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Originally Posted by Chiefnj2
The interesting question is why do some sports (baseball and hockey) favor coaches who played professionally, while the NBA and NFL do not?
Why does the NFL prefer coaches who played in college and then took a bottom of the rung position on coaching staff immediately upon graduation, as opposed to someone who played professionally for a few years before seeking a coaching position?
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I think its pretty simple, in baseball, hockey and the NBA you don't have 7 or 8 different position groups not including ST. Offense and defense specifics along with ST specifics makes for a lot of moving parts and personnel.
You don't have near as many assistant coaches and staff in the other sports let alone players.
Being a HC is as much about managing many separate groups as it is X's and O's. Simply playing a position in the NFL for a bunch of years wont prepare you for most of that. It takes time and work in different areas to learn the whole job.
I think that's one big reason not a lot of ex NFL players end up wanting to be head coaches. Its like starting over at the bottom again.
JMO.