Re: going apeshit over Parcells

"Steve Jaros" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Who's behind the "Parcells is the best coach ever" propaganda we've been
> hearning lately? Here's another example:
> 
> http://www.msnbc.com/news/993258.asp?0dm=C22NN&0dm=C12VS
> 
> Parcells wasn't even the best coach of the 1980s/early 1990s (Bill Walsh
> was). Nor was he the 2nd best coach of that era (Joe Gibbs was).

How can anyone say Bill Walsh is a better coach than Joe Gibbs?  Gibbs
teams played in the most brutal division in football for over a decade
going up against the Cowboys, Eagles, and Giants when all those teams
were great.  Walsh's Niners played in the pathatic NFC West with
mediocre Rams and bad Falcons and Saints teams.  Gibbs won Super Bowls
with *three* different QBs - two of whom were marginal at best (Doug
Williams and Mark Rypien).  Walsh had one QB - arguably the best ever
- at that position for a decade.

Gibbs was just as much of an innovator as Walsh.  While Walsh gave us
the West Coast offense, Gibbs made the counter-trey, three WR set a
standard that nearly ever team utilizes to some extent today.

Aaron