re: The coaching candidate pool this offseason is going to be very dearth

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job was stale and he needed a break and a new challenge

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you really believe this line

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Try looking up Bill Parcells head coaching timeline. Payton leans on Parcells for advice even to this day.

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But most of all, he keeps the pressure on himself – 14-hour days, six days a week. And on the seventh day he rests, a mere 12 hours.

Does he really need to work 14-hour days?

"Yes, sir. Maybe more. If you want to stay competitive, this is one of the most competitive businesses there is," he says. "It's my life. It's my blood. It's how I'm measured."

After that season, Parcells had it. He said his coaching fire had burned out, and he retired. But then, last year, at the age of 61, he came back, to spur the Dallas Cowboys to their first playoffs in four years. And nothing had changed.

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