NFL Head Coaches who also were their teams defensive play callers:

[PrimeTime101]

On 6/20/2023 at 3:18 PM, GunnerBill said:

 

Yea I corrected this later. I was genuinely unaware he had called the plays.

no big deal gunner, was just a heads up  

[Bob Chandler's Hands]

20 hours ago, Chaos said:

What is your point? That Bellichek is not considered the greatest coach of all time? or something else? 

You cherry picked your examples.  

[DCofNC]

On 6/19/2023 at 8:19 PM, Nextmanup said:

Here's the thing: most people here are sheep and worship anyone currently associated with the team like a god.

 

Then, when a certain person leaves the team, they usually make fun of that person and sneer about how bad they were.

 

I don't get it either.

 

Kiko Alonso, to name one of dozens, went from highly regarded fanboy player to the butt of jokes here in about 48 hours when we traded him off the team.

 

Rex is another great example.  

 

 

Look below you will currently find 4 of the people you speak of.

[Chaos]

5 hours ago, Bob Chandler's Hands said:

You cherry picked your examples.  

No, I picked the only examples I could find. I did not find that Belichek did that for 3 of his many coaching seasons. I assume he stopped doing it because he thought there were better options though. He can certainly be included as an example, but I am not sure it demontrates that this relatively novel concept is consistent with success. 

[Bob Chandler's Hands]

2 hours ago, Chaos said:

No, I picked the only examples I could find. I did not find that Belichek did that for 3 of his many coaching seasons. I assume he stopped doing it because he thought there were better options though. He can certainly be included as an example, but I am not sure it demontrates that this relatively novel concept is consistent with success. 

So you state:

1) Belichick is one of the greatest coaches of all time

2) Belichick called his own defensive plays in 3 seasons (two of which he won 12 and 13 games, and went to a Super Bowl in one of them)

3) This fact is irrelevant to your post, which picks a few other coaches who called their own plays, but ignores Belichick, to make the veiled point that McD will fail like those other coaches. 

OK, whatever, dude. 

Edited June 23, 2023 by Bob Chandler's Hands

[stuvian]

On 6/19/2023 at 7:25 PM, Chaos said:

What do Wade Phillips, Lovie Smith, Rex Ryan and Sean McDermott all have in common?

These are four NFL head coaches who also decided to be defensive play callers. 

Tony Dungy?

[LeGOATski]

On 6/22/2023 at 5:22 PM, Chaos said:

No, I picked the only examples I could find. I did not find that Belichek did that for 3 of his many coaching seasons. I assume he stopped doing it because he thought there were better options though. He can certainly be included as an example, but I am not sure it demontrates that this relatively novel concept is consistent with success. 

Duh.....derp! You somehow didn't think of the guy who terrorized your team for two decades and is considered one of, if not the greatest coach of all time. You somehow didn't know he's a defensive coach who's called his own plays.

 

You should take a break from posting for a while.

[Chaos]

16 hours ago, stuvian said:

Tony Dungy?

That’s a good add.  What years did he do that?

[Jerome007]

On 6/19/2023 at 8:12 PM, stinky finger said:

I dug a little deeper. None of these asshats has a Stanley Cup either.

And yet I recall a Chinese mag that had the Buffalo Bills as Stanley Cup Champions. No joke too, ha ha. Quality journalism right there.

[stuvian]

On 6/25/2023 at 11:08 AM, Chaos said:

That’s a good add.  What years did he do that?

In TB he had a DC in Monte Kiffin but in Indy, I think he called the defense from 2002 to 2008

[jethro_tull]

Didn't Dick Vermeil win one that way?  

Also Al Holcomb is senior defensive assistant.  

Edited July 1, 2023 by jethro_tull