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Injuries, attrition and a historically bad output in 2013 all pointed to another down year for the Dallas defense. Instead, they're a top-10 unit and a big part of the team's 6-1 start. Defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli provided SB Nation with some insight in a one-on-one interview.
Rod Marinelli arrived home late Wednesday night after another taxing day of molding his Dallas Cowboys defense. The end of a day for Marinelli sounds a lot like the beginning of one. He would work later into the night at home. Yet, his voice over the phone was still packed with sunrise-like verve.
He keeps managing this zest through 65 years of life, 44 years of marriage and 42 years of coaching.
When you talk to him about coaching longevity, he talks about the privilege. When you ask him about being a Vietnam War Army veteran, he says he just leaves that "where it should be," despite the fact that his bark and his blueprint as a defensive coordinator are in part woven through that experience.
Talk to Marinelli about growing up in Rosemead, Calif., about coaching under John Robinson at USC (1995) and under Tony Dungy with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1996 through 2001) and he tells you less about the offensive mind of the first and the defensive mind of the second and focuses on the men, their messages, their methods. So, little wonder with this Dallas defense that Marinelli is coaching the man first and the player second. That he believes helping to develop a good man is how you get "a heck of a player."
Teach, teach, teach. Develop, develop, develop.
link/http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2014/10/23/7048573/rod-marinelli-dallas-cowboys-defense-2014
Injuries, attrition and a historically bad output in 2013 all pointed to another down year for the Dallas defense. Instead, they're a top-10 unit and a big part of the team's 6-1 start. Defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli provided SB Nation with some insight in a one-on-one interview.
Rod Marinelli arrived home late Wednesday night after another taxing day of molding his Dallas Cowboys defense. The end of a day for Marinelli sounds a lot like the beginning of one. He would work later into the night at home. Yet, his voice over the phone was still packed with sunrise-like verve.
He keeps managing this zest through 65 years of life, 44 years of marriage and 42 years of coaching.
When you talk to him about coaching longevity, he talks about the privilege. When you ask him about being a Vietnam War Army veteran, he says he just leaves that "where it should be," despite the fact that his bark and his blueprint as a defensive coordinator are in part woven through that experience.
Talk to Marinelli about growing up in Rosemead, Calif., about coaching under John Robinson at USC (1995) and under Tony Dungy with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1996 through 2001) and he tells you less about the offensive mind of the first and the defensive mind of the second and focuses on the men, their messages, their methods. So, little wonder with this Dallas defense that Marinelli is coaching the man first and the player second. That he believes helping to develop a good man is how you get "a heck of a player."
Teach, teach, teach. Develop, develop, develop.
link/http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2014/10/23/7048573/rod-marinelli-dallas-cowboys-defense-2014
