Thursday, December 30, 2010

Marshall's Law

It appears the Saskatchewan Roughriders have found their man at Head Coach. Greg Marshall is believed to be named the Head Coach for the Riders as soon as next week.

A lot of people criticized Ken Miller's decisions as a Head Coach. And while Miller wasn't perfect, 2 straight trips to the Grey Cup he should be remembered as a successful coach. (If you think Miller was bad, I got 2 words for you Ray Jauch)
I really like the choice of Marshall.

The first reason I like Marshall, is because he's a player coach. Wherever Marshall has gone as a Defensive Coordinator in the CFL, he's had success. Saskatchewan in the 90's, Edmonton, Winnipeg and Hamilton all excelled with the tutelage of the former Ottawa Roughrider Defensive End.

Another reason I like Marshall as the new Head Coach is because he's a defensive genius. With Doug Berry as the offensive coordinator last year, it was big year for many Rider players on offence including Darian Durant. But the defence struggled a lot last year. The Riders need to be better defensively next year, and even though the Riders haven't added a player yet, the defence just got better.

If the Riders add Richie Hall as defensive coordinator, I think that the Riders came away with the possible answer to the Head Coaching position.

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