I have a lot of sympathy for balancing work and a family. I have it for firemen, policemen, nurses, any other emergency worker, etc. who works all hours. I have sympathy for people who can't make ends meet quite yet and have to work extra hours/jobs to do so. I have it for the small business owner who puts in 90 hours a week because he can't afford to pay someone else. I really have it for the servicemen who are deployed for months or years at a time.
I do not have any sympathy for a professional coach (or even athlete for that matter) who can't make time for his family. None of the people listed above have anymore time then a coach does. The difference is the coach is incredibly well compensated and in many circles incredibly famous. A serviceman who spend 15 years in the Army isn't going to be able to take a few years off for quality family time, he didn't make a few million a year. To be an NFL coach seems to require some 60+ hours a week, 50 or so weeks a year. At an average salary of $2,000,000 a year that ends up being about $640 an hour, not a bad hourly wage if you can find it. Stop whining and go do something else if you want a family life.
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I read some article on ESPN.com a few weeks ago about "workaholic coaches," who think they have to spend 80+ hours a week and sleep in their offices to succeed. Cowher was quoted quite frequently in the article, while younger guys (like Mangini) said they only worked about 8-10 hours a day on weekdays (more on weekends/gameday).
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