It's no secret which record Copperheads linebacker Sandip Bakshi has his eyes set on: Tackles. Since entering the league, Bakshi has had 100+ tackles in every season while playing for both Yellowknife and Austin. With the switch from a 14 game season to a 13 game season, it will be much more difficult to break the career record or even the single-season record, but that hasn't dissuaded Sandy.
"Good tackling is one of the things the coaches expect us to do on every down, it's not really glamorous but someone's got to come up and make those tackles and I usually am the guy they have tracking down the ball-carrier to make that hit." Sandy said in a post-game interview.
So far this season, Bakshi hasn't been doing himself any favors. With just 22 tackles through 3 games he is far short of the league leader and rookie linebacker Honda Edmond has been getting a lot of production of his own. Having a shared load between 2 talented players is no doubt a good thing for Austin's defense, but for Sandy Bakshi's path to the record books it's quite a substantial obstacle. For Sandy though, no personal glory can match the real goal of the league.
"I just want to win," Sandy said, "can I change my answer to the franchise record for wins? I should have just said that to begin with."
"Good tackling is one of the things the coaches expect us to do on every down, it's not really glamorous but someone's got to come up and make those tackles and I usually am the guy they have tracking down the ball-carrier to make that hit." Sandy said in a post-game interview.
So far this season, Bakshi hasn't been doing himself any favors. With just 22 tackles through 3 games he is far short of the league leader and rookie linebacker Honda Edmond has been getting a lot of production of his own. Having a shared load between 2 talented players is no doubt a good thing for Austin's defense, but for Sandy Bakshi's path to the record books it's quite a substantial obstacle. For Sandy though, no personal glory can match the real goal of the league.
"I just want to win," Sandy said, "can I change my answer to the franchise record for wins? I should have just said that to begin with."
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