Quote:So what you are saying is that McKay had an eye for coaching talent as well as player talent, and that is why McKay hired Dungy? Because he was good? Dungy has the highest winning percentage of any Tampa Bay head coach. I like our GM, and our HC. With the two of them working together I feel we are going to see improved overall results. I doubt either could carry us upwards alone.

 

 

 

 

Number one NFL ranked defense as the defensive coordinator for the Vikings. I would venture to guess that was one of the many reasons McKay hired Dungy to be Tampa's head coach. I'm not sure why you have made reference that Dungy was not that good. Dungy was promoted upwards most of his coaching career. Many experts credit Dungy directly for contributing to the team that Jon Gruden won the Superbowl with. I think you would have to nit pick cherry pick to find anything remotely close to Tony Dungy not being very good. There are franchises that still contact Dungy in hopes to lure him out of retirement. That just doesn't happen very often to not very good coaches.

 

Can you reference low points in Dungy's career as a coach that you are basing your opinion on? I don't mean to devalue your opinion, but I thought it odd to witness a low opinion of Dungy as a coach. It isn't a prevalent opinion amongst the majority of league personnel, or organisations that follow and report on the NFL.

 

Dungy was a fine coach, but he wasn't putting his teams over the top.

 

He was fortunate to find himself under Peyton's care but still had a career losing record in the playoffs.

 

All of this isn't to say he's not a good person and a pretty good coordinator, because by all accounts he is. However, as a head coach he wasn't a guy that made his team better. He was just blessed with great players throughout his career.

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