John Harbaugh's Week from a Slightly Different Perspective

I re-read this post last night and gave it some more thought.  After reading it again I was angered. 

While I appreciate the position that's being taken by the author (and what a great opportunity to gain real insight into an NFL coaches schedule) but can't help but think what kind of editorial latitude is required and taken to take a $5M a year job that works the schedule discussed for around 5 months of the year and somehow craft it into an "oh whoa is me" perspective. 

You can't be serious, can you?

Why don't we profile a Denny's short order cook making $8.50/hr with 25% OT so that he can eek out a living with his wife (who also works) and two kids in a small 850 square foot apartment. 

A couple of questions and some perspective that was missed in this article:

• What does John's schedule look like in the off season?
• What does "home" look like? 
• What kind of car does he make his terrible 25 minute commute in?  Does he have to pay for parking?
• What does he eat at all the lunches/dinners he is required to attend?  Who pays?
• If you add up all the hours he works in a year and divide the $5M by those hours, what is his hourly rate?

Poor John.  What a crock of sh*t. 

Maybe this also wasn't the intent of the article, it was just my slant in reading it, but c'mon, how many of us wouldn't take that job for the trade offs.  And what kind of a degree did John require in order to take on such a role?  $5M a year, surely he has multiple PhDs in order to command a salary like that right?  Bet not. 

Another take on the "Oh Whoa is John Article" is this, and it's a bit to Marc's point.  At that salary, when will he retire?  And then how much time will he be able to spend with his wife and kids?  What will he be able to commit to them in terms of his time and attention then?  That looks pretty attractive too. 

So all in all, John doesn't have it too bad.  And most any common man or even steady working stiff (maybe not all) would jump at the chance to do what John does for a living, and with his hours and level of commitment. 

John is extremely blessed and we shouldn't be one bit surprised to say regardless of the hours he works he is among the most fortunate on the planet in terms of career choice. 

That is all.