Darth Tater Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Almost all offensive systems and many defensive systems were designed due to lack of talent. Almost all great coaches are great because they figured out how to win with less talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gholmesbm Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Hanburger was an OLB not a MLB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sideshow24 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 . I wonder what London Fletcher's future holds? Good candidate to move up through the coaching ranks in my opinion. I remember Fletcher saying he wouldn't want to coach. 'Too many hours' or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cphil006 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 They play a long time and get concussions? Usually you get your coaching start in your 20s... tough to do if you get into it well into your 30s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTSKINSFAN5 Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Cuz they run into people head first for 20 years. Had me laughing until my head hurt when i read this haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirClintonPortis Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Two Words: Mike Singletary. and his balls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibarramedia Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Gary Kubiak was John Elway's back up and was a good coordinator in Denver and has been a head coach in Houston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire71 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 MLB tend not to make good head coaches, IMO, because they sometimes don't understand the subtlety of not being able to treat every player the same. Although it's probably cliche by now in the discussion, Singletary's a great example. Most MLB are such fireballers that only certain players can play for them. A good head coach has to have the ability to coach a variety of different personalities because there are so many men on a team, and each of them isn't going to react to your specific brand of discipline in the exact same way. Example: the year Singletary was the interim HC at the end of the season (I believe it was '08), he tore Vernon Davis a new one on the sidelines and sent him off to the showers. Davis has since become a team captain and one of the best TE's in the league. But he tried the exact same approach with three different quarterbacks - Alex Smith, Troy Smith, and Nate Davis - and really destroyed what was left of their confidence because you just can't do quarterbacks like that. The other thing is, offenses morph over time. A guy that excelled as a defender in the 80s or so doesn't always know how to work an offense in 2010-2011. Usually, he'll be fine in that regard if you pair him with an effective offensive co-ordinator, but if you notice, Singletary never had one of those. The head coach, like a quarterback in some regards, is often only as good as the guys that are around him. IMO, Tom Coughlin for New York is a very overrated head coach, but he's always had good coordinators on his staff, and that's why his teams have a level of success. The one guy I think that has at least had some degree of success as a HC coming from being a pro MLB is Jack Del Rio...but personally, I think that's because the Jacksonville FO is too scared of losing their team to LA to take a chance on anyone else. Conversely, the pro players that tend to have the most success as coaches are backup QBs, linemen, and defensive backs. Not quite sure why that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aarobinson Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 the first thing that came to mind when I saw this thread is when Singletary took over the 49ers and quickly proceeded to drop trou in the locker room as a motivational technique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABSTRACT Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I believe they are more suited to lead naturally (physically) on the field rather than on the sideline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flock53 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Didn't work out so well for good ole Mike Singletary. I wonder what London Fletcher's future holds? Good candidate to move up through the coaching ranks in my opinion. Dont worry about MS, he'll be OK. Wasnt Hasslet a LBer??? Hasnt worked out for Jim..............That being said, I REALLY like Kevin Greene (GB LB coach). Give him a couple years and he'll be the next big ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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