Dallas defensive line coach Rod Marinelli is pictured during the Dallas Cowboys first OTA practice at Valley Ranch in Irving on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (Louis DeLuca/The Dallas Morning News)
OXNARD, Calif. ? After all of these years, Rod Marinelli is hanging with the Cowboys again. Back when the defensive line coach was an offensive tackle at California Lutheran in the early-1970s, he got an up-close look at Tom Landry?s Cowboys.
At the time, Dallas held its training camp at the small private school, which is located about 20 miles down the road from Oxnard, in Thousand Oaks. That the Cowboys came right to Marinelli?s doorstep gave him the chance to see one of the NFL?s most high-profile organizations up close.
?When we were seniors at college, the captains would always have the chance to be the gofers with them, do odd jobs, hang out, whatever we did,? Marinelli recalled. ?My first experience with professional football was about class ? class ? and that?s always stayed with me ? class ? how they worked and how they did business?Details, organization, all the things you want to be exposed to as a player.?
Marinelli, who was a member of the Class of ?72 and majored in physical education, said the memories of that time are fond ones, particularly of Landry and the coaching staff.
?What jumped out at me was their class and that they were great teachers,? Marinelli said. ?They really taught well.?
??????????????????????????????????????
MORE COWBOYS NEWS
Cowboys coach Jason Garrett is confident DL Ben Bass? ankle injury isn?t a ?real issue?
Sean Lee: Until we win a Super Bowl, the hype about me and Bruce Carter ?means nothing?
Jason Garrett: Dallas Cowboys coaches haven?t discussed if Tony Romo will play in team?s first preseason game
??????????????????????????????????????
Clinton speech Michael Strahan Griselda Blanco Michelle Obama Speech Michael Clarke Duncan Nazanin Boniadi Deval Patrick
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.