Post by MOnarchsRule on Feb 2, 2006 3:40:27 GMT -5
Kansas City, MO - A lot of NFL players have no intention of coaching after they retire. There are the hours, the pay, the obscurity ...
"I wasn't one of those players," Richie Anderson said this weekend. "I always paid attention to things like coaching. I didn't know why I saved all my plays, all my game plans, but I saved it all. One day you wake up and say, 'Maybe I want to do this.' "
And now he will. Anderson, who played fullback for 10 seasons with the Jets, two with the Cowboys, and 1 with the Monarchs went to talk with new Monarchs head coach Donnie Henderson about a job, not for the high-profile offensive coordinator's post, but "for some position on the staff."
And he got it - as RB coach. Running backs just seemed to be a natural fit, but since Anderson also lined up as a wide receiver and a tight end on occasion, but this hire just seems like a slam dunk.
Anderson didn't play this season and almost wound up as an assistant on Bill Parcells' staff in Dallas.
"That never materialized," Anderson said, "but I respect Bill as much as any coach I've had in the league. I learned enough when I went there. I learned what I needed."
Along with Anderson, Peter Bouleware has decided to call it a career and will also join the coaching staff as DL/LB coach. "I would love to play, but I've got to be healthy enough to do it and help the team and not do anything that's going to damage me permanently. Hopefully, I can take the next two weeks and figure out what's going on," Boulware said on Monday, Jan. 2. Now he's made his retirement official, and Coach Henderson has another familiar face on his sidelines this coming season. He will reach out to another familiar face as former Raven Deion Sanders will coach the DB's.
Steve Walters, an associate of Mike Heimerdinger when both were in Tennessee, now joins him in KC as WR/TE coach. Irv Eatman , former Assistant Offensive Line Coach with the NFL Chiefs comes in as Offensive Line Coach. Coach Heimerdinger will serve as both offensive Co-ordinator and QB coach.
"I wasn't one of those players," Richie Anderson said this weekend. "I always paid attention to things like coaching. I didn't know why I saved all my plays, all my game plans, but I saved it all. One day you wake up and say, 'Maybe I want to do this.' "
And now he will. Anderson, who played fullback for 10 seasons with the Jets, two with the Cowboys, and 1 with the Monarchs went to talk with new Monarchs head coach Donnie Henderson about a job, not for the high-profile offensive coordinator's post, but "for some position on the staff."
And he got it - as RB coach. Running backs just seemed to be a natural fit, but since Anderson also lined up as a wide receiver and a tight end on occasion, but this hire just seems like a slam dunk.
Anderson didn't play this season and almost wound up as an assistant on Bill Parcells' staff in Dallas.
"That never materialized," Anderson said, "but I respect Bill as much as any coach I've had in the league. I learned enough when I went there. I learned what I needed."
Along with Anderson, Peter Bouleware has decided to call it a career and will also join the coaching staff as DL/LB coach. "I would love to play, but I've got to be healthy enough to do it and help the team and not do anything that's going to damage me permanently. Hopefully, I can take the next two weeks and figure out what's going on," Boulware said on Monday, Jan. 2. Now he's made his retirement official, and Coach Henderson has another familiar face on his sidelines this coming season. He will reach out to another familiar face as former Raven Deion Sanders will coach the DB's.
Steve Walters, an associate of Mike Heimerdinger when both were in Tennessee, now joins him in KC as WR/TE coach. Irv Eatman , former Assistant Offensive Line Coach with the NFL Chiefs comes in as Offensive Line Coach. Coach Heimerdinger will serve as both offensive Co-ordinator and QB coach.