I agree with all of this but we have only won 1 NFC championship since MM has been head coach
Sorry I meant 2 NFC Championship appearances.
I agree with all of this but we have only won 1 NFC championship since MM has been head coach
And plenty of other good teams have won none.
Winning 12 games/year for ten straight years, a Super Bowl win and two Super Bowl appearances still won't convince me that Tony Dungy is a great head coach. Some coaches fall into great situations (Peyton Manning; Aaron Rodgers). Winning hides a lot of deficiencies, especially in a team sport like football. McCarthy's play-calling is enough to drive anybody crazy. I will probably never put him in the pantheon of great coaches. I'm just hoping Ted Thompson surrounds him with the right players and assistant coaches to keep winning.
I think there's something to be said about managing superstar players. I think McCarthy does excel at that aspect.
Tony Dungy not a great coach??? Your right about some coaches fall into great situations. Chucky is a prime example. He got the team Dungy built before moving to the Colts and won a Superbowl.Winning 12 games/year for ten straight years, a Super Bowl win and two Super Bowl appearances still won't convince me that Tony Dungy is a great head coach. Some coaches fall into great situations (Peyton Manning; Aaron Rodgers). Winning hides a lot of deficiencies, especially in a team sport like football. McCarthy's play-calling is enough to drive anybody crazy. I will probably never put him in the pantheon of great coaches. I'm just hoping Ted Thompson surrounds him with the right players and assistant coaches to keep winning.
Tony Dungy not a great coach??? Your right about some coaches fall into great situations. Chucky is a prime example. He got the team Dungy built before moving to the Colts and won a Superbowl.
Easy question: If Dungy is/was so good, why has his name never surfaced for another coaching job?
It has. He has made it clear he doesn't want to coach again.
Saying Rodgers fell into McCarthy's lap ignores the crucial role McCarthy played in developing Rodgers. Some here may not remember but Rodgers was (to be kind) not good when he arrived in the NFL, he required training and McCarthy and his staff should get ample credit for Rodgers' development. OTOH Favre fell into McCarthy's lap "ready made" but not Rodgers. And BTW, McCarthy should get some credit for getting Favre to take better care of the ball than usual (for him) in the 2007 season.
Haven't heard his name come up anywhere.
Because he's retired ?
Phil Jackson is a bum he had Michael Jordan and Kobe. He is not a great coach because he had those players on his team.There is a little (or possibly a lot) of Phil Jackson in him.
Phil Jackson is a bum he had Michael Jordan and Kobe. He is not a great coach because he had those players on his team.
I was being sarcasticThen Red Auerbach wasn't a great coach because of Bill Russell, Cousy, Havlichek, etc.