The Coaching Hire and the NIL Problem

Welcome to the board, Prowler!

 

Some of them actually take the opportunity seriously and graduate with degrees in something useful

I believe only about 50% of NFL players graduated

 

I was talking to the AstroTurf rep and he said in Texas they were tearing down a 30k seat stadium to put up a 40k seat stadium with private suites all paid for by alumni

 

But also the majority of players dont make millions in NIL money. The NIL money doesnt take away from the guy who is a scholarship guy who will never get to NFL.

 

If you don't mind, I'm trying to keep my location a secret due to safety concerns. On this one board a certain member had a beef with me and showed up in my hometown snooping around my family asking questions. My username on that forum was stolen after this incident. Lucky for me, I'm in a totally new area and not in the same state. I'd like to keep it this way, thanks.

As for your accomplishments as a coach, I'm happy that you got to feel the joy of helping young men become amazing adults and champions in real life. No other feeling like it when you're serving for the greater good.

 

Your assumption isn't quite right. Their moral compass doesn't necessarily have to align with me. My post above was about the challenges for the new coach in leading these young men. There has to be a rigid team structure implemented by McCarthy where he is a mentor but he is also tough enough to follow a zero tolerance policy.

 

I think you summed up the reality of the business in the football powerhouse states for sure. Look forward to having more conversations with you as well Joel.

 

Its the NFL, there isnt zero tolerance policy because the players have contracts and different roles and a labor union. Coaches are not hired to be mentors, they are hired to manage a team and win games. You cant run an NFL locker room like a High School locker room, because the organization has investments in players that may be far more significant than the investment they have in you as a coach. The Job of Head coach in the NFL is to make sure the players have the tools and preperation to be successful against their next opponent, it is not to worry about being a mentor or worrying about someones moral compass. Name me one successful coach in the NFL that has a strict rigid zero tolerance policy.

 

Well some of our diva players acted worse than high school kids. Tomlin himself used to say so and so is not varsity enough. The NFL can and will fine players.
In that aspect it is a bit like high school

 

The team itself can fine players they dont need the NFL but that isnt the point. I gaurantee you that Andy Reid would treat Pat Mahomes different for being late for meeting versus some 3rd stringer on the punt team, as well he should.

 

As long as the action does not greatly detract from the team , star players get extra leeway as long as they are key for victory. To quote Jimmy Johnson, each man is treated differently.