11-21-2016, 12:39 PM
(11-21-2016, 12:04 PM)OrlandoBengal Wrote: There are big differences between college and the professional game. First off, you make significantly more at a top college program plus all the "perks" (use of the jet, the boosters paying off your house, etc.). I've seen Saban interviewed where he readily admits a head coach in college does not work nearly as hard as the NFL (they normally have much larger staffs). You're dealing with 18 and 19 year old kids in college, kids who know you can yank their scholarship at any time. In the NFL you're dealing with grown men who are multi millionaires. NFL you have a 53 man roster and have to deal with free agency. In college you have over 100 scholarship players and the top teams load themselves with talent throughout the depth chart.
I don't think the "allure" of coaching in the NFL is what is once was for the top guys. Saban and Spurrier tried it and quickly realized how tough it is. The only reason Carroll went back to the NFL is because his team was falling apart and the NCAA was about to come down on him. Personally, I would coach a top tier college team any day of the week versus coming into the NFL.
Talk to Urban, he is the one who hasn't completely shut the door on it. I was just laying out a logical move( New England) if he would ever decide to make the jump. I agree it is a lot better gig at a college power, but to a lot of guys they always wonder if they could do it.
