???? Who cares..(how many superbowls did the Saints or Cardinals play in before the last few years..I don't care about that) Hell how many coaches have won a SB period? It doesn't happen that often which is the reason why you don't have coaches bouncing around and winning them for other teams..a good coach is a good coach. Teams don't tend to let go of coaches who win SBs and Jon Gruden has a good track record with every team he's been at and is still young and hungry. Plus he fits most of our personel...it's a no brainer. Why blow up what's working with this team. Gruden would allow us to keep the good things about our team together while instilling attitude to the other parts that are slacking.
I care. I want a Super Bowl. No coach has ever won a Super Bowl with two teams.
You can talk all about how great a coach someone is but at its heart, the strategy you're talking about has never worked. Everyone thinks "Oh, this guy won a SB. He must be a great coach. If we get him, we're that much closer to a SB ourselves." The problem is, that it's just not true.
1. Vince Lombardi - Finished with the Redskins, 1 not so great year
2. Hank Stram - Went on to 2 bad seasons with the Saints
3. Don McCafferty - Went to the Lions and finished 6-7-1
4. Tom Flores - Went on to 3 bad years with the Seahawks after winning 2 SBs with the Raiders
5. Mike Ditka - Went on to 3 bad years with the Saints
6. Bill Parcells - Took the Pats to the SB but lost, took the Jets to the AFC Championship, and the Cowboys to the playoffs
7. George Seifert - 3 not so great years with the Panthers
8. Jimmy Johnson - A few playoff appearances with the Dolphins
9. Mike Holmgren - 10 years at the Seahawks and made it to the SB once but it took a long time
10. Dick Vermeil - Some good years with the Chiefs
I don't want Gruden and I don't want Cowher and I don't want Dungy. I think they've got fail written all over them. If we're going to switch coaches (which I think is a huge mistake), then I want either:
1. some great coordinator/assistant coach who's a rookie HC and I want to give him a few years to get everything together or
2. a coach who got to a SB with another team and lost or
3. a coach who built a powerful team but didn't make it to the SB
Because THOSE are the coaches that win SBs. Not retreads.