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MONTREAL – They won two Grey Cups together on the Alouettes sideline and now Marc Trestman and Scott Milanovich will go head to head with a trip to the 100th Grey Cup on the line.
No one is happier or less surprised than Trestman to see his former offensive coordinator and assistant head coach enjoying success at the helm of his own team. Plucked from the Alouettes to become the head coach of the rival Argonauts this winter, Milanovich learned a lot from his time under Trestman but he wasn’t the only one picking up a thing or two.
“I tried to get everything that Scott knew,” said Trestman with a smile. “I’m proud of the fact that Scott got this job, I think it was well deserved. He worked very, very hard here and was an extremely important part of what we accomplished. I give him all the credit that he deserves.”
With four years together under their respective belts, one would think Milanovich could finish Trestman’s sentences not to mention know the Als offence inside out.
“I don’t know if he really does,” explained Trestman. “[In our last game against Toronto] we didn’t really know what we had. We were playing with new players like Chris Jennings. We ourselves were experimenting with a brand new offence during that segment of the season. We haven’t been playing the offence from when Scott was here. We’re just a different offence and putting people in different places. There is no real relatable identity from when we ran an offence with five wide receivers and Brandon Whitaker.”
While many are quick to dig more a deep-rooted meaning behind each time Milanovich and Trestman go clipboard-to-clipboard, the Als head coach doesn’t get what all the fuss is about.
“I don’t look at it that way. I’ve said it before with the three games that we played this year: it’s not Marc against Scott or Scott against Marc,” revealed Trestman. “Honestly, I feel no sense of competition relative to that. Scott and his team won one against us and we won two. I don’t look at it as head-coaching wins. I never have. It’s not who you play it’s when you play them.”
