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Michael Ventre
The NFL has decided to grant the requests of 49ers coach Mike Nolan, right, and Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio, letting them wear suits and ties on the sidelines during their eight home games of the upcoming 2007 season.
Reaction: Snazzy. Now the league can work on spiffing up the rest of the coaches.
It’s absurd, but up until now Bill Belichick’s cut-off sweatshirt was considered appropriate attire for a head coach during games, but suits and ties were forbidden. If the NFL was put in charge of the high school proms in this country, a lot fewer parents would pay for photos.
This recent ruling was apparently a few years in the making. Reebok provides clothes for coaches, so it and the league had been reluctant to allow coaches to look sharp in suits when they could look scruffy in their sweats.
But a compromise was reached, and now Reebok apparently is in the suits business. Does this mean Hugo Boss and Giorgio Armani will soon be manufacturing designer cut-off sweatshirts?
There was a time when it was fairly common to see coaches in suits. Vince Lombardi, Hank Stram and Tom Landry were among many who dressed as if they had important jobs. They projected an image of professionalism. But because merchandise sales have become such a huge slice of the NFL’s profits, slowly the practice has disappeared, replaced by chic ensembles known as “The Parcells,” “The Holmgren” and, for a bit of continental flair, “The Mangini.” Few, however, can match the popularity of “The Belichick,” because of the selling point that anyone can serve as his own tailor. Alas, so far only Nolan and Del Rio have expressed interest in wearing suits and ties. The others are now free to do so, but so far nobody else has jumped at the opportunity. Maybe they’re just too cheap to spend money on dry cleaning.
I think it looks great. Coaches looking professional only helps the league's image. And it really needs help.
Michael Ventre
The NFL has decided to grant the requests of 49ers coach Mike Nolan, right, and Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio, letting them wear suits and ties on the sidelines during their eight home games of the upcoming 2007 season.
Reaction: Snazzy. Now the league can work on spiffing up the rest of the coaches.
It’s absurd, but up until now Bill Belichick’s cut-off sweatshirt was considered appropriate attire for a head coach during games, but suits and ties were forbidden. If the NFL was put in charge of the high school proms in this country, a lot fewer parents would pay for photos.
This recent ruling was apparently a few years in the making. Reebok provides clothes for coaches, so it and the league had been reluctant to allow coaches to look sharp in suits when they could look scruffy in their sweats.
But a compromise was reached, and now Reebok apparently is in the suits business. Does this mean Hugo Boss and Giorgio Armani will soon be manufacturing designer cut-off sweatshirts?
There was a time when it was fairly common to see coaches in suits. Vince Lombardi, Hank Stram and Tom Landry were among many who dressed as if they had important jobs. They projected an image of professionalism. But because merchandise sales have become such a huge slice of the NFL’s profits, slowly the practice has disappeared, replaced by chic ensembles known as “The Parcells,” “The Holmgren” and, for a bit of continental flair, “The Mangini.” Few, however, can match the popularity of “The Belichick,” because of the selling point that anyone can serve as his own tailor. Alas, so far only Nolan and Del Rio have expressed interest in wearing suits and ties. The others are now free to do so, but so far nobody else has jumped at the opportunity. Maybe they’re just too cheap to spend money on dry cleaning.
I think it looks great. Coaches looking professional only helps the league's image. And it really needs help.
