{"id":1108,"date":"2025-09-01T21:19:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T21:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baddsports.com\/?p=1108"},"modified":"2025-09-01T21:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T21:19:15","slug":"nfl-coaches-prefer-grass-fields-cartoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baddsports.com\/?p=1108","title":{"rendered":"Baddsports #388"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"775\" src=\"https:\/\/baddsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GrassVSTurf-1024x775.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baddsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GrassVSTurf-1024x775.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/baddsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GrassVSTurf-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/baddsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GrassVSTurf-768x581.jpg 768w, https:\/\/baddsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GrassVSTurf-1536x1163.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/baddsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GrassVSTurf.jpg 1589w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udea8 Think about this\u2026 \ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two most successful NFL coaches of the last 20 years \u2014 Bill Belichick &amp; Andy Reid \u2014 both coach their home games on grass fields \ud83c\udf31<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nick Saban agrees,<br>Alabama\u2019s home field (Bryant-Denny Stadium) was natural grass the entire time Nick Saban coached there (2007\u20132023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why? 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