PHOENIX, April 10 (UPI) -- Astonishingly enough, one of the premier NFL head coaches is all about fundamentals.
Shockingly, that same coach might have a fear of moms.
Arizona Cardinals coach Bruce Arians spoke Friday at a clinic for high school football coaches. While Arians encouraged proper teaching of technique, he also had an interesting take on who is fighting football.
"We feel like this is our sport," Arians said, according to KNPX-TV Arizona. "It's being attacked, and we got to stop it at the grass roots. It's the best game that's ever been [expletive] invented, and we got to make sure that moms get the message; because that's who's afraid of our game right now. It's not dads, it's moms."
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But Arians didn't stop there. He went on Twitter after the speech to clear up his comments.
"Just to be clear about kids playing football, my point is that moms are often the ones making those decisions in a family," Arians tweeted. "We have to make sure that they're getting the message about everything being done to make the game as safe as possible. They're the ones we have to influence. It's a great game and it's even greater when it's played, coached and taught the right way. Everybody involved with the sport has a responsibility to make that happen."
Just to clear up any misinterpretations, this is my view about football and moms pic.twitter.com/67zGKRyXiK
— Bruce Arians (@BruceArians) April 10, 2016
In a March interview with MMQB.com, Arians said: "People who say they won't let their son play [football] are fools."
Arians, 63, has a career record of 34-14 as an NFL head coach for the Indianapolis Colts and Arizona Cardinals.
Numerous young and old NFL players have retired recently due to the threat of impeding concussions. In March, the New York Times reported that "at least 100 diagnosed concussions were not reported by the NFL in data the league used to downplay effects of head injuries on players."
