Jesse Lumsden....Heir to the Throne?

Could it be that we already have a suitable replacement for Alexander the great?
Through much on going controversy, we have fans from all walks of the Seahawk fence taking opposite sides of the Shaun conflict. Arguements range from keeping him to continue the Hawks being a winning orginization, to dumping Alexander the greedy and we will be better off without him. Arguements also state the it will be the end of the Hawks as we know it and we will fail miserably without him. Most have spent the entire offseason debating, and hating, about the likes of a player who is on a hall of fame pace, who may or may not really even want to be here whether or not the Hawks can afford him.

The more I investigate Jesse Lumsden, the more comfortable I feel with him being a suitable replacement to Sir Shaun. Comfortable enough that I am more than willing to say, "Be Gone Shaun" We need not your individualistic ways, we have found an un-selfish team player, that will do just fine thank you.

Allow me to introduce you to:

Jesse Lumsden: The Canadian Speedster

The last name of Lumsden is pretty well known in Canadian university football. In the 1970s, it was Neil Lumsden, a running back and kicker with the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees, who led his team to the Vanier Cup in 1975 and moved on to play an outstanding career in the CFL. Then came Neil's son, Jesse, who was nearly unstoppable in 2004 as a running back with the McMaster University Marauders. Lumsden made a career of steam rolling through opponents, setting the CIS (Canadian Interuniversity Sport) single season rushing record with 1,816 yards, the CIS single-season touchdown record (21) and the CIS career touchdown record (43). He also broke the OUA (Ontario University Athletics) career rushing record with 4,328 yards.
One particular career highlight had direct ties with his dad. On October 4, 2003, Jesse had five touchdowns against the Western Mustangs, matching a performance by his dad on the exact same day years earlier.It came as no surprise when Lumsden was named the 2004 Hec Crighton Trophy winner as the top Canadian university football player. A nice way to cap a season that saw him average 227 rushing yards per game and over 10 yards per carry. With a 4.4 time in the 40-yard dash, Lumsden is an explosive runner out of the backfield, a big reason the Seahawks signed him as a free agent following April's NFL draft.
Jesse & Mike Brown "That's one of my best qualities as a football player and I'm trying to expose that as much as I can," says Lumsden. "The Seahawks had a representative at my pro day and I ran real well, and I feel that's one of my best assets." Jesse joins fellow Canadians J.P. Darche, Kerry Carter and Jerome Pathon on the Seahawks roster, but can he speak French like Darche? "Je ne parle pas francais," Lumsden replies. "I don't speak French."

Jesse & Jesse: NFL QB Palmer On Hand To Witness Record Breaking Day As part of the NFL's ongoing efforts to support amateur football in Canada, Ottawa born and trained QB Jesse Palmer, currently with the NFL New York Giants, was on hand to witness a special day in the CIS on Saturday. McMaster star runningback Jesse Lumsden smashed both the CIS single season rushing mark and career touchdown mark in front of his hometown fans.
This report from the Toronto Sun: Toronto Sun to express his gratitude to the McMaster Marauders offensive linemen after his record-breaking day, Jesse Lumsden promised to take the big boys out for dinner. What Lumsden didn't tell the five hogs (their average size is 6-foot-3, 285 pounds) was how he was planning to pay for the big night out. "I'll pay it down the road and get another student loan maybe," Lumsden said after setting three records yesterday, including the CIS single-season rushing mark, in a 32-13 win over the Queen's Golden Gaels in the final regular season game at 48-year-old Les Prince Field yesterday. "I'm going to work (Lumsden is a bartender at a campus pub) tonight, so I'll ask for extra tips to pay for that dinner and maybe I can buy them something nice like a t-shirt."

Humble in all circumstances, Lumsden was true to form yesterday after rushing for 279 yards on 31 carries before 3,782 fans. That total gave him 1,680 yards this season -- with one game left -- topping current Montreal Alouette Eric Lapointe's record of 1,619, set in 1996. The powerful fourth-year running back also reached 4,001 rushing yards for his career, smashing current Edmonton Eskimo Mike Bradley's (Waterloo) record of 3,733. Finally, Lumsden scored two touchdowns to give him 43 for his career, eclipsing Bradley's CIS career high of 41. "If I start thinking about that stuff, you start to lose focus of what's really important," the 6-foot-2, 226-pound Lumsden, the featured attraction at a rare mid-week press conference at Mac this week, said. "The team comes first and this is a team record. I'm not taking sole credit for it at all."
After Lumsden was held to 98 yards on 13 carries in the first half, Mac coach Marcello Campanaro made him the focus of the offence and he exploded for 181 yards on 18 touches in the second half. He set the touchdown and CIS single-season record on a 16-yard run in the third quarter, earning a standing ovation when the accomplishments were announced. "There is a sense of relief but Jesse did such a good job of keeping it toned down ... There really wasn't a lot of talk about it in the dressing room prior to the game," Campanaro said. Among those on hand to witness Lumsden's big day was Hamilton Tiger-Cats coach/ex-Mac coach Greg Marshall. "When he came to Mac that first year, he was tall and thin, but very fast," Marshall said. "But he has got stronger and stronger. Now, you look at him with his shirt off and you think, 'Whoa. He's pretty thick.'

The six-foot-two, 226-pound native of Burlington, Ont., set new single-season marks with 1,816 yards and 21 touchdowns in 2004 and established another record with 47 career TDs. He dominated his rivals like few players ever have in the CIS, averaging a ridiculous 10.2 yards per carry.