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January 19, 2006
21st century
Something has really bugged me for the past few months. It's NFL coaches. Why on Earth do the coaches wear such gigantic, ungainly headsets?
Companies now are making phones so thin they could probably fit in your wallet, yet NFL coaches are walking around with what are basically updated Shoe Phones.
I don't get it. Why do coaches need these things? Are they like the most reliable headset on the market? Or could it possibly be that the only way to get fifty Motorola logos on the product is by making it gigantic?
entry no. 405
Posted by oz115 at January 19, 2006 09:54 AM
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Hide-bound tradition--the same reason coaches wear sweatshirts, polyester pants and gym shoes on game day. The only good thing about the 1980s Bears euphoria that's been plaguing the city this year is seeing old footage of Ditka in the post-Super Bowl years, wearing thousand-dollar suits on the sidelines. (He still adopted the sweatshirt/polyester/gym shoe look through the Super Bowl year, after which he started raking in the big endorsement bucks and could afford a serious upgrade.) Now, that's style.
Posted by: Pete at January 19, 2006 12:03 PM