Coaching changes in the National Football League - Part 1
Now that the 2010-11 National Football League season is finally over, franchises are working on making their teams better than before in time for the start of the 2011-12 season. But players are only as good as those who lead them, which is why teams are
hiring and firing as they find necessary so they can start training.
Starting in the National Football Conference East, we have the Dallas Cowboys. Jimmy Robinson had been with the Green Bay Packers for five years as an NFL assistant. Just a week after coaching the Packers to the Super Bowl, he has been hired as a receivers
coach with the Cowboys. He replaces Ray Sherman, who had been the receivers coach for four years and was interviewed for the head coaching job after Wade Phillips was fired. However, interim head coach Jason Garrett was kept as head coach and Sherman’s contract
was not renewed.
Robinson comes to the Cowboys after spending five years with the Packers. For the 2004-2005 season, he was with the New Orleans Saints and with the New York Giants from 1998 to 2003. Before then, he was with the Indianapolis Colts from 1994 to 1997 and with
the Atlanta Falcons from 1990-1993.
Robinson had been a wide receiver with the Giants from 1977 to 1979, where Garrett had been a backup quarter-back. He also spent a year with the San Francisco 49ers and one with the Denver Broncos. Robinson finished his six year career with 85 receptions
for 1,437 yards and six touchdowns, as he led the Giants in most receptions in both 1977 and 1978.
Throughout the years, Robinson has helped many receivers become stars. When he was in Atlanta, wide-receivers Andre Rison and Michael Haynes had the most touchdown receptions in the NFL. The next year, Rison and Mike Pritchard led in the same category.
Robinson also made Marvin Harrison the third rookie in the history of the Colts to lead the team in receiving. He then led the Giants to have one of their most flourishing seasons in history. Ike Hilliard and Amani Toomer combined to have over 2,000 receiving
yards and then helped the Giants’ receiving corps rack up 186 receptions for 1,680 yards, 15 touch-downs and a trip to the Super Bowl. Toomer went on to become one of the best receivers in franchise history.
During his time with the Saints, Robinson helped Joe Horn set franchise records with 1,399 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns and also tie for the most receptions in the NFC for the 2004 season with 94.
Has your favorite coach been fired? Or better yet, promoted? Check out the next part and find out!
The views expressed in this article are the writer's own and in no way represent Bettor.com's official editorial policy.
Tags: