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https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/09/27/kliff-kingsbury-commanders-offense/
" But in January 2023, at a low point in his career, the question in Kliff Kingsbury's head had nothing to do with football.
What was the farthest place in the world from Arizona?
He could disappear, he decided, in Thailand.
So, he went to the beautiful Kimpton Kitalay Samui resort with his beautiful girlfriend and let time wash him clean of the misery and exhaustion. He beached, saw sights, did nothing. It was better than a dream; before his last season, he had signed a contract that would pay him millions over the next five years."
" "I really didn't think I was ever going to coach again," Kingsbury said. "It was set up so perfectly just to ride off into the sunset."
" "And then one day I woke up and I just felt more anxious than I ever felt and felt more lost and just didn't have a purpose," he said. "I hadn't had that in however many years. I was always working toward something and the goal and being around people."
Kingsbury doesn't remember exactly what happened next he may have flown to Dubai but not long after, he called University of Southern California Coach Lincoln Riley, with whom he had a standing job offer."
" Kingsbury's new players found him warmer and more collaborative than his predecessors. Whereas Eric Bieniemy devoted hours to film sessions, Kingsbury held at least three walk-throughs per day, which players said helped them get more comfortable with how the game plan would play out. And in post-practice meetings during camp, he coached every position group, not just the quarterbacks, as he did in Arizona.
"He's rejuvenated; his energy is palpable," said veteran tight end Zach Ertz, who was with Kingsbury in Arizona.
This year, Ertz added, they've had "difficult conversations" about "some of the things that I struggle with," such as body language.
"I don't think he ever did that in Arizona," Ertz said.
So, where is this evolution taking Kingsbury? What does he want?"
" Some people around the league speculate he just wants to mold quarterbacks and win that if his guy won MVP or the Super Bowl, maybe it would be enough to make everyone forget how things ended at Texas Tech and in Arizona."
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Read the rest for yourselves on a great back story on his evolution as a coach.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/09/27/kliff-kingsbury-commanders-offense/
" But in January 2023, at a low point in his career, the question in Kliff Kingsbury's head had nothing to do with football.
What was the farthest place in the world from Arizona?
He could disappear, he decided, in Thailand.
So, he went to the beautiful Kimpton Kitalay Samui resort with his beautiful girlfriend and let time wash him clean of the misery and exhaustion. He beached, saw sights, did nothing. It was better than a dream; before his last season, he had signed a contract that would pay him millions over the next five years."
" "I really didn't think I was ever going to coach again," Kingsbury said. "It was set up so perfectly just to ride off into the sunset."
" "And then one day I woke up and I just felt more anxious than I ever felt and felt more lost and just didn't have a purpose," he said. "I hadn't had that in however many years. I was always working toward something and the goal and being around people."
Kingsbury doesn't remember exactly what happened next he may have flown to Dubai but not long after, he called University of Southern California Coach Lincoln Riley, with whom he had a standing job offer."
" Kingsbury's new players found him warmer and more collaborative than his predecessors. Whereas Eric Bieniemy devoted hours to film sessions, Kingsbury held at least three walk-throughs per day, which players said helped them get more comfortable with how the game plan would play out. And in post-practice meetings during camp, he coached every position group, not just the quarterbacks, as he did in Arizona.
"He's rejuvenated; his energy is palpable," said veteran tight end Zach Ertz, who was with Kingsbury in Arizona.
This year, Ertz added, they've had "difficult conversations" about "some of the things that I struggle with," such as body language.
"I don't think he ever did that in Arizona," Ertz said.
So, where is this evolution taking Kingsbury? What does he want?"
" Some people around the league speculate he just wants to mold quarterbacks and win that if his guy won MVP or the Super Bowl, maybe it would be enough to make everyone forget how things ended at Texas Tech and in Arizona."
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Read the rest for yourselves on a great back story on his evolution as a coach.
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