Mike Vanderjagt pulling double duty (1 Viewer)

[Righetti]

seems like he is the field-goal kicker and the punter on the Argonauts

On Sunday, MDS pointed out that Canadian national treasure, Mike Vanderjagt, had accepted a full-time job to play professional football in the motherland, and in his very first game honked three field goals. Not to worry, though; Vanderjagt managed to convert two attempts, and also had a fine day punting.And come to find out, the three misses weren't even his fault. Vanderjagt's Toronto Argonauts coach even says so. [Rookie head coach Rich] Stubler believes the Argos have done Vanderjagt a disservice by not practising on a field fitted with uprights, an oversight that will be addressed. "We had two days all of camp where we went some place that had goalposts," Stubler said. "That's a coaching fault and I'll take that." Yeah, I'd say that's a pretty big oversight. Luckily, the Argonauts appear to be in very capable hands; Stubler not only takes the blame, but the situation will be rectified. That's leadership, people.I guess the sight of Vanderjagt taking a nap in the stands during every training camp practice didn't seem unusual to Stubler. Of course, this is the same guy who said of Vanderjagt's three misses (two "wide rights", and one "woefully short"): "In the NFL, those kicks are right down the middle", based solely on the fact that the CFL hashmarks are six yards wider than NFL hashmark

 

[awesomeness]

Its more uncommon in the CFL if your kicker isn't pulling double duty. I think 7 of 8 team's kickers are pulling double duty if im not mistaken.

 

[Sweet Love]

For a guy who has been kicking for 20 some odd years, is there really that much of an impact if he practices two days on goalposts than uprights?

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Looks like the game you're talking about was in June.

Vanderjagt was 4-5 FG in the most recent Argonauts game I could find news on

 

[Righetti]

Its more uncommon in the CFL if your kicker isn't pulling double duty. I think 7 of 8 team's kickers are pulling double duty if im not mistaken.

but with the exchange rate not being as favorable anymore

 

[Neil Beaufort Zod]

It makes sense that they pull double duty, since punters can score in the CFL.

 

[msommer]

I thought this was about Vanderjagt being a two fisted drinker

 

[Raider Nation]

Gives new meaning to "Vanderchoke"...

Former NFL kicker accused of choking middle school student

In a report released Friday, it was revealed that Vanderjagt, now working as a part-time middle school football coach, was accused of choking a student during a confrontation in March.

Vanderjagt was working at Charter Middle School in Marco Island, Fla. According to the former Indianapolis Colts kicker, Vanderjagt had been receiving taunts for months from one student. One jeer included the phrase "wide left, wide left," a jab at some of Vanderjagt's key field goal misses during his NFL career.

According to the police report, a student alleged that Vanderjagt approached him, put his hands on the boy's throat and hurled some obscenities at him. Another student backed up the story.

Vanderjagt has a slightly different recollection of what happened and denies he choked the child. The kicker told police that he did put his hands on the boy, but it was only to keep him in place while he talked to him, and he never put his hands around the boy's throat.

After looking into the matter, police decided that no charges would be filed against Vanderjagt, who is currently suspended from his volunteer job as coach. The school plans to conduct an investigation, and Vanderjagt's future as coach will be decided by the school's principal and the charter school board.

Despite an NFL career that included an 86.466 percent field goal conversion, currently good for 2nd in NFL history, Vanderjagt may be more well-known for making disparaging comments about his Colts teammates in 2003. He questioned the passion of quarterback Peyton Manning and head coach Tony Dungy.

In response, Manning famously called Vanderjagt an idiot.

"We're talking about our idiot kicker who got liquored up and ran his mouth off," Manning said at that year's Pro Bowl.

At one point, Vanderjagt was the highest-paid kicker in the NFL but after those comments, his career seemed to take a nosedive. He was let go by Indianapolis after missing a critical field goal in the 2005 NFL playoffs against Pittsburgh -- the Colts won the Super Bowl in 2006, the year after Vanderjagt was released. Meanwhile, the kicker moved on to Dallas, but he was cut midway through his first season with the Cowboys due to poor performance.

http://www.huliq.com/13303/former-nfl-kicker-accused-choking-middle-school-student

 

[cstu]

Luckily for the kid his choke hold was too far to the left.