Hmmm... last the college coach with no NFL HC experience to jump to the pros and be a success in the NFL?
That might be ... Marv Levy ... no, he was HC at KC before he became a college coach ...
Oh, I think maybe it was Barry Switzer from Oklahoma ... He won the 1996 SB with the Cowgirls, although many people thought it really was owner Gerry Jones calling the shots ...
Who else?
Ummmm....
I think he's probably it since the AFL joined the NFL in 1970 --
The sad fact is, Fishyfans, that college and the pros ain't on the same planet.
The big-time college game is primarily about recruiting talented kids; if you can collect lots of talent, you can generally overwhelm about half your legitimate opponents and pick up a couple of stat-packing wins against Podunk State Teachers College-type teams. That's six or seven wins right there, leaving three or four legitimate contests until you get to the bowl "season", which is generally 1 game long. Did they expand it to two this year? It's not like they have a real football playoff system in the NCAA.
In the NFL, the difference betwee n the SB champion and the worst team in the league is miniscule, especially with the salary cap, so there's no "push overs". Every game is tough, especially among division rivals, and every game is important because it's how many games you win not how much did you run up the score on Podunk State Teachers College that counts. The season is sixteen games long, and you have to deal with adults with attitudes and agents not awed nineteen-year-olds, and maybe you're lucky enough to make the playoffs. Again, you don't get a break because of your reputation or your "rating", only if you win more games than all the other teams in your conference.
Can you FishyFans say "learning curve"? It's what your boy's going to have to endure ... :biggrin: