There is a huge difference between being a HC in college as opposed to the NFL.
Which role do you think Bo prefers?
The key to success in college is recruiting. The most successful college coaches are the ones who have to ability to sell their program to young players (and their mothers!). On a college team you are coaching boys that you recruited out of high school, boys who know they can be sent home on a moment's notice dashing all hope of a future in any kind of football. In college, you play the better athlete in their prospective positions. A college coach has complete autonomy of his program.
At the NFL level, someone else is making the personnel decisions. The HC makes recommendations, but it is completely someone else's decision on who stays, who goes, and what they are to be paid. Strategy and motivating overpaid, egotistical athletes are the roles a HC plays in the NFL. Gaining the respect of forty or so grown men on a pro team and molding them into a team that will bust through walls for you requires a charisma that few coaches possess. Knowing how to motivate each player individually requires years of experience in the company of men. In the NFL, not always does the better athlete play their prospective position. The size of the paycheck many times factors in who starts and who sits.
Which role do you think Bo prefers?
The key to success in college is recruiting. The most successful college coaches are the ones who have to ability to sell their program to young players (and their mothers!). On a college team you are coaching boys that you recruited out of high school, boys who know they can be sent home on a moment's notice dashing all hope of a future in any kind of football. In college, you play the better athlete in their prospective positions. A college coach has complete autonomy of his program.
At the NFL level, someone else is making the personnel decisions. The HC makes recommendations, but it is completely someone else's decision on who stays, who goes, and what they are to be paid. Strategy and motivating overpaid, egotistical athletes are the roles a HC plays in the NFL. Gaining the respect of forty or so grown men on a pro team and molding them into a team that will bust through walls for you requires a charisma that few coaches possess. Knowing how to motivate each player individually requires years of experience in the company of men. In the NFL, not always does the better athlete play their prospective position. The size of the paycheck many times factors in who starts and who sits.
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