Re: going apeshit over Parcells

On 18 Nov 2003 10:34:01 -0800, Aaron Ginn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> "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.

None of that divisional stuff matters much.  Great teams are measured
by championships.  

I haven't really given much thought about which of those two fine
coaches were better.  My dislike for the Redskins probably clouds
my impressions somewhat, but I don't think the people who consider
Walsh to be the better coach asinine.  

Isaac