‘Take in the moments or they just pass you by‘: Aden Durde, the first British coach to win a Super Bowl
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<p>The Seattle Seahawks defensive coordinator is preparing for the NFL draft later this week. On a recent trip home to London, he reflected on his extraordinary journey</p><p>A middle-aged man pulls down his baseball cap, walks across Leicester Square and heads to Greggs for lunch before taking the Piccadilly Line home to Southgate. It’s only two months since he won the Super Bowl but none of the thousands of tourists milling around central London recognise him. Aden Durde shou
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Interview ‘Take in the moments or they just pass you by‘: Aden Durde, the first British coach to win a Super Bowl Gavin Willacy The Seattle Seahawks defensive coordinator is preparing for the NFL draft later this week. On a recent trip home to London, he reflected on his extraordinary journey A middle-aged man pulls down his baseball cap, walks across Leicester Square and heads to Greggs for lunch before taking the Piccadilly Line home to Southgate. It’s only two months since he won the Super Bowl but none of the thousands of tourists milling around central London recognise him. Aden Durde should be a British celebrity. Olympians often say there is a massive comedown after they win gold medals. Some think: ‘Now what?’ How have you felt after winning the Super Bowl? “I wouldn’t say it’s a comedown, but there were moments after you win it, like at the parade, I felt numb. The little letdown is, while you might get another chance to create it, you’re not going to do it again with that group of people. You realise that this special thing that we had is over. I thought that on the bus going back to the hotel from the game.” You looked so satisfied at the end of the game, just soaking it all up rather than sprinting on to the field to celebrate. “Yeah. At a certain age, you don’t tear around or you’ll pull a hamstring or something. It’s good to just be grateful, take in the moment. If you don’t, they just pass you by.” NFL teams have seven months between seasons. What do coaches do in the off-season? “A lot of self-scouting, looking at yourself as a group. How can you improve? What do you need to take out? What do you need to add? And then looking at players, free agency, the draft. You’re studying players all the time. There’s self-development: how can we be better teachers? Talking about leadership, culture, how can we refine that area of our team and build on that? So off-season days are full and actually pretty good fun. We’re doing a lot more collaborative work this ...
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