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Show ira n tne prime or ineir years, which is usually the late 20s well up into the late 30s, they If are the main men. You can talk about defense being the Name of the Came and establishing a running attack and the Oakiand Raiders not being a thing without the knowledgeable toe of George Rlanria, but quarterbacks are still the sine qua non of professional football. The good ones, and sometimes even the ones, enjoy a limelight unmatched in all of sport. But they better enjoy it while they can. Because when a quarterback tries to stay in football as a head coach, it is usually even before he starts. .''uartcrhav.ks make good head coaches .i!:e ocelots make good house pets. Something happens when a quarterback trades a football for a whistle. The playbook doesnt work by rote anymore. Quarterbacks have failed so frequently in the transition to coaching that its a wonder their ilk ever gets a call to take a head job. Yet this season in the National Football League, two teams have had the temerity to hire on quarterbacks. The groping Baltimore Colts have elevated Ted Marchibroda, draft choice of once a the Pittsburgh Stcclcrs. They will try r not-so-go- od third-and-lo- first-rou- ng nd THE GREEN BAY PACKERS ARE PUTTING THEIR CHIPS ON BART STARR to succeed where the Otto Grahams, Sammy Baughs, Bob Waterf'elds and Norm Van Brock-lin- s have failed so miserably. These grand old NFL auarterbacks have seen to it that mien of their position always come into coaching with a stigma. More than anyone else, Van Brocklins name has become , Sr ;- 1eynonomous with coaching failure. The Dutchman is qualified to write a book now," says one of Van He Brocklins former players. could call it How Not To Coach Football." In fairness to Van Brocklin, both of his coaching jobs were with ex- be as accomplished. One Atlanta quarterback, Bob Lee, was fined for criticizing the team in print. Van Brocklins attacks on the press were as frequent as his tirades toward the team. One newsman, attempting to learn what made the tick, got to ask only Minnesota Vikings and then the Atlanta Falcons, Lui on the ether NOT ALL QUARTERBACKS ARE CROPPERS pansion franchises, first the hand, the Dutchman can never say he didnt have L.u time. In Minnesota, Van Brocklin labored for six years, and one season he was even allowed to return to the job after impulsively resigning following a particularly devastating defeat. In Atlanta, VarfBrocklin struggled for more than six seasons, also enjoying carte blanche as the Falcons general manager, but in the final analysis this might have been his downfall. Van Brcckhn's petulant, wholesale purges of the team roster were regular occurrences, including the time he wiped out about a fourth of the team by penciling the names of the doomed players on the back of an air sick-- . ness bag en route home from a Falcon defeat. wun Just as he couldnt Fran Tarkenton in Minnesota, Van Rroruin fought with his qusricr-back- s in Atlanta. In this respect, Van Brocklin was a lot like Rogers Hornsby, a baseball Hall of Famer and a .400 hitter who was unable to fathom why all other hitters couldnt co-exi- st OUR VERY BEST OUR VERY BEST STEEL RADIALS FIBEROLAS BELTED 43,000 AS COACHES one question. lin AR78- - 13 snapped, r nLUULl ER78-1- 4 BR78-1- 5 21, FR78-1CR78-1- 4 4 GR73-1- 5 HR78-1- 4 HR78-1JR78-1- 5 LR78-1- 5 5 $3.85 $4.85 35.85 33.45 37.85 33.85 33.85 43.85 44.35 5 Other I vHVp'plNVi t 0 into coaching. But its lixe say, it's the individual, and not the position, that has anything to do with it." found the ultimate game to be elusive. 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Max was an end, but he had a great footoall mind and would have been a tremendous success had he chosen to go coaches. one of those couch jobs, let's forget about it, and that was the end of the interview. Bud Grant replaced Van Brocklin at Minnesota in .1967 and almost instantly the Vikings became a consistent winner, going to the Super Bowl three times in eight seasons. Whether Marion Campbell ca" resumect the Falcons as quickly in Van Brocklins wake remains to be seen, but he stands a much better chance than the Dutchman. Campbell never played quarterback. Not all quarterbacks are croppers as coaches. Johnny Rauch won two divisions and one American Football League title with the Oakland Raiders, but moving on to MSLE 3095 their position bumbling as Look," Van Brockif this is gonna be GUARANTEE 1975 gome three times and was thwarted on each occasion. Going back to another era, Jimmy Conzelman could only break even in two title games with the old Chicago Cardinals. 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