Trestman Interested

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Thank god. I was worried he was going to spurn us. :eek:

Seriously though, that Montreal owner sounds like kind of a ballbuster regarding Trestman's contract and the fact that he absolutely expects Trestman to honor that. So hopefully he's not going to let him out of that contract, which would make Trestman to Minnesota a moot point if it isn't already (and knowing how some alumni with $$$$ have such attraction to Trestman, I have some fear and doubt regarding that).
 

Trestman with Cerrato as his recruting coordinator. I kind of like that combination.
 


jovs said:
Trestman with Cerrato as his recruting coordinator. I kind of like that combination.
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Oh yeah. That will really wow recruits. At least those that read Sid Hartman and Charlie Walters on a daily basis. And I know thier main demographic is under 20, so that should be good. I really hope we can inolve Jake Mauer, Jack Hanahan, Glen Perkins, Rob Quinlin and Darby Hendrickson as well. The key is to get as many people associated with Minnesota and the U as possible. Football accumen is secondary. :)
 


howeda7 said:
Oh yeah. That will really wow recruits. At least those that read Sid Hartman and Charlie Walters on a daily basis. And I know thier main demographic is under 20, so that should be good. I really hope we can inolve Jake Mauer, Jack Hanahan, Glen Perkins, Rob Quinlin and Darby Hendrickson as well. The key is to get as many people associated with Minnesota and the U as possible. Football accumen is secondary. :)
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You forgot about Lindsey Whalen.
 

Of course he is!

We are the 1st American team in his 30 year career that might actually be dumb enough to hire him as a head coach!
 



Won't happen. The only thing that MT has done that is on the the stated qualifications is that he has some Minnesota connection. The least important of all factors. I think (hope) Bruininks knows that hiring him would submarine the program.
 

Obviously he would be interested. A guy who is working in Canada who has never held a job for 4 years in his life is interested in a Big Ten football job and the 1-2.5 million per year it would bring?

HELLO!!!!?!
 


howeda7 said:
Oh yeah. That will really wow recruits. At least those that read Sid Hartman and Charlie Walters on a daily basis. And I know thier main demographic is under 20, so that should be good. I really hope we can inolve Jake Mauer, Jack Hanahan, Glen Perkins, Rob Quinlin and Darby Hendrickson as well. The key is to get as many people associated with Minnesota and the U as possible. Football accumen is secondary. :)
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Recruiting is about relationships. I don' think age is that important, Brewster wasn't that much younger than Trestman or Ceratto. I think they would be the best recruiting combination Minnesota has had. Ceratto was successful recruiting at Minnesota at one time, if he would take the job he would probably be good again.
 



I actually like the idea of Cerrato more than that of Trestman. I just don't see Trestman as a viable option.
 

If you asked the manager of the St. Paul Saints (whoever that is) if he'd like to skipper the Twins, he'd probably be interested, too.

CFL is to football as Northern League is to baseball. I would wager that the top 2 or 3 college teams could probably hold their own against a Canuck league team. Provided they weren't playing with the effed up rules they use up there. You could also do an analogy that CFL rules are to football as those screwed up girls Bball rules they used to use down in Iowa.
 

Trestman probably wouldn't work out, because a Canadian head football coach has never had success in America or Minnesota.
 

Mike Riley? The right coach might be possible but why would any FBS school hire a CFL coach as a head coach? Kent Austin, very successful at Saskatchewan, went south to be O-coordinator at Mississippi (he is now head coach at Cornell).

Playing Canadian rules the top college teams would get killed, it is a different game that takes different talents.

Trestman makes more than D-2 coaches and probably about the same as FCS coaches, comparing the CFL to the northern league is ridiculous. Every CFL team has better attendence than any FCS team I know.

PS I don't want Trestman either.
 

"We're gonna play hard on all three downs! We're gonna make this a Boxing Day the Prime Minister will never forget!"
 

gold04 said:
Trestman probably wouldn't work out, because a Canadian head football coach has never had success in America or Minnesota.
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That's irrelevant, because Trestman isn't Canadian.
 

Now footballscoop is saying we're after Jagodzinksi. This site last time (07) was saying we were looking at Bobby Hauck.

Don't run down the CFL. Without it, most Gophers would never get to play pro ball.
 

gold04 said:
Trestman probably wouldn't work out, because a Canadian head football coach has never had success in America or Minnesota.
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I was looking at a site where they listed the Canadian coach of the year. And i could not find it again this morning but a similar list appears at Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annis_Stukus_Trophy

I did notice Bud Grant back in the early years. With the exception of a Penn St QB, and Mike Rielly, the balance of the names included none that I recognized. Not saying that Trestman could not make his mark but it appears that later coaching sucess and noteriety in the States does not often follow winning this prestigous award.

For those who point to the fact that Leach is bright and has a JD, Trestman also has one. While having a JD does not indicate intelligence, I will give them both this: they are bright enough to be doing something other than practicing law.

Also, I have been reading Sid pimp for Trestman ever since he was a grad assistant at Miami. He has been around an awful long time without ever landing a head coaching position until latching on north of the border. I wish him continued success in Canada.
 

Winnipegopher said:
Mike Riley? The right coach might be possible but why would any FBS school hire a CFL coach as a head coach? Kent Austin, very successful at Saskatchewan, went south to be O-coordinator at Mississippi (he is now head coach at Cornell).

Playing Canadian rules the top college teams would get killed, it is a different game that takes different talents.

Trestman makes more than D-2 coaches and probably about the same as FCS coaches, comparing the CFL to the northern league is ridiculous. Every CFL team has better attendence than any FCS team I know.

PS I don't want Trestman either.
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Delusion. The CFL is minor league. The CFL is probably below the UFL in talent--many US players cannot play there simply because of the "import" rule. Attendance has little to do with it as well--it's a captive audience.

Tell Eden Prairie HS that it takes different talents to play the Canadian version of rugby:

Eden Prairie 40
Vincent Massey 0

Eden Prairie 33
Oak Park 0

That using JV players in one game.

Lastly, Trestman is a putz. No way, no how the U hires a pro coach, even this minor leaguer.
 

Bo Darville said:
Now footballscoop is saying we're after Jagodzinksi. This site last time (07) was saying we were looking at Bobby Hauck.

Don't run down the CFL. Without it, most Gophers would never get to play pro ball.
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That guy would be Mason II. The second he had any success he'd start shopping himself around. Plus I'm not too convinced by his credentials. He got fired by Tampa Bay because he couldn't get the plays in on time.
 

Vincent Massey plays in the lower division and is in its second year as a program.

Eden Prairie has 3200 students, Oak Park about a 1000 (can't find exact number). It is comparing apples to oranges.

Additionally, without question, American high school football is infinitely better than Canadian (for most Canadian kids this is their first football) but that wasn't the question. American college teams would kill Canadian ones as well. In my opinion, CFL teams will beat American college teams playing Canadian rules.

Arland Bruce makes 300 000 a year, how much would he make in the UFL? There is a reason the imports choose to play in Canada rather than the UFL- it is money.
 

I think Vinny Cerrato was recruiting coordinator under Holtz his second year after Buddy Ball left. I think Trestman "could" be a great U of M coach. The operative word here is "could". Right now, the U cannot afford another gamble. Trestman would be an unproven College entity and would not be the "Tubby Smith" caliber of hire that Maturi said was his goal. Nobody around the country, especially high school recruits, knows who Marc Trestman is. The silence would be deafening.
 

Winnipegopher said:
Vincent Massey plays in the lower division and is in its second year as a program.

Eden Prairie has 3200 students, Oak Park about a 1000 (can't find exact number). It is comparing apples to oranges.

Additionally, without question, American high school football is infinitely better than Canadian (for most Canadian kids this is their first football) but that wasn't the question. American college teams would kill Canadian ones as well. In my opinion, CFL teams will beat American college teams playing Canadian rules.

Arland Bruce makes 300 000 a year, how much would he make in the UFL? There is a reason the imports choose to play in Canada rather than the UFL- it is money.
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I like CFL football and I wonder how one of their better CIS teams like Laval would match up against some college teams at different levels.
 

Trestman is interest? That's great. So am I. I think I'd be great as the University of Minnesota head football coach.

But in the end, neither of us are qualified, neither of us would probably do very well, both of us should stick to our current jobs, and neither of us should get hired as the next University of Minnesota head football coach.
 

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