Video Games help prepare NFL coaches?

Yes believe it or not, that is what the new Head Coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Raheem Morris suggested.

Morris said it’s a job he and likely the other up-and-coming young coaches have been preparing for, for years from the comfort of their own living rooms.

“I blame John Madden. He made that video game and screwed up the young generation,” Morris said. “They’ve been building franchises, they’ve been setting up plays, creating plays since we were about 12. So it’s all his fault. He ruined the league for older coaches.”

So then a reporter asked Morris how much he played the Madden NFL video game growing up, and if he still plays.

“I got a major in it at Hofstra,” Morris said, laughing. “I don’t play anymore. I still have the game in my house. Always keep the game in the house, so any time your old college buddies come by we still play. Who am I kidding?”

So what do you think? Do you believe John Madden is responsible for the young coach craze? Do you think playing football video games really gives you insight into being a real head coach?