Printers’ debut was marred by the  play of the Blue Bombers. I couldn’t help but feel for him as the pressure mounted for the supposed “savior” of the franchise. The expectations coming into the game were certainly high…maybe too high for Printers to handle?

”It’s difficult for a quarterback to come back from the NFL and adjust to the CFL game,” Bombers receiver Milt Stegall said.

”He’s a great quarterback, he’s going to be a great quarterback in this league . . . but it’s a different game and it’s going to take a second.

A lot of pressure was put on him and he put some pressure on himself with some of the things he said. He’s going to be a great one, but I guess we gave him a good welcome back to the CFL.”

Printers is in tough with the 1-10 Tiger Cats, but he certainly wasn’t looking for someone to blame after the loss.

”I’ve had three days of practice and it’s kind of unrealistic to say we can get the whole playbook,” a dejected Printers said. ”I’m going to take the blame for this one.

”Maybe I could’ve done some more, maybe I couldn’t. I understand this is a team sport, but I want to be the one to keep the guys up and in it. It’s frustrating. This can’t happen.

”We will be a better football team, I can assure you of that.”

At this point nobody is going to point the finger at Printers for the disappointing season the Cats are having, but he has to produce some excitement for the fans in these last few weeks.
If he can’t do that, the Tiger-Cats are going to be competing for fan support with the Hamilton and Area Checkers Association when season tickets go on sale next year!