Jimmy Clausen is now a quarterback coach

[Shocker]

7 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

No, not that

I searched to see if he was affiliated with any of the sports academies or some such.  Couldn't find anything.

He could just be offering his services independently.

Yeah I was like...

[Palmetto]

Good for Jimmy im happy for him hopefully this can get him into coaching

[pantherj]

"In this case you check down. In every case you check down."

[Woodie]

I think he'd be a good coach.  He's smart and understands the position, he just didn't have the arm strength and physical ability to be anything special as a QB.

[Mage]

It wasn't like Clausen's downfall was his intelligence or anything.  Dude just physically couldn't cut it as a QB in the NFL.  Even in college, he got away with throwing 50/50 balls to Floyd and Tate.

He could make a solid QB coach.

[Mr. Scot]

Yeah, I remember all those flat trajectory throws that were just picks waiting to happen.

[Jangler]

5 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Agreed. You never know. Clausen might actually turn out to be a decent coach.

You can find plenty of really good coaches (and even personnel guys) who were only so-so players.  The number of great players who also become good coaches or executives is a lot smaller.

One just won the Super Bowl.

[Mr. Scot]

4 minutes ago, Jangler said:

One just won the Super Bowl.

Reich or Pederson?

Granted, they have similar profiles.  Both were longtime backups behind Hall of Fame players.

[Jangler]

19 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Reich or Pederson?

Granted, they have similar profiles.  Both were longtime backups behind Hall of Fame players.

Hey, either one. Pederson had the guts. Can Reich turn around the Colts?

[Mr. Scot]

5 minutes ago, Jangler said:

Hey, either one. Pederson had the guts. Can Reich turn around the Colts?

Can he get Jim Irsay into rehab?

Ballard seems like a decent GM so far but it's kinda soon to say. And who knows whether Luck is gonna be healed or not?

[luke nukem]

8 hours ago, All about the Benjamin said:

The best players make the worst coaches and vice versa. I think he'll do fine.

unless your ken dorsey of course.

[WOW!!]

I think this is good for Jimmy.. His football intelligence was never in question.   Plus he was one of those kids that grew up in a QB family (I think his brother was a QB as well) who was a QB from pop waner to pro's.. 

I think Jimmy career was Derailed by the bad situation he was drafted into.. 

Coach and owner on a who can be more petty mission..

Owner knowing a lockout was coming so he was in complete collude mode..

Thrown in as a starter way to soon on a team defiantly in rebuild mode...

Good for Jimmy. 

[Cyberjag]

Chris Weinke turned out to be pretty good, no reason to expect Clausen to not be.  He got top-knotch coaching all his life, just couldn't execute at NFL speed.

I think he's going to be fine, and I'm happy for him.

[MHS831]

12 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Who knows, the guy might be a decent coach. You don't have to be a former great player to be a good coach. 

Most great players are not good coaches because they can't explain how to do things that they did naturally.