RIP: "Tony Dungy Can't Win the Big One"

Re: No More "Tony Dungy Can't Win the Big One"

To steal an old line: It would be pretty to think so.

But I think that for the foreseeable future, we'll have more Belichick-Coughlin types than Dungy-Smith, and I ain't talking black-white.

I'm talking crass vs. class.

And class always seems to be in short supply. Crass never is.

 

I couldn't be happier for Dungy. This is a great day for the NFL.

 

Yeah, it's true. One can hope, though.

 

I actually heard some talk about this on sportsradio last night, like "Will this be the start of a trend?" Let's hope so. More Dungy, less Belichick.[/quote]

To steal an old line: It would be pretty to think so.

But I think that for the foreseeable future, we'll have more Belichick-Coughlin types than Dungy-Smith, and I ain't talking black-white.

I'm talking crass vs. class.

And class always seems to be in short supply. Crass never is.[/quote] Coughlin will never win a Super Bowl. Initially, he'll have some success instilling "discipline" into a team but as time goes on, the players begin to hate him and tune him out. Look at the end of his run with Jacksonville. Look at the 2006 New York Giants. Neither team wanted anything to do with him.

 

Yep. (Re: Moddy's question)

 

Something to that effect, yes Mod.

 

Tony Dungy is a class act, through and through. He's expressed his faith in God publicly at a Billy Graham event before in Indianapolis as well as through other events, too. It does show that a guy doesn't have to raise his voice or fire off a few "f---" words just to get a point across.

Seeing these two guys lead their teams to the Super Bowl certainly has given me reason to pause and ponder about how I could go about changing and adjusting my own attitudes.

Thank you, Moddy, for explaining the "RIP" vernacular.

"Vernacular .... dat's a doibey!!!"

 

To steal an old line: It would be pretty to think so.

But I think that for the foreseeable future, we'll have more Belichick-Coughlin types than Dungy-Smith, and I ain't talking black-white.

I'm talking crass vs. class.

And class always seems to be in short supply. Crass never is.[/quote] Coughlin will never win a Super Bowl. Initially, he'll have some success instilling "discipline" into a team but as time goes on, the players begin to hate him and tune him out. Look at the end of his run with Jacksonville. Look at the 2006 New York Giants. Neither team wanted anything to do with him.
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Not saying Coughlin will win one. I'm saying there will always be more of the control-freak assholes in charge than guys like Dungy. Coughlin's M.O. was well-know long before he got to NY, and the Giants hired him anyway.

 

Yes.

Depressing to hear that sort of crap.

 

I just think that ascribing "doing things the right way" to Christianity is divisive.