Ed O'Neil takes the title of coordinator and Rust will be a "defensive consultant"
I wonder what caused this change - was it something from Rust? or something from the Cats organization that changed?
At the very least, anyone concerned about Rust being too old should be satisfied with this. And really, it looks pretty good since Rust will still be on board to share his wealth of CFL knowledge with a coach new to the league, but O'Neil certainly brings some impressive coaching credentials as well.
yeh ed looks wicked, but this doesnt make to much sense?? why was rust to step down?? it jus doesnt make logical sense, if he was such a great coach in the first place why wud he be replaced then?? wats going on in ticat land here fowlkes??
O'Neil was drafted by the NFL's Detroit Lions in the first round (eighth overall) in 1974 and was a linebacker with the club from 1974 to 1980.
His career is very good. PLus, he has great experience as a linebacker...which will be very good for the new guys coming in and the vets from last year. I thought linebacker was a big weakness last year.
All of Coach have been Announced
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats announced today that head coach Charlie Taaffe has finalized his coaching staff by hiring Jeff Bleamer as offensive line coach, Mike Nelson as defensive line coach and Dennis Goldman as receivers coach.
These new coaches all have great resumes, and a lot of them have worked together before.
I think making Rust a consultant is a great move. Now we have two very good coaches overseeing the D. And I also like the fact that the new Defensive Line Coach has coached teams that have been sack leaders. I can't remember the last time we had a D that was all over the QB.
What the newspapers didn't mention was that after his NFL stint, Ed O'Neil enjoyed a successful career as AL Bundy on NBC's "Married...With Children". :lol:
The Ticat management has successfully met the timeline of filling out its coaching staff and commencing work as a group by Mar 5/07. While it is a concern that the defensive coordinator and the position coaches (other than Mike Nelson) lack CFL coaching experience, they all have extensive football coaching experience and they have two and a half months to get ready for the 2007 CFL season.
Hopefully the entire Ticat coaching staff can attend the CFL Evaluation Camp in Toronto next weekend so that the position coaches can do a first-hand assessment of the potential draftees in the various positional drills and provide reports to Marcel Desjardins.
Its truely a small world I went to the same high school as he did but was a year ahead of him in the same class as his brother Dan .
He was a good football player in high school and I do remember him playing for Penn State . He played with John Capeletti for anyone that remembers him . I lost track of him after he went pro .