🏈 Pressure-Packed Sport Jobs (1 - 10)

[TerryP]

From MSN/Fox Sports:

These are the toughest coaching and managing jobs in sports. Traditions of success make these jobs highly desirable, but lofty expectations and demanding bosses and fans ensure that they're not for the faint of heart.

1- New York Yankees.

2- Kentucky Wildcats Basketball - Much like all Alabama football coaches after Bear Bryant, UK basketball coaches are judged by the standards set by Adolph Rupp, who won 876 games and four national titles in 42 years with the Wildcats. It's much harder to win consistently these days, but don't try telling that to Kentucky fans. Only Rick Pitino (pictured) has truly made them happy, but he's now coaching across the state in Louisville, which only makes things tougher. Just ask Tubby Smith and Billy Gillispie. The latest to give it a shot in Lexington? John Calipari, who accepted the head coaching job Tuesday.

3- Notre Dame Football

4- Alabama Football - Nick Saban's success in his second year in Tuscaloosa may have made it look simple, but no Alabama head coach will ever have it easy. First, he'll always be in the shadow of "The Bear," Paul Bryant, who won six national championships in 25 years with the Crimson Tide. Then he has to deal with the always-tough SEC schedule, and to top it off, one of the most intense in-state rivalries, with Auburn. A slow start in Tuscaloosa triggers media and fan uproar like few places on the planet. So don't let up, Nick.

5- Dallas Cowboys

6- England's National Soccer team.

7- Montreal Canadiens

8- Oakland Raiders

9- UCLA Basketball Coach

10- USA National Basketball team.

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[Bama Bard]

From MSN/Fox Sports:

These are the toughest coaching and managing jobs in sports. Traditions of success make these jobs highly desirable, but lofty expectations and demanding bosses and fans ensure that they're not for the faint of heart.


10-[/b] USA National Basketball team.

The national basketball team? :?

 

[Guest]

I know this was a top 10 thing, but you'd have to consider Oklahoma football, Indiana, North Carolina, Kansas and UCLA basketball, the Boston Celtics as certainly worthy of mention.

 

[ghice]

I think we should have been #3, we would have tar'd and feathered Weiss by now.

 

[alagator]

I think just about every one of these type lists are totally wrong.

Mostly because of the incomplete criteria they use.

"Traditions of success make these jobs highly desirable, but lofty expectations and demanding bosses and fans ensure that they're not for the faint of heart" are in fact influential stressors, but they alone do not tell the whole story. You must also factor in the resources provided and culture of excellence of the program to succeed at the level of those 'lofty expectations and demanding bosses and fans.' When the resources and culture offered match the expectations and demands, these high profile jobs are very manageable.

And that really changes, not only from program-to-program but sometimes from year-to-year within the same program.

Kentucky Basketball, in my opinion, would be one of the easiest places to coach. You will have every tool possible made available to you to succeed there. Alabama football is slowing coming around to that position too.

Why, I would rate Auburn Football as one of the hardest jobs in America. There you have expectations of dominance but no real history of anyone ever accomplishing such. A program that only sniffs upper tier success when its primary rival is hamstrung by its own internal incompetence.

(Wonder if THIS comment will be as well received on some Auburn message boards as was my comments about our NCAA issues being self-induced?)

 

[Guest]

Do any of these jobs one year and you'd never HAVE to work again.

Bring on the pressure!

 

[BigAl]

I think we should be #2, I cant argue with the NY Yanks being #1.

 

[UAgrad93]

I would have to say that we should be in the top 3 as well. How can you leave out UNC basketball?

 

[TerryP]

I think just about every one of these type lists are totally wrong.

Mostly because of the incomplete criteria they use.

"Traditions of success make these jobs highly desirable, but lofty expectations and demanding bosses and fans ensure that they're not for the faint of heart" are in fact influential stressors, but they alone do not tell the whole story. You must also factor in the resources provided and culture of excellence of the program to succeed at the level of those 'lofty expectations and demanding bosses and fans.' When the resources and culture offered match the expectations and demands, these high profile jobs are very manageable.

And that really changes, not only from program-to-program but sometimes from year-to-year within the same program.

Kentucky Basketball, in my opinion, would be one of the easiest places to coach. You will have every tool possible made available to you to succeed there. Alabama football is slowing coming around to that position too.

Why, I would rate Auburn Football as one of the hardest jobs in America. There you have expectations of dominance but no real history of anyone ever accomplishing such. A program that only sniffs upper tier success when its primary rival is hamstrung by its own internal incompetence.

(Wonder if THIS comment will be as well received on some Auburn message boards as was my comments about our NCAA issues being self-induced?)

I would hope so, but I'm sure it would only get lost in the shuffle due to the conversations of our impending PLOI - which, by the way, is said to arrive April 17th.

I'd try to get more info on that buy I'm still trying to figure out exactly when McElwain is leaving. Originally, it was 3 weeks from signing day. So much research to do...so little time.