Quotes about Timmy's first game

About his performance in his first start, Timmy said:
"I'm disappointed, I'm definitely disappointed. First I'm disappointed that we lost, and secondly, you want to put up a good showing out there." (Hamilton Spectator)

"I played horrible. I thought I played horrible. I thought if I completed a couple of passes and got it rolling early it would be a different game. I didn't think I played very good." (HS)

HS Note: "What will make it difficult for Taaffe to decide upon his starter for Saturday's return match at Rogers Centre is that this was not Timmy Chang out there. Chang, who has a good arm and quick release, delivered his first few passes as if he were in a darts tournament. The ball sailed like it had a mind of its own. A deranged mind at that. He was all wrist, and no shoulder, resulting in the kind of follow-through you see on novice shot putters. And sudden mechanical breakdown is the first sign of nerves."

HS Note: It was always a gamble starting Chang on Labour Day, with the dangerous potential that a terrible outing could damage his psyche. But it was the last card Taaffe had to play. Now his hand is empty, and the Casey Printers card is not yet in the deck.

Reliable talk around the league, which the Ticats will neither confirm nor deny, is that Hamilton is aggressively pursuing the former B.C. Lion, who was released by the Kansas City Chiefs. Printers was reportedly ready to sign onto the practice roster of the NFL team, but as of press time had not yet made a deal. In any case, he'll be hanging around stateside for a couple of weeks until he sees how many NFL quarterbacks either get hurt or are affected by what befell Chang yesterday. The Cats, who have the cap space, wouldn't want Printers unless they had him locked up for at least next year, too."