Dave Canales enjoys first day, with lessons from two of his mentors

Darin Gantt

CHARLOTTE - Dave Canales has been preparing himself for this kind of job for a long time, but there was no way to really know what today would be like.

And he's had an offseason to get ready for what it would be like. But how can he know? He's never done this.

Wednesday, the abstract concept became concrete - he's the head coach of an NFL football team, and he was coaching his first train