Why do people have an obsession with successful NFL coaches

I don't fundamentally disagree with what you are saying, but it's not like there is a huge sample size. In general it wouldn't occur to an NFL head coach to take a college job.

Did I say they weren't as good? Look at Callahan at Nebraska. He sucked.

How many have made a good transition? I've seen 1 and he struggled his first 2-3 years at Pittsburgh in Dave Wannstedt.

It's a completely different ball game in a sense of you don't have to recruit in the pros. I am not saying they can't handle the X's and O's.

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and you don't know much about football if you don't know that.

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Okay, first of all, frickstick, this wasn't necessary.

Second, you're wrong. People don't only choose professions based exclusively on how easy they are. You consider compensation, the opportunity to excel, where it's likely to take you geograpically, etc.

For football coaches, there is a larger issue that how hard something is going to be. Football is about competition, and a lot of coaches want to compete at what they consider to be the "highest level", which is the NFL.

So a coach, unless he's a whiny bitch like you, wouldn't choose a job based on how hard it is.

That said, a lot of coaches do prefer the college game because of relative stability, a more relaxed atmosphere, the relatively fewer hours that permit a family life, etc.

Saban wasn't even a successful NFL coach.

different coaching styles work better/worse in the college game as compared to the pro game.

Chucky would be a good college coach. Tony Dungy, not so much.

Jimmy Johnson proved his merit in college. As did Dennis Erickson. Pete Carroll coached in college also.

I am talking guys that have never coached in the college ranks like Cowher, Belichick, Gruden and Del Rio. Do you know how much work a college football coach has with recruiting? It's not like the NFL is necessarily more work. You have GMs to do drafting. You put in input, but its different from selling your school to a kid and their family.

I am not saying these guys can't be successful, but this is a completely different animal coaching in college.

My point was the only NFL coaches that seem to be successful in college are the ones who have been in college before going to the pros.

Saban and Davis fit that, but weren't successful in the NFL.

Callahan took Oakland to a Super Bowl so you can't say he wasn't successful at all.

I am referring more to people calling for Gruden, Del Rio, Cowher, etc.