RB coach Jackson WAS set to take pro job?
Emphasis on WAS. He held up when heard Brady Hoke was hired.
So while scouring the Freep (with Adblock plus to kill their revenue), I noticed an interesting blurb at the end of an article with RB coach Fred Jackson.
Jackson was set to leave for a pro job after Rodriguez was fired -- to coach "the best running back in football," he said -- but as soon as he heard Brady was hired, he hesitated. His wife said Brady would call and he did, quickly.
This was certainly news to me as I don't remember any sniff about him possibly taking a pro job. And to coach the "best running back in football"? What team could that be? Going by coach Jackson's frequent use of hyperboles it could realistically mean any NFL team. What's your guess? And glad the legend stuck around!
Only b/c its proper etiquette, here's the link:
http://www.freep.com/article/20110313/SPORTS06/103130645/U-M-RBs-coach-…
March 14th, 2011 at 11:54 PM ^
I thought he wanted to stick around for his son's sake as well. I guess his Jackson-speak means he could have been talking about the Lions and...Jahvid Best?
March 14th, 2011 at 11:55 PM ^
It wouldn't really matter which team he went to. Hee'd be coaching the best running back not just in football, but in every sport in the entire solar system.
We are talking about.
Why limit him to just the solar system?
I would say, ".....in All the inter galactic leagues or simply the entirety of the known and unknown universes, not limited to our current minuscule understanding of physics."
Fred Jackson has no miniscule understandings of anything.
March 15th, 2011 at 10:38 AM ^
Which is why I delineated him and the rest if the universe.
Compared to FJ, we are all small minded.
March 15th, 2011 at 12:11 PM ^
Touché!
March 15th, 2011 at 12:16 PM ^
What if Fred Jackson had coached Bo Jackson?
"Bo Jackson is the most tremendous human being ever to exist. He's like Hercules and Stephen Hawking put together, but fast. I desperately want to have his love child."
March 14th, 2011 at 11:58 PM ^
Minnesota Vikings is the rumor I've read in the past
March 15th, 2011 at 12:00 AM ^
Beat me to it
March 14th, 2011 at 11:58 PM ^
I would say the Vikings. Overhauled coaching staff and Adrian Peterson makes sense.
March 14th, 2011 at 11:58 PM ^
I'm pretty sure he could show up to coach a pickup game on Palmer field and I'd suddenly become the best running back in football.
March 15th, 2011 at 12:04 AM ^
In 2011, the Dolphins, Colts, Titans, Vikings and Panthers are the teams that have hired a new Running Backs coach. I believe that the Titans change was linked to Jeff Fisher leaving, which occurred after Hoke was hired, so that would eliminate the Titans. The Panthers coaching change also occurred after Hoke was hired.
Considering that Mike Hart is on the Colts and is the best running back in football, I would assume that he was talking about them.
March 15th, 2011 at 10:42 AM ^
Thanks for digging that up.
Other than money, the pros doesn't seem like it would hold much interest for a guy like Fred. His recruiting abilities would be for naught and he's not going to teach Adrian Peterson anything he doesn't know.
How about how to Hold On To The Damn Ball?
A position coach is not going to make that better. Peterson's been playing football a long time now. He is what he is.
March 15th, 2011 at 11:06 AM ^
He didn't lose a fumble this year.
So that narrows it down to every RB in the league, right?
Maybe he figured the job would go to Harbaugh or Miles, and didn't want to work for them. He may well share Carr's disdain for those two.
March 15th, 2011 at 12:18 PM ^
based on his wife's comment, that he didn't think he'd be rehired by whoever they got.
Judging by the "best RB in football" I would guess Minnesota as well.