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Jan. 8, 2020
FRISCO, Texas – Evidently, and to paraphrase Bill Parcells about finding quarterbacks or offensive tackles, same applies to hiring NFL head coaches:
You just can t go down to Texaco and pick one up.
Pity the NFL owner. They either have no clue when it comes to hiring a head coach, or these successful head coaches just don t grow on trees. Maybe both.
Like, what other profession out there can succeed by swinging and missing on so many critical hires year after year after year as regularly takes place in the NFL.
Well, while driving into The Star this morning pondering my own question, one immediately occurred to me. The newspaper business hiring sports editors, from personal history. Why, from 1975 through 1991, I worked for four daily newspapers after finishing college. During that time, 17 years of my career, went through 11 sports editors for one reason or another, and unfortunately the few good ones always kept moving on up the food chain and out.