(01-12-2025, 10:34 PM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(01-12-2025, 09:37 PM)TheDogCatcher Wrote: I, too, could cherry pick former players turned successful coaches if you want to go there. The point is that former players tend to garner more respect when they enter the locker room. The wonky types’ wizardry must quickly produce consistent winning or they’ll lose their luster fast.

What are you basing your claim on? All your time in NFL locker rooms?

Haha - I actually did spend time interviewing NFL players and coaches. I was a newspaper reporter in my prime. I have a picture of myself interviewing John Harbaugh when he was a little known special teams coach for the Eagles. 

I think it’s human nature to respect someone more who’s done the thing he or she is teaching you.

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