Anyone surprised bill cowher isn't coaching still

Not really. He's probably making top dollar at CBS with a quarter of the stress.

I think his wife's death really shook him up in terms of wanting to go back into it.

I am a bit.

Once his wife passed and his kids graduated, I thought he most certainly would.

I guess you can throw gruden in this convo as well. I mean I get the point of why they haven't come back but both seemed to be chomping at the bit some times in interviews to get back but never have

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Anything is possible, both Vermeil and Gibbs came back after long absences. I think he's done though, same with Gruden.

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Yeah, I don't think either of them are really all that fired up to get back in it. They're in Madden territory now. Coaching springboarded them into being football "personalities". I'm sure they think about it from time to time, but I assume the cons always outweigh the pros.

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I think he's been out too long at this point. I don't think he'd be a good hire.

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Agreed. I listened to an interview a few years ago with John Fox, who was asked why he didn't take a year off after getting canned by the Panthers. He said that one year away from the NFL is an eternity in terms of how the game changes, and that it's difficult to readjust.

While guys like Cowher and Gruden carry name recognition, they'd both be awful hires at this point. Think about it this way -- Gruden has been out of the league for practically the entire Aaron Rodgers era, and Cowher has been out for practically the entire Brees era in New Orleans.