Patricia could have been a rocket scientist but chose coaching instead
Mike Reiss, ESPNBoston.com
1/23/2010 12:55:40 PM
Matt Patricia (left) works with Patriots linebacker Tyrone McKenzie during rookie mini camp at Gillette Stadium on Friday, May 1, 2009.
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At his first three coaching stops, the same question was asked. Are you sure you really want to do this?
The answer, a resounding yes, tells a lot about 35-year-old Matt Patricia, one of the top in-house candidates to become the New England Patriots' defensive coordinator.
The reason they asked the question -- first at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, then Amherst College and Syracuse University -- is that they saw the gift he had. There aren't many sharp-minded aeronautical engineers who decide to coach football for peanuts.