CFL DE (LB) Rick Foley to visit the Pats

[upstater1]

LMAO! A negative connotation to the name Derek in Canada! What a freaking joke. As I'm sure any of the Canadians here will tell you, there is nothing negative about the name Derek up here in the Great White North.

I read it from the horse's mouth. Wake himself said that people were knocking him because they were associating his name with some annoying guy named Derek on Canadian TV. I have no idea what Wake was talking about. I don't watch Canadian TV and I don't know the show. But Wake said that he was frequently a target of ridicule and so he changed it.

The article was all over the Penn State boards about 4 years ago when it happened. So, don't ask me. Ask Cameron. I can't even remember what the show was.

 

[JSn]

Well, the name-change story was fun while it lasted. Anyone want the truth?

http://cfldigest.com/espn-talks-cameron-wake/

Excerpt:

Wake claims that was where he name change came in. He said the gym printed up an ID tag for him and mistakenly used his middle name. He also has been quoted in Canadian newspaper stories as saying he changed his name because he thought it might sound better to potential fitness clients.

Johnson, who still calls his recruit Derek, laughed at those explanations.

“He went through the ups and downs,” Johnson said. “I think that’s the reason why he changed his name, just to reinvent himself, to say ‘This isn’t the Derek Wake of old. This is a new Derek Wake.’”

 

[FootballFan85]

Well, the name-change story was fun while it lasted. Anyone want the truth?

CFL Digest ESPN talks Cameron Wake

Excerpt:

LMAO! No way man, he changed his name cause some guy on TV he didn't like had the same name!

Like all normal people do right? I hate that Ryan Seacrest guy, I think I'll head downtown and put in the forms to change my name!

 

[upstater1]

LMAO! No way man, he changed his name cause some guy on TV he didn't like had the same name!

Like all normal people do right? I hate that Ryan Seacrest guy, I think I'll head downtown and put in the forms to change my name!

Haha, you're a funny guy. Laugh all you want.

Wake said it. It wasn't a rumor. These were his words.

 

[upstater1]

I wasn't the only one who remembered Wake's story. I asked the Penn State guys and they remembered that his teammates were comparing him to something called "Life with Derek." This is what Wake said. Maybe he was joking but the writer didn't seem to catch wind of it.

 

[MetalBleachers]

I thought we were talking about Rick Foley. Maybe we can discuss how he's called Ricky.

Man, I can't wait for the combine.

 

[alphilip77]

Maybe we can get his brother to put some toughness in this team. BANG BANG!!

 

[T_Brady12]

Did not visit us today, went to the Eagles for a tryout instead.

 

[Canada's #1 Pats Fan]

Did not visit us today, went to the Eagles for a tryout instead.

Trust me that is a good thing.

 

[pabst37]

Did not visit us today, went to the Eagles for a tryout instead.

I almost wonder if the Patriots cancelled the visit once his agent sent out a tweet saying he would be visiting. The Pats usually like to keep this stuff under wraps and given that this is a borderline NFL player I suspect they figure they don't need to deal with an agent whose sending tweets about his clients visits.

 

[IcyPatriot]

Well Foley and his CFL leading 12 sacks will not be coming to the Patriots.

Good ... one less band aid IMO ... I'd rather keep Jarvis.

 

[muzz]

Wow really dodged a bullet there..........

 

[Reckedtrek]

Wow really dodged a bullet there..........

Too bad... I was hoping Ricky would change his name to Matt

....although he looks more like an O-lineman, here.

 

[muzz]

Too bad... I was hoping Ricky would change his name to Matt

....although he looks more like an O-lineman, here.

heheheheh:rocker:

 

[Box_O_Rocks]

Where did he land?

 

[Hok]

Well Foley and his CFL leading 12 sacks will not be coming to the Patriots.

Good ... one less band aid IMO ... I'd rather keep Jarvis.

Sounds like Foley would've been an OLB in our system. Green is a DE.

 

[PatsChamp88]

Where did he land?

Lions star Ricky Foley closes in on NFL contract offer

Foley is scheduled to work out with the Seattle Seahawks Tuesday following a session with the San Diego Chargers today.

CFLDaily (CFLDaily) on Twitter

#BCLions defensive end Ricky Foley is Seattle bound.

Nothing looks really "official" but that's what I found.

 

[IcyPatriot]

Where did he land?

His flight was diverted to Cuba.

 

[Box_O_Rocks]

His flight was diverted to Cuba.

If he's Canadian it may have been it's original destination for the inexpensive hookers. Viva Castro and Marx!

 

[T_Brady12]

Lions star Ricky Foley closes in on NFL contract offer

CFLDaily (CFLDaily) on Twitter

Nothing looks really "official" but that's what I found.

He has signed in Seattle, yes.