Football (Canadian) : the right man at the right place.

The Montreal Alouettes have a new coach, Marc Trestman.

Fabio Capello does not speak English, Marc Trestman does not speak Canadian football, though he attended a three-day crash immersion course last spring with the Alouettes.

Marc Trestman nevertheless speaks fluent NFL, which should be more than good enough : if you could read Ovid in the original text, you usually needed little additional training to be able to go through the Mass in Latin.

Besides, some players, including Boulay and Proux, have enthusiastically endorsed the management decision : during the team last spring camp, Marc Trestman managed to keep them interested throughout his speech as guest coach, which lasted no less than ten full minutes.

No doubt a feat impressive enough to make him already eligible to the CFL Hall of Fame.

(P.M.)