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Anyone else concerned Tony Sparano's background is with the offensive line?
I understand he had play calling duty's while with Parcells however it seems he was demoted after Jerry Jones hired Jason Garrett.
If my memory serves me many offensive line coaches that have had oppurtunity to be HC's in the NFL have failed some names that come to mind...Dan Henning,Jim Hannafin,Mike Tice and ofcourse Joe Bugel all these Oline coaches failed as HC's,in fact you might be hard pressed to name "one" oline coach that did well as a HC.
I have an open mind to whatever Parcells wants but Im concerned with this idea
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O-line coaches often are the smartest guys in the game. You have to know what the blocking schemes are and be able to read the defenses, and from what I hear Sparano had four years head coaching experience at New Haven (wherever that is). :lol:
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The inner circle!! :up:
I can see it now, Parcells doing a T-Mobile commercial and asking as he looks at the camera "Are you in my Fave 5"? -
Andy Reid was an OL coach.
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I think that Cam would have done much better with a mentor and icon above him like the Tuna
so I am not worried
Tuna's choice will have more de-facto authority in the locker room than a guy chosen by Meuller -
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Don't be scared off by his title of Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line. Sean Payton left the Cowboys for the Saints and his title was Assistant Head Coach/Quaterbacks. -
I really want Rex Ryan D coachs always seem to make good HCs
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I was originally unsure about Tony Sparano... That is until I saw that he was born on Oct. 7th, nothing bad ever came into existence on that day no matter what the year. I am now convinced he will be a HoF coach. :thumbup::thumbup:
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1987-1988 University of Texas at El Paso OL coach
1989-1991 University of Missouri OL coach
1992-1994 Green Bay Packers OL coach
1995-1996 Offensive Assistant
1997-1998 Green Bay Packers OL/QB/Assistant HC (wiki's a little unclear as they mushed his bio together)
Either way clearly an OL coach.
While were at it Tony Sparano was also the HC of New Haven 1994-1998, Was Boston University's OC in 1989-1993 and also had stints as a TE coach for Jacksonville and Washington in 2001/2002. He's been an OL coach in New Haven 1984-1987, and 88 at Boston and then 2003 to present for the Cowboys. So he's not 'just' an OL coach.
Also Joe Gibbs spent his first 6 seasons in college as an OL coach. It's how he started out.Last edited: Jan 4, 2008 -
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Why would I be concerned? As long as he has whatever stuff it takes to be a HC in the NFL (as opposed to the slew of college guys that fail and bail yearly) I'm happy.
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