Certain members enjoy showing others who they really are on this board.
Anyone who's followed the Cowboys knows that Sean Lee would most likely
become a coach one day in the NFL. Nobody ever claimed he would jump
to the title of HC, or even DC, right away, or ever.
The best comparison would be another former NFL LB, Jack Del Rio,
who retired in 96 and began as a strength coach in 97.
In 98, he was a LB coach. He helped the Ravens win the SB and constantly
gets rave reviews by none other than Ray Lewis for his knowledge.
In 2003, he became a HC in Jacksonville (2003-2011),
and later with the Raiders (2015-2017). Currently he's the DC for the WFT.
By the way, Leon Lett was given an assistant coaching job in Dallas.
Nobody seemed to mind. In Pittsburgh, Joey Porter was added to
the coaching staff after his retirement. Thing is, this happens regularly
with teams and players that want to hang around for love of the game.
It's as simple as that.