The CCFL (Coaches Club Football League) is an online head to head Madden Football league. We play Coach mode (Team build, Call plays, but do not control players). I attached a link to our site where we have several articles posted that serve as football clinics for coaches wanting to improve in Madden. The league has been around over 10 years. Enjoy. http://ccfl.leaguepulse.com/articles.php?skin=lp
I've only tried coach mode once or twice. I think it ended up pissing me off because I thought I could do a better job executing the plays. I rarely like to play an actual game anyways. I like to do the GM stuff more than anything.
Coach mode is great because it almsot completely cheese free game play. It's alot of fun playing other coaches head to head.