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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 448567" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">That could be longtimefan. I had trouble finding details on the extension and used rotoworld, which says the source for their info is Andrew Brandt. </span></span><a href="http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/1748/donald-driver" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #800080"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/1748/donald-driver</span></span></u></a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.packerforum.com/members/vltrophy.6285/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Vltrophy</span></a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">,</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">I understand the sentiment when fans hope players they love become assistant coaches. But the skills necessary to be a great player don’t necessarily translate into being even a good assistant coach. I think Kevin Greene and Edgar Bennett are the exceptions, not the rule. And even more important if I were the retiring player, assistant coaches have terrible working hours. Those jobs are definitely not 9-5 jobs and for someone who is (or should be) financially secure through several generations to come, the money won’t be a determining factor. My guess is Driver will devote his time to charitable work. If he wants to be involved with the Packers IMO it would make sense for him to do PR work – I can’t imagine a more ebullient ambassador for the Packers. And that wouldn’t be a full-time job. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 448567, member: 4300"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]That could be longtimefan. I had trouble finding details on the extension and used rotoworld, which says the source for their info is Andrew Brandt. [/FONT][/COLOR][URL='http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/1748/donald-driver'][U][COLOR=#800080][FONT=Tahoma]http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/1748/donald-driver[/FONT][/COLOR][/U][/URL] [URL='http://www.packerforum.com/members/vltrophy.6285/'][COLOR=windowtext][FONT=Tahoma]Vltrophy[/FONT][/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma],[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]I understand the sentiment when fans hope players they love become assistant coaches. But the skills necessary to be a great player don’t necessarily translate into being even a good assistant coach. I think Kevin Greene and Edgar Bennett are the exceptions, not the rule. And even more important if I were the retiring player, assistant coaches have terrible working hours. Those jobs are definitely not 9-5 jobs and for someone who is (or should be) financially secure through several generations to come, the money won’t be a determining factor. My guess is Driver will devote his time to charitable work. If he wants to be involved with the Packers IMO it would make sense for him to do PR work – I can’t imagine a more ebullient ambassador for the Packers. And that wouldn’t be a full-time job. [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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