He has ideas. Maybe he doesn't tell me I absolutely have to do something, but you know he wants it done. I work for him, so I do it. The few hours a week when I can get away from the phones and the film and the paperwork and get out on the field, maybe teach a bit, talk football, be football. It's not like when I was a player.
Nothing's like that.
But it's as close as I can get. The games, too. My job is about Sundays. About getting to the stadium early and going over the gameplan. About walking the field, meeting with the refs, chatting with old coaching buddies, putting on my headset.