Foxsports: Dungy stepping down

Yes what a terrible thing to celebrate someone who broke ground or changed perceptions about what is and what is not possible.

 

Marino made his teams much better, every year.

 

I predict a 9000-word update on MMQB by 5 EST.

 

Manning's been on exactly one bad college or NFL team, so it's hard to see them being bad the next few seasons.

 

That's my point -- by stepping away now he is leaving a team that Caldwell has a chance to win with.

 

That one good season is one more than 98 percent of the coaches and players who come through the NFL. Like in any sport, the NFL playoffs are about who gets hot as well as who is best. Unless you truly believed Philadelphia and Arizona were the two best teams coming out of the NFC this year.

Also, it's hard to remember now how hard it was for an African-American coach to get hired at the time Dungy stepped in with the Bucs and turned them around. I bet Mike Tomlin would tell you that without Dungy, no way does he coach the Steelers, and certainly not at age 35.

 

9000 word? More like 90,000 . Shit, he'll manage to spend 9,000 ripping Belichik.

 

I thought PK was a Belichick guy.

 

my bad...I was thinking of Greg Esterbrook.

 

An asinine statement. The guy averaged almost 11 wins per year in the regular season for his career (10.69 if you want to be precise). He took a Tampa team that hadn't finished above .500 in 15 years and took it to the playoffs four times in six years (and turned it into the team that eventually won the Super Bowl under Gruden).

The Colts had 11 10-win seasons in their history before Dungy arrived and he never won fewer than 10 in his seven seasons there. He has 85 wins in seven seasons in Indy. He also won one of the two Super Bowls in franchise history.

One good season? You've been listening to WEEI too much. That's sports radio talk, my friend.

 

I think he's a guy that will just walk away from the game. Hasn't it been said for a while that there are other things he wants to accomplish in life other than just coach football? If he does have different pulls or interests this is a good time for him to move on to the next faze in his life.

To me it's not like, say Cowher, where he is just needing time to reset his batteries and then waiting for the perfect situation to come along. I think he is done.

 

I agree Dungy is an overrated coach. With the teams he coached he should have won a minimum of four rings.

Glazer has been kicking some serious ass this year.