>WASHINGTON ??Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Norman’s footwork is about to get the ultimate test.Norman
Youth Durham Smythe Jersey , the loquacious former first-team All-Pro, has been announced as one of the 10 contestants on Dancing With The Stars:
Athletes.ICE???COLD pic./nASr3DoX9N— *Joshua R. Norman (J_No24) April 13,
2018Norman signed a five-year, $75 million contract with the Redskins in April
2016, just two days after being released by the Carolina Panthers. In his two
seasons in Washington, Norman has tallied 131 tackles, 26 passes defensed, four
forced fumbles and three interceptions.Norman’s dance partner is Sharna Burgess,
a two-time runner up on the show. Burgess has twice before been partnered with
NFL players: Keyshawn Johnson and Antonio Brown.Another contestant has an
indirect tie to the Redskins.Arike Ogunbowale, who led Notre Dame women’s
basketball to the NCAA championship with two buzzer-beating shots in the Final
Four, is the younger sister of former ‘Skins practice squad running back Dare
Ogunbowale.Disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding and NBA Hall-of-Famer Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar are among the headliners for the show’s 26th season.Dancing with
the Stars: Athletes will premiere Monday, April 30 at 8 p.m. Like WTOP on
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located within the European Economic Area. ??For a guy who has dealt with so
many high-profile people ??Jerry Jones
Ronnie Harrison Jersey Jaguars , Jim Harbaugh, Pete Carroll to name a few ??Jed Hughes manages to stay out of the limelight.That’s just fine with Hughes.
Brokering deals is what he’s all about.Hughes has been doing so for more than a
decade, going back to helping Jones find a coach (Chan Gailey) in 1998. As vice
chairman of Korn/Ferry International, he marries teams and organizations with
candidates who fit a certain profile for the open position. Those groups have
ranged from NFL clubs ??six current head coaches (Dan Quinn, Carroll, Andy Reid,
Hue Jackson, Doug Marrone, and Bill O’Brien) got their jobs with the aid of
Hughes’ placement company ??to the NBA, college sports, Major League Baseball
and the USOC.The philosophy is simple.“It has to be the right culture fit,” says
Hughes
Seahawks Cheap Jerseys , a former football coach for the Vikings, Steelers and Browns, plus Michigan,
Stanford and UCLA. “You have to make the chemistry work. Communication at all
levels is a critical element.”That communication is a constant whether Hughes is
working with a publicly owned franchise, the Green Bay Packers ??he helped find
a CEO, Mark Murphy, in 2007 ??or the U.S. Olympic Committee (he aided in the
hiring of CEO Scott Blackmun in 2010, during a time of major turmoil in that
organization). It’s the same if he is working with a front-and-center owner such
as Jones in Dallas, a behind-the-scenes type like Paul Allen in Seattle, or a
relative newcomer to NFL ownership, Shad Khan in Jacksonville.Hughes was
instrumental in Doug Marrone’s promotion from interim to head coach of the
Jaguars. During the search process, Khan also decided Tom Coughlin would be an
invaluable addition to the front office. Hughes isn’t taking any credit for the
team’s return to the playoffs this season
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averaged less than four wins a season,” Hughes says. “What he wanted was strong
leadership on the football side, and Tom had a strong connection with
Jacksonville and was interested in coming back. He had stayed active in
football, and it was Tom who suggested the role.“He and Doug have showed they
are the right fit.”How does Korn/Ferry determine which candidates might possess
that fit?The company puts together alignment sheets and an assortment of
questionnaires and specs ??some look as lengthy as a game plan ??that reference
the qualities the team or organization want, and the qualities the candidates
bring. It doesn’t hurt, Hughes says, that he has long-standing friendships and
bonds with so many people in the sports business.Cleveland’s recent hiring of
John Dorsey as general manager is a case in points, Hughes explains. The Browns
began searching for someone much earlier in the season, and Hughes not only had
a relationship with Dorsey, but recognized the skills Dorsey showed as GM in
Kansas City ??solid draft picks, salary cap management ??were what Cleveland’s
owners sought most.“He could manage a roster and a team’s assets the most
effectively
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to the Rooney Rule. But Hughes says the Browns spoke with many candidates
throughout the season, including minorities. They somehow managed to do so very
quietly.Korn/Ferry also has three white papers authored by Hughes that
concentrate on strategies for succeeding as a new team owner; how to become a
successful general manager; and the challenges that new coaches and GMs face.
Those papers were put together after Hughes spoke with many of his former
clients and other industry leaders.Hughes will not take on more than one client
at a time in a specific sport because of the competitiveness of the hiring
process. But the list of clients throughout the sports world indicates how busy
he has been. He was involved in Shaka Smart going from VCU to coach basketball
at Texas; John Wildhack leaving ESPN to become the athletic director at
Syracuse; Patrick Ewing’s hiring as coach at Georgetown; Tom Thibodeau and Scott
Layden landing with the Timberwolves as coach and GM, respectively; and three
men landing commissionerships, Larry Scott with the Pac-12; Greg Sankey with the
SEC, and Bob Bowlsby at the Big 12.“We seek a quantitative way to define
leadership traits and competency levels,” Hughes says. “That can be different at
all levels of sports. But one thing about sports: nothing is guaranteed.”.
