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re: Is football coach one of the least competitive job markets out there?
Posted on 1/11/17 at 2:19 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
Posted on 1/11/17 at 2:19 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
quote:I find football coaching unique because I happen to think there is a huge market of people who would be better than the current crop they choose from. I really think the best coaches would be analytical and quick thinking minds, yet football coaches as a whole pull from damn near the opposite type of people. They pull emotional thinking people most of the time.
I assume you didn't start the thread just to get unanimous agreement. I'm not sure it is any worse or better than any other industry. I'll use some generalities.
First, barriers of entry. Bachelor's degree in a lot of places, have we hit 40% of the population having a BS/BA yet?
From there, you can whittle down the type of people who can't find their own a-hole, no talent, who don't want to work that hard, etc. Again, there is a reason you have 55 year olds who aren't executives, and it isn't because they used to be one.
You further this by people who even want to be in coaching. Family members in coaching makes sense, people like to do what is familiar and what they know, usually through their parents, and this happens with lawyers, doctors, engineers, and waiters.
I think it isn't all too dissimilar from any other field and so I'm not terribly surprised. Go look at airline executives or any other industry. They just go around the competitors as VPs until they retire.
This post was edited on 1/11/17 at 2:20 pm
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Posted on 1/11/17 at 2:21 pm to lsupride87
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I find football coaching unique because I happen to think there is a huge market of people who would be better than the current crop they choose from. I really think the best coaches would be analytical and quick thinking minds, yet football coaches as a whole pull from damn near the opposite type of peopl
Those people self select out and do other things. Probably because most coaches don't make money until they are damn near 50 and sharper folks want immediate return on their education and work (or didn't play football to begin with).
That's my guess anyways. There are a few of those types who somehow fell into coaching, and illustrate your point.
Some barriers make emotional sense though. For example, if you didn't play college ball, you have no friends in college athletics and lose credibility. I think we'd all have doubts hiring some guy who came up to us and said, "I've never flown an airplane before, but I've been reevaluating a lot of crash black boxes data, and I've figured out your mistakes."
Getting through the door from unrelated fields/experiences is always a mountain.
This post was edited on 1/11/17 at 2:25 pm
Posted on 1/12/17 at 2:29 pm to lsupride87
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I find football coaching unique because I happen to think there is a huge market of people who would be better than the current crop they choose from.
This has to rank as one of the silliest takes I've read on this board
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