George Koonce - Life after the NFL

so is working in a coal mine.
cry me a gaddam river. I'm so tired of this.

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Originally posted by Tdog:
so is working in a coal mine.

Seriously? That was Koonce's second choice for a career. :-(

NFL career and coal mining??? Maybe both bad for your health in the long run but miles apart after that. I don't think those guys who retired from the mines are depressed that they can't go back down. LOL

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Originally posted by Tdog:
so is working in a coal mine.
cry me a gaddam river. I'm so tired of this.

For what its worth, I'm impressed. Didn't know he was working on a doctorate. Hurray!

Not sure what happened to him at UWM, but other than that episode, he always struck me as a good soul, a decent player and now as an intellectual young man.

I didn't read the article and have always admired Koonce and I'm glad he's pursued education. My initial response was just to the phrase "I conclude that playing in the NFL is detrimental to one's life and well-being". There's a lot of less thankful(low pay) jobs out there that take a far greater toll.

Ask a veteran how fun "transition" is... and they don't exactly have an NFLPA-like union to represent them.

I haven't read the dissertation but citing a bunch of studies in support of one's personal experience and opinion is pretty slim qualification for a doctorate.
"Hey, I got a PhD in "Living my Life"! Where's my robe?"

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Originally posted by Tdog:
I didn't read the article and have always admired Koonce and I'm glad he's pursued education. My initial response was just to the phrase "I conclude that playing in the NFL is detrimental to one's life and well-being". There's a lot of less thankful(low pay) jobs out there that take a far greater toll.

Yup, understood!

There are plenty of old-timers that are still living a great life from the money they earned in the NFL & it's not detrimental to their life. They didn't go out & buy cars, hookers & blow. Instead they invested in their families. Shocking concept I know.

Some people would argue that not having hookers and blow can be detrimental to your life.

I know that some of the UWM faithful were pretty disappointed in how Koonce handled himself when getting the athletic director job there.

The description I got of Koonce at that job was bascially, he liked to spend lots and lots of time texting on his BlackBerry, and was not doing a whole lot of fundraising that he needed to be doing. In fairness to Koonce, they go through Athletic Directors there like a person with a bad cold goes through kleenexes. Still the reviews on how Koonce fared there were not good.

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