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Originally Posted by Mile High Mania
There are really only a handful of elite coaches, none of the 3 fit. But, while the HOF should = elite for every category, it does not.
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It does in my mind. Lynn Swann would've been inducted over my rotting corpse. I'm a stickler across the board:
Pete Rose - NO
Shoeless Joe - NO
Lynn Swann - NO
Dan freaking Reeves - NO
If you don't have at least a couple SB rings in your collection as a coach, you better impress the hell out of me as to why. Or else have something else to put on the resume, like a Dick LeBeau.
Hall of Fame coaches are guys like Gibbs, Walsh, Parcells, Lombardi, Landry, Shula, Brown, Noll and Belichick. Guys that defined the job and were outstanding at it for a prolonged period.
53% regular season record despite lengthy stays with the clubs he coached, and no Super Bowl victories? Not even close, in my mind.