I make a point of listening to CJAD before the games
I’d like to find a way to record EVERYTHING from CJAD, but with the audio/timing delay issue it’s just not possible to watch TSN and listen to CJAD.
Be that as it may…CJAD interviewed McPherson’s agent and former high-school basketball coach, Elliot Washington:
Moffat: “Now Adrian tells me, Mr. Washington, that he’d be VERY happy to extend his contract. He loves Montreal and has found a home. Do you think you and Jim Popp can get that done?”
Washington: “Yes sir, I think so. I think it’s just a matter of, uh, me and Jim sitting down and discussing some things and um, finding out, you know, what would be the best situation for Montreal and Adrian. Of course, he does love the organization. He loves coach Trestman. He’s been definitely a great mentor and coach for him so, the whole situation is good. I think it’s just a matter of ironing out some details and I feel real positive about that situation.”
Moffat: “After some controversy that abruptly cut short his college career…”
(and I have to interject here that according to some sources Adrian was HOSED by his college coach, abandoned when he needed him most…after he and his family were promised that he’d be like a second father to him)
…“he found a home in the Arena Football League (humbling enough) but he found a football friend in Steve DeBerg, the former 49’ers quarterback…was his coach in the Arena League, and he says, ‘I haven’t felt the trust from a coach that Steve DeBerg gave me until coach Trestman came here to Montreal’ and that’s one of the things he loves so much about being an Alouette.”
Washington: " Yes, definitely. Steve DeBerg was obviously a great, great mentor and quarterback coach for Adrian as well…he was the guy that taught him the game: the PRO game. I mean, you have to remember, Adrian was only in at Florida State for a year, so Steve was the first to give him the opportunity to get into the film room and give him the opportunity to do what other quarterbacks was able to do for three or four years at that high level. So DeBerg was very “hands-on” with him, and you know was really a guy who stepped out and helped Adrian get through the maturation process. You know, coming it to build with coach Trestman, he saw the same qualities from coach Trestman…had at a lot of other NFL outlets where he was able to sit Adrian down and kinda mentor him and go step-by-step on a lot of different things…on the field AND off the field. So that’s the kind of relationship he’s used to with me as a high-school coach, and I was a point-guard at the University of Alabama so I was very hands-on with Adrian in a lot of things, so those relationships…of course blossomed with coach DeBerg and of course with coach Trestman. That’s why he’s in a comfort zone in Montreal right now."
McPherson…for all his bad luck in the past…has been fortunate to have caught the eye of some great people…Steve DeBerg, Warren Moon, Elliot Washington and now Allouettes coach Marc Trestman. From the sound of things, he regrets asking to be traded…and is looking to a GREAT future with the Alouettes.
For anyone who missed the interview with Ed Phillion on CJAD:
[url=http://www.cjad.com/player/player?mediapath=&type=mp3&fi=files%2Fmedia%2F86%2Fmcpherson%20after%20win%20at%20hamilton.mp3&nid=1203087&]http://www.cjad.com/player/player?media ... d=1203087&[/url]
Way to go Adrian!!!
:thup: :thup: :thup: