Oh, don't be mean to poor Jim Zorn. That poor dude was Peter Principle'd past even where HE thought he should be. At least he had the good sense to stick with the job past where anyone else would have quit just to stick it to Snyder.
I love the gloves off approach here. Most reporters are wanting to maintain relationships and access. I don't think Matt Patricia is taking your call anytime soon. Nice work!
I have always been a small enough fish that I was able to take my shots at coaches. I was told both Mangini and Rex thought I was funny when I was ripping them in NYT. It's different when you don't have to show up at a team facility day after day. But tune in next week for the time I almost got into a fistfight with an NFL head coach!
Nah. Never had the pleasure of meeting him. And the Ryan twins are always very nice when you run into them in social settings (which happens an awful lot in Mobile, Indy, etc.)
Am enjoying the new venue and thought you had more time this week to polish the piece (small Spurrier issue aside). Really enjoyed this and am looking forward to reading all of your writings without wondering if the provider is still in business!
I usually run everything through 4-5 edits. But there is a diminishing return element to editing: if you don't notice a mistake the second time it's because you are blind to it! Maybe this will get big enough that I can hire my eldest (soon to get his English Ed degree) to edit!
I never understand how anybody can edit their own writing. I always read what I meant to say, rather than what I actually said. My only hope at self-editing is waiting until after I forget what I wrote, which fortunately is becoming a shorter and shorter wait period as I age.
You did the impossible: this was even better than pt. 1! Would love to see you and Schaatz review this list on the podcast.
Your Matt Patricia Waffle House line has deservedly gotten a lot of praise but this one will have me chuckling for months (maybe because I've been teenager):
"Some head coaches stammer nervously through their introductory press conferences. Some fall back on boring platitudes about being aggressive or establishing the run. Only Adam Gase acted like the teenager dropping LSD for the first time in a 1970s after school special:"
Great read. Urb had to be the worst. I was a fan of his since I love Ohio State. But he didn’t even bring that offense! Darrel Bevell at OCO, he did some read option in Seattle 2012-14 that’s about it. NFL 101 mostly
“who dresses like he raided the lost-and-found at a Waffle House” Thank you. That was God’s work.
Oh, don't be mean to poor Jim Zorn. That poor dude was Peter Principle'd past even where HE thought he should be. At least he had the good sense to stick with the job past where anyone else would have quit just to stick it to Snyder.
It is true that many lousy coaches are just victims of the Peter Principle. Is it really their fault?
An "alarming aura of haughtiness" you say? Is Joe Judge secretly a JoJo character? ゴゴゴ
Great article 👏
Perhaps not-so-secretly given his name. He would have some sort of weird Punting Stan.
I love the gloves off approach here. Most reporters are wanting to maintain relationships and access. I don't think Matt Patricia is taking your call anytime soon. Nice work!
I have always been a small enough fish that I was able to take my shots at coaches. I was told both Mangini and Rex thought I was funny when I was ripping them in NYT. It's different when you don't have to show up at a team facility day after day. But tune in next week for the time I almost got into a fistfight with an NFL head coach!
Buddy Ryan?
Nah. Never had the pleasure of meeting him. And the Ryan twins are always very nice when you run into them in social settings (which happens an awful lot in Mobile, Indy, etc.)
In the second to the last paragraph you wrote "Spurrier" when I think you meant "Meyer."
Thanks! Made a coupla corrections.
Ahhh, what fond memories! 😆
Am enjoying the new venue and thought you had more time this week to polish the piece (small Spurrier issue aside). Really enjoyed this and am looking forward to reading all of your writings without wondering if the provider is still in business!
I usually run everything through 4-5 edits. But there is a diminishing return element to editing: if you don't notice a mistake the second time it's because you are blind to it! Maybe this will get big enough that I can hire my eldest (soon to get his English Ed degree) to edit!
I never understand how anybody can edit their own writing. I always read what I meant to say, rather than what I actually said. My only hope at self-editing is waiting until after I forget what I wrote, which fortunately is becoming a shorter and shorter wait period as I age.
Chip Kelly actually quit his job as UCLA head coach to become Ohio State's new offensive coordinator, some time in the last week or so
Epic. (Also: there are two #4s and no #8)
No Ray Handley?
Only coaches from 2000 to present were considered, for reasons of my sanity.
From 2000 to the present explains why Ray Rhodes (Green Bay Packers 1999) was left off the list.
Ahh!! Thank you. How's Frank doing?
He recently had his walkie. To the best of my knowledge he is asleep in the living room as I work in my back-porch office!
Okay!
I think Petrino is the OC at Arkansas not HC....for now, at least
Yeah, that’s right. Which is still insane! Man I should have gotten into coaching.
Yep. Thanks guys!
You did the impossible: this was even better than pt. 1! Would love to see you and Schaatz review this list on the podcast.
Your Matt Patricia Waffle House line has deservedly gotten a lot of praise but this one will have me chuckling for months (maybe because I've been teenager):
"Some head coaches stammer nervously through their introductory press conferences. Some fall back on boring platitudes about being aggressive or establishing the run. Only Adam Gase acted like the teenager dropping LSD for the first time in a 1970s after school special:"
Also great Waffle House 🏠 🧇 Reference!
What a load of garbage! Man 4-1 are epic failures! Yikes 😬 🏈
Garbage coaches not the writing ✍️ I thought 💭 I’d clarify! Because the writing is epic! I’m here 4 THIS! 🏈
Great list. I was wondering if Patricia would make it, but there he is. So deserving.
Great read. Urb had to be the worst. I was a fan of his since I love Ohio State. But he didn’t even bring that offense! Darrel Bevell at OCO, he did some read option in Seattle 2012-14 that’s about it. NFL 101 mostly