After failed NFL bid, Abare turns to coaching
After an unsuccessful attempt to make it in the NFL, Bobby Abare ’09 has settled for the next best thing — coaching.
Abare, an All-American linebacker and the football team’s 131st captain, will be trading in his helmet and shoulder pads for a clipboard and headset next season as the linebackers coach at Wagner College on Staten Island.
The Acton, Mass., native will also be working towards a master’s degree in business management at Wagner, a Football Championship Subdivision program in the Northeast Conference. The school announced his hiring last week.
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Why are some students post-graduation activities receiving so much attention? I swear, this publication sometimes seems to slober over athletes.
Why don't we follow the graduation careers of every graduate? Why are only the team captains of sports named, rather than the leaders of student organizations such as Dwight Hall?
*sigh* Whatever...
^^So true! Honestly, if we are going to follow post graduation careers, line backer coach is probably on the low end of interesting career choices.... not that I'm trying to offend Bobby...
@Alum,
The Sports section follows sports.
Do you not know how a newspaper functions?
The other sections have had numerous profiles of Yalies in interesting careers.
Alum, I'm guessing you didn't get a job with Merriam-Webster after graduation because you can't spell slobber.
This publication hardly slobers over athletes. Last year, it ran an article that attacked all Yale athletes for no apparent reason. It failed to defend athletes against an article that made unfair generalizations and some false claims against them. Most publications include sports sections because students and alumni are interested in reading about the sports teams and players. Sports teams play an integral role in upholding Yale tradition - ie. "The Game". Whether you like it or not, the Yale Football Captain is generally more recognizable to the Yale Community, and thus generates more interest, than the leaders of student organizations. For that reason, an article about the Yale Football Captain is more newsworthy than an article about most other graduates' careers. Comments like yours, unfortunately, perpetuates the division that exists between athletes and non-athletes at Yale. Plenty of other graduates receive attention from the publication. The great thing about a newspaper is you get to choose what you read and what you don't read. So rather than writing something negative on a message board about an article that hasn't offended anyone, why not just move on and read something else?
Oh man - #5 steps in with a DICTIONARY joke. Serious burn. That'll learn 'em.
And now we're criticizing someone who criticized the critique. This is why anonymous blogs don't work.
But I can't resist. For the record, #7, if #1 is going to take the time to be an anonymous anti-athlete bigot and only writing a few sentences, she should get the spelling of key words correct. I applaud #5's criticism and actually think that for a DICTIONARY joke, it's pretty well turned - the career reference and all - it's not that bad.
And a newsflash to all the other would-be anti-jock posters: this article is as much about Bobby Abare's shortcomings in the NFL as it is about his next career. So... attention? Yes. Slober [sic]? No.
Yeah, I'm this naive.
Please, can we not have a pointless, and ultimately hurtful, thread on this article where we debate the athlete-nonathlete divide ...
Please?
FYI, #8, I disagree pretty vehemently with #2 -- I just would like to see a more substantive discussion of the issues. I only mock those who mock.
No shame on Bobby to miss the NFL -- it's a size issue with the pros, so lots of quality Ivy players don't make it for that reason alone. I'm sure he has more heart than most pros.
Same was true for noseguards Kevin Czinger '81 and John Zanieski '85 -- they were animals and All-Americans -- just not big enuf in NFL's eyes
epic. fail.
Good Luck Bobby. We will miss you!