Lots of scuttlebutt still swirls in the locker room. One oft-mentioned rumor has Restic and Yale coach Carm Cozza both jointly stepping down and ending their 23-year rivalry together, but Restic has denied the existence of such an arrangement.
The fact that quarterback Mike Giardi, the consummate MultiFlex leader, will also be gone after the `93 season strikes Tyrell as an obvious correlation.
"[Restic] enjoyed Giardi as a player and a person, and he ran the Multi-Flex just like he has wanted," the sophomore defender said. "There is in my mind no coincidence about the two departures."
Giardi could not be reached last night for comment.
Moving Right Along
But the team plans to move on in spite of such developments, and as Begert comments, news of Restic's departure might be greatly exaggerated as far as its effects on the upcoming season.
"It should be an added motivation for the upcoming season, not so much a lame-duck thing," he said. "It should be more emotionally uplifting; this is his last hurrah, and we would like to make it into something special.
"He's a great coach, and he'll be dearly missed."