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For nine seasons, Jim Haslett camped in the players quarters at summer training camps, and rarely enjoyed a good night's sleep on the dormitory-quality mattresses. Jack Del Rio went to 11 training camps and dreaded the final session in 1995 as much as the first practice of his '85 rookie season. Herm Edwards attended a decade's worth of camps as a player and, like most veterans, wondered about their overall purpose.
Of course, the passage of time and a change of job description and responsibility have altered those views somewhat, as the three are part of a contingent of 11 current head coaches who were once NFL players. Hang a whistle around a guy's neck, you know, and those screeches of disgust from a past life are instantly transformed into a shrill reminder to the minions in his charge that another camp drill is about to commence.
Sweat, it seems, becomes sweeter when a onetime laborer is promoted to foreman....
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Of course, the passage of time and a change of job description and responsibility have altered those views somewhat, as the three are part of a contingent of 11 current head coaches who were once NFL players. Hang a whistle around a guy's neck, you know, and those screeches of disgust from a past life are instantly transformed into a shrill reminder to the minions in his charge that another camp drill is about to commence.
Sweat, it seems, becomes sweeter when a onetime laborer is promoted to foreman....
more
