Someone asked me that yesterday... I think it was in the 1970's..I am old enough to remember Paul Brown coaching at Cincinnati and Hank Stram at Kansas City where both wore suit jackets and ties.. Stram had the Chiefs shield on his blazer. Of course, Tom Landry at Dallas with the Fedora hat and the suit coat and tie.. I was very young when Vince Lombardi coached his last game with the Redskins.. Lombardi had a suit coat and tie... I think Don Shula wore that when he coached in Baltimore but that changed when he coached in Miami.
I dont remember Bud Grant ever wearing a suit and tie on the field.. But ironically he was disciplining players to stand at attention for the national anthem, so he wanted the players to look sharp in other areas... Most coaches went to a collared shirt.. Bum Phillips wore his cowboy hat and old west gidde up.. Now you got Belichick wearing sweat suits and all kinds of comfortable wear on the sidelines.. It is interesting, if you ask me.
I can still remember when I was a kid in St Paul that EVERYONE DRESSED UP when they left the house.. Watch old videos.. The fans dressed up when they went to a ball game. I remember having to dress up just to take the bus to downtown St Paul. That is just how I was raised.... We are in a much more casual society, for the good or for the bad, in terms of dress. I started realizing how old fashioned I was when I was completely shocked to see someone attend a funeral in shorts. My first impression was that was disrespectful but I realize that is a bit judgemental. When I was in school, shorts were not allowed to be worn to school... I never even wore jeans to school until high school.. Mom would not let me.
Back to coaching.. I see Fleck wearing a tie.. Jim Tressel had the sweater vest and tie on.. A few others wearing a tie on the field but no one anymore with a suit coat and tie on during game day.. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHEN THAT STOPPED BEING THE STANDARD????
I dont remember Bud Grant ever wearing a suit and tie on the field.. But ironically he was disciplining players to stand at attention for the national anthem, so he wanted the players to look sharp in other areas... Most coaches went to a collared shirt.. Bum Phillips wore his cowboy hat and old west gidde up.. Now you got Belichick wearing sweat suits and all kinds of comfortable wear on the sidelines.. It is interesting, if you ask me.
I can still remember when I was a kid in St Paul that EVERYONE DRESSED UP when they left the house.. Watch old videos.. The fans dressed up when they went to a ball game. I remember having to dress up just to take the bus to downtown St Paul. That is just how I was raised.... We are in a much more casual society, for the good or for the bad, in terms of dress. I started realizing how old fashioned I was when I was completely shocked to see someone attend a funeral in shorts. My first impression was that was disrespectful but I realize that is a bit judgemental. When I was in school, shorts were not allowed to be worn to school... I never even wore jeans to school until high school.. Mom would not let me.
Back to coaching.. I see Fleck wearing a tie.. Jim Tressel had the sweater vest and tie on.. A few others wearing a tie on the field but no one anymore with a suit coat and tie on during game day.. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHEN THAT STOPPED BEING THE STANDARD????
