Should Saints interview Marcus Freeman? (merged) (1 Viewer)

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bayoumilitia said:
The NFL game in my opinion is actually closer to the college game now than when Arizona hired Kingsburry and especially since the Urban Meyer and Saban experiments.

I think what many are forgetting is that there’s now money in college football and the transfer portal. Not NFL money but today’s college coaches are getting a taste of what NFL coaches have to deal with. I’ve always thought that the toughest transition at least now for a college coach to coach in the NFL is the difficulty in building a complete NFL caliber coaching staff. It’s not as easy as just bringing all your position coaches and coordinators with you. In addition the limited roster size, all college coaches are blessed with having a roster that is easily 2-3 deep at each position on game day especially in the power conferences.

I’m sure Saban has at some point discussed the challenges of going from college to NFL coaching but if my memory serves correctly his biggest issue with the Dolphins was getting the egos of multi millionaires to buy into his system even though he comes from the Belecheat tree lol. Like I said though in my opinion I think that college coaches now, including Freeman and yes Deion Sanders are more equipped especially as former players at coaching and managing those egos.
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No. The talent level is different. It's the best of the best in the NFL. In college wr are more open, it’s easier to play QB. For the most part team's don't have the number of quality players that NFL rosters have . After a player is drafted they talk about having to adjust to the speed of the NFL game. I would hate to bring a college coach in and wait for him to adjust to the speed of the game
 
Jd101 said:
No. The talent level is different. It's the best of the best in the NFL. In college wr are more open, it’s easier to play QB. For the most part team's don't have the number of quality players that NFL rosters have . After a player is drafted they talk about having to adjust to the speed of the NFL game. I would hate to bring a college coach in and wait for him to adjust to the speed of the game
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I hear what you’re saying but Coaches don’t adjust to the speed of the game. Besides, you’re not bringing in an entire college roster with a college coach, you already have NFL caliber talent on your team. It’s about bringing a culture of accountability, the motivation to get your team to execute your vision/scheme and give maximum effort. Saban didn’t fail as an NFL coach because he “couldn’t adjust to the speed of the game”.
 
Does Freeman have any NFL experience? Because there is a big difference between coaching kids that are attending classes, frat parties, etc and coaching grown men that are being paid to do a job. Not saying he doesn't know his x's and o's, just that getting that respect from an NFL player is different than getting it from a kid out of HS.
 
Three out of four of the remaining QB's in the playoffs are dynamic with their legs. Mahomes can use his legs. College football is already in the NFL.
 
Has there ever been a successful NFL head coach that jumped straight from head coaching college teams to head coaching the NFL? I recall Nick Saban doing that leap and it not working out. But I can't think of any others.
 
Freeman has little NFL experience--he was a practice squad player for a year. I thought he had some NFL coaching experience, but he does not. At this time, It seems that his strengths--including his age--are much better suited for the college game than professional football. And the lack of NFL coaching experience would be a huge issue for any pro team looking for a head coach.
 
3ParStillDriver said:
Has there ever been a successful NFL head coach that jumped straight from head coaching college teams to head coaching the NFL? I recall Nick Saban doing that leap and it not working out. But I can't think of any others.
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There are not many. Most fail.

Harbaugh was successful at U. San Diego, then Stanford before winning big as the 49ers HC.

Bobby Ross won part of a national at Georgia Tech and the had success with the Chargers including taking them to a Super Bowl in the mid-1990s. He did ok with the Lions also and has a winning record overall as an NFL HC.

It gets pretty thin after that.
 

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