HOF & 3 Coaches

[Amnorix]

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.

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.

[Mile High Mania]

Originally Posted by Amnorix

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.

If you're putting Belichick in there with those guys, you have to include Shanahan.

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by Mile High Mania

If you're putting Belichick in there with those guys, you have to include Shanahan.

I think Shanarat is a HELL of a coach. Unfortunately, he was not a hell of a GM. I don't think the world sees him at quite the level of the guys I mentioned, but without reviewing his record I'd still think he's a HOF coach. He's got the multiple rings and was consistently extremely good for a very long time.

[Mile High Mania]

Originally Posted by Amnorix

I think Shanarat is a HELL of a coach. Unfortunately, he was not a hell of a GM. I don't think the world sees him at quite the level of the guys I mentioned, but without reviewing his record I'd still think he's a HOF coach. He's got the multiple rings and was consistently extremely good for a very long time.

I don't think the GM piece will matter much when he's considered for the HOF, many years down the road... he'll be coaching in 2010, so he'll build on his legacy.

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by Mile High Mania

I don't think the GM piece will matter much when he's considered for the HOF, many years down the road... he'll be coaching in 2010, so he'll build on his legacy.

If he's smart, he'll let someone else run the Front Office.

[Mile High Mania]

Originally Posted by Amnorix

If he's smart, he'll let someone else run the Front Office.

Quite possibly could be Dallas and he won't have a choice...