Graduate Assistants and Former Players

[sdsu2000]

I’m glad to see that Mike Schmidt is a Graduate Assistant but why don’t we try to get more former players to stay on as Graduate Assistants? (Where did Adam Hall go after?)

I see that USC has two Graduate Assistants that both played there and in the NFL. Why don’t we try to recruit some of our past NFL players to come back as Graduate Assistants?

Is Brian Sipe the man we should encourage to fill the Graduate Assistant spots with SDSU grads? I understand that sometimes there’s just not the interest, but over the years it seems like we always have GA’s from different schools. Can anyone get Brian Sipe on this?

From this whole coaching change one thing became apparently clear, SDSU doesn’t have enough graduates in the coaching industry. There seems to be a big gap from Herm Edwards / John Fox / Tom Craft to Tanner Engstrand over at USD. I’m sure there are other coaches out there but we need to start building SDSU Men that would crawl across the US to be on our coaching staff.

I’m not saying we need a head coach from SDSU but in 10 years I’d love to see some of these as possible coaches: OC/QB coach be Kevin O’Connell, our WR/Special Teams coach be Kassim Osgood, OL coach Chester Pitts, RB coach Lynell Hamilton, DL coach La’Roi Glover, LB coach Kurt Morrison, DB coach Brian Russell, etc.

We should be encouraging former players who went on to the NFL to get involved in coaching and hope someday we can fill coaching spots with these SDSU Men.

[Fishn'Aztec]

Pitts is still employed by the Seattle Seasquawks!

[fantaztec]

Honestly, because some of these guys are dumb as doornails and have neither the passion, work ethic or charisma to be a college coach. I'd love to see alumni working in our department but only qualified ones. college coaching is an up
At dawn pride swallowing existence that takes guts, brains, knowledge of how to teach (not just play) and a lack of ego as you spend 20 hours in a room looking at film. Not many elite athletes can do any of those things let alone all of them.

Ideally they would. But it's no surprise that they don't.

[The Oracle]

Good player != good coach

[aztecalumni]

Jan 14, 2011 15:25:30 GMT -8 The Oracle said:

Good player != good coach

not exactly

some of the greatest coaches were actually not that good of players

not every player can become a good coach. Its not exactly What you know, he HOW you teach the players and how you relate to them

[hoobs]

Actually, I would say more often that mediocre players make better coaches. If you're not as athletically gifted you have to make up for it by being smarter and working harder.

A guy like Danny Woodhead (yes, I know... Patriots... I hate them too... but he's a good example) would probably make a decent coach later on in life. He has to play a lot smarter than a guy 5 inches taller and 50 pounds heavier and just as fast at the same position.

Drew Brees is another example. Would probably be a great QB coach.

[aztecalumni]

Jan 14, 2011 15:51:03 GMT -8 hoobs said:

Actually, I would say more often that mediocre players make better coaches. If you're not as athletically gifted you have to make up for it by being smarter and working harder.

A guy like Danny Woodhead (yes, I know... Patriots... I hate them too... but he's a good example) would probably make a decent coach later on in life. He has to play a lot smarter than a guy 5 inches taller and 50 pounds heavier and just as fast at the same position.

Drew Brees is another example. Would probably be a great QB coach.

exactly.

there are some amazing players who can become amazing coaches, like your smart qb's like Manning. But theres ppl out there who know a crap load but they just cant find a way to show it or share there knowledge with others.

[The Oracle]

Jan 14, 2011 15:42:53 GMT -8 @aztecalumni said:

Jan 14, 2011 15:25:30 GMT -8 The Oracle said:

Good player != good coach

not exactly

some of the greatest coaches were actually not that good of players

not every player can become a good coach. Its not exactly What you know, he HOW you teach the players and how you relate to them

"!=" means does not equal.

I agree with you. I think there's very little correlation between ability to play and ability to coach

[aztecalumni]

Jan 14, 2011 16:02:47 GMT -8 The Oracle said:

Jan 14, 2011 15:42:53 GMT -8 @aztecalumni said:

not exactly

some of the greatest coaches were actually not that good of players

not every player can become a good coach. Its not exactly What you know, he HOW you teach the players and how you relate to them

"!=" means does not equal.

I agree with you. I think there's very little correlation between ability to play and ability to coach

my apologies, i didnt see that. we are on the same page with this topic