Minnesota Vikings News carlosfusa on 14 Feb 2007 11:04 am
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If numbers made the difference in the performance of a team, the cost of coaching staffs would reach staggering amounts. More does not necessarily translate to better. Quantity does not beget quality.
Indianapolis and Chicago, for example, got to the Super Bowl with 16- and 15-man staffs (sans the head coach), respectively. At the opposite end of the spectrum, the 19-man staffs of Houston, Denver, Atlanta and St. Louis watched the playoffs, along with Minnesota’s 22-man colony.
Imagine that. Twenty-three men on the coaching staff, including the head coach, and the Vikings still won just six games in 2006. Talk about not getting your money’s worth.
Of the 12 teams that made the playoffs this season, the New York Giants had the largest staff of assistants with 18, followed by the 17-man staffs in Baltimore and Seattle. The New Orleans Saints’ staff of 20 included four coaching assistants (youngsters learning the ropes).
