Re: going apeshit over Parcells

"Fred Goodwin, CMA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > "Fred Goodwin, CMA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > > Winning IS important.  And on that alone Parcells is a great coach.
> > > > However, the very best of the best ALSO brought innovations with them
> to
> > > > the game.
> > >
> > > Lombardi is routinely mentioned as one of the greatest NFL coaches of
> all
> > > time -- what innovations did he bring to the game?
> >
> > Winning.
>
> Yet Parcells was discounted for having no more than "winning" on his
resume.
>
> My question remains: why is simply "winning" enough to qualify Lombardi to
> be discussed as (perhaps) the greatest NFL coach of all time, but not
> Parcells (who, by the way, brought "winning" to *four* different teams, and
> "playoffs" to three of them)?



Parcells only won Super Bowls with one team. Two with the NY Giants. Parcells
so far is oh-fer in Super Bowls with the other teams.


Lombardi won 5 NFL championships from 1959-1967 as coach of the Packers.