Long time NFL coach Wade Phillips isn't sure he is going to get another chance in the NFL. Phillips' contract wasn't renewed by the Los Angeles Rams, which has left him without a job. He told Albert Breer of SI.com that he doesn't really care what he does, he just wants to help a team win.
“Really,” Phillips said, “I just want to be able to help somebody win.”
Phillips' hope was that he would continue coaching, but with most jobs now filled, he knows he might be without a job for the upcoming season.
He knows the NFL is a tough buisness, but he understands good coaches get fired, so he doesn't get too wrapped up with the fact he was fired.
“I’ve learned it over the years,” he said. “My first three years were in Houston, we lost the AFC Championship twice to Pittsburgh, and they won the Super Bowl. The next year we lost to Oakland in the playoffs, and they won the Super Bowl, and we got fired. That’s when I realized there’s two kinds of coaches, like my dad said—ones that have been fired, and ones that are gonna be fired. I mean, you can’t take it as a reflection on you.”
“If they only fired bad coaches, then I would feel bad. But they’ve fired a lot of good coaches. It happens. It’s part of the business. That’s the bad part of the business—somebody in my position at this time. Still, it’s part of it, that’s what happens. They wanna make changes and they have the ability to do it.”
Even if no team wants to bring him as a defensive coordinator, it would still be smart for some team to bring him in as an assistant coach.
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