work to ensure that
players fully understand
the fundamentals
I was wondering if anyone had ever posted a Head Coaching job online.
I was wondering if anyone had ever posted a Head Coaching job online, what would it say.
While I did not find a posting for a specific team, one online job site, in its career section listed this job description:
Head football coaches coordinate and oversee any assistant coaches as they work to ensure that players fully understand the fundamentals of the game. They run practices and drills to prepare their players for their next opponents. Head football coaches may also scout other teams and watch film to prepare plays and game plans. They make all of the decisions during a game. Depending on the level they are coaching at, they may also be involved in recruiting new players. Head football coaching duties include managing and instructing team members in an effort to win games, motivating football players before and during competitive events, and analyzing team strengths and weaknesses, while instituting game strategies based on such information. Head football coaches are also responsible for maintaining records regarding team performances.
I was wondering this due to a recent story about the head coach of the Detroit Lions, Dan Campbell, and his reaction to the 2022 Lions schedule.
I focused on the line, fully understand the fundamentals of the game.
I would classify team history as a fundamental.
I would rate something a team has done for 80 years or so as fundamental.
Now I like Coach Campbell.
I feel sorry for him.
Head Coach of the Detroit Lions is like being promoted to Captain of the Titanic except that you already saw the movie and you know what is going to happen and there is nothing you can do about it.
Anyway, Coach Campbell was asked for his reaction to a schedule that showed that the Lions had no Prime Time Games.
In other words, the NFL felt no need to inflict the Lions on the rest of the Country.
But Coach was upbeat.
“Just from a glance, I mean it’s, I have no arguments. I think it looks great‘, said Coach.
Then he was informed that the Lions would, of course, have that traditional Thanksgiving Day game.
The NFL tradition of football game on Thanksgiving Day that was invented by the Lions and maybe the 2nd thing anyone knows about La Ville de Tway or Detroit in the common usage.
“Who are we playing on Thanksgiving?” he asked?
Then he asked, “Are we home or are we away?”
In a way, it was the perfect question.
Tells me all I need to know about what to expect this season.
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