Blue Draft Pick Arrives with Chip On Shoulder

Winnipeg Free Press (May 28, 2009)

Author: Tait, Ed

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"'Chip on my shoulder' is a good term," [Carter] said Wednesday, not long after the Bombers announced the signing of all four of their 2009 draft picks. "Draft day was kinda weird. My mom left the house because she couldn't handle the tension and my dad was pacing.

"I'm looking at this now as a blessing," Carter added. "Had I been drafted highly, maybe I would have been a little too comfortable in my skin. Now I'm back to a place I like to be: I'm hungry. This is all I've been thinking about for the past month. I'm ready to get out there and just give 'er hell."

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Blue Draft Pick Arrives with Chip On Shoulder

INJECT him with a truth serum and Thaine Carter will likely admit he's still a little bitter, perhaps even angry, about the whole thing.

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