September 5, 2011

Excuse me, Mr. Reusse . . .

Let me put out a few disclaimers:
A. I realize Jerry Kill hasn't won a game, yet.
B. I realize I could be getting ahead of myself.
C. Maturi is a combo between lucky and awful.

That being said, let's see what someone wrote on 12/05/2010.

"There are several questions to be asked of the M&M boys, Joel Maturi and Dave Mona, but here's the one that most intrigues a beat-up old sportswriter:

If you were going to the Mid-American Conference to find a new football coach for the Gophers, why didn't you hire the guy who won the MAC title game on Friday night, rather than the loser?

Miami (Ohio) was a 17 1/2-point underdog to Northern Illinois in Ford Field. Final: Miami 26, NIU 21.

And what did our traveling tandem do after that result came in? They hired Jerry Kill, 49, the coach who lost as a large favorite, rather than Mike Haywood, 46, a coach responsible for a rapid turnaround of downtrodden Miami."

Cool, Pat. Mike Haywood you say. Let's take a look at Mike Haywood a month after Reusse's post:

Haywood was arrested about 3 p.m. Friday after a custody issue developed with a woman with whom Haywood has a child, police said. The unidentified woman told police that Haywood grabbed her by the arm and neck and pushed her as she tried to leave the home that Haywood owns in South Bend, Ind., where he once was a Notre Dame assistant.

Your thoughts, Pat?

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