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BC Lions 2010 Training Camp Report - Day 3

Published on June 8, 2010 under Canadian Football League (CFL)
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(Kamloops) Under glorious conditions in Kamloops, the BC Lions took to the field at Hillside Stadium for their fifth and sixth practices of 2010 training camp.

Despite the aches and pains, GM and head coach Wally Buono has expressed his pleasure with the level of intensity demonstrated by both veterans and newcomers. In fact, to reward his charges, Buono has taken his foot of the practice pedal and canceled the morning session for Wednesday and will instead go with one workout in the afternoon beginning at 4:00 pm.

Practice Notes: Pretty even battles between defensive backs and receivers during the morning go around with Matt Chapdelaine making a couple of nice grabs along with Geroy Simon showing Darren Toney that his off-season workout regiment has him in mid-season form very early on. Not to be outdone however, safeties Tad Crawford and J.R. LaRose took turns delivering blows to a rather perturbed Emmanuel Arceneaux.

With the CFL's announcement regarding the new helmet communication system coming down this morning, there was plenty of interest in speaking to Lions' offensive coordinator Jacques Chapdelaine who was kind enough to provide a demonstration.

With rumours swirling regarding the cancellation of Wednesday's morning practice, the intensity of the afternoon go-around was crisp with both sides of the ball making progress under the watchful eyes of the coaching staff. Of particular note was the play of running back Jamal Robertson who caught everything thrown his way out of the backfield and consistently found the hole during the inside run period.

Disagreements: Day three was void of anything substantial in terms of physical disagreements but a debate regarding the superiority of deep-fried turkey versus traditional oven-baked turkey erupted when it was discovered turkey was on the menu Tuesday. TEAM 1410's Giulio Caravatta declared all variations of cooked turkey to be equally delicious.

Watching: Solomon Elimimian (hamstring), Richard Jones (hamstring), Robert Jordan (ankle, sick) Anton McKenzie (hamstring), Steve Williams (groin). Paris Jackson left the morning practice with a tweaked hamstring at the mid-way point and returned later to watch. He was held out of the afternoon session as a precaution.

Food Fare: Lunch at Thompson Rivers University consisted of pasta, with a choice of meat or veggie sauce along with salad and desserts. Dinner was the aforementioned turkey dinner (oven baked).

Quotable: "Some guys are gonna be on a plane outta here if they don't start paying attention to what we're telling you" - Lions defensive line coach Rich Stubler.

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