Which former Patriot would you like to see join the coaching staff?

Danger Zone said:

Why does anyone continue to coach once theyve a couple million in the bank?

Love of the game... and the competition to be the best.

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They can show their love of the game, by being media personalities... the amount of time alone they have to spend at this stuff is overwhelming, some of them love it some less so. Pretty confident that if any of the aforementioned would go to BB and say they want to coach, he would hook them up... either in this organization or in the "BB network".

The possible coaches named, have all defined what they want to do post NFL... and none of them seem to be interested in coaching...

None of these guys are just going to move in and be a position coach without spending some time coaching somewhere... Vrabel spent time in Ohio honing his craft.

I'd vote for Shawn Jefferson as WR coach and Sam Gash in as RB coach. Coates coached TEs at one point. Not sure if he's 'available'.

Tons of 90s era Patriots are coaches. I think Jerome Henderson and Otis Smith are coaching, too.

DarrylS said:

They can show their love of the game, by being media personalities... the amount of time alone they have to spend at this stuff is overwhelming, some of them love it some less so. Pretty confident that if any of the aforementioned would go to BB and say they want to coach, he would hook them up... either in this organization or in the "BB network".

The possible coaches named, have all defined what they want to do post NFL... and none of them seem to be interested in coaching...

None of these guys are just going to move in and be a position coach without spending some time coaching somewhere... Vrabel spent time in Ohio honing his craft.

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I absolutely understand why rich, physically battered retired NFL players would want to live the good/family life after retiring.

And of course being an NFL analysis is probably the perfect middle-road for the vast majority of ex-players that want to keep their fingers in the game and still see their kids and even keep their wives happy.

Double post.

A lot of times the superstars are not motivated to work hard after they retire. I think you have to look at the best teacher, leader. The guy who might not have been a star but studied film better than anyone, etc... Vrabel obviously, and he's coaching. Perhaps a Troy Brown as WR coach

SalemPats said:

A lot of times the superstars are not motivated to work hard after they retire. I think you have to look at the best teacher, leader. The guy who might not have been a star but studied film better than anyone, etc... Vrabel obviously, and he's coaching. Perhaps a Troy Brown as WR coach

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That's true.

But I think that the Patriots would benefit from someone who can make the link between BB and the experience of the players.

If you remember the "Football Life" film, it was interesting because it was filmed in what was, by Patriots standards, a down year, and BB came across as very exercised by how to get the players to play. I remember there was a shot when it was learned that Rex was going to be coach of the Jets and he said "He'll get his players to play for him".

Not saying that that has been a problem recently (I think that the players over-achieved rather this season) but BB has his Brains Trust (Ernie Adams and his various coaching buddies) to bounce ideas with but no one except senior players like Brady and Vince to be that channel to the locker room. A former player who knows what's going on and can translate the coaches' thinking into terms that motivate a bunch of young guys who haven't been with the team for long (and may not be staying for long) would be great.

I doubt BB would do it--but I suggest Randy Moss. The young wide receivers need to make a big jump in 2014, and I wouldn't be surprised if a couple more are brought into camp. BB and TB have said before that he was very smart, and I think he would relate to, and command the respect of, the younger guys. Probably too much baggage for that to ever happen, unfortunately.

Spiral said:

I doubt BB would do it--but I suggest Randy Moss.

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Very cool suggestion -- though Randy didn't do a great job in picking up Bill's thoughts at the end, did he?

Teddy Bruschi would make a good coach.

Bryan Cox!

He is a kick ass motivator.

Anthony Pleasant, who was out of coaching last year after three seasons with KC. Kansas City Chiefs: Anthony Pleasant He was an awesome vet presence with Pats DL from 2001-2003.

Mike Vrabel. The guy has prospective Head Coach written all over him.

BPF said:

Anthony Pleasant, who was out of coaching last year after three seasons with KC. Kansas City Chiefs: Anthony Pleasant He was an awesome vet presence with Pats DL from 2001-2003.

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I saw him and Seymour get into a shoving match during game....I wonder what was going on there.

Bryan Cox is the guy you want to replace Pepper. Slightly crazed and full of energy.

Pleasant, Cox and Vrabel will all be coaching in the NFL this year.

I think Faulk could be a good addition Would love to see him on staff

old 55 said:

Teddy, Rodney, John Hanna, Ty Law, Tippet

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John Hannah. I heard him complain once a while back that offensive line play in today's NFL relies too much on finesse and "influence" blocking, not enough on punishing the opponent. He would turn the offensive line into a collection of raging beasts.

the second brady hangs up the boots he's moving to california and sipping pina colada's in his mansion

Jimms said:

the second brady hangs up the boots he's moving to california and sipping pina colada's in his mansion

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Brady might not be that good of a coach, either. Geniuses are, a lot of the time, the worst teachers. Their main character flaw is expecting everything to come as easily to their pupils as it came to them.

To answer the threads question, Vrabel. But he still needs to cut his teeth a little more in Houston first. He'll be a DC one day and, possibly, a head coach.

KontradictioN said:

Brady might not be that good of a coach, either. Geniuses are, a lot of the time, the worst teachers. Their main character flaw is expecting everything to come as easily to their pupils as it came to them.

To answer the threads question, Vrabel. But he still needs to cut his teeth a little more in Houston first. He'll be a DC one day and, possibly, a head coach.

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It seems doubtful that Vrable would want to return after he got the Bum's Rush when he questioned Kraft. I thought that Cox would have been a great fit after he retired, but he did not get a sniff from the Patriots; maybe there is some bad blood there also.

KontradictioN said:

Brady might not be that good of a coach, either. Geniuses are, a lot of the time, the worst teachers. Their main character flaw is expecting everything to come as easily to their pupils as it came to them.

To answer the threads question, Vrabel. But he still needs to cut his teeth a little more in Houston first. He'll be a DC one day and, possibly, a head coach.

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You're right about that in general, but I don't think that Brady was that kind of a "natural" -- maybe Bledsoe or Favre, but Brady had to work very, very hard to hone himself into the player we now see.

And from what I've heard about very top-level sport *everyone* is so talented that even the most gifted have to put in an incredible amount of work just trying to get an edge. If anyone ever had a natural advantage over the rest of the NFL it was Randy Moss and yet he worked very hard at his game.