What Will Ray Lewis Do After He Retires?

[AwakenTheDemon]

I was thinking about this earlier, and was wondering what other's opinions would be.

Everyone knows Ray has the gift of the silver tongue. After all, one thing most everyone says about him is that he makes everyone around him better. Couple that with his passion for football might make him a formidable coach for a NFL team.

However, by the same standards, he would make a great broadcaster/analyst. Although I think his intangibles would be better suited as a coach.

Decisions, decisions.

[Purple Nurple]

I think he'll be around, talking to players and helping out in more of a mentor role then actually coaching.

[Wacko4Zacko]

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I was thinking about this earlier, and was wondering what other's opinions would be.

Everyone knows Ray has the gift of the silver tongue. After all, one thing most everyone says about him is that he makes everyone around him better. Couple that with his passion for football might make him a formidable coach for a NFL team.

However, by the same standards, he would make a great broadcaster/analyst. Although I think his intangibles would be better suited as a coach.

Decisions, decisions.
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D-Line coach!!!! If anyone knwos how the ravens Defensive works its ray and we could keep him.

[JoeFlax]

I think I've heard somewhere Bisciotti would offer him a coaching job. I think he would fit well with the motivational skills he has and all that experience. But I wouldn't really care what he does after his career's over. If I were him, I would take some time off and relax a bit though, but I'm not him.

[RoflDogs]

IIRC, Ray already said he is not going to coach in the NFL

[JO_75]

I chose coaching. I think he will decide to coach and be our defensive coordinator. I believe Ray will be the successor of Mattison. First of foremost I think he will take a year off after he retires to rest up and be with his family. After a year off I think that is when he will come back and be our defensive coordinators.

[Alexir]

maybe coaching down the line but he has already said he wants to get into business. Maybe he will buy the Orioles and make them a winning team since Peter Angelos can't figure out how to run a franchise.

[JoeFlax]

[quote name='RoflDogs' date='10 August 2009 - 07:52 PM' timestamp='1249951969' post='217366']
IIRC, Ray already said he is not going to coach in the NFL
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in that case, I'd go with broadcasting. I can see him on NFL Network with a suit and a tie haha

[quote name='Alexir' date='10 August 2009 - 08:21 PM' timestamp='1249953660' post='217385']
maybe coaching down the line but he has already said he wants to get into business. Maybe he will buy the Orioles and make them a winning team since Peter Angelos can't figure out how to run a franchise.
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He would have to have a lot of money to buy the Orioles. I've actually heard somewhere Bisciotti and Ripken Jr could do that too a while back. But the O's are on the right track now, they should be contending in a few years. I see Angelos holding on to them for a while, at least during they are contending.

[BloodRaven]

I don't think he can leave it all on the field, he has too much passion for the game and won't be able to leave it even after he retires.

[ravensgirlx88]

First off, why are we discussing this? We all know Ray will eventually become a coach. He loves the game to much and has to much passion to sit and just anyalze the game on tv. I think he'll probablly take up a brodcasting job for a few years and take up coaching after that. Not worried about it though, he'll remian a respected active figure in football for many years to come.

[Marc2k6]

Ray Lewis has already said that he is not interested in coaching. Look at how long it took Mike Singletary to start coaching after he retired. Plus do you know how many hours coaches spend a day at work or in a work week? Most people work 40 hours coaches work around 80!

[AwakenTheDemon]

Ray may think right now that he has no interest in coaching. But when he hangs up his jersey and is away from the field for a while, he may just realize that he wants back "on" the field. He has way too much passion for the game to just sit at home or whatever he may choose to do after he retires. Minds change.

[Alexandra]

Wasn't there an article after he did the Sobe commercial talking about how he wanted to get into acting? I think it was on the Ravens website let me go look for it....
Found it!
http://www.baltimoreravens.com/News/Articles/2009/02/Dances_with_Lizards.aspx

[quote]Lewis has done commercials in the past, and was contacted by SoBe earlier this season about being in the spot. Since he wants to venture into acting after his football career is over, he saw it as a logical step.[/quote]

[JoeFlax]

[quote name='Alexandra' date='10 August 2009 - 08:49 PM' timestamp='1249955356' post='217414']
Wasn't there an article after he did the Sobe commercial talking about how he wanted to get into acting? I think it was on the Ravens website let me go look for it....
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ohhh haha I remember that commercial. He was wearing that tight white track suit or something and that black hat haha.

[Alexir]

[quote name='Marc2k6' date='10 August 2009 - 09:32 PM' timestamp='1249954344' post='217401']
Ray Lewis has already said that he is not interested in coaching. Look at how long it took Mike Singletary to start coaching after he retired. Plus do you know how many hours coaches spend a day at work or in a work week? Most people work 40 hours coaches work around 80!
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True but no one loves football more than Ray! I can see him coming back when he is mid 40s early 50s.

[plesiosaur]

Ray would obviously be a shoe-in as "color man" for any number of NFL-broadcasting networks. I bet he goes there first. He might pop in on (the Ravens) to do that motivational stuff he does so well. He'd probably even get some gigs doing that outside the NFL.

I think he would be great at trying out coaching as an LB coach or DL coach. I can't see him in DC or HC tho. It doesn't realy seem to be his style.

[J-man]

First of all, not the time to be talking about this.
Second, he will probably be a motivational speaker or preacher Jesus. I'm serious.

[AwakenTheDemon]

How is it "not the time to be talking about this"? It's not like he's in his third year in the league. He's a vet who has, at most, seven years left (if he does finish out his new contract). Why not just ponder about what a future Hall of Fame Linebacker will do when he does retire?

And I could understand the preacher idea. If you've listened to any of the conversations he has saved on his SayNow, he frequently preaches about God.

[ZIBBY28]

i think he'd make one hell of a broadcaster

[McBurks]

Possible boradcaster? Eh,mabye.

He should do whatever he thinks will make him happy.

[MagicianCamille]

I think he'll focus on his business ventures while maintaining some type of affiliation with the Ravens, but I don't see him coaching or analyzing any time soon.

[Bullrush]

He'll probably do what Tony Dungy does right now. Take a break, be an adviser, help out players that struggle of the field, maybe go to Africa and start some projects and stuff like that to get away from football.

[flynismo]

As much as he likes to run his mouth, hard for me to imagine him not doing some pre-game analysis with Bradshaw or Cowher and Marino.

[WhatsOURnameRAVENS]

I see him doing spot duty on a network, anaylze or something. His business ventures will be at the forefront. Eventually I see him moving his goals to bringing up youth in the game, camps and motivational stuff. I think ultimately, he'll be an executive in a NFL organization, no way a coach. His friendship and admiration for Biscotti is too apparent to not think he won't return to the organization in that role. The guy is smart in that he has ALOT of doors to go through.

[Ravnet]

Why do people feel the need to make polls?

I don't think Ray will go right into broadcasting or coaching, but the final option doesn't fit the bill either as I believe Ray will devote himself to charity work immediately.

[plesiosaur]

[quote name='Simba' date='10 August 2009 - 11:10 PM' timestamp='1249960239' post='217451']
Possible boradcaster? Eh,mabye.

He should do whatever he thinks will make him happy.
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True. And he doesn't [i]have [/i]to do anything.

[Tighthead420]

I say he would take some time off. I like what one poster said about getting into charity or whatever. If he decides to do coaching, perhaps get into youth football and go from there. Personally, I would want to get out of the stressful league for a little while just to make sure I am not jumping into coaching or broadcasting if it is not truly what I want to do.

[Kevin Mullins]

Ray already owns a few successful businesses, so I would imagine him spending more time being an mogul. Remember fellas, retirement pay from the NFL obviously sucks, so the smartest players are the ones who make their living outside of the league after they are gone.

I had read in years past that he would love to try his hand at acting, much like his former Miami teammate, and current movie star Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson has done. I can actually envision him doing well in movies well beyond the sports realm.

I quite honestly never see Ray returning to coach football exclusively, unless it happens 10-15 years down the road. I just see him being like M.J. and being unable to effectively communicate without playing. He could eventually be as Mike Singletary became and coach Linebackers, which with success would parlay into higher level coaching.

However, I see his face on TV and movies before any of that. Moreover, I believe he may just take his career and fame and enjoy a normal life for a good long while.

[Mick0311]

[quote name='Alexir' date='10 August 2009 - 07:21 PM' timestamp='1249953660' post='217385']
maybe coaching down the line but he has already said he wants to get into business. Maybe he will buy the Orioles and make them a winning team since Peter Angelos can't figure out how to run a franchise.
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Lol, so true

[EdReedFTW]

People, people, we all know what Ray Lewis is going to do when he retires. Open up a chain of rib joins all across the country. Bringing mouth guard popping, rib breaking, shoulder smashing flavor to the table top. Each bite will pack as much punch as a Ray Lewis bullrush. Ribs will cost $10 each; because taking something that belonged to Ray Lewis will always cost you in the end.