The executive director of the NFL Coaches Association blasted the NFL Saturday for showing "a total lack of respect" toward the league's assistant coaches by altering their league-wide pension plan. The change, a cost-cutting measure that allows individual teams to opt out of the plan, was voted on by NFL owners in March "with no forewarning," according to Larry Kennan. The change led to the recent retirement of two long-time Indianapolis Colts assistants and in an interview on Sirius NFL Radio's "The Weekend Kickoff," Kennan said other assistants have discussed quitting, too. "Howard Mudd and Tom Moore (the Colts' offensive line coach and offensive coordinator, respectively) are doing this strictly because of the pension issues," Kennan said. "The (league is) trying to spin it and say it has to do with other things, but that's absolutely not correct. What Howard said to me was, 'I can't trust the NFL to not do something again next year. I need to get my money and get out of the league.'" Source: New York Daily News
