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Ed Reed Fan:4 TD'S IN ONE GAME said 11/27, 10:49 AM
Going from the NFL to the NCAA is easier for a coach. Look at examples like June Jones, Dennis Erickson & Pete Carroll. Here's my reasoning:

1. In college you can hand pick & recruit your players with no agents to negotiate with & no GM questioning your every move. In the NFL it's more of a level playing field due to the salary cap.

3. In College you can use your programs history & facilities to lure a player (who can't make demands like an NFL player & their agents can). In the NFL you can only lure players/agents with your teams history & facilities when they're free agents &/or undrafted rookies & if they're free agents you need the salary cap space & plenty of $ to lure them.

4. In college there's no contract to negotiate.

5. In college there's no draft where players you want & may want to play for you can get snatched up by another program simply because of draft order.

6. In the NFL there are 31 other teams that can snatch players from you or get players that you wanted regardless of your teams talent level where in college there aren't 31 other top tier programs that are going to contend with you for guys.

7. College has boosters & players egos are smaller.

Ed Reed Fan:4 TD'S IN ONE GAME said 11/27, 04:46 PM
There are more coaches that go from the NFL to the NCAA and are successful than vice versa. In the NFL you come in & basically inherit a teams roster, for better or worse. I.E. Petrino this year thought he would have Vick; we all know how that worked out. You get more of a chance in college to prove yourself than you do in the NFL. Example: If this was the NFL Charlie Weis would probably be gone but the fact that he's barely gotten any recruits in there that have played yet is giving him some slack. If an NFL team went from the equivalent of a BCS game to the pitts like ND has that coach would be all but gone. I understand your #1 point above about recruits but you get many more recruits than draft picks which gives you a better chance of finding talent that works. Your # 2 point makes sense but if you need pieces you can go recruit them & there are more to choose from as well than in the NFL. I can't argue the grades but in the NFL guys have larger egos & more $ which leads to more possible trouble than grades can. NFL coaches must be more skilled than NCAA coaches to be successful & that's tougher 2 find. NFL players are harder to movtivate too due to $, less rivalries, etc.

Ed Reed Fan:4 TD'S IN ONE GAME said 11/27, 05:26 PM
There's much more involved with dealing w/ players & the media in the NFL than there is in college. There's only 32 HC's in the NFL but over 100 in NCAA D-1. This should easily prove the difficulty with which the NFL jobs come. It's also easier to find good players as walk-ons in College than there is in the NFL. In the NCAA players switch positions more readily & can fill-in or become stars as something they had never or had rarely played as before. This is very rare in the NFL. You're right in the NFL coaches have a say but ultimately the GM in most cases is the #1 decision maker. In college there's less management needed w/ players so it's an easier transition. Plus, no GMs or agents to deal with. Your scenario about the benched player only applies if the player is unrightfully benched but either way they can transfer & there's really no $ or agents, etc. involved. It's less messy for everyone. There's less pressure to win & less mgmt. & work to deal with in the NCAA which makes the transition that much easier. Plus, if you've been to the pros already you can take some of that knowledge with you & it will help make the transition & teaching the college players that much easier.