was concerned. The last thing I needed in addition to everything else that was going on was to have to replace him.
coming good home
We can get 'em, ... The good thing is we're coming home and we've been pretty good at home so that should give us an edge.
bit heads
We try to give them a little bit of a heads up,
complete effort far looking outside quick team
We've got to have a complete team effort here pretty quick or we're going to be on the outside looking in, ... And we're not far away from that right now.