I was told this week they wanted to try a different combination group, they said `we feel this would be a better fit for us right now.’ Of course I was upset about that so I said `give me an explanation. Have I been playing bad?’ They said `you’ve been playing great but we just want to try a different combination in the linebacking corps.
I’m not with that. That tells me we’re rebuilding and it’s not longer about winning games this season. So I said `coach if that’s what you want to do, then I respectfully disagree. You can’t ask me to be a backup and have me agree with that. You say I’m playing good football and anyone who watches film knows that.’”
My thing is I want to win now and to me this was him saying `we want to see what the future holds.’ I said `coach, I respectfully disagree and I will ask you to trade me.’ There was no yelling, we talk like men.”
” Barrin Simpson in an interview with The Globe & Mail.