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And you keep working hard.

The pain on Clarence Shelman's face is evident.

And it's not the money.

You know, if it was the money, I would still be there.

For the former charges offensive coordinator, it exists both on the surface and deep inside his core.

Money doesn't alleviate that, that mental anguish that you have because you know intuitively, no matter what you do,

chances are you're not going to get the opportunity that you so that you may deserve.

Football was Shelman's life.

It got him out of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

It gave him a career.

It afforded him financial stability.

And more than that, it drove Shelman's internal ambitions.

Why would you put yourself through that emotionally, mentally, physically, psychologically, year after year after year, and you keep producing it nothing tangible happen?

Shelman wanted to succeed and become an NFL head coach someday.

It's not good for you, mentally or health-wise.

I value my happiness, my health, a hell of a lot more than I did

than working for the NFL and making sick figures.

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