an idiot to come back to Hamilton for roughly $125,000 as a DC. I don't care that Regina would love to pick up the
difference in salary, that would have to be expected !! Marshall will remain in retirement until the Ottawa franchise
re surfaces in 2014.
Read my comments before responding....the salary difference would not make any difference to Marshall at this
point in time !!
Also, why would he want to come back to a franchise that basically fired him 2 years ago ??? Obie is still here !! <!-- s:roll: -->:roll:<!-- s:roll: --> <!-- s:roll: -->:roll:<!-- s:roll: -->
I’d dispute this as a blanket observation. Good schemes can hide player deficiencies to some extent, and maybe elevate a poor defense into a competent one for short stretches of time, but fundamentally, you won’t go anywhere if you don’t have the talent. It’s not that you have to get elite players at every position, but you do have to be solid on the line and the rest of the personnel has to fit what your coordinator is doing. This defense wasn’t exactly the 85 Bears even when Chamblin was in charge of it.
A strong front four fixes so very many problems on defense. Your DBs don’t have to cover as long, the linebackers aren’t always needed to blitz in order to create pressure, and run-stopping is feasible, because you’re tackling the back at the line, not after he’s 8 yards downfield.
Chill tipper. I did read your comments, I just did not agree with them.
If we agree that Sask would like to lighten it’s financial load and given they have played us twice, they could care less if Marshal coaches, then it all boils down to Marshall.
I disagree with you that he would want to sit on his behind and collect say $300k from Sask for two years as opposed to getting the same money in total from two teams, and be coaching.
I am basing this on my impression of Marshall as being a hard working, go get em type of guy and not a lazy bum who wishes to collect pay cheque and not work (enough of those in society already)
I am basing this on the notion that he wishes to get the HC gig in Ottawa. As such, it is a lot easier if you are current, up to speed with the players, flow and tendencies of the game, as opposed to being out of it for what would be 3 years. I would think he would be more attractive to Ottawa if he spent the last two years on a coaching staff than just enjoying the Burlington air.
Once you are out, it ain’t easy to get back in so I disagree with your thoughts on how Marshall may view the chance.
Of course, we are both prognosticating based on what we know, and I certainly do not have a pipeline.
Also, I stand to be corrected, but my recollection was not that Marshall got fired, but that the Sask job came up and he applied for it and got it, and that if he had not got the job in Sask, he would have continued on our staff (who knows, may have even took over from Marcel).
Anyway, it is speculative, but the fact that we even embark on such speculation is an indictment of our current DC.