ShinobiMusashi
Waterboy
Am I the only person on this board that nerds out on old school NFL? I love to read about it, watch old games and videos/documentaries, and talk about the old school. I'm obsessed with 1988-1993 era but also quite fond of 1960's AFL and the early to mid-70's NFL. I figured I needed a thread to spew the random **** that comes to my head but feel free to join in post any pics, vids, whatever you want from any era of NFL history.
Just some questions to get some conversation started. We recently talked about Jack Pardee's 1979 NFL Coach Of The Year award in another thread and after looking into it I'm curious.
Why exactly did Jack Pardee win NFL Coach Of The Year in 1979?
I didn't start watching football until the early 90's so it was before my time. But looking at it now Pardee's Redskins missed the playoffs that year and finished 8-8 the year before so it's not like there was a big turn around. In fact, Pardee took over a Redskins team that hadn't had a losing season in almost a decade up to that point.
Meanwhile Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach John Mckcay took his team to a division title in 1979, an expansion team that was 4 years old, a team that had won 7 total games in the previous three seasons(0-14 in 1976, 2-12 in 1977, 5-11 in 1978) and he took them to the NFC Championship Game in 1979. How in the hell did he not win Coach Of The Year?!
Just some questions to get some conversation started. We recently talked about Jack Pardee's 1979 NFL Coach Of The Year award in another thread and after looking into it I'm curious.
Why exactly did Jack Pardee win NFL Coach Of The Year in 1979?
I didn't start watching football until the early 90's so it was before my time. But looking at it now Pardee's Redskins missed the playoffs that year and finished 8-8 the year before so it's not like there was a big turn around. In fact, Pardee took over a Redskins team that hadn't had a losing season in almost a decade up to that point.
Meanwhile Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach John Mckcay took his team to a division title in 1979, an expansion team that was 4 years old, a team that had won 7 total games in the previous three seasons(0-14 in 1976, 2-12 in 1977, 5-11 in 1978) and he took them to the NFC Championship Game in 1979. How in the hell did he not win Coach Of The Year?!