SURREY, B.C. — Buck Pierce is back where his CFL career began. It's been about 20 years since the quarterback from Crescent City, Cali., hopped into the car with his dad and took the long, winding drive up the West Coast to a B.C.
It's been about 20 years since the quarterback from Crescent City, Cali., hopped into the car with his dad and took the long, winding drive up the West Coast to a B.C. Lions' free agent camp in Portland, Ore., hoping to land a role with the team."From that free agent camp, I signed with the B.C. Lions about a week later," he told reporters Wednesday.
“We wanted somebody that had leadership skills, accountability for coaches and players and then somebody that could bring in the mental and physical toughness that we felt like we had to make a jump with," he said. "To come back here and have this opportunity with an organization that I believe has the right people and is being built the right way is surreal, humbling. And I’m filled with gratitude.”
The Bombers offence has been the envy of the CFL in recent years, said Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke, who was on hand for Pierce's introduction Wednesday. Having a former quarterback as head coach is always great, added Rourke, who grew up watching the CFL and remembers seeing Pierce play.“In all the quarterback rooms that I've been in, the successful ones, it’s a great dialogue, not just between the starter and the play caller, but with all the quarterbacks," he said."And I think that that's something that he's striving for. And I think it's important.
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