Why can't Cowher just go on sabbatical?

[Dan40]

I've been thinking about this one. Steelers head coach Bill Cowher is reportedly thinking about going somewhere to recharge his batteries for a year or two. The Steelers reportedly still want him back.

Why not just let Cowher go for a couple of years and bring him back, naming Whisenhunt or Grimm as interim head coach? Teachers go on sabbatical, why can't NFL head coaches?

Short term, it might affect the team because of the unknown of a proven head coach, but long term, Cowher comes back with his Super Bowl ring, refreshed and ready to contend with Big Ben and that 3-4 defense.

Otherwise, Cowher is out the door and if he wants to come back in a couple of years, he'll have to start new with a new team instead of the one he built.

[56lightsout56]

if there is one organization that would allow it, it would be the Steelers, but there is also organizational stability to consider. its an interesting hypothetical question to debate

but I am hearing he would get offers of 7-8 million a year so that would be something to consider too.

[TONYD1]

The rumors have been there hoping the steelers would pay him more but seems thay are content to keep Cowher at Contract price or let him go vacation in Raleigh for a year.
Cowher has seen that Pittsburgh is content to stay the same so his only choice is stay for a basement price or lay out a year and double the price next year. Either way Cowher double's his salary with someone next year. This whole process keeps his assistants in limbo so Pittsburgh management wants and answer. My guess he become a tar heel resident excuse me a wolfpack resident this week.

[o-line protag]

I've been thinking about this one. Steelers head coach Bill Cowher is reportedly thinking about going somewhere to recharge his batteries for a year or two. The Steelers reportedly still want him back.

Why not just let Cowher go for a couple of years and bring him back, naming Whisenhunt or Grimm as interim head coach? Teachers go on sabbatical, why can't NFL head coaches?

Short term, it might affect the team because of the unknown of a proven head coach, but long term, Cowher comes back with his Super Bowl ring, refreshed and ready to contend with Big Ben and that 3-4 defense.

Otherwise, Cowher is out the door and if he wants to come back in a couple of years, he'll have to start new with a new team instead of the one he built. Proffesors go on sabbatical because they or a family member are ill or they have personal issues to deal with, such as burn out. I have personally not heard of a school teacher being allowed a sabbatical, such as you are referring. It is my understanding, that more than likely, the reason for that is simply money. A proffesor still gets a salary for being on the sabbatical as he/she are not teaching but are either taking classes or doing research. It should be no suprise that most schools could not afford such a procedure in this day and age. Some kids have to "pay to play" sports, let alone be in the band or take a trades class. With that being said, I see no way of there being a surplus of cash stashed for sabbatical funding or paying someone not coaching the team.
I think in the long run what would happen, if infact the Rooney family kept Cowher on as, say, a Consultant, would be a trickle down effect that would cause uncertainty in team unity and eventual mutiny.

You can only serve one master.:Beer:

[rammerjammer]

A proffesor still gets a salary for being on the sabbatical as he/she are not teaching but are either taking classes or doing research.

The traditional sabaticals that I have been aware of were used, as you say, for time to research and write/publish books. Schools are generally happy to allow professors to take sabaticals for these reasons once very so many years, because having published professorson staff is beneficial to the school for many reasons (enrollment, rankings, donations and giving, etc.). If you look at a sabatical as an opportunity for an institution to benefit, then there might be an argument for Cowher to take a sabatical, as well. By recharging his batteries for a year, the team benefits long term by having his extended leadership. A dip might occur in the interim, but the overall benefit would outweigh the loss. If Cowher retires from the Steelers, takes a few years off, then decides to return to the league and goes to another team, the Steelers have suffered from his time away, as his leadership now benefits another organization.
Just a devil's advocate argument on the subject, of course.

[o-line protag]

The traditional sabaticals that I have been aware of were used, as you say, for time to research and write/publish books. Schools are generally happy to allow professors to take sabaticals for these reasons once very so many years, because having published professorson staff is beneficial to the school for many reasons (enrollment, rankings, donations and giving, etc.). If you look at a sabatical as an opportunity for an institution to benefit, then there might be an argument for Cowher to take a sabatical, as well. By recharging his batteries for a year, the team benefits long term by having his extended leadership. A dip might occur in the interim, but the overall benefit would outweigh the loss. If Cowher retires from the Steelers, takes a few years off, then decides to return to the league and goes to another team, the Steelers have suffered from his time away, as his leadership now benefits another organization.
Just a devil's advocate argument on the subject, of course. And a good one RJ,
I think the only point I was trying to make is simply this...I don't think it could work due to vast amout of variables in the mix, [there are far to many to list] If Cowher did this, then why couldn't every other good or invaluable coach try the same thing. I think this would hurt a team more, rather than help. Not to mention make a circus out of the infrastructure of a franchise. Not that Detroit and the Faiders don't already have that problem.:D

[Stone]

Because silently, he wants more cash and Rooney doesn't want to pay up.

They want to be together, but Rooney will never give him the 7 or 8 million required.