[NU Sports] The road to Detroit

[Ben]

I went to the Cal-Tennessee game earlier this year with a friend of mine, and the rumor I heard is that Dunbar's style never really meshed with Cal head coach Jeff Tedford's - the thinking being that Cal was never going to un the spread to the extent Dunbar wanted to.  So after a year, Dunbar moved on.


----- Original Message ----
From: Roy Lamberton <rstetson at capps-assoc.com>
To: CHerron604 at aol.com; thiegs at umn.edu; nwu-sports at tssi.com
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 9:01:44 AM
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] The road to Detroit


IMHO..



Dunbar originally saw a chance to take over for RW if he failed, took another
job or retired early. I'm pretty sure he thought that was the thinking  when he
came to NU as the "tight ends" coach. Dunbar arrived at NU when RW was a hot
property, and was going to ride RW's coattails to something better.



When it became obvious that RW wasn't going to leave, AND that Fitz was the heir
apparent, he headed west to be with his family, and a shot at getting an elusive
head coaching job. Having interviewed him several times, he talked like a head
coach, not an assistant, and I'm sure he'd like one shot at the big time. 



At Cal he was always going to play second fiddle to their HC, and once he put in
the more spread type plays, he was really free to chase something where he would
be the head guy on offense and a showcase for a head coaching position. At
Minnesota, he has a chance to shine, and get that Div I offer which he'd jump at
quickly.



Dunbar has his national championship rings - from his early days on the west
coast, but every Div I assistant coach hopes to run his own team someday - I
doubt that Mike Dunbar is any different. And I personally think he'd do a really
good job.



IMHO of course



rsl







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From: CHerron604 at aol.com [mailto:CHerron604 at aol.com] 
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 11:18 AM
To: rstetson at capps-assoc.com; thiegs at umn.edu; nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] The road to Detroit



On the subject of Dunbar....



Does anybody know the REAL story on Dunbar ?  He left us and went to Cal,
supposedly to be closer to his grandchildren.  Now he turns up in Minneapolis.
Did his grandchildren leave the bay area for the much more glamorous twin cities
?  Or was the original 'grandchildren' excuse just a smokescreen ?



Chuck Herron   Tech '85





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