I read in the Toronto Sun a couple days ago that a friend of "The Don" spoke with him after reading about Mathews' poor health. Don told his friend that he was fine, the Alouettes had fired him and used that as an excuse and he's interested in coaching in Hamilton.
This was in the Sun, not some "source" only I'm privy to.
Mathews has had health issues in the past and when he has these issues his teams start to lose. He is old and washed up and the Ti-Cats would be better off without him.
If Hamilton has any chance of hiring Matthews, they'd be stupid not to. He's a winner, and would really straighten out some of the jokers who called themselves Ticats in 2006.
If (big IF) Don makes himself available, he's going to get hired, all things being equal and a truckload of money in the offing.
The scenario that intrigues me is who would be on his staff, since I could only see this being a two or three year hire, tops.
I am not sold on him coming back, but if he is available, the Cats would be crazy not to pursue it. The guy has an unprecedented record in the CFL at transforming programs.
Mathews is 67 yrs old.I think we need someone younger who could be around for a long term.If we hired Mathews how long would he be here 2-3 yrs tops.
We need a long term solution.
I prefer Rich Stubler as the next hire if available, but I really like the Charlie Taaffe possibility. Desjardins knows him well.
If Matthews IS available, well that is a big reshuffle of the deck, I would say.
The age issue does not influence me, regardless. I prefer to have this team turned around in a 1-3 year timeframe instead of quibbling about age. As I stated earlier, the question of interest for me is if Don wound up in The Hammer, who would be on his staff? That would be the likely source of a long-term successor in such an eventuality.