OT: Arizona Cardinals hire first female to be a coach
But I thought Colin Cowherd was going to Fox Radio???
Edit: Oh, you said Female, not Pussy. Sorry, my bad.
It's not exactly clear, but from what I could find on the internet she's only a intern for the preseason, not a full time assistant coach.
Still, not the easiest job to get. It is a good step, even if a small one in a long journey.
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Very cool, but her title sounds temporary at this point.
There were a lot of interviews with NHL types around the hype of the USWNT in Sochi saying the last two big barriers for women in American sports were scouting and coaching positions, and it looks like there's been some solid progress since, as the OP mentions.
I get the Spurs hiring a former basketball player as a coach and I can see a former hockey player as coach, but girls/women don't play football at higher levels. There has to be some on the field experience to be a good coach.
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It's not exactly the same thing, but Patrick Murphey has a softball national title despite never playing. The guy is an asshole, but Charlie Weis never played in college and got a shot at the big leagues.
Taking a look at the article, she played women's football professionally for 10+ years. I don't know enough about this particular woman, but I can't see any reason women in general can't coach at a P5/NFL level.
I didn't think I'd wake up today and see Charlie Weis used in an argument to support female coaches in football. Lol
I didn't realize Leach hadn't played either, so there's a non-asshole example below.
At the end of the day I don't think Nick Saban is relying on his experience at Kent State, or Meyer is relying on football knowledge learned being a backup at Cincinnati or Belichick at DIII Wesleyan. Being a coach isn't the same thing as being a player, to state the obvious.
Not relying on Jay Harbaugh's extensive playing experience for his coaching of the TE's.
who we fired but are still paying millions for the next decade.
What's not to like about that?
Worked for Orin Incandenza.
Says who? Mike Leach didn't play football. There would probably be more like him if they got a shot.
Looking at her Twitter profile... She has the background, but as a RB? Don't know if she's played LB at all. She's qualified, obviously, she's played the game and looks to know her stuff.
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This is way different than the Spurs. A female basketball coach could have equal or more playing and coaching experience than any guy because of opportunities for females in basketball. However this probably isn't the case for a female football coach. Don't take this as a negative toward equal rights, but it's hard to imagine that she has experience at the LB position that will enhance the play of an NFL player. It will be interesting to see her role and how this plays out.
But I did just look more into her profile and she obviously has played some high level football. Still will be interesting.
she played semi pro. look at brian, dude hasn't played a down of football his life, yet people around here tend to think he knows stuff about football (which i disagree, but whatev lol).
Brian know how to analyze plays, based on studying trends and watching film. But could he coach proper technique? Would a paid player respect his advice? My guys is no.
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only one way to find out!
There are plenty of successful NFL coaches who didn't play college ball or coached in college/NFL level. Bill Belichick, Sean Payton, Mike McCarthy comes to mind. It's not a prerequisite as long as you can teach them how to play.
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Not to be that guy - but Sean Payton played quarterback at Eastern Illinois (of Tony Romo fame) and then semi-pro for a few years
Hence the or part.
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I'm just saying -- the three coaches you happened to pick-- all played some form of college football and/or coached in college before moving to the NFL -- knew about Payton the others I had to google
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Payton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Belichick
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_McCarthy_(American_football)
His dad was essentially training him to be a coach froma very, very young age; breaking down film, working on technique, all that stuff. It's one of the reasons the guy is so socially awkward: he spent his formidable years in a dark room breaking down the inconsistencies of the left DE his dad was going up against the next week.
If I'm understanding your comment, in other words "none of these coaches have coaching experience."
Got it.
Talking about head coaching, I should've clarified
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very cool. good for her, hope she's a damn good coach.
What's next? A woman president?
/ducks
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Does she have big cans?
classy
...I'm old school and half senile, so I have a built-in excuse for my comments. I predict she will have a difficult time getting the guys to respect her. Qualifications aside, it sounds like Hollywood "made-for-TV-movie" fodder to me.
Works for the Spurs when they won Summer League with Becky Hammon as the coach. Will there be difficult players? Yes but that's nothing new
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Different. Becky played basketball at a high level and coached on the Spurs bench. If she didn't already have the respect of the pro players, I don't think she would have coached the Summer League. What she did to win the league is amazing IMHO.
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That's called "wisdom".
It's probably just Charlie Weis again
And good for her. I wonder if they got her for $0.78 of what a male coach would've earned? Anyone have salary details?
But the locker room...how will she control herself among all those specimens.../s
Hope she does well and sets a good precedent.
I'd like to see a woman GM. I think some women would do very well managing a franchise.
Right! It happens in baseball all the time - guys with no playing experience make good GM's. Why not a woman?
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This i could see. Half the gms in the nfl know nothing about football anyways so it would be no different than running a business
Isnt the granddaughter of the bengals owner involved in the front office? GM or Asst GM?
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She's also got a PhD in psychology. And I know there was a discussion about this, she goes as Dr Welter. (Oddly enough, I have an uncle who is an PhD in BioChem Engineering who also is Dr Welter.)
to win back some female fans who were unhappy after the constant drumbeat of wife and spousal beatings by NFL players and the NFL's feeble response to it.
This woman probably knows her stuff. I doubt very much that the NFL would be so foolish to hire a noob. But I have a hard time seeing this happening if not for the beating the NFL has been taking. She is hardly the only woman who has extensive knowledge of the game. Why her and why now?
Either way, good luck to her. I hope she succeeds.
This makes no sense. She was hired by the Cardinals, not by the "NFL"
I seriously doubt the NFL PR teams somehow forced the Cardinals to hire a coach they didnt want just becaue she's a woman.