Mid year coaching changes very rarely work.
http://football.sport-heute.ch/home.php ... ave_ritchi
Ritchie is coaching. He is in Europe. Head coach of Renegades Zurich.
From the New York Times... apparently there is a talent shortage in Europe.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/world ... wanted=all
Landquart Journal
The Game Is American, but the View, Alpine
By JOHN TAGLIABUE
Published: April 14, 2011
For Dave Ritchie, the game he was watching was less than tremendous. A 51-year veteran of football coaching, about half of that time in the Canadian Football League, Mr. Ritchie, 72, moved to Zurich two months ago to become the club’s head coach. Wearing Bermuda shorts, his snow-white hair tumbling from beneath a baseball cap, Mr. Ritchie stamped his foot in exasperation as the Zurich center hiked the ball over the head of the placekicker, robbing Zurich of the extra point after its only touchdown.
“The last three touchdowns, I told my guys exactly how it would happen,” he said. “They can’t react.” Patience was needed, he said, adding that after so many satisfying years in football, “I’m trying to give something back.”
Zurich has a decent quarterback, he said, an American named Perry Patterson who was a star at Syracuse University and tried out unsuccessfully for the Buffalo Bills. But the Swiss are not likely to send anyone to the N.F.L. soon.
04. Juli 2011, 10:56
Regular Ranglisten 2011
Nun ist die Regularsaison abgeschlossen. Die Play-off rufen für die Einen - das Saisonaus für die Anderen. Eine Saison die gut begann aber dennoch nicht halten konnte, was sie am Anfang versprach. Mit den Broncos ist schaut ein mehr als deutlicher Regularsieger aus der laufenden Meisterschaft heraus.
...lexx Bluedevils 10 14
3. Basel Gladiators 10 12
4. Bern Grizzlies 10 8
5. Zurich Renegades 10 6
6. Basel Meanmachine 10 0
http://www.europlayers.com/News.aspx?NewsId=274
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/s ... gle.com.hk
Now, Europe awaits the former head coach of the B.C. Lions and Winnipeg Blue Bombers, who will turn 73 this year as a rookie head coach with the Zurich Renegades, the most prestigious American football club in Switzerland, as if you didn’t know.
“I just want to coach again, although I haven’t stopped coaching,” explained Ritchie, who will take over his new post on Feb. 4. “I would like to have been a head coach in the CFL again, but it wasn’t happening. This came up and sounded like a lot of fun. But if there was ever a CFL head coaching job that opened up, and they wanted somebody who’s won a few games, I certainly would listen.”