Avurax wrote:I just can't get excited about a defensive coordinator as a head coach. Can anyone change my mind?
Kingofpain89 wrote:Will Muschamp as Tennessee head coach? Hadnt read that yet and I seriously doubt it will happen.
Kingofpain89 wrote:Gruden is a good coach IMO. I also dont see him taking a job with a college either especially with that nice cushy ESPN job he currently has.
FormCritic wrote:I doubt his ESPN job pays like a head coach job.If his on-air personna is anything like his actual personality....Gruden is moron.
FormCritic wrote:He's probably still collecting the last part of his salary from the Buccaneers. If he takes a coaching job elsewhere he loses the contract money. That's usually how it works. No way does a network pay anywhere near the millions a pro coach makes.
FormCritic wrote:No way does a network pay anywhere near the millions a pro coach makes.
FormCritic wrote:If his on-air personna is anything like his actual personality....Gruden is moron.
bclarkie wrote:I actually like Gruden on air. He's a bit over the top and obnoxious, but he know his stuff when he talks. With that said, I believe his on air personality isn't much different when he's not on the air, so I'm not sure I'd want him coaching my favorite football team.
Agent Cooper wrote:I've heard it said that being an NFL head coach, at each regular season game you experience as much mental and emotional stress damage to the body as you would being a high level executive of a fortune 500 company for one YEAR. And I tend to believe this is true. These guys are under alot of pressure to win. Put yourself in a big market like NY and you could probably double that stress level.
Kingofpain89 wrote:If I thought that personality was a good indicator of if someone could coach or not, Wade Phillips wouldn't get a vote of confidence from me. The way he talks during interviews reminds me of the little black woman from the Police Academy movies....at least when she isn't screaming. He must have the emotional range of a tree sloth.And although I think he has had a lot to do with the success of Dallas' defense recently, I give Keith Brooking a lot of the credit for being the leader that they sorely needed.
Kingofpain89 wrote:Tell that to John Madden. When he retired he was making $9.5 million per year as a broadcaster. Head coaches in the NFL don't make nearly that much. Mike Shanahan, arguably one of the most sought after head coaches is going to make approximately $7 million per year with the Redskins.http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_14127983No, of course not all broadcasters make as much money as head coaches make. But on the flip side of that you have a lot of head coaches not making near the same amount of money that guys like Chris Berman, Al Michaels, and Bob Costas make (Al was making @3 mil per year in 2006 according to this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/10/sport ... ready.html). This Forbes article from last year has several salaries listed for the top NFL coaches (NFL is about halfway down the page):http://www.forbes.com/2009/05/13/highes ... s-nba.htmlAt the time, Lovie Smith and Jeff Fisher were the two highest paid head coaches at $5.5 million per year. Just like any other job it depends on how successful you are, how well you kiss ass, and how many years you have been at it.
bclarkie wrote:I was speaking more towards the arrogant in your face, loose cannon act. I would think that routine would wear thin amongst the players very quickly. His arrogance also seems to get in the way sometimes of him making sound personnel decisions as evidenced by the fact that he always liked to have a stable of washed up QBs he could randomly interchange at his own whim over the last several years in TB.Don't get me wrong he's really a bright guy, but I would think he'd be much better as a Offensive Coordinator, than a Head Coach. I like his passion, but he has a massive ego that I know would be hard to deal with, especially in a room with a bunch of other guys that have massive egos.
