Do former "good" players make "good" head coaches?

[BotchedLobotomy]

I say no.....in fact I cant think of one. Just thought I'd bring it up with Singletary coming in for an interview.

 

[Rack]

I say no.....in fact I cant think of one. Just thought I'd bring it up with Singletary coming in for an interview.

Just former cowboys coaches/players...


Tom Landry
Mike Ditka
Dan Reeves

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

Yeah...you're right . I was thinking alittle more modern but all the same....they were good at playing and coaching.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

I say no.....in fact I cant think of one. Just thought I'd bring it up with Singletary coming in for an interview.

Not being sarcastic here...I just honestly don't know.

First I have to get your definition of Good...or do you really mean Great players?
You know like HOF or near HOF ability or just a guy that was good enough to be in a the league a few years.

With that question out of the way...How many "GOOD" (good by your definition) players decided to go into coaching?

I mean there are plenty of players that went on to be coaches. Dungy, Edwards, Payton and so on.

I just don't know if other good to great players have went into coaching...ala say the Triplets. To my knowledge none of them have decided to get into coaching.

Jerry Rice, Bruce Smith, Lawrence Taylor, Dan Marino, Earl Campbell and other great players have not went into coaching as far as I know.

So it has to be taken into consideration that if most good to great players don't go into coaching, how would they become good coaches.

I think is probably more realistic that the OK to good players or backups are the ones that go into coaching because they know they will not be great players on the field...they will not be HOF players in the future so they decide to start payin attention to coaches and hope to make their bread and butter in coaching later.

I think one of the reasons backup QBs may make good coaches later is because they are normally next to the HCs and normally hear all the calls on offense and how a game flows.

 

[StanleySpadowski]

The money a player makes is so much more now that great players don't have to go into coaching to make a living after retiring from playing.

 

[burmafrd]

Ditka is the only one I know of that was a HOF player and won the SB as a coach.

 

[Doomsday101]

Tony Dungy was a player as well. I think there are several guys who have played that would make very good coaches but they all understand the job is 12 month job and the hours are long and the second guessing and criticism is great.

a Couple of others Jeff Fisher, Bill Cohwer and Jack Del Rio

 

[Chuck 54]

It's not unusual or unlikely, but in modern times, players make so much money, especially the really good ones, that they have no reason to look to coaching after their careers.

Certainly a 35 year old who was a good player actually has an advantage in understanding x's and o's, studying film, the concepts of gameplanning, etc.

Most just aren't interested.

 

[Billy Bullocks]

Things come easy to good players. They expect you to be able to do waht they do with alot of ease. Most good coachse were very mediocre players in their day

 

[DipChit]

Bart Starr *would've* been one..

Except golly, the same thing happened with him as has happened with Norv.

Taking over a crappy program 8 years post Lombardi after Bengston and Devine ran it into the ground.

Wasnt his fault he went 52-76.