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Uh Oh, there went diversity out the window. I would have put Tom Landry and Vince Lombardi in there, just from my limited Pro watching.

Redwood Forrest said:

Uh Oh, there went diversity out the window. I would have put Tom Landry and Vince Lombardi in there, just from my limited Pro watching.

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I believe this article was listing only currently active coaches. Hard to believe that the Cleveland browns hired the two guys at the top of this list...and fired them.

I enjoyed that thanks Earle.

Redwood Forrest said:

Uh Oh, there went diversity out the window. I would have put Tom Landry and Vince Lombardi in there, just from my limited Pro watching.

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Landry was a model of consistency but he won only two championships in 29 yrs as a HC. Besides I think this list is limited to ACTIVE coaches only.

Tomlin is a joke to be on the list at 4. I watched him make a decision in an OT game this year that was nothing short of idiotic.

CrimsonSEC said:

Tomlin is a joke to be on the list at 4. I watched him make a decision in an OT game this year that was nothing short of idiotic.

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He's been to two Super Bowls, winning one of them. IMO most idiotic coaches don't do that.

CrimsonSEC said:

Tomlin is a joke to be on the list at 4. I watched him make a decision in an OT game this year that was nothing short of idiotic.

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Who would you put on the list instead of Tomlin? I pulled these statistics from the Steelers website. Pretty impressive.

Mike Tomlin was named the 16th head coach in Pittsburgh Steelers history on January 22, 2007. Hired at the age of 34, Tomlin became only the third head coach hired by the Steelers since 1969.
Through eight seasons, Tomlin has accomplished many things that have never been done in the team’s storied history. His 82-46 regular-season record (.641) is the best start in franchise history, and he became the youngest head coach in NFL history to both coach in and win a Super Bowl when he led the Steelers to a 27-23 victory over the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII (26 years, 323 days). By winning the Super Bowl in only his second season as a head coach, he also became the fastest to win a Super Bowl title in Steelers history.

I will admit that he hasn't done a whole lot since that Super Bowl victory. The Steelers were AFC champions in 2010 but they lost that Super Bowl to the Packers. Still a very impressive resume..

I cannot remember an era with fewer "great" coaches in the NFL. Parcells, Walsh, Gibbs, Cowher, Holmgren, and even "good" if not "great" coaches like Marv Levy, Dan Reeves, Dick Vermeil, and Tony Dungy would outrank all but probably 2 active pro coaches today.

RobK said:

I cannot remember an era with fewer "great" coaches in the NFL. Parcells, Walsh, Gibbs, Cowher, Holmgren, and even "good" if not "great" coaches like Marv Levy, Dan Reeves, Dick Vermeil, and Tony Dungy would outrank all but probably 2 active pro coaches today.

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I think you are spot on. If you really want to coach, college is the place, I were I see the great coaches. Maybe the insane money has made it harder to really be an authoritarian coach in the NFL, but something changed.

Belichick towers over his peers so greatly that it diminishes some guys. Coughlin will go down as a great with those two ridiculous playoff runs and Super Bowl upsets over Belichick. With Coughlin retiring, here will be only one coach with multiple Super Bowl rings as a HC next season.

Parity in college and pro football is at an all-time high. Television has helped level the playing field for college programs. Free agency and cap adjustments have created the same effect for the NFL. Belichick and Saban will go down as titans for their ability to be a dynasty in these constraints and competition.

Andy Reid is a great head coach. A man who has done more with less, but not managed to win a SB. Give him Tomlin's players and he probably has a few rings.

MN-Tide said:

I believe this article was listing only currently active coaches. Hard to believe that the Cleveland browns hired the two guys at the top of this list...and fired them.

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Which is why they will never be great.

If you are counting head coaches who are no longer coaching........in other words best head coach of all time, Don Shula should at least be in the conversation.

328 career wins between the Baltimore Colts and Miami Dolphins. With only 158 losses his winning percentage is .676.

He also played CB for 6 years for the Browns, Colts, and Redskins.

Many notable accolades but one distinction not too great is he is tied with Bud Grant for the most (4) Super Bowl losses of any NFL head coach.

Other than that......:smile:

Other than he kept his good buddy, as DC, and that explains a lot of unfulfilled expectations.

Bazza said:

If you are counting head coaches who are no longer coaching........in other words best head coach of all time, Don Shula should at least be in the conversation.

328 career wins between the Baltimore Colts and Miami Dolphins. With only 158 losses his winning percentage is .676.

He also played CB for 6 years for the Browns, Colts, and Redskins.

Many notable accolades but one distinction not too great is he is tied with Bud Grant for the most (4) Super Bowl losses of any NFL head coach.

Other than that......:smile:

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and Marv Levy.

B1GTide said:

Andy Reid is a great head coach. A man who has done more with less, but not managed to win a SB. Give him Tomlin's players and he probably has a few rings.

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To suggest that he's had less than Tomlin is a stretch.

He's had guys like Donovan McNabb, Brian Westbrook, Brian Dawkins, Tra Thomas, Jevon Kearse, Jeremiah Trotter, Asante Samuel, DeSean Jackson, LaSean McCoy, DeMeco Ryans, Jamaal Charles, Derrick Johnson, Eric Berry, Tamba Hali. All of whom were multi time Pro Bowl and/or All Pro guys.

He also had lots of solid guys likes Derrick Burgess, Jon Runyan, Michael Lewis, Jeremy Maclin, Shawn Andrews, Dwayne Bowe and Alex Smith.

That's not to say he isn't a great coach; he is. But to suggest he hasn't had as much talent on his teams as Tomlin has is wrong.

And if he did lack talent on his teams, then the blame should be placed squarely on the GM/VP of Football Operations during his tenure: Andy Reid.

B1GTide said:

Andy Reid is a great head coach. A man who has done more with less, but not managed to win a SB. Give him Tomlin's players and he probably has a few rings.

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I doubt it. Reid is Marty Schottenheimer 2.0.

TIDE-HSV said:

SDS put this on my Facebook page - 1) Belichick, 2) Saban, 3) Meyer, 4) Mike Tomlin, 5) Pete Carroll. I did a quick memory check and it's one African American, One German and 2.5 Croats. (Carroll is the ".5.") Must be something in the genes...

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Can't they all just be Americans? Who was the coach born in Africa?