Gotta Dream Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Before he was head coach, what was he? OC or DC? I'm too lazy to look into history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 God, remember how much Wyche hated Levy, back in the late 80's when Marv complained that the Bengals "no huddle" offense vilolated the "spirit of the game!" Wyche had some rather unflattering words for Marv after that... I bet they will both get a few chuckles out of that...good NFL minds aren't afraid to steal others' ideas, I guess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotta Dream Posted January 5, 2006 Author Share Posted January 5, 2006 Didn't know that. Then Marv uses it to perfection with the K-Gun! How awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheRocks Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 God, remember how much Wyche hated Levy, back in the late 80's when Marv complained that the Bengals "no huddle" offense vilolated the "spirit of the game!" Wyche had some rather unflattering words for Marv after that... I bet they will both get a few chuckles out of that...good NFL minds aren't afraid to steal others' ideas, I guess! 555779[/snapback] you beat me to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Before he was head coach, what was he? OC or DC? I'm too lazy to look into history. 555758[/snapback] OC...in fact he was the Buffalo Bills third string QB in 1976, I do believe...he is a Bill Walsh "disciple"....worked with Montana and DeBerg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jokeman Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 OC...in fact he was the Buffalo Bills third string QB in 1976, I do believe...he is a Bill Walsh "disciple"....worked with Montana and DeBerg... 555787[/snapback] He's never been an OC but he was the 49ers QB Coach from 1979 - 1982. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Before he was head coach, what was he? OC or DC? I'm too lazy to look into history. 555758[/snapback] I think that would require more speaking over the course of a game than would be comfoprtable for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 I always thought that he was very creative when coaching the Bengals. Id go for him as OC if he wanted the job. Can absolutely be no worse that what we've had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Didn't know that. Then Marv uses it to perfection with the K-Gun! How awesome. 555783[/snapback] While there were similarities (and Levy and Co. may have been inspired by Sam's no huddle) they were, in fact, quite different. Cincy's no-huddle really DID violate the spirit of the game as it was used as a way to draw the D into penalties. They would snap the ball as the D was making changes and catch them with too many men on the field. Buffalo used the no-huddle as an offensive weapon to keep same defensive players on the field and get them winded and confused. The Bills used a "hurry-up" offense...not a "wait to catch the D with too many men on the field" offense. With that said, I'd take Sam Wyche as OC in a minute..if he thought he was up to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicBills Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 I think that would require more speaking over the course of a game than would be comfoprtable for him. 555989[/snapback] Not really. As QB coach he relays the plays to the QB over the headset anyway. So he would be talking the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 God, remember how much Wyche hated Levy, back in the late 80's when Marv complained that the Bengals "no huddle" offense vilolated the "spirit of the game!" Wyche had some rather unflattering words for Marv after that... I bet they will both get a few chuckles out of that...good NFL minds aren't afraid to steal others' ideas, I guess! 555779[/snapback] True... Chuckles for sure. But as Dr. RockPile (I say that with utter respect for you Rockpile... Your history link is what I check first EVERYDAY!) would give in his daily history (even a few days ago) session... Marv and Sam ran two DIFFERENT STYLES of no huddle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 While there were similarities (and Levy and Co. may have been inspired by Sam's no huddle) they were, in fact, quite different. Cincy's no-huddle really DID violate the spirit of the game as it was used as a way to draw the D into penalties. They would snap the ball as the D was making changes and catch them with too many men on the field. Buffalo used the no-huddle as an offensive weapon to keep same defensive players on the field and get them winded and confused. The Bills used a "hurry-up" offense...not a "wait to catch the D with too many men on the field" offense. With that said, I'd take Sam Wyche as OC in a minute..if he thought he was up to it. 556303[/snapback] Thanks for expaining it also Dean! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark VI Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Does Wyche have the wisdom ? Did I just read that ? The Cinci Offense he ran from the late 80's into the early 90's was one of the best offenses I ever saw. I loved watching them. He's forgotten more good info than Mularkey will ever know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VABills Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Does Wyche have the wisdom ? Did I just read that ? The Cinci Offense he ran from the late 80's into the early 90's was one of the best offenses I ever saw. I loved watching them. He's forgotten more good info than Mularkey will ever know. 556329[/snapback] We can only hope Mularkey forgets what he knows so we never have to see that abortion of an offensive style again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Wyche was Offensive Coordinator under Bill Walsh for the 49ers in the early 80s, and is one of the founding fathers of the West Coast Offense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obie_wan Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Didn't know that. Then Marv uses it to perfection with the K-Gun! How awesome. 555783[/snapback] Marv was totally agasinsts the no-huddle Kelly and Marchibroda had to hold him down and twist both arms to force him to run it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Not really. As QB coach he relays the plays to the QB over the headset anyway. So he would be talking the same. 556320[/snapback] Do you know for a fact they used him in that role Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicBills Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Do you know for a fact they used him in that role 556359[/snapback] Yes, that is what he said his role was in a preseason interview. I don't know if that changed during the course of the season though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Yes, that is what he said his role was in a preseason interview. I don't know if that changed during the course of the season though. 556367[/snapback] that would have been one of the few adjustments the Bills Coaching staff made all year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Marv was totally agasinsts the no-huddle Kelly and Marchibroda had to hold him down and twist both arms to force him to run it. 556340[/snapback] That speaks to Marv's ability to listen and delegate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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