The best football coach of all time is...

[Superman(DH23)]

On 5/9/2020 at 5:55 PM, lancerman said:

Parcels has Belichick, Payton, and Coughlin.

 

Coaching tree isn’t that important imo 

Walsh has:

George Seifert

Mike Shanahan

Mike Holmgren

Who have all won Superbowls they then beget

Jon Gruden

Andy Reid

Gary Kubiak

Who have all won Superbowls

Who then beget

John Harbaugh

Doug Pedersen

Who have both won Superbowls

And also:

Kyle Shanahan

Sean McVey

Ron Rivera

Who have been to Superbowls

And we are not even factoring the Dennis Green branch which includes Tony Dungy and Mike Tomlin

It's an ridiculous tree that continues to not just influence but dominate today's game.

 

[lancerman]

2 hours ago, Superman(DH23) said:

Walsh has:

George Seifert

Mike Shanahan

Mike Holmgren

Who have all won Superbowls they then beget

Jon Gruden

Andy Reid

Gary Kubiak

Who have all won Superbowls

Who then beget

John Harbaugh

Doug Pedersen

Who have both won Superbowls

And also:

Kyle Shanahan

Sean McVey

Ron Rivera

Who have been to Superbowls

And we are not even factoring the Dennis Green branch which includes Tony Dungy and Mike Tomlin

It's an ridiculous tree that continues to not just influence but dominate today's game.

 

That speaks to their quality as a teacher not as a coach. 
 

Walsh is 48 all time in wins. He’s 19 all time in win percentage. And he has 3 Super Bowls. 
 

Lombardi with less games in a season had a slightly higher win total, is second all time in win percentage and has 5 championships 

Belichick is 3rd all time in wins, 5th all time  in win percentage and 6 titles. 

Hallas is 2nd all time in wins, 8 all time in win percentage, and has 8 titles.
 

I can’t put him ahead of those guys because guys who worked for him had accomplished a lot. That’s like giving him credit for other guys accomplishments 

 

 

[RamblinMan99]

On 5/12/2020 at 8:27 AM, lavar703 said:

So Belichick losing players from his roster and still winning somehow hurts his case? 

Belichick's 6 Super Bowls were much easier to win than Noll's due to his high turnover rate.  

Belichick didn't care about having a dream team and had no shame in grabbing youth from the free agency bargain bin.  

Noll's guys were consistent for an entire decade.  That's just as simple as it is.  

[Forge]

[Drachma]

It's Bill Belichick by a country mile and it's not even close anymore. He's put some great teams together on offense, defense and special teams over the last two decades and he's at the point to where I don't think anybody will ever come along and topple it. 

You can throw the cheating stuff out there as well. It's more than fair. But plenty of other coaches and owners have all pulled similar stunts over the years and they either didn't get caught or it was briefly mentioned and became an after thought soon after. 

[Riftty]

BB he is the goat. The only ones that come close for me are Chuck Noell and Walsh.

But BB has done what no other coach has done, and he has done it in the FA era. For 20+ 

I hate him, but you gotta respect him

[evilflamingo]

It's obviously Bill and I voted for Bill. 

[TecmoSuperJoe]

On 5/1/2020 at 5:54 AM, Heinz D. said:

Walsh was a bigger cheater. 

When was Walsh ever embroiled in a cheating scandal like Belichick was with Spygate or Deflategate? To the point that his team was penalized by the league? 

Edited May 16, 2020 by PapaShogun

[Jason_Bengal_Fl]

We'll find out just how good Belichick is now that he doesn't have Brady.

[HoboRocket]

Guys, the answer is clearly Herm Edwards.

[warrenblue]

6 hours ago, Jason_Bengal_Fl said:

We'll find out just how good Belichick is now that he doesn't have Brady.

Yep. We all saw what happened to Popovich once Tim Duncan called it a day. Not only his team became pathetic, but he also lost the locker- room. 

I trust Bill way more than Popovich though. 

Edited May 17, 2020 by warrenblue

[Dome]

As a Saints fan, Bill Belichick is far and away my favorite football figure of all time. As far as I’m concerned it’s not particularly close either.

[Dome]

On 5/16/2020 at 8:00 AM, PapaShogun said:

When was Walsh ever embroiled in a cheating scandal like Belichick was with Spygate or Deflategate? To the point that his team was penalized by the league? 

To be fair and transparent, scandals were much easier to pull off in Walsh’s day.

Apples to oranges comparison IMO. If he was a cheater we don’t even know if he was a better one than BB, cause the eras are so different 

Edited May 18, 2020 by Dome

[Scypion]

Paul Brown was a great football coach at all levels: high school (Massillon), college (Ohio State), pro Cleveland and Cincinnati), and even military (Great Lakes during WW2).

 

10 championship games in 10 years with Cleveland Browns (1946-55).

[AngusMcFife]

Don Shula coasted on those two early Super Bowls for a while. The fact that he never won a Super Bowl with Marino at QB downgrades him on the coaching list, IMO.