Football Glen Coffee Retires - Page 2

**Gadzooks** · 08-13-2010, 02:00 PM

http://nfl-facts-and-rumors.blogs.cb...=headlines;nfl Just 23 years old

Demonpenz · 08-13-2010, 04:13 PM

noo we need tebow to play, it's our only hope to get to the top!

Sure-Oz · 08-13-2010, 04:18 PM

Saw a tweet from a boston guy mentioned he wouldn't be suprised about him joining a ministry due to a higher calling.

usually explains this stuff

vailpass · 08-13-2010, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Saw a tweet from a boston guy mentioned he wouldn't be suprised about him joining a ministry due to a higher calling.

usually explains this stuff

For his sake I hope that isn't it. He'll wake up one day soon in tears, wondering what the hell he did and if it's too late to get back with the team.

Okay maybe that's just what I would do.

Deberg_1990 · 08-13-2010, 04:41 PM

If thats the case, personally i would have stuck it out for a few more years to build up a nice nestegg, then gone on to a higher calling.

**Rain Man** · 08-13-2010, 04:44 PM

This is going to happen more and more as Eric Berry gets established.

**cabletech94** · 08-13-2010, 05:26 PM

soooooo, then not gonna draft coffee in the 12th round this year, i guess.

DBOSHO · 08-13-2010, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

This is going to happen more and more as Eric Berry gets established.

LOL

peyton will retire the day before we play the colts

Pioli Zombie · 08-13-2010, 05:34 PM

Coffee retires. If he's married is this "grounds" for seperation?

**Gadzooks** · 08-13-2010, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Reaper16

Talk here in Tuscaloosa (Coffee played for Alabama) is that he plans on going into the ministry. His passion for God overcame his passion for football.

Tebow: your move.

**Gadzooks** · 08-13-2010, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Pioli Zombie

Coffee retires. If he's married is this "grounds" for seperation?

Grounds, I get it.

Rooster · 08-13-2010, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Reaper16

Talk here in Tuscaloosa (Coffee played for Alabama) is that he plans on going into the ministry. His passion for God overcame his passion for football.

Tebow: your move.

pkane · 10-10-2010, 03:59 PM

Arrested for having a loaded and cocked gun in his car on Friday.

Thig Lyfe · 10-10-2010, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by pkane

Arrested for having a loaded and cocked gun in his car on Friday.

Quality bump.

Deberg_1990 · 06-21-2013, 09:02 PM

Bump.

He pulled a Pat Tillman and joined the Army.

http://deadspin.com/remember-former-...para-530696145

Glen Coffee's single year as a 49er may qualify as one of the strangest NFL careers. The summer after a promising 2009 rookie year, in which the third-round pick out of Alabama filled in nicely for an injured Frank Gore, Coffee up and quit. God didn't want him to play football, he said in brief and guarded interviews. There's more to life than the pursuit of money.

Later today, Coffee will graduate from the army's Airborne School at Fort Benning, Ga. He says he doesn't miss the NFL, and that serving in the military is a much better use of his gifts than playing professional football.

“I figured that if I'm able, the Lord's blessed me with an able body while I'm young, to get out there and get dirty.”
Coffee's sudden retirement during training camp in 2010 was as shocking to the 49ers as it was to fans, but he admitted his heart was never in it. He missed the South—he said he regretted leaving Alabama early, and immediately moved back to his home on the Florida Panhandle. But more than that, he just didn't seem to know what he wanted to do with his life, only that the NFL wasn't it. In a candid interview with the Sacramento Bee a year after his retirement, he decried the pro athlete mindset.

As far as the NFL goes, I have a hard time putting it like this because it sounds kind of harsh, but I feel like it ruins a lot of lives more than anything else. And that goes for people who have short careers in the NFL and long careers in the NFL. Because what happens is they see that as success. And money throughout your life has nothing to with your salvation in Christ. A lot of players get that money. And they chase that money, man, and I feel that they're really missing the true meaning of life. So I'm constantly afraid for the NFL and the players because kids growing up nowadays, they see that as the end all, be all. And that's just not the case.
Coffee drifted around for awhile. He started boxing. He got baptized, and spoke at churches. He was arrested for weapons possession. (Charges were later dropped.) He went back to Alabama to finish his degree. He played semi-pro football. But it was only after seeing Tears of the Sun, starring Bruce Willis as the leader of a squad of Navy SEALS, did he decide to join the military. He enlisted in February. After today's graduation, it's off to Fort Bragg, where Coffee hopes to become a Green Beret.

Hammock Parties · 06-21-2013, 09:04 PM

Not very bright.

Just pissed away a lot of money.

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06-21-2013, 09:02 PM	#29
Deberg_1990 In Search of a Life Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: San Antonio Tx. Casino cash: $3914454	Bump. He pulled a Pat Tillman and joined the Army. http://deadspin.com/remember-former-...para-530696145 Glen Coffee's single year as a 49er may qualify as one of the strangest NFL careers. The summer after a promising 2009 rookie year, in which the third-round pick out of Alabama filled in nicely for an injured Frank Gore, Coffee up and quit. God didn't want him to play football, he said in brief and guarded interviews. There's more to life than the pursuit of money. Later today, Coffee will graduate from the army's Airborne School at Fort Benning, Ga. He says he doesn't miss the NFL, and that serving in the military is a much better use of his gifts than playing professional football. “I figured that if I'm able, the Lord's blessed me with an able body while I'm young, to get out there and get dirty.” Coffee's sudden retirement during training camp in 2010 was as shocking to the 49ers as it was to fans, but he admitted his heart was never in it. He missed the South—he said he regretted leaving Alabama early, and immediately moved back to his home on the Florida Panhandle. But more than that, he just didn't seem to know what he wanted to do with his life, only that the NFL wasn't it. In a candid interview with the Sacramento Bee a year after his retirement, he decried the pro athlete mindset. As far as the NFL goes, I have a hard time putting it like this because it sounds kind of harsh, but I feel like it ruins a lot of lives more than anything else. And that goes for people who have short careers in the NFL and long careers in the NFL. Because what happens is they see that as success. And money throughout your life has nothing to with your salvation in Christ. A lot of players get that money. And they chase that money, man, and I feel that they're really missing the true meaning of life. So I'm constantly afraid for the NFL and the players because kids growing up nowadays, they see that as the end all, be all. And that's just not the case. Coffee drifted around for awhile. He started boxing. He got baptized, and spoke at churches. He was arrested for weapons possession. (Charges were later dropped.) He went back to Alabama to finish his degree. He played semi-pro football. But it was only after seeing Tears of the Sun, starring Bruce Willis as the leader of a squad of Navy SEALS, did he decide to join the military. He enlisted in February. After today's graduation, it's off to Fort Bragg, where Coffee hopes to become a Green Beret. __________________ Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning: Matt once made a very nice play in Seattle where he spun away from a pass rusher and hit Bowe off his back foot for a first down. One of the best plays Matt has ever made.
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