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Originally posted by Fruitacious B:
As far as the best coaches go, I'd have to say: Tony Dungy (Colts)
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I'd have to disagree.
Dungy is a breed of coach that is too passive to ever build a dynasty. In my opinion, in order to be considered a "great" coach, you must at least have the ability to build a dynasty in the NFL. Lombardi was a great coach, Landry was a great coach, Seifert was a great coach, Shula was a great coach...Dungy is a
good coach who will have some success with NFL teams, but only until that team realizes he's a pushover.
You can't have a coach in the NFL who is as passive, calm, and non-confrontational as Tony Dungy, and expect to win championship after championship with him. One championship? You bet your ass. But just watch, if the Colts win the Super Bowl this year, Dungy won't be able to keep his players' attention next year, Dungy won't be able to convince them that they have anything left to accomplish, and after a year or two, they'll stop playing for him.
Dungy is a lot like Dick Jauron or Dick Vermill. All three of those men are quiet, passive, gentlemanly coaches who are capable of having one or two great seasons with an NFL team, before their players crap out on them. Coaches can instill two things into their players: Fear, and respect. After a while Respect goes away, after a while, Fear turns into respect. If I'm building an NFL team, I'd much rather have a coach who instills fear in his players, those are the kind of coaches that can last for a long time in this league (Gruden, Holmgren, Billick, Tice, Fisher, Cowher, Reid). Those other guys without a cock between their legs (Vermill, Dungy, Jauron, Morningweig) won't have more than a couple decent seasons before their team stops playing for them.
-Ugly Bastard
[ January 12, 2004, 02:26 PM: Message edited by: Ugly Bastard ]