Isn't Jimmy Johnson the only example of a college coach that has successfully made the transition from college to the pros?
College coaches succeed because they are great at recruiting 18 year old kids. And once the kid arrives on campus, the coach has complete control over him. A kid's scholarship can be dumped any year and the player loses out on his million dollar dream of an NFL contract. So the college players generally toe the line. Pro coaches succeed because they gameplan well and can psychologically deal with (if not manipulate) millionaire players. NFL players are sometimes as old as some coaches and often are more wealthy. That's a very different dynamic from dealing with impressionable youngsters. Since the two skill sets are very different so it's no surprise that most college coaches are horrible in the pros. I don't even think Pete Carroll would do well as an NFL coach.
Whether you hate Favre or not, if he is staying, Mike Sherman should be considered. He was selected by Ron Wolf after the woeful year of Ray Rhodes and proceeded to take the Pack to five straight winning seasons and three Division Championships. His percentage during that time is second only to Vince Lombardi in Packer history. His downfall was the dual GM/Coach role as his drafting and personnel decisions killed him. But as a coach, the players loved him and he did a great job. Once Wolf left and Harlan brought in Ted Thompson, Sherman was doomed as Ted wanted to bring in his own guy and brought in McCarthy. If Favre is in fact staying, no matter the opinions of us all, then Holmgren Disciple Sherman who won a ring in GB as their O-line coach and was O-Coor. in Seattle before Wolf picked him makes sense as a guy that can leave the football operations to Mike and Woody and coach these guys to a Division Championship nest year. He also has the bones to saty after Favre leaves to transition a new QB into the starting role. He took the Aggies Head Coaching job last year and has seven left on his contract, but the opportunity to come to NY and have Favre again would probably be attractive to him and a solid move. PSLs, heck, win the division and the PSLs will sell.
He's been away from the sidelines for far too long. Never happen. Besides he's getting long in the tooth.
Sherman Bio A former NFL executive with deep ties to the college game, Mike Sherman was named head football coach at Texas A&M on Nov. 26, 2007. An Aggie assistant coach in the early 1990s, Sherman returns to Aggieland after serving as the Houston Texans assistant head coach since 2006. Sherman was the offensive line coach on R.C. Slocum's initial coaching staff and helped the Aggies to three conference championships in his two stints at Texas A&M (1989-93, 1995-96). The Aggie offense averaged over 400 yards of total offense four times in his seven seasons at A&M, including a school record 471.1 yards per game in 1990. During his time at Texas A&M, Sherman served at the Aggies' chief recruiter in Houston, the Golden Triangle and southern Louisiana. Sherman is finishing his second season with the Texans and first as the team's offensive coordinator. Sherman was hired by the Texans as assistant head coach/offense on February 15, 2006, and was named offensive coordinator on January 17, 2007. Prior to joining the Texans, Sherman spent six seasons as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers, including five as the team's executive vice president. From 2001-04, Sherman assumed the duties of general manager as well. Sherman became the Packers head coach in 2000, guiding the team to five winning seasons. From 2002-2004, Sherman led the Packers to three consecutive NFC North Division titles. His .663 winning percentage (53-27) over his first five years was second only to the great Vince Lombardi in Packers history. Under Sherman, the Packers offense set numerous team records, including producing two of the four highest-scoring seasons in franchise history. In 2003, Green Bay totaled 442 points, which was just 14 points shy of the franchise record of 456 set in the team's world championship season of 1996. Sherman's troops followed with a 424-point season in 1994, which was good for fourth-best all-time. Sherman's 2004 team set team records with 6,357 total net yards and 4,449 net passing yards. That year, the team surrendered only 14 sacks in 598 attempts, another franchise record. The 2003 squad ranks third in Packer history with 5,798 yards and set a franchise record for rushing yards with 2,558, including Ahman Green's franchise-record 1,883 rushing yards. Green Bay also set a franchise record by averaging a whopping 5.05 yards per rush attempt that year. Before his head coaching stint in Green Bay, Sherman was the Seattle Seahawks' offensive coordinator in 1999. He first coached for the Packers from 1997-98, when he was the tight ends/assistant offensive line coach. He spent seven years in College Station as the Texas A&M offensive line coach from 1989-93 and 1995-96, where he met current Texans head coach Gary Kubiak during the 1992-93 seasons. Sherman was named offensive coordinator at Texas A&M in the spring of 1997 before accepting a position with the Green Bay Packers. Between those times, Sherman spent the 1994 season as the offensive line coach for UCLA. Sherman's coaching career began in 1981-82, when he was a part-time coach at the University of Pittsburgh. From there, he moved on to Tulane, where he coached the offensive line in 1983-84, and then to Holy Cross, where he also coached offensive line in 1985-87 before being named offensive coordinator in 1988. Sherman, who played defensive end and offensive tackle at Central Connecticut State University, was born in Norwood, Mass. He and his wife, Karen, have five children: daughters Sarah, Emily, and Selena, and sons Matthew and Benjamin.
