Paul DePodesta : (3) " I played football in college and what I really wanted to do was be a football coach. " - Paul DePodesta " In a given year, there may be two or three NFL-ready quarterbacks at the college level. In another year, there literally may be zero. " - Paul DePodesta " I got into baseball, and everyone just started calling me a geek, like, ‘There’s the nerd from Harvard.’ Then it took 20 years of working in baseball and me actually leaving and going to football for people to say, ‘He’s the baseball guy.’ So maybe at some point I’ll be known as a football guy too. " - Paul DePodesta