Dallas Cowboys are interviewing Oregon RBs coach Ra'Shaad Samples

[Mr_437]

wouldn't call it amateur

College is not amateur anymore.

Fellas, if it's not amateur, what is it?

 

[dupree89]

Someone has some info samples of him?

wasnt this guy on Hee Haw? If we hear Dak audible to a run play named BR-549, we'll know its the same dude.

 

[rambo2]

Fellas, if it's not amateur, what is it?

The Penn State backs went back for more money than they would get in the NFL.

 

[Mr_437]

The Penn State backs went back for more money than they would get in the NFL.

That's a fact. Ewers should've went back for $6M and Beck went back for $4M. It's definitely professional money, but @rambo2 I'm just wondering what do we call this?

 

[Corso]

That's a fact. Ewers should've went back for $6M and Beck went back for $4M. It's definitely professional money, but @rambo2 I'm just wondering what do we call this?

Pro ball.
They're paid.

 

[DAL1180]

Fellas, if it's not amateur, what is it?

Well the definition of "professional athlete" is getting paid to perform in their chosen sport (job).

 

[Whiskey Cowboy]

That's stupid to have to take a paycut going to a professional level from an amateur level. They should probably stay where they're at, but I get it.

Shoutout to Samples Groveside standup.

Difference being recruiting. These guys spend much of the year on the road looking to convince HS students to play for their program. Some guys love it, others hate it. Taking a paycut sucks, but it means more time with the family, and if they do well, they're put in line for a professional coordinator job. Just a matter of preference.

 

[Risen Star]

He was the Rams RB Coach in 2022 and apparently sucked so bad he got sent right back to college after 1 year.

 

[zekecowboy]

Tashard making reportedly 725 grand this year @ Texas may be a little steep for the Cowboys to overcome. The Oregon coach seems qualified.

Stephen talking to Jerry: Do you think Choice will come if we offer him $500,000?

 

[InPhiltraitor]

Difference being recruiting. These guys spend much of the year on the road looking to convince HS students to play for their program. Some guys love it, others hate it. Taking a paycut sucks, but it means more time with the family, and if they do well, they're put in line for a professional coordinator job. Just a matter of preference.

The other part to it, and a lot of coaches talk about it, is you have to “re-recruit” your own players now with athletes having the ability to transfer.

Was talking to a buddy of mine in Eugene and he commented that Samples referenced wanting to get back to the NFL in part to get beyond the recruiter role and supposedly at one point he had aspirations of being the youngest head coach in the NFL. He said part of this was revealed in an Athlon article I believe. Just relaying what I was fed.

If that’s the case, he’d probably take the pay cut to get to the NFL AND to be close to home.

 

[quickccc]

All the more continued pleased that we are trying to place an experienced pure RB coach ...instead of an asst. OL coach ala Lasko (per McCarthy)

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Well, I hope we get a good sample with him.

 

[Chuck 54]

Fellas, if it's not amateur, what is it?

Coaches get paid for coaching….period. They are professionals. Was Jimmy Johnson an a mature coach when Jerry brought him in as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys

 

[gimmesix]

That's stupid to have to take a paycut going to a professional level from an amateur level. They should probably stay where they're at, but I get it.

Shoutout to Samples Groveside standup.

They should at least pay them equal to what they were making.

Of course, maybe we don't want them to make more than the head coach. JK ... maybe.

 

[Ranching]

They are putting more effort and doing more interviews for assistant coaches, than they did for HC.

That's a good thing. Surrounding a first time HC with a quality staff is a great thing.

 

[Whiskey Cowboy]

The other part to it, and a lot of coaches talk about it, is you have to “re-recruit” your own players now with athletes having the ability to transfer.

Was talking to a buddy of mine in Eugene and he commented that Samples referenced wanting to get back to the NFL in part to get beyond the recruiter role and supposedly at one point he had aspirations of being the youngest head coach in the NFL. He said part of this was revealed in an Athlon article I believe. Just relaying what I was fed.

If that’s the case, he’d probably take the pay cut to get to the NFL AND to be close to home.

Don't know much about samples, but he sounds like a solid hire from what I'm gathering. Would prefer Choice, but only because I know how great a motivator he is. It's refreshing to see the team pursue up and comers to the extent that they have this offseason. Didn't even consider how NIL is affecting these position coaches at the college level. Sounds like a headache. Definitely earning their money. Seems reasonable to take a slight paycut to move up to the pros where it's less volatile.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

So what is Samples making at Oregon?

Hopefully Oregon country national beef lol

 

[Ranching]

That's stupid to have to take a paycut going to a professional level from an amateur level. They should probably stay where they're at, but I get it.

Shoutout to Samples Groveside standup.

Well worth the risk, when you're young, not so much when you're older and working on your retirement pay grade...lol....been there, on both ends.

 

[InPhiltraitor]

Conspiracy theorists could suggest this move was initiated by Del Conte @ UT calling in a favor from Jerry Jones. Samples is an excellent recruiter with ties to many top tier incoming Ducks players. Of course Samples has ties to the state of Texas as well, which along with the So Cal region, is an area in which Oregon has been plundering top tier talent.

Adding to my own conspiracy theory.

Samples’ Dad is the legendary TX high school head coach, Reginald Samples, of the Duncanville Panthers. The same team that had the number 1 rated WR in the country, Dakorien Moore. The same WR that 247 Sports had as a 100% lock for UT but committed to Oregon in early July after being on campus in Eugene in June. Moore was heavily recruited by Junior Adams, but Ra’Shaad Samples helped seal the deal.

You can find info. on the TX AD getting short with interviewers asking him about Sark being plucked for a head coaching gig. Naturally, Jerry was the primary owner being implicated in the potential robbery. I think the two of them have been in contact (This part is my reach). Maybe they got together for a shiatsu, or Cohibas and a sip of 12-year-old PVW, or maybe it was as cold as a phone call between Jerry & Del Conte. Maybe Jerry wanted to clear the air and assure Del Conte the coaching rumors were completely unfounded. Del Conte, being shrewd and still stinging from losing the best receiver in the county, volleyed the idea of Jerry hiring Samples believing that Re’Shaad’s return to the state could be accompanied by Moore’s entrance in the portal in April. After all, Samples is the indirect link for Moore to be in Oregon.

It’s a win-win for the state of Texas. UT gets their coveted receiver back, Oregon loses a recruiter in the fertile grounds of TX, and the Cowboys get a motivated young coach who has aspirations of ascending the coaching ranks of the NFL.

This was written in jest but parts of the story could be validated if both Samples and Moore are in the state of Texas this fall.

 

[Gambit]

That's a fact. Ewers should've went back for $6M and Beck went back for $4M. It's definitely professional money, but @rambo2 I'm just wondering what do we call this?

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