Former Bears defensive coordinator Vic Fangio is starting his first (overdue) season as an NFL head coach.
It's his first time running the show, making the rules, etc. One particularly important rule that Fangio has emphasized to start the year? Music has no place on the football field!
Fangio won't be playing music during practice because, as noted Grump Bill Belichick can attest to, if you're having fun, you're not getting better. Here's his rationalization:
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"There's no music in games. And when it comes to the point where we need to simulate crowd noise in practice, which we will do, it will be noise. It won't be music," said Fangio, via NFL Network's James Palmer. "Noise, by definition, sounds annoying. Music sounds nice."
He's not wrong - music DOES sound nice. That's about where he stops making much sense, though.
Vic Fangio: still kinda grumpy!