ESPN says Pinkel is a consideration for Washington job

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Originally Posted by Sully

Hell, I'll never understand why a successful coach at a big-time program would ever want to go to the NFL. Maybe just to test yourself at the next level, but when you consider you're probably making just as much money at a big college, and work half the hours... also taking into account the high failure rate of college coaches in the pros.it seems like you'd never want to leave.

Absolutely.
It seems there are two kinds of coaches: college & pro.

IMHO:

True pro coaches can never coach college (Parcells, Coughlin, Shannahan, etc.) because they don't recruit and they don't babysit. NFL coaches need to be at the top with the best of the best on an adult basis (allegedly).

College coaches are used to being in control, they couldn't stand the thought of their players making more $ than them. They love recruiting and are ok with being big time in boys football.

Both are pretty cool gigs.