Brady as an OC Post-NFL??
In listening to the Post-Super Bowl newsfeed, there was a lot of talk about what Brady brought to the Buccaneers as far as how to run an operation: how to plan, how to prepare, how to train. There was even a comment from the HC about "I would just step back and let Brady coach the offense."
What do you think the possibility is of Brady wanting to become an OC after his NFL stint? Would he just want to hang it up when he is done, or would he be wanting to put on the whistle himself? I think his organization mindset would accel, but it would be a hard sell to get him from Tampa to Ann Arbor. But, that would be sweet for recruiting: Come play for the GOAT.
February 8th, 2021 at 9:12 AM ^
He doesn’t seem like he would coach. Brady has a lot of other businesses he would do first IMO.
February 8th, 2021 at 10:46 AM ^
He's gonna go out there with his odd health coach and sell millions in health junk. And with Brady still looking as good now as he did 10 years ago, I'm starting to wonder if maybe they're onto something...
February 8th, 2021 at 11:40 AM ^
The only thing he will want to do in the NFL is possibly be a team President like Elway, but I seriously doubt that.
February 8th, 2021 at 12:38 PM ^
I feel like Brady's more likely to start selling high end fashion apparel than he is to work in football once he's done. Doesn't strike me as a front office guy
February 8th, 2021 at 12:11 PM ^
Genetics help, but anybody can maximize their potential by working out and eating healthy. It helps to get paid millions of dollars to do exactly that.
February 8th, 2021 at 12:41 PM ^
I think he'll get bored of that pretty quick, and if that were that important to him he would have retired already. There's a story about how he hounded his teammates to come over and play catch during his deflate-gate suspension because he got so bored. The guy is just wired for football, and I doubt that changes just because his body isn't physically capable of playing anymore.
February 8th, 2021 at 9:12 AM ^
The guy is a billionaire by now, right? When he hangs up his cleats I bet he goes to work for ESPN. He can probably write his own contract to work for any network, still be around football and live his best life.
February 8th, 2021 at 9:33 AM ^
You go to ESPN if you want to still be famous and on TV (or you need the money which Brady doesn't). You go coach if you have a desire to compete. Maybe you are like Kobe though and want to spend time with your family, so you coach your kids.
Brady absolutely will want to compete. But who knows if it will be in football, golf, business, or something else.
February 8th, 2021 at 10:44 AM ^
Uh, I doubt he is anywhere close to a billionaire. Even with his wife’s megabucks.
February 8th, 2021 at 10:48 AM ^
Brady's making $30m plus however much in endorsements and I think people estimate Gisele brings in something like $50m/yr through whatever she does so it wouldnt shock me if their household income was something like $100m/yr. I could see them getting close to a billion if they've made some good investments
February 8th, 2021 at 11:08 AM ^
Pretty close, actually. Projections have Giselle at $500M and Tom at $200M. So not there, but in the ballpark that through his business ventures he'll be there in not too long.
February 8th, 2021 at 3:59 PM ^
The thing I am most shocked about is Giselle being worth MORE than Tom. I know super models tend to be wealthier than the average millionaire but I had no clue she was THAT wealthy.
February 8th, 2021 at 1:01 PM ^
Not to mention he has a super model wife who wanted him to retire a few years ago.
I imagine he has quite the honey-do list for Gisele.
February 8th, 2021 at 5:08 PM ^
By the time he retires, he won't be able to get a job as coach since he'll be considered "way too old."
February 8th, 2021 at 9:13 AM ^
Tom Brady can do whatever the hell he wants after his career is over. He would only do it if that is what he wanted to put his competitive edge toward. He could also do any other manner of things.
February 8th, 2021 at 10:52 AM ^
He’s gonna travel around the world with his smokin’ hot wife.
February 8th, 2021 at 9:15 AM ^
way too much work. at most he'd be an announcer/TV analyst for grins and giggles.
February 8th, 2021 at 9:16 AM ^
Doubt he ever coaches.
Slim chance he ever announces, but I could see NBC/ESPN/Fox trying to snatch him up ASAP upon retirement.
Probably goes into business and puts all his efforts into his weird TB12 thing.
February 8th, 2021 at 9:50 AM ^
Speaking of that "weird TB12 thing," I hope that Brady knows who he is (a football savant) and sticks to that in some fashion in retirement. I'd rather not see him wander into other domains (like TB12) where he's ... maybe not a savant.
February 8th, 2021 at 9:16 AM ^
He is the GOAT. It just seems like guys who are GOAT level, would ride off into the sunset.
February 8th, 2021 at 9:17 AM ^
Tom might coach his son's football team, for fun and bonding time..... I am in the camp thinking there's little to no chance Tom takes a full time coaching position in the NCAA or NFL.
February 8th, 2021 at 9:19 AM ^
If Brady wants a new challenge, take the Lions to the Super Bowl
February 8th, 2021 at 9:25 AM ^
If he does that (1) it would be craziest challenge since Frodo took the ring to Mt. Doom, (2) it would take more work than all of the effort he has put into his athletic career.
I could see him being part of a group that owns a NFL team.
February 8th, 2021 at 10:54 AM ^
This ^
Tom Brady has 30 playoff wins over the last 20 years. Detroit Lions have 1 playoff win over the last 63 years. My deepest sympathies to any Lions fans around 65 years of age.
February 8th, 2021 at 11:26 AM ^
What a great (and depressing) stat.
February 8th, 2021 at 9:19 AM ^
I don’t see his GOATness transferring to coaching. Obviously he is a vocal leader but I think he also has built culture through leading by example which is harder as a coach.
No chance he will coach in college. That seems like a bad fit.
Who is the best player who had good success in coaching? NBA, Larry Bird. In the NFL no one is coming to mind immediately.
Edit: Well, Harbaugh made it to the AFC title game as a player and the Super Bowl as a coach. Is he the best example?
February 8th, 2021 at 9:24 AM ^
Not even sarcastic, but Harbaugh had a solid tenure in SF, and even that ended in typical NFL (Not For Long) fashion. Ditka had a decent playing career/coached a super bowl winner. To your point, list isn't long or impressive.
February 8th, 2021 at 11:17 AM ^
My dad's theory was that superstars have both incredible drive/intensity and a high level of ability that makes it difficult for them to motivate and teach others. In his mind, the superstars couldn't "get" a regular player. That makes some sense when you consider that the "too much work, already really rich" point didn't hold as much water until 40 years ago or so and there were damn few successful managers/coaches who were superstar players even then.
February 8th, 2021 at 12:04 PM ^
I agree with your dad but also consider the corollary. Superstars have an athletic ability that very few possess. On the other hand, the rest of us have to work to develop these skills. I think it's hard for the freak athletes to teach because it has always come naturally. Meanwhile, some of the best coaches are guys that wanted to play at the top level but couldn't quite get there, or at the very best didn't last long. They would develop a much better understanding of how to coach up mere mortals.
February 8th, 2021 at 2:28 PM ^
Yes, exactly. Kinda like real life Crash Davises (Kevin Costner's character in Bull Durham). Good enough to play in the minors or college, maybe a cup of coffee in the bigs. But they know how to maximize lesser talent.
February 8th, 2021 at 11:46 AM ^
Dan Reeves is probably a better example. He played and coached in multiple super bowls.
February 8th, 2021 at 1:31 PM ^
i can't think of too many truly great players who were also really good coaches. basketball has a few - k.c. jones, lenny wilkens, bird...doc rivers was very good (not quite 'great') player, and a very good coach (i personally think he's overrated, but that's just me).
harbaugh was the first thought i had, too. now i'm trying to think of hall-of-fame football players that were also good coaches, and i honestly can't think of any. i honestly can't think of all that many HOF players that were ever even coordinator-level assistants. i'm blanking here.
[insert edit - someone brought up ditka and singletary elsewhere here. obviously, ditka was a really good coach, at least for a while]
as to brady, i can't see it. in terms of skillset, he'd probably be fantastic - he's one of the smarter players you'll ever see, super-analytic, super-competitive, and a tireless preparer - but...well, he's a weird dude. he's also got other irons in the fire. i think some ex-pros go into coaching when (for lack of a better description) it's all they've got. i suspect he thinks he's got bigger, "i'm an influencer" fish to fry.
February 8th, 2021 at 4:04 PM ^
Mike Ditka is in the Hall of Fame for his playing career as a tight end and won a Super Bowl as head coach of the Chicago Bears.
No professional playing success, but Steve Spurrier won the Heisman as a player and then the national title as a head coach
February 8th, 2021 at 4:11 PM ^
I don't see him coaching in the NFL either...unless Belichick were to speak up and say something to the effect of, 'yea, Tom is a great QB, but he could never do what I've done as a coach...'
Seriously though, who would want that noise? I am sure there are a hundred ways for him to quench his competitive thirst.
February 8th, 2021 at 9:23 AM ^
Whenever he retires he's going to relax, pursue his business opportunities, play with his kids, and count his money. Why on earth would he subject himself to the frequently thankless grind of coaching?
February 8th, 2021 at 9:25 AM ^
If he does it’s so he can win more rings as a coach than Belichick.
February 8th, 2021 at 9:30 AM ^
I think he'll become an OC here at Michigan once he retires Don. Why? Well according to several posters being a coordinator at Michigan is actually better than being a HC at a power 5 conference school. And given that HCs at power five schools like Lincoln Riley and Matt Campbell have recently turned down interviews in the NFL to stay in college I think it's pretty obvious that being a HC in college is actually better than being a HC in the NFL.
So it's pretty damn clear that being an OC at Michigan is better than virtually all jobs in football and if we're being honest with ourselves, better than virtually all jobs anywhere in any field.
It's so obvious.
February 8th, 2021 at 11:02 AM ^
I’ll bet it isn’t quite so obvious to Giselle.
February 8th, 2021 at 1:13 PM ^
Happy Wife - Happy Life !!!
February 8th, 2021 at 1:39 PM ^
No woman, no cry
February 8th, 2021 at 1:03 PM ^
Thanks for setting me straight... sometimes I just go off the deep end and need to be reeled back to reality.
February 8th, 2021 at 9:28 AM ^
Great players don't typically translate into great coaches. But speaking of OC's, this is two years in a row where Byron Leftwich has been the OC for a top-5 offense. Whenever Arians hangs it up, I wouldn't be surprised if he's the next HC.
February 8th, 2021 at 9:34 AM ^
Seeing Byron Leftwhich have success is great, yet so odd to see. Truly one of the worst QBs I’ve ever seen.
February 8th, 2021 at 9:45 AM ^
HI, Juwon? You're not a good coach....
February 8th, 2021 at 10:35 AM ^
Juwon wha?
February 8th, 2021 at 11:21 AM ^
Juwon, Bielien, Warrriner, Ruddock...
February 8th, 2021 at 11:09 AM ^
His NFL numbers were pretty average, but dude was good enough in college to be a top 10 pick. Also, playing the last quarter of a game on a broken leg takes some serious onions.
February 8th, 2021 at 12:43 PM ^
Leftwich was tough as nails as a player. His problem in the NFL was his long loopy passing motion. It made it hard to hit open receivers at the NFL level. He had all the mental tools, but his delivery killed him.
February 8th, 2021 at 9:34 AM ^
Strikes me as more of a minority owner than a coach
February 8th, 2021 at 9:36 AM ^
Brady played ok, but in the second quarter, we probably should have gone with henson.
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