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Originally Posted by CardinalJunky
Most successful coaches were NOT good players. And the secretary comment? Come on. Freddy
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Who besides the players get a Super Bowl ring?
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The NFL will pay up to $5,000 per ring and will buy rings for 150 members of the organization. After the players, coaches, front office personnel, trainers, the general manager and the owner, maybe even the cheerleaders will get a ring. After the players, coaches, trainers and management get their rings, who gets the other rings is left up to the team's management.
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Ah hum....and you were saying CardinalJunky?
So yes a secretary could carry the same credibility as career clipboard carrier Jason Garrett with 3 SB rings on her hand but not the same credibility as Troy Aikman.
We know she filled out far more paper work than garrett and his clipboard and I'd say she earned her salary more than Garrett did.
Come on, if your talking NFL coaches I'd bet well over half were very good football players in either college or pro.
Joe Whitt Jr was a reciever at Auburn but plaugued by injuries, he was a very good DB coach at U of L and made it to the NFL as a coach.
Because he wasnt a NFL player and his college career was cut shhort I agree that he did go on to make an excellent young coach.
With some more experience I'd love to see him come back to Louisville as a head coach one day.
Now if your talking college coaches there are far too many for me to research but I'd be inclined to say they wouldnt be in coaching if they werent football players to begin with.
The only exception I could think of would be Charlie Wies of Notre Dame, never played any football as far as I know.
As far as the theory that a super bowl rings giving a coach instant credibility.......
Dan Marino is far more credible than Jason Garrett as a player although Garrett has 3 rings and Marino has none. Would you rather have Garrett or Marino teaching your kid the mechanics and nuiances of playing QB.
Marino chose the booth because he did it all on the field, Garrett chose the sidelines where he spent his pro career.
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He originally played college football at Princeton University, but transferred to Columbia University when his father became the head coach. Following his father's resignation as head coach after Columbia's 0-10 1985 season, Jason and his brothers, John and Judd, transferred back to Princeton University.
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Come on Ivy league football?
Garrett is obviously smart, right off the top a good atribute for a coach but the Ivy League isnt known as an NFL player factory now is it?
The Ivy League player of the year at Princeton
He was a QB coach in Maimi and the OC for Dallas not even a full season yet.
No way would I say that qualifies Garrett as a Head Coach candidate on any level except maybe HS. Garrett needs more experience as a coach before I think he gets a shot at Head Coach anywhere.
So where does the credibility come in from having super bowl rings?
Just owning one or earning one on the field?
Then again the old saying goes
"those who can, do.....those who cant, coach"