2nd greatest football coach?

marbles · #1 12-05-2002, 02:21 PM

With regional/team loyalties, I figure this should spark enough debate to justify its own thread.

First, I assume we can all name Lombardi as the top football coach in history (and that's coming from a Bear fan). But who's #2?

I'll give mine in a little while.

Clarkmeister · #2 12-05-2002, 02:23 PM

Parcels

marbles · #3 12-05-2002, 02:38 PM

Interesting that you would pick the Tuna, considering that all could be easily associated with one specific team. He is a solid choice, although not my #2.

Totally unrelated trivia you might appreciate:
What jockey holds the Arlington Park record for wins in a day?

Clarkmeister · #4 12-05-2002, 02:43 PM

My first guess would be Shane Sellers. Second guess Pat Day.

B-Man · #5 12-05-2002, 02:59 PM

It is so tough to compare coaches from different eras, and Lombardi was way before my time, so I can't really comment on him.

Bill Parcells is the best coach I have ever seen--he took all three teams he coached to the conference champiponship, two to the Super Bowl, went to three Super Bowls, won it twice, and pulled a big upset when his Giants beat the Bills.

Bill Walsh should also get consideration because he revolutionized offense, won three Super Bowls, and built a team that would win two more Super Bowls after he retired.

The best coaching job I have seen for both one season and for a Super Bowl was turned in by Bill Belichick, last season.

marbles · #6 12-05-2002, 03:11 PM

I thought I'd get ya on this one. Actually, it was Jorge Valesquez with 7. It was during one of the lean years just after Pat Day left, and Velasquez ran up huge numbers against shoddy competition. I'm not sure Sellers was even there then.

Incidentally, that was also the summer that super-cheat Noel Hickey broke just about every turf record the course had.

Clarkmeister · #7 12-05-2002, 03:16 PM

I loved that super cheat. Wait for the Hickey first lasix horses on the turf and fire your rent check at it. Trifectas are amazingly easy to hit when you know for sure who is going to win.

marbles · #8 12-05-2002, 03:17 PM

While Walsh and Parcells are obviously the modern-day gurus in the pros, I still can't put either over Bear Bryant. I'll try to post the website for the guy, but the stats are obsurd! A few that screamed at me: 31 bowl games (back when bowl games meant something), 57-game home winning streak.

bear bryant

marbles · #9 12-05-2002, 03:18 PM

I have to admit, I made a few bucks on the guy too. Kinda felt dirty doing it, but as long as the track is willing to take the action, what else can you do?

RINCON · #10 12-05-2002, 04:42 PM

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Lombardi isn't number one.

Tom Landry invented modern day offense.Multiple receiver sets, receivers in motion etc...As for Bill Parcels he was a good coach but added nothing to the game.Walsh on the other hand did add to the game and change it with the west coast offense.Joe Gibbs was a better coach than Parcells!!

Hands down TOM LANDRY #1.

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