Lecharles Bentley was a pro Bowl goalkeeper for the saints in 2003 and a pro Bowl center for the saints in 2005, but when he left the team to sign with the Browns in a free agency, he said that he would have preferred not to play only to play with the saints. Two decades later, it is sure to say that the relationship between Bentley and the saints is good again.
The saints have announced that they hire Bentley as a consultant on staff and performance, which essentially means that it will be around the establishment and will help in any way possible.
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“I spent a lot of time watching a film, so I have somehow reached several areas. I spent time in the weight room, I spent time on the field, I spent time upstairs to assess and assess players and I also sit in meetings,” Bentley told the Saints website. “I touch several places and for me, I really appreciate it because it is a challenge. But it also aligns with my sets of personal skills. I don’t want to get into coaching or have aspirations to be a coach. I like to be able to serve the game And also be able to do it at a much higher level. “”
Heady coach Kellen Moore said that Bentley’s presence would be precious for coaches, but that Bentley clearly said that training was not his call.
“I teach and I look at the game through a set of glasses different from that of the coaches,” said Bentley. “It is an advantage, but it is also a drawback. So, if I was in the chair of a coach, the way I consider the game, my own personal aspirations, it would create dead angles for me as a coach. The coaches are unique creatures, and I am simply not wired at this stage of my life.”
The Bentley player career ended badly: when he left the saints he signed with the Browns, underwent a serious knee injury during the first game of the Browns training camp, underwent a staphylococcal infection after surgery for this knee injury and has never played football again. But he remained involved in the game and now found another way of contributing.
