Rod Marinelli
Rod Marinelli
Rodney Marinelliis an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. Marinelli has been a defensive coach for several college and professional teams, serving primarily as a defensive line coach when he has not been a coordinator. From 2006 until 2008, Marinelli was the head coach of the NFL's Detroit Lions, where he oversaw the infamous 0-16 season in 2008; he was fired the day after the season end...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth13 July 1949
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That was a full day for an hour of watching a man work, where I could have watched numerous films that day on other players -- and we're going to get film of that workout anyway.
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It is a similar position, and he's got traits like Derrick -- but Derrick has been to nine Pro Bowls, so that's where the comparison stops.
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It was my decision. I won't go into it because I won't ever disrespect someone.
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I'm going through this tunnel and I'm not looking. I've got these little bumps over the side I've got to take. But my tunnel is where I want to go.
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It seemed to go very well. You know how things go, you kind of get a feel for it. But you don't get too excited until you get your second invitation in the mail. I've got to kind of wait and see and hang in there.
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We're going to coach this guy real hard. Off of film, you can see all the upside to him -- tremendous upside.