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Dissecting the NFL coaching experience

By Gregg Easterbrook
Special to Page 2

Monday, October 27, 2008

Tuesday Morning Quarterback has learned on an exclusive basis that when the producers of the "X-Men" movies were casting Scott Summers, the character with the laser eyes, they considered Mike Singletary for the part. Singletary was rejected as too intense. Instead, Singletary joins that ever-increasing group of football coaches who start at the top -- whose very first head coaching assignment is in the NFL. Singletary's odds of success are low. The three head coaches who've already been fired t ...

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