NFL players break the rules all the time and get away with it, yet for National Football League coaches, things arent usually as lenient. The coaches have stricter rules to follow or they will be fired in a heartbeat. This is because the coaches are more easily replaceable than the players, making the players the prized possessions, not the coaches.
The owners of the team try to get the best person to fill the coach positions, and sometimes when the coach is hired, he will bring players with him from the team that he previously coached. As long as the players are good, this is usually allowed.
Take Joe Gibbs, for instance. He got out of coaching and went to start up his own Nascar team in racing. Soon after starting the team, the Redskins called him for the head coaching position, so he put his son, J.D. Gibbs, over the Nascar team. Unfortunately, Joe has not been as successful coaching with the Redskins as he was with the previous footballs team, or with Nascar. Many people wonder why, and its probably because he is attempting to do too much at one time. The pressure of heading two major sports, especially in two totally different areas, can be difficult to...