Quote:Well to win a SB you obviously need both. Has there ever been a talent depleted team with a great coach that wins the SB? Or a very talented team with a bad coach who wins a SB?


But to just be capable of putting up points, its been pretty proven that a good coordinator can make it work with all most anyone. Look at Marinelli coaching the Cowboys defense. They actually lost personel from a team that was 32nd in defense last year and now they are better.

Some could argue that Dick Vermeil won a Superbowl with an "injured" team since their starting QB was lost for the season. Nobody in the world foresaw the player Kurt Warner would become.

On the other side of the spectrum there could also be an argument made that Barry Switzer was a terrible coach who won a Superbowl with an unstoppable machine that Jimmy Johnson built.

A second nomination in this case could be made for Brian Billick. I never really thought he was that great of a coach. Ozzie Newsome had that defense so loaded with talent that any serviceable coach probably could have had the same result.

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