That was the joking response from B.C. Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke on what it feels like to be back at the team’s practice facility, 48 hours after being signed to the team from his NFL sojourn.
The weathered building might not have the hydration-measuring urinals that he had in Jacksonville, but it’s provided a measure of comfort as he accelerates through his fifth playbook in a year. The previous four, he said, have been, um, flushed already.
“Seriously, though, when you’re going to a new building and you have to figure out where you’re going, what the meeting schedule is like, how the day is going to sort out, that’s something you have to think about when you really just want to be learning the offence, learning about your teammates and learning people’s names,” he said. “The good thing is that there’s a lot of familiar faces, and it’s not a complete information overload. So that makes learning this a little bit easier.”
The Lions (5-4, 2nd West) have lost three straight games, and the manner of the defeats combined with the victory-scant records of their opponents had the fan base on edge heading into Sunday’s home game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (4 p.m. PT, TSN, AM980). That is, until Kid Canada made his triumphant return, practically flying in with a red and white cape to salvage the season.
That’s the impression. But the reality is, he’s coming into a fresh system — again — with new personnel, and no actual meaningful game action since his last time out in the CFL, a 28-20 loss to these same Bombers in the 2022 West Final. Ironically, he’s serving the same role Vernon Adams Jr. did when he came to the Lions that year.
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