Taman admitted the Roughriders took a risk by dealing for a player who could walk away next week, but the trade will benefit Saskatchewan in some way.
"If (Etienne) does leave (and sign elsewhere), we'll have some other considerations that would come into play," Taman said. "They're not significant of any note, but we'll get something out of this, put it that way."
Willy, 27, spent two seasons as the backup to Roughriders quarterback Darian Durant.
The Roughriders expected to lose Willy as a free agent, so dealing him before the deadline allowed them to get something for him.
"We talked to Drew last week and he reiterated what he'd already told us, that he wanted to get a chance to play," Taman said. "With Darian here, that probably wasn't going to happen. We knew he wasn't coming back.
"(The Bombers) wanted to get to him sooner than later, especially when Henry (Burris) was off the market, so they said, 'Can we get his rights?' and we said, 'Shouldn't be a problem.' "To make it somewhat sensible from our end, we were hoping to get back the rights of a guy we could talk to who maybe didn't figure into their plans for whatever reason. That was Jade."
Quite an interesting read. Looks like if Etienne doesn't sign, we owe Sask something else:
http://www.leaderpost.com/touch/story.html?id=9480815.
Taman admitted the Roughriders took a risk by dealing for a player who could walk away next week, but the trade will benefit Saskatchewan in some way.
"If (Etienne) does leave (and sign elsewhere), we'll have some other considerations that would come into play," Taman said. "They're not significant of any note, but we'll get something out of this, put it that way."
Willy, 27, spent two seasons as the backup to Roughriders quarterback Darian Durant.
The Roughriders expected to lose Willy as a free agent, so dealing him before the deadline allowed them to get something for him.
"We talked to Drew last week and he reiterated what he'd already told us, that he wanted to get a chance to play," Taman said. "With Darian here, that probably wasn't going to happen. We knew he wasn't coming back.
"(The Bombers) wanted to get to him sooner than later, especially when Henry (Burris) was off the market, so they said, 'Can we get his rights?' and we said, 'Shouldn't be a problem.' "To make it somewhat sensible from our end, we were hoping to get back the rights of a guy we could talk to who maybe didn't figure into their plans for whatever reason. That was Jade."