Quote:If someone offered me a one-year contract and another person a multiyear contract, do you think I would feel as valued and wanted as the other person? Probably not. When all assistant coaches were offered one-year contracts, Mike Shula, then our quarterback coach, bolted for Carolina. Why? Because he wanted a multiyear contract with job security, of course.

 

Generally speaking, professional football coaches have enough of an ego to lug around that they aren't really worried about being "valued" nor "wanted". By and large, they believe that they provide value to the team by their efforts and that they can produce enough of that value that the teams want them to be around.

 

I have no idea if Marrone wanted that kind of warm, fuzzy feeling or not but from what I have learned of him, it's not something that he values all that much.

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