YankeeRebel
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Years and Years?He did and won nothing for years and years. Without Brady he has a losing record.
Years and Years?He did and won nothing for years and years. Without Brady he has a losing record.
I picked Bill Walsh for the obvious reason as you mentioned but also because the team he built around the GOAT Joe Montana was unparalleled as far as I'm concerned and continued on even after his retirement with who I believe was a product of the great system Bill developed, Steve Young....
But I think you have to consider Don Shula the best on the all time list because he holds the record that no one has been able to match in over 40 years....Undefeated to the finish !!!!
For life lessons I'll take John Wooden, winning is NOT the only thing.
What Lombardi did better than anybody was get the very best out of players on the field.
I was watching video of QBs from that era the other day and it struck me Bart Starr was damn near mechanically perfect and really ahead of the times in the use of play action.
If he'd stayed in The NFL Joe Gibbs might well top this list. He got 3 titles quickly and was likely cheated out of a 4th by Raiders spies. He was great on both offense and defense, but he was a genius on offense.
Didn't specify NFL(though implied)-so Paul " Bear" Bryant
323-85-17 overall,and 6 national championships
Very difficult to say who's the best HC in NFL history....I'd have to say he'd have to be a guy who shifted the course in regards to NFL history. Guys like Sid Gillman, Paul Brown, Tom Landry and Bill Walsh are the first to come to mind.
Great post and this is exactly how I feel. The topic is about as subjective as a topic could be. Coaching in today's world is nothing like coaching in the 1950's.Very difficult to say who's the best HC in NFL history....I'd have to say he'd have to be a guy who shifted the course in regards to NFL history. Guys like Sid Gillman, Paul Brown, Tom Landry and Bill Walsh are the first to come to mind.
Also Gibbs won 3 Super Bowls with 3 different QBs, none of them close to being HOL level players.
If he'd had Montana or Brady he would have likely won at least 1 more title, he left the game in his early 50s.
The Super Bowl trophy is called the Vince Lombardi trophy for a reason. Even an avid Cowboys fan like myself concedes that Lombardi is the GOAT.
One of Joe Gibbs' strengths were he knew & understood people. he knew where & how to put them.If he'd stayed in The NFL Joe Gibbs might well top this list. He got 3 titles quickly and was likely cheated out of a 4th by Raiders spies. He was great on both offense and defense, but he was a genius on offense.
How many "Super Bowls" did Lombardi's teams win?The Super Bowl trophy is called the Vince Lombardi trophy for a reason. Even an avid Cowboys fan like myself concedes that Lombardi is the GOAT.