Are you ready? Prove it.

It is always fun to watch others select talent. Look at the Falcons they just hired a new head coach, one that has absolutely no track record of being a head coach. He has flown under the radar but none the less he is the new head coach (I guess he interviews well). I give credit to Blank for one thing, he does take chances on unknowns but what about those knowns we don't think about? Go back to when Dan Reeves was let go, we had an iterim coach by the name of Wade Phillips (now the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys) he picked up the pieces and won several games. He was not even given a chance to get the Falcons head coaching job as they ended up hiring Jim Mora and we know how that turned out. When people are put into an interim role we see exactly what they are made of, will they just do the minimum to get by or will they step up and become a true leader? Time always tells. Recently Bill Stewart took over the West Virgina football program on an interim basis after Rich Rodriguez left for Michigan. Stewart had been promised a job with Coach Rod at UM but he chose to finish out his opportunity with WVU before going to UM. Coach Stewart made the most of his interim role; he rallied players, he rallied fans, he showed leadership, and he showed tenacity, Guess what? WVU went into the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl as huge underdogs and beat the Oklahoma Sooners, now Bill Stewart is the permanent head coach at WVU. Prior to his hiring the administration spoke to the players, they listened to assistant coaches, and they observed what he was doing. They saw his true dedication, courage, and his intestinal fortitude not until then did they offer him the head coaching job. Remember Coach Stewart had another job awaiting him, he could have just done the minimum but he made a choice to prove himself. Could you imagine WVU hiring him had he just done enough to get by?