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Giguère makes practice squad

TeteDeFer — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:31:20 -0000

Giguère makes practice squad

He said he was obviously very happy to stay in Indy and have a good opportunity to improve and help the team any way he can.

I'm happy for him!

Giguère makes front of #1 paper in Montréal

TeteDeFer — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:43:00 -0000

via www.canoe.com

Well, not most of the front, but still.

A local reporter was also in Terre Haute though and there is two articles focused on Samuel. First one is mostly some information we mostly already know about him :

-He's working hard;

-Competition is fierce;

-He's last off the field;

-Camp is much tougher than mini-camp and OTAs;

-Feels like he's the best of rookie receivers.

First article

The second article is interesting. The reporter asks specifically about Giguère to coach Dungy. The reporter I guess didn't think he'd have much declarations of the head coach and was pleased Dungy answered him at length about Sam. It showed in the tone of the text. Opens saying readers to forget the idea that head coaches don't care about rookies. They probably don't care about reporters asking about rookies, more so undrafted ones, but not coach Dungy!

Anyway, about Giguère, Dungy said :

-He's got much to learn but he's learning fast;

-Doesn't have the experience of others, but have some advantage because he played canadian football, where there's more formations and shifts. It permitted him to learn the playbook faster, he's solid mentally;

-There probably won't be any more cuts until august 26th and that rookies will have one more game then normal years to prove themselves;

-Of Giguère returning kicks, he liked what he saw. He would like for him to make it as a kick returner and thus stay with the team and improve as a footbal player.

Second article

Article on Samuel Giguère

TeteDeFer — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:46:05 -0000

I'll translate a little.

The article say that he signed a 2 year contract plus an option year and that he made the 80 players roster to camp.

Some declarations of him :

About camp : "I'm eager to see how it will be."

About mini camp and OTAs : "I had to adapt the first few days. Guys here are faster and make less mistakes."

Even if his days at college are over, studying is not : "Some people told me it was the hardest system by far. I study it every day."

About playing with big stars like Peyton Manning : "It's a little stressful seeing him (Manning) in the huddle, but when the play starts it all goes away."

His main goal right now is to impress the coaches : "My goal is not to earn a starter spot, but to earn a roster spot through special teams. My chances are good. Until now, I proved that I was a fast learner."

About his NFL future : "I would of course like to make it in the NFL now, but if it doesn't happen I will try again later."

http://www.rds.ca/football/chroniques/256183.html