Tony Dungy: Worst HOF coach ever?

[chappee11]

Wow. What a BS Hall-Of Famer Dungy is. I guess George Siefert is next?

What do you think? Does Dungy deserve this honor?

 

[chappee11]

Vote and Discuss

 

[handicappers]

I voted Yes. He was a 'players' coach and a pioneer for future African American coaches pursuing NFL jobs.

 

[Jakology]

Nah. He rode the coattails of the GOAT.

 

[cdumler7]

I think people forget he did plenty without Peyton Manning. 1) Won a SB as a player. Was a great Assistant Coach before becoming a HC. Went to the post season 11 of the 13 years he was a HC. And of course then won the Super Bowl. Probably his greatest coaching though was with the Bucs. They hadn't had a winning season since 1982 when they went 5-4. They then made the playoffs 4 of the 6 seasons he was with the team.

 

[Stomp]

He deserves some credit for building the Bucs team that won the 2003 Super-Bowl

 

[Duffman]

I'm mistaken.

 

[bksballer89]

He won a SB with 2 different teams as a head coach that's a rare site in the NFL.

Gruden was the Bucs coach in 2002 when they won the SB

 

[darken65]

Gruden was the Bucs coach in 2002 when they won the SB

True but Dungy built that team.

 

[Duffman]

Gruden was the Bucs coach in 2002 when they won the SB

That's right the 2 SB wins I'm thinking of were 1 as an assistant coach and 1 as a head coach not 2 as a head coach.

 

[bksballer89]

True but Dungy built that team.

No def. I think he does belong in the HOF. Just was pointed out the minor error Duffman made but IMO he deserves this

 

[bksballer89]

That's right the 2 SB wins I'm thinking of were 1 as an assistant coach and 1 as a head coach not 2 as a head coach.

OK makes sense. Misunderstood you previously. He deserves this though

 

[Duffman]

Dungy also has a career winning percentage of 65% with 148 wins. That's a better percentage than Bill Parcels, Joe Gibbs, Bill Walsh, Chuck Noll, & Marv Levy to name a few and they are all in the HOF. Not like this was some outrageous honor.

There are better coaches overall than Dungy I just named but Dungy has them beat in winning percentage and in some cases actually more total wins than a few of those guys and wins/winning percentage are a great factor at determining Hall Of Fame credentials in a head coach.

 

[Nosferatu]

I think he belongs and the Vikes fucked up letting him go and keeping Denny fucking Green!

 

[Nosferatu]

I also think it's time Tom Flores got in.

 

[purguy12]

Wow. What a BS Hall-Of Famer Dungy is. I guess George Siefert is next?

What do you think? Does Dungy deserve this honor?

I agree no way he should be in the HOF.

 

[purguy12]

Im happy to see Eddy get in finally.

 

[purguy12]

He wasn't even a great coach. Just bad and he might of just killed what the HOF is all about.

 

[VikingFan2k2]

I voted yes without reading the question. The title of the thread is different from the poll question.

I don't think he should be in the HOF. He got the nice guy vote. As someone in a market that worships him as a former Gopher QB and Vikings DC, I've experienced first hand how over the top people's love for him is. Even going so far as to give Gruden ZERO credit for Tampa Bay's SB win. Gruden got that team where Tony couldn't because he was too busy being owned by the Eagles. He got more run out of Brad Johnson's noodle arm than any other coach ever could.

Tony belongs in the HOVG, but I don't think he had the longevity of a HOF coach, and if he weren't such a nice guy and an ambassador, there is no way he gets in with that win number.

 

[VikingFan2k2]

He deserves some credit for building the Bucs team that won the 2003 Super-Bowl

He already gets all of it. Ask any rube from Minnesota and they'll tell you Gruden was just along for the ride.