Flipper

Hplarrm, please forgive the late reply to your post, but your point about the distribution of quality NFL coaches - while essentially valid, IMO - would have been better made if it hadn't contained the notable bit of misinformation about Lombardi seen in bold above. In regards to this topic, Lombardi - with his 9-1 playoff record and his 105-35-6 overall record - belongs in the elite category of coaches who never experienced a losing season, a feat more remarkable for the fact that he twice took over NFL franchises long accustomed to losing. In 1969 Lombardi, in his first season with the team, coached the Redskins to a record of 7-5-2, their first winning season since 1955. He didn't live long enough to coach a second season, as he was diagnosed with cancer in June of 1970, succumbing September 3 that year. As regards Levy's inability to win 'the big one', this reality is even more unfortunate to any extent that it delays or prevents the entry of certain Bills players of that era to the NFL Hall of Fame, where a number of them almost certainly deserve to be enshrined.