IT’S VRABEL!!!!

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jayShomp said:
This kind of sounds made up to be honest, BB had no draft power for the Jets. And if he did, I don't understand why he'd draft Ward ahead of him when they already had Chrebet and Keyshawn.
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I don't think it's that he had draft power.It just said he was representing them at the combine, and maybe they just sent him there to scout the defensive prospects.
 
Splunge52 said:
www.theringer.com

The Oral History of Mike Vrabel

Last year, the New England Patriots were in the basement of the AFC East. This year, they’re in the Super Bowl. How? Look no further than their line-stepping, busted-lip head coach.
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Great find thank you.
Looks like fauria is basically saying, "do you even lift bro?"
Christian Fauria (Patriots tight end, 2002-05): If he took his shirt off, you wouldn’t be impressed. You’d be like, “I don’t know. What’s all the fuss about?”

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Matt Light (Patriots left tackle, 2001-11): He’s the guy that would lead practice and then go into the weight room and get on a treadmill and run another 5 miles. Kind of pissed you off, really. I’ve always found the people that are excessively hairy have a ridiculous amount of energy, and he is excessively hairy. He’s akin to a chinchilla, if you will.
 
Isn't it funny about these guys with Eastern European heritage and Gridiron? Vrabel is a common Czech or Slovak name, which could also be Croatian, like Bill and Nick Saban. Pete Carroll has Croatian Heritage, Don Shula and George Halas have Hungarian roots, Ted Marchibroda, Polish, Mike Ditka, Polish/Ukranian etc etc

Maybe it's the tough areas these guys grow up in, Ohio, PA, Virginia, etc., and tough, no-nonsense parents.
 
Splunge52 said:
www.theringer.com

The Oral History of Mike Vrabel

Last year, the New England Patriots were in the basement of the AFC East. This year, they’re in the Super Bowl. How? Look no further than their line-stepping, busted-lip head coach.
www.theringer.com
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This is definitely a great find. I learned a lot about Vrabel from reading the comments. This may explain him being a players' coach.

Light: He was a vocal guy. I think he did a good job of communicating things. The thing that people don’t talk a lot about is that he understood the business side of the game as well. You’re talking about a guy that was a player rep forever, was on the executive committee for the NFLPA. It went beyond just the X’s and O’s. It was understanding what the coaches were doing, what the players were doing, what your rights were. I mean, if there was a guy that was in trouble or needed something, Mike let him know that, “Hey, man, here’s what you can do. Here’s the rights you have, and don’t back down from it.”

I think there were people that thought that maybe his role as a player rep is what got him moved to Kansas City. I don’t know that there’s any validity to that, but I think it speaks to the fact that if you take on a role like that, you’re putting a target on yourself. But Mike wasn’t worried about that. Mike was willing to outwork and earn his position every day and then also do what he thought was in the best interest of the guys in that locker room. And he did that for a long time.
 
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