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.
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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 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.
who we fired but are still paying millions for the next decade.
What's not to like about that?
Worked for Orin Incandenza.
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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
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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.
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...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.
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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.
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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.)
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.