Due to his wife, The head coach of the Tigers cats has officially announced his retirement

Due to his wife, The head coach of the Tigers Cats has officially announced his retirement

If Hamilton Tiger-Cats supporters are asked to name their all-time favorite player, Simoni Lawrence is likely to be at or very near the top of the majority of them.

He has a lively disposition. He is a very important person in the neighborhood. He is a decent man. He is well-known. Every room he enters is brightened by his smile. Above all, he is an excellent player.

He was a superb athlete.

The Pennsylvania native declared his retirement from competitive baseball on Thursday. He will now serve as a brand and community ambassador in the front office. which for the previous ten years has essentially been his part-time job.

He’s spent more than 11 years in black and gold after coming to this city via trade from Edmonton (sorry, Edmonton, you lost that one). Few people have carved out a special place for themselves in this city’s legend.

Here, he did not take home a championship. Several times it came near, but it never materialized. That hurts a lot.

“It was difficult not to win the Grey Cup,” he remarks. “We compete to win the Grey Cup.”

However, he handled everything else.

On the field, Lawrence was frequently the most influential player. He was the East’s nominee for defensive player of the year three times. He was a three-time CFL all-star and five-time East all-star. In terms of total tackles (734), defensive tackles (727), and tackles in a single game (17), he leads the team. All of this with the Ticats in just 154 games.

That’s not a small quantity, let me be clear. We use the word “just” since it appears that he has been around for much longer.

This is largely due to the fact that he hasn’t been on the field all the time. He has participated in a million community activities, shook a million hands, signed a million autographs, visited a million sick children, and smiled a million times, for real.