RIP Sam Wyche

[Inky_Wretch]

 

[CD Boogie]

I hope he didn't end up in Cleveland bc that'd be awkward.

RIP

 

[Sea Bass]

Even though I’m a Steelers fan I always liked Wyche. Maybe because I always liked Super Dave Osborne and thought they looked a lot alike. But probably mainly because of his “You don’t live in Cleveland” performance, which is an all-timer.

 

[HanSenSE]

He no longer lives in Cleveland or Cincinnati. Because someone had to say it.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

I always thought they cast someone on Coach who looked like SamWyche.

 

[poindexter]

I always thought they cast someone on Coach who looked like SamWyche.

To this day, one of the best soundbites ever. His inflection - perfect *chef's kiss*

 

[playthrough]

Man, this sucks. I'm a lifelong Bengals fan and was a teenager in the late '80s when Wyche tussled with Cleveland, Jerry Glanville and, oh yeah, was a damned good coach that should have won the Super Bowl (damn you Stanley Wilson and that disgraceful field in Miami). And a fine guy. RIP.

 

[mpcincal]

Man, the Grim Reaper is really getting a head start for 2020 in the sports realm. Like everyone else, I'll always remember him for that Cleveland insult over the PA. May not have been the greatest head coach ever, but seemed like a good guy who didn't take himself that seriously. One other moment I remember was during the player introductions for Super Bowl XXIII (back when they brought out the players individually). Right before they announced his name for him to come out onto the field, he got down in a three-point stance like he was ready to put on the helmet and pads himself.

 

[Songbird]

Grew up a Rams fan but also liked Wyche and the Bengals ... loved James Brooks ... LOVED their '80s helmets.

They came so ****ing close to beating the Montana 49ers. That had'to've haunted him till his final breath.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

He also coached the Bucs for a couple of years

 

[HappyCurmudgeon]

Always liked him. I thought he handled himself really well post game after Super Bowl XXIII and if watching Joe Montana rip your heart out and gleefully dance on it isn't enough to make to re-think sportsmanship immediately after the final buzzer than I don't know what is.

 

[HappyCurmudgeon]

He also coached the Bucs for a couple of years

In his words he started a season "Five-dash-two" which was a hell of an accomplishment for that team at that time. Of course they finished seven-dash-nine

 

[cyclingwriter2]

Wyche was a great storyteller. He would fill in details and give amazing insights. Also, would say whatever was on his mind. Some stories.

— Wyche was speaking at some luncheon, but my editor didn’t want to cover it so I went on my own. Wyche gets a call just before his speech is to start, steps out, comes back in ashen. Takes the dais and simply said he had just been told Bill Walsh wasnt going to make it through the night. My editor didn’t use that story because I was there on my own money and he would have to reimburse me for working.
— Wyche got injured at the end of his college career and ended up as a grad assistant at South Carolina. He often claimed the only reason he made the Bengals was he made sure to always throw the ball when scouts came to look at receivers.
— despite his class clown persona, the man had a brilliant offensive mind. Paul Brown kept Wyche’s notebook/playbook from his first season because it was so meticulously done.
— boogers. He claimed that throwing a football required the same spin as flicking a booger.
— I’ve read that he and Dwight Clark practiced “the catch” all week leading up to the 1981 NFC championship game. He said he felt it would be needed.

 

[Songbird]

— Wyche was speaking at some luncheon, but my editor didn’t want to cover it so I went on my own. Wyche gets a call just before his speech is to start, steps out, comes back in ashen. Takes the dais and simply said he had just been told Bill Walsh wasnt going to make it through the night. My editor didn’t use that story because I was there on my own money and he would have to reimburse me for working.

Seriously, dude.

 

[Songbird]

Guess if you're going to lose it, lose it in a way for the ages.

 

[cyclingwriter2]

Seriously, dude.

Gannett.

 

[Monday Morning Sportswriter]

When we had that thread a few weeks ago about one-and-done coaches, Wyche struck me as the poster child for two-and-done.

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

Changed the game. No rinky-dink high school would be running a no-huddle today if he hadn't had the boldness to do it.
They called him Wicky-Wacky, then they copied him. And worse, some of them took the credit for inventing it.

 

[HanSenSE]

Gannett.

Say no more ...

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

Also an amateur magician. There was no coach like him.