VANCOUVER — Mike Miller is back in the Grey Cup but with a different twist. Miller helped Winnipeg make three straight appearances — winning twice — before being sidelined last year with a neck injury that ultimately ended his CFL career.
Miller helped Winnipeg make three straight appearances — winning twice — before being sidelined last year with a neck injury that ultimately ended his CFL career. On Sunday, the 35-year-old native of Riverview, N.B., will be on the field as the Bombers' special-teams coordinator when they meet the Toronto Argonauts at B.C. Place Stadium.
The six-foot, 215-pound Miller was a special-teams dynamo over 11 CFL seasons with Edmonton and Winnipeg . But he didn't play all of last season after suffering his neck injury during training camp. And neither was coaching until Bombers head coach Mike O'Shea offered Miller the special-teams role. Although Miller wasn't initially ready to stop playing, the opportunity to remain in the game as a coach was too good to pass up.
"Then when it came about, I thought staying in the game would be great and I've enjoyed it. I'm glad I was able to have this opportunity.""Being in the league as long as I was, you watch the coaches and you knew how many hours they're putting in," Miller said."You hear the stories of coaches sleeping in their office and putting in those hours so I had an understanding of it.
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