NFL Head Coach (2006) Retrospective
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- čas přidán 27. 05. 2020
- NFL Head Coach, released in 2006 and commonly referred to as "NFL Head Coach 06", is basically Madden 05's franchise mode, but somehow even deeper. It's a niche game that I'm surprised EA made, but I'm glad they did. It's rarely discussed, which is why I think it's criminally underrated.
#retrospective #SOFTDRINKTV #game #review #sdtv - Hry
Still play this game and have a series going much respect for showing it love ✌
Agreed. I Do Wish EA Would Make A Head Coach Game For PS5 Since The Older Games Are Gaining Popularity.
OC24 B7102 true
OC24 B7102 they sadly wouldn’t because they can’t fill such a game with micro transactions. Madden doesn’t want us to play fun single player modes offline. They want us to play online and pay them for it
Get a job
Storm Williams who
Make a video on NFL Head Coach 09.
I second this!
Logan Irby what they said ☝️
and Front Office Football 9
Yes it was a more polished than the original head coach which had a little bit too much tediousness
agreed
This is what Bill O’Brien thought he was playing
Hey look in practice mode they’re actually wearing practice gear instead of FULL GAMEDAY ATTIRE 🙄
No too many games that allow position battles to be determined in practice!!! Ok I'm firing bk up the coaches game.
Depressed..realized I had 07 not 06. 07 sucks
08
they just dont care anymore
Cell Phone Highlights Yep.
FUN FACT I was #1 ranked online on this when i was a kid lmao. I ran the triple option with the colts. The game had some flaw where because manning had 99 awareness he could run for 7 yard carries on the regular. Xplosiv Diarreah or something immature to that affect was my GT. No one really played online so It didn't take many games to get there. BUT i was #1 at something in my life lol. Edit: ( it was head coach 09 not this one)
Thats awesome
Dude== Xplosive Diariah= L E G E N D !!!!!!
I wanna say I remember the name(Xbox 360 or PS2 or or OG Xbox but I don't...
I feel like I do.. My gamertag was Sippio.
I no longer have the email attached to all my accounts so the username is lost to me lol
~This game(the one after had the best draft class in terms of fun for sure...
~~McFadden,,,Leodis McKelvin,,a shitload of GOOD/AVERAGE WR's etc like Hardy.
a lot of Centers & Th elineman who went #1 overall to MIami..
~Howie Longs son.
~Porbably my favorite Madden draft class second only to the McGahee,Jason Witten draft class of 201 or 2003'ish
@@CT-nb5lm Holy shit my man I remember you isn't this wild AF. Yeah 10 was the shit, the raiders had that wild speed. Back then glitchers reigned supreme. I could throw a touchdown literally everytime. I'm not super proud of this, but I remember Single handedly destroying 2011 late in the year I figured out how to glitch the full back into the offensive line & and take off with the qb instantly and have all 11 players blitz. Literally some guy made a website, and put a recording of our game on there and was Like "I refuse to play until they fix this" and I got all kinds of wild ass death threats. Multiple account bans etc. LMAO. fun times. EA didnt Give a damn back then either they weren't patching anything lol
I remember the immersion felt by calling plays and watching the game unfold on it's own. True Owner mode stuff
@@LonghornsLegend Now imagine what they *could* do with today's tech if they made this kind of game. Too bad EA is a shell of its former self content wise.
I love NFL Head coach. Still have both copies to this day. I was the weird kid who loved the series, wish they'd continue this series but it's not ultimate team so nah lmao.
Black Flags Matter I’m with you there I hate the new madden and ultimate team Ea is ruining the franchise and football game sim football game and I play the older madden games like on xbox360
It's sad to see that games from 2006 have more depth and actual football physics then a modernized Madden game.
I ALMOST wish this game could come back....but EA would mess it up. I loved this game. You had to have patience to play this game
Oh yeah
So true. You needed big patience. Especially for what people would deem tedious. Like hiring assistant coaches.
B Bryant the thing is I like that shit... it’s more fun than the franchise gameplay
@@ossocinco oh hell yeah. No doubt. They don't make em like this anymore. No micro transactions. The game was all in the game
@Taj James amen to that shit
14 years later I finally understand what this game is about.
I remember when I played this. I traded for David Carr to be the QB of the Dolphins. Don't judge me, it worked.
I traded for Aaron Rodgers and it didn’t go well. 😑
Still cool I could do it.
I just started and drafted Jay cutler at #8 overall in the draft whith the bills. I should have drafted matt linart but my real life biased took over and took jay over linart and Young but he fits my scheme. But ill probably trade for a journey man and develop Smokin Jay for a few years but hes better than kelly Holcomb.
I never realized the madden games from the mid 2000's even have more realistic running ai than the newer ones smh
From 2002 to 2008 Madden played BEAUTIFULLY on the PS2.
Crazy-deep franchise modes & everything. The games were SO good that they buried these coaching games.
@@dixonbutts800 09 as well
The engine ran great.
Players moved smoothly. Now they hop around like first person shooter characters.
If there was a Football Manager style NFL game that would be the dream. That series is so great and has so much depth
This game was so legendary and all it does is frustrate me at how bare bones franchise mode is now. This game just shows what a football sim should be like, and is like when EA actually tries. Weird how the stronger and more powerful the consoles got, the worse franchise mode got and the less features we got.
Absolutely agree. I played this game at a time in my life when I actually coached football. It was almost as real as a video game could be about coaching. A couple of thing hurt it if I remember things correctly. First, it came out deep in the off-season when no one was thinking about football, 2. Madden had a great franchise mode that satisfied most people, NCAA existed and was a formidable game itself, and most people want to be the players not the coaches.
I stopped playing because I found it too easy. As long as you participated in everything and tried hard you would win. I never lost a game and never had an injury. Maybe the base settings allowed that but if I simulated games I would get tons of injuries and actually lose games. But I wanted to call the plays and when I did, I won. Who knows, maybe I missed my calling, but I think the game was flawed in that way. Otherwise it was a phenomenal game!!!
Can you do one for nfl head coach 09
MLB Front Office Manager was highly underrated as well.
I played this game for so many hours back in the PS2 days. I still remember coaching the Eagles for 19 seasons, because that was when the last remaining players from the original game had retired, and only randomly generated players were left (I think Robbie Gould and Nate Kaeding were the last two). I also remember creating a play on defense where both cornerbacks blitzed, and Sheldon Brown ended up winning DPOY with 12 sacks my first season. Good times.
NFL Head Coach was amazing. I loved playing it and building my own dynasty. It really put you on the hot seat and made you become an expert scout, play designer, and team builder.
My dad bought me this as a kid, and I could never figure it out. But looking back at it at the age of 25, I really appreciate EA making this game. It has more quality to offer than the new titles.
I need this game in my life, I started playing madden with 17 and all I want is an immersive coaching experience. Also, it would be really cool if 2k made something like this.
Thanks for the vid
I just got a ROM version and this game is great. Thanks
I bought it on ps2 at my local pawn shop for $5 🤣
@@gullahtaino4877 Noice
Eyyy I’ve been waiting for this vid for a while! I just love depth in football sim games!
EA Madden: We don't do that here
Same
Love your content man excited to see this video. Keep it up
I played this a bit when it first came out and I remember being so shocked by how detailed the game was. This was franchise mode was supposed to be and I wished they could have took some of these and kept building on it and adding it to future Madden games. I hope you do the NFL Head Coach 09 too
Just needs the usual madden roster update and a remaster to the current engine/graphics.
Would love to see a retrospective of head coach 09'. Great vid!
Yeah, this and head coach 09, amazing. And probably super cheap to make, they already had the NFL license and just lifted most of the graphics from madden
I was a HUGE fan of this game. The most in-depth franchise experience in football. Thanks for reviewing it.
My new favorite channel 🙏🏻
I asked for a ps2 for my 12th birthday and it came with madden 05, ncaa football 06, GTA San Andreas, and nfl head coach. I got overwhelmed and never played it. But 2 years later, i popped it in and had a blast, its one of my favorite video games 😃
I had never seen the original Head Coach game and wanted to play it back in the day, I'm glad ya made this, I might be able to find it!
I got my copy from Lukie Games
@@Catstro I'm jealous, I wanted to get it back in the ps3 days but balked. Hope ya enjoy it!
Imagine a college football or basketball version of this🤯🤯
love your vids. Keep up the good work
I was just remembering this game. I never played 09 but this game was so unique. This was at the height of Maddens success and innovation. I really liked how they had their rating system for instance players would be rated let's say 80-90ovr,they didn't have one number for their rating but it could fluctuate depending on how they practice and play. I'd like to see Madden implement a rating system in the same vein cause just like IRL a great player might have a bad game or vice versa. It was so much fun being a football fan that played video games back in the PS2 days.
I love this game and I still playing it thank you for everything
Great Video as always!
I don't know what's more shocking, the fact that EA still owns the ESPN license or that they still haven't used it in 2020!!! 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️😡😡😡
I loved both of them!! I remember coaching New Orleans, I drafted Reggie Bush with the 2nd pick and traded for the 4th pick and drafted Matt Leinhart . the rest of the draft beefed up the O line and secondary. first season I went 6-10, next two seasons 8-8, third season I went 11-5 made it to the NFC Championship... I LOVED that game!
I had no idea this game existed. when I was big on madden franchises / ncaa dynasties, I would often set the control to 'neutral' to watch the CPU play. just to see how my team would perform in a matchup given recent roster adjustments, progressions, etc. so awesome
Same
How come this game has Coordinators and position coaches, yet we can't even get a single Coordinator in Modern Madden 🤔
CUZ madden is a fucking joke now
@@BobBob-bk2yk bingo
"new ultimate team feature"
@@courageouschief1870 "Pay $29.99 to add NEW coordinators. For another $12.99, create your own. All NEW, in ULTIMATE TEAM."
@@mysteriousj3019 this guy gets it
Anyone else remember buying that thick ass strategy guide book for this game?😂😂 it was like an encyclopedia the amount of depth in that thing but I had a blast reading it
What was the encyclopedia called? I wouldn’t mind looking at it
00:54 I had no idea this game had the Pistol. It's crazy because Madden didn't get that formation for years.
Watched this video when you dropped it. Went to a retro game store today, saw it and picked it up for $4.99 on XBOX! Loading it in now, I'm excited!
Awesome video as usual. Keep it up.
Sad the series didn’t sell well. It would sell much better today with everyone dying for a halfway decent franchise mode. And for all the sim heads like myself. Would love a new Head Coach.
2+ years after your comment, and Madden continues to produce god awful nonsense, a game like this nowadays would be golden. If they were going to destroy franchise mode so badly, they could have at least released a head coach game each year along side Madden so that folks who want a deep franchise mode would still have it
Love that you mentioned the late great Steve Sabol. Legendary name.
I loved the first game back in the day. Serious depth with picking coaches, drafting, training etc.
This game was perfect for me!!! I played this game faithfully, until my PS2 burned out or whatever happened to it. There are two games I can't wait to play again, that's why I'm hoping the PS5 has full backward compatibility. This and NCAA 2014!!! But this game was so on point, NOTHING like it since😩. Great video👍🏾✌🏾
Make a video on Head Coach 09. I must have sunk 500+ hours in that back in the day. Occasionally returning to it once every now and then. The depth, the attention to detail with the players was so great. Players had attitudes that reflected how the team functioned. Was wildly underrated.
Please review 09 NFL Head coach.
I bought both games cause of this review for my backwards compatible PS3.
Both underappreciated titles.
Keep up the excellent work bro!
Ok now videos like this is why I subscribed to this channel. Don't go all crazy like the wii video
As a Raiders fan, I was happy that I saw the baseball diamond finally put into the Raiders stadium in a football game (Around 3:12) but the Raiders logo was there at the same time and the baseball diamond is facing the wrong way LOL.
It was in madden 03 and 02
jay jefferson thx I didn’t know that I didn’t grow up during 6th generation gaming and who really talks about Maddens before 04
I still have this game sitting in my bedroom shelf! Great game to play back in the day.
This game and the 09 version of it has to be the most creative and different licensed sports game I have ever played! I still play both games to this day.
SoftDrink,
You Come Wit' It, Bruh
Keep It Up. reSpect
Man I had so much fun playing this game I remember taking the Chicago Bears to the superbowl and winning it in my 3rd season
Now that I've watched this video.....I guess it's time to dust of my PS2, fire it up and play some Head Coach! Thanks Softdrinktv.
NFL really needs a game like OOTP baseball. So many franchise players would switch for a well done game
Good vid man
You should do a colab with Ryan Moody for the Madden 21 review. I’ve commented this on other videos and I think we all can agree that it would be sick!!!
Yep cause 21 i got a feeling it's going to be worse somehow
Ryan Moody gives off too much of a hater vibe while SoftDrinks has a more analytical approach in my opinion.
DynastyKit that’s interesting. I think it’s the opposite. You’re right that Ryan Moody gives off a hater vibe, but that’s cus he’s so invested into making a point. He always tries to give a way for EA to improve. Soft Drink seems to review more from the POV of a casual fan. When there is a problem or a missing feature, he’ll simply say that they should just simply put it back in h the game.
Drake Smith it’s gonna be like flight in June.
@@tennisweekly2012 flight the film ?
Head coach 09 is my favorite football game ever
I always wondered about this game when it was released and current; the fact that it had Cowher on the front cover drew my attention, but like many others at the time, I couldn't figure out why I would buy this game over Madden or 2K (which was defunct by then, but 2K4 was still a regular in my console back then). I may go back and pick up a copy now to give it a spin, thanks for the video!
Since getting more into football and learning more about the coaching side of things, I’ve found myself tinkering with sliders to create a genuine coach mode experience in these old Madden titles. I even use external software to create my own playbooks. I have drawn up a couple unnecessarily rude blitzes where the idea is to overwhelm one lineman with like three guys. Hit the RT with an ILB, OLB, and a DE out of a 3-4, someone’s getting through. For games where I play against other people, I’ve even worked to disguise my playbook. If there’s a blitz on the same page as just a standard play, I have those players set to show blitz so even if you’re looking at my playbook, you’re still going to think blitz when you see the guy that was designated as blitzing is now showing blitz. I’ll even use them as decoys on pages with two blitzes. You’ll see someone show blitz, you think you got your slide protection set right, you have the TE assisting, then you find out you’re protecting the wrong side. I do the same thing on offense. If I’m going to have a play action, it’s going on the same page right next to a run play that looks similar.
This game is great, I use to call plays through my headset & had 8 perfect seasons
This video literally made me go buy this game for my ps2 two weeks ago LOL. The game is amazing
I'm going to buy it too after watching this. Can't wait to play it.👍
Just bought this game
Just picked this game up today at half priced books for 5 bucks so far it’s a blast
Great game had it first when i was a kid. Then bought another ps2 recently just to play this game. This game is what coach mode in franchise for madden should be
I bought this for Xbox back then. I still have Head Coach 09 for the 360.
Oh man I had this game on my ps2. I had so much fun with it. The problem was though eventually it got scratched to the point that the game would freeze upon trying to play the first real game of the season.
I rented this game from blockbuster back in middle school, I thought it was just ok back then, but I would probably love it now. I didn't appreciate the depth of franchise mode back then.
LOVED the video!!! First time viewer!!
Dang it!
Now I wanna try playing this again. Between NFL 2K5, & Madden 05, 06, 07, I just couldn't be bothered with it back then. I tried it & quickly dismissed it.
NOW, at 41, I would LOVE this game lol.
Hey was that Mrhurriicane's Head Coach 09 vid at 0:54
Yes... yes it was
Still playing today!! One of my favorite sports games, as well for the Xbox
Had a blast playing this. I started with the Detroit Lions and traded for Reggie Bush. I just ran the ball old school
The concept was cool, i loved it
Since Head Coach was only done for 2 years & it was so in depth I wonder if it was a passion project for someone at EA or very influential. Like how a movie director will make several hit movies for a studio, so they greenlight a small budget/production for the director to make the type of movie they always wanted to
please do 09 as well. great retrospective, by the way. 👏👌
They still have similar things to this for Soccer and Motorsport (Football manager and Motorsport manager) I have been waiting for years for somebody to come along and make a game using this formula for any of the US sports especially Football (because the coaching side of it is probably the most important, in-depth and layered in sports) but there hasn't been anything for over a decade
This is a great game. Played the heck out of it on PC. My most memorable run was starting with the Saints, going .500 the first year. Then trading for Reggie Bush and Vince Young and reeling off 10 straight Super Bowl rings. Might have to see if I still have it somewhere.
Loved this game. Perfect game for someone who likes detail and building teams.
I wish. Sadly 2009 is hard to emulate and physical copies run for like $100. I'm not sure how many more features are in the 2009 version vs the one simply named "Head Coach", though. So this info may not matter too much if they're equally awesome.
I still have a ps3 with just a few games I'll play every now and again that I can't let go. NCAA football, Fight Night , and my favorite Head coach 09
you should make a video about Madden 07 Superstar mode. I played the hell outta that when I was younger, especially on the Wii, making RBs and trucking everybody lol, nah but the superstar mode was amazing and had a lot of depth too from what I remember. you even got to choose both your parents to see how you'd turn out based on their genes!
Watching this video persuaded me to buy the game. It was reasonably priced on eBay, so I took a chance on it and I really like it.
I remember having this game and I enjoyed playing it at first but idk if it was just me but it felt like I was putting in so many hours and I could never get tot he actual season. I’d be in the off season foreverrrr. For me it was to the point where the game is so in depth I feel like I’m working a job with no pay and I was not feeling that shit 😂
Never played 06 but 09 was one of the best times I had playing that generation era football. The draft classess were a work of art. The 84 qb draft class. You could draft "Bo Jackson" and "Barry Sanders".
The share features were awesome as well. You could dl other ppl's plays they created to create your own unique playbook. The only down side to 09 was the fact that it only allowed you to play 10 yrs.
Ayeeee soft drink is back
I loved this game. Got a little difficult having to sit through a game but still loved it
I love this game still play head coach 09 ..the head coach games are the reason i havent bought a madden game since madden 11
I loved this game. Still do. I like the strategy as I get older. Actually interviewing potential assistant coaches, deciding during the week which players are going to get more playing time, etc. Still a great game but unfortunately from another era. Everything today is for the young heads playing MUT
SOFTDRINKTV: If you want me to make a video on that let me know in the comment section.
Me: Bro, just make a million sports video game videos already 🤦🏽♂️
I think what happened with 09 is they spent all the effort on the gameplay and just did a functional UI. Which is fine it's a great game. But that engine with this UI would have been a magical. Head coach 09 is kind of a misleading title though that's really more of a general manager game.
I loved this game as a kid. The off-season was awesome.
Coach mode lover since tecmo bowl. I love it. Pratice mode matters.
Not a game.. we talking bout, PRATICE!!!
I actually have this game, was the coach of the falcons, and in my first preseason game, deangelo hall got 4 INTs and tom Brady threw 6 INTs
At the time, I overlooked the game. Looking back, I think it would be pretty fun, and would really enjoy an NBA version
I loved Head Coach. I'd play through the night when I first got the game. Heck all I play in Madden franchise is coach mode.
Buy or download this for pc *only* as a piece of advice. You can download custom sliders to let you actually make the game difficult and can update the rosters if you want.
The game on console has no difficulty slider but is set to rookie, so this is a must do if you want to enjoy this gem.
NFL head coach was a cool concept that I wish they would bring back. Heck like one year they do Madden, next year head coach. IDK how many Madden fans would but it still give them something to put out every year.
Good times for sure. Still fun to play
I own both Head Coach games, I'm a fan of both games. However the original game had such great concepts and presentation. Game is super detailed. Would be great as a youtube series (As someone in the comments is doing currently) and would be great to have streamed due to the game being very time consuming.
The unfortunate one big problem with the original Head Coach, at least for my copy, the game would freeze in certain points, specifically during practices. Which was such a momentum killer, practices were super important you wanted to get all practice slots in, but with that type of glitch you had no choice but to skip it at times. Auto saving and saving between every assignment was an option, but saving took so much time to do.
Only ONE big problem messed up what potentially was an incredible game. Only other problem was the loading times. I feel like if this game was released on the 360 and the PS3 it would've ran much better. The game was huge.