Comments on: Gregg Easterbrook: NFL should hire more high school coaches

By: Alexander Ruvo

Alexander Ruvo — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:06:55 +0000

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By: Tuan Hassel

Tuan Hassel — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:03:46 +0000

Hello just thought I would tell you something. This is twice now I’ve landed on your blog in the last 3 weeks looking for completely unrelated things. You’ve done a great job promoting your site. Love it!

By: Jarrod Newton

Jarrod Newton — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:04:26 +0000

Searching for this for some time now, Thank you.

By: brophy

brophy — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:29:48 +0000

so, chg, are you saying that your program is TYPICAL or ELITE?
If you are implying the latter, then it really has no bearing on this discussion, does it?

By: chg

chg — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:27:54 +0000

It’s clear some of these commenters come from the talent-bereft parts of the country. My HS has a coaching staff of 16, a weight room and strength program that many small colleges would envy, and a video coordinator. It is also has one of the largest IB programs in the nation, to head off all the “duuur, too much football, your kids can’t read” replies.

By: MTK

MTK — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:02:46 +0000

brophy, it was your assertion that “The majority of American HS coaches are on par with glorified unionized baby sitters or fans with whistles” that started the “high school coaches suck” argument to begin with. I think we’ve circled back to where we started.

By: PIGSKIN

PIGSKIN — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:47:51 +0000

“Naturally, it goes without saying that TEXAS is excluded from that statement. Texas is its’ own Nation/World”

AMEN!

By: BillyBob

BillyBob — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:37:48 +0000

Brophy you seriously kill me. I love to read your stuff on your blog (http://brophyfootball.blogspot.com) or at coachhuey, as well as here. You never cease to push my brain as you always seem to find a different perspective to an issue. I think your point was very well made here. As you are apparently done at your present gig, let me know if you ever want to head back up to the midwest, I’d love to have you any day of the week. Thanks for your efforts.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:28:48 +0000

2 minutes of research by Easterbrook would have shown him that Holmgren was not a head coach in high school, he was only an assistant coach.

By: brophy

brophy — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:20:44 +0000

I suppose before one begins making these wild assumptions, one should first examine why the current system exists as it does (and why).

The Holmgren progressed through the professional coaching ranks from a HS English teacher WHY? because he taught English or because he did something else?

The issue isn’t if coaching matters or not, it is the arena in which the coaches are peforming, and attempting to extrapolate those results into a completely different area and environment (that consists of completely different skill sets).

High Schools should hire more 8 year old league football coaches as Head Coaches. Youth league football coaches are ‘discriminated against’……WHY?

And that is where this argument is.

Retarding the discussion into a “HS coaches suck” argument is completley missing the point.