Letter to the Editor

These are the best of times; these are the worst of times. Paraphrasing from Charles Dickens may seem trite, but it sums up the current situation of one of the best offensive coaches I know, and how the winds of fortune affecting the coaching profession can blow a coach off-course. Peter Vaas is currently an offensive assistant with the Barcelona Dragons in NFL Europe. How he arrived is an interesting story. Vass finds himself at a career crossroads. He makes "good" money working out of the country four to five months per year and out of his out of his oceanside home in New Hampshire the rest. He is able to spend plenty of quality time with his wife, Rosann, and his beloved daughters, Katelyn, 14, and Kelly, 11. In many ways, Vaas is blessed. Yet Peter Vaas is also cursed by the football gods, consigned to coaching "outside of the loop," seemingly unable to climb back into the arena in