02-04-2019, 05:49 PM
(02-04-2019, 05:24 PM)grampahol Wrote: I guess I'm not the only person here who suddenly realized their mortality in all this with a HC younger than any of my kids. I almost felt good defending Marvin as we were about the same age, but that's out the window and now I'll be forced to defend a guy young enough to still be peeing his pants when my kids were potty trained..
True, but as I look back on 35, I was a manager and had been a manager since 33 and an assistant manager since 27. The thing Supervisors early warned me in is avoid making promises. I think that is a mistake even older politicians do in making off the wall promises and then finding out they have to go back on them. So promise little, as you will have to make changes and adjustments as needed. 35 is a good age for management. Not too young, and not ready for retirement. A good age to start a long career in leadership. Of course I was no NFL head coach, but I can say from experience that at 35 you have been around and not a kid peeing his pants either. At 35 maybe a wife and children, a mans focus on life. Plus the Taylor Family is a Football Family, as is the Callahan Family that seems to play into OC choice that is no secret. So 35 is a good age, especially if Bengals trying to find a Head Coach to be here 10, 20, maybe 30 years down the road. Avoid making promises, let your day to day consistency do the talking, and bring in a good Defensive Coordinator since Taylor and Callahan are more offense. I'm 64 now, and I'm for some younger coaches. I have a gut feeling the game changed on older Marvin leaving him behind the last few years. Also he can throw out the old line of delegating authority. You can delegate job duties, but responsibility and authority buck stops now with new head coach.
Paul Brown was 38 when he started Browns. Sparky Anderson was 36 when he became manager of Reds. Good Luck Zac Taylor, 35.
1968 Bengal Fan
