PFT: Dolphins won't let Texans have Rosenfels

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Several of his players expect Cowboys defensive coordinator Rob Ryan to leave Dallas and become a head coach elsewhere.

?I definitely believe so,? Cowboys safety Abram Elam told the Dallas Morning News. ?I think Rob should?ve been a head coach. I believe that?s his dream and he?s definitely been preparing himself for that. He?s been a good coach and I believe in him. I think he?ll do a good job.?

There?s little doubt that Ryan would jump at the opportunity if a team comes calling when the regular-season ends.

?I know Rob wants to be a head coach,? Cowboys safety Gerald Sensabaugh said. ?That?s every coach?s dream.?

If Rob Ryan does become an NFL head coach, he?ll be the third member of his nuclear family to do so, following his dad Buddy, who coached the Eagles and the Cardinals, and his brother Rex, head coach of the Jets.

?He?s a Ryan, so he has the pedigree, his whole family?s been coaching, everybody except his grandmother, he said,? Cowboys inside linebacker Bradie James said.

Ryan has had success as an assistant, so it?s easy to see why he?d be mentioned as a future head coach. However, it?s also easy to see why the personality traits that have made him one of the NFL?s best-known assistants (and have made his twin brother one of the NFL?s best-known head coaches) could also make it hard on him to get a head-coaching position.

Most NFL owners are old-fashioned men who believe a football coach should act a certain way, and look a certain way. Ryan?s wild statements to the media (not to mention his wild hairstyle) don?t necessarily fit with what owners envision when they picture their next head coach.

That?s not to say Ryan won?t become a head coach ? if his defenses continue playing well, it?s likely that he will. But some of those personality traits may give him trouble getting a head-coaching job, even if everything his players say about him is true.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/01/dolphins-wont-relinquish-rights-to-rosenfels/related

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