Barry Tompkins: Fired NFL coaches can find their way again as coordinators

I remember sitting in a bar with the old quarterback George Blanda having a drink or 12 and talking about the evolution of the game of football, and how sophisticated it has become.

You can’t just be the fastest guy or the strongest guy on the planet and survive in today’s game. It’s now about technique and positioning.  About leverage and vision. About tendencies and evaluation; game planning and scheme; routes, cuts, angles and check downs.

And to the day he died, George Blanda would insist that despite all the verbiage...