(01-30-2018, 09:52 AM)Bullseye Wrote:

(01-27-2018, 11:54 PM)D6 Wrote: Dick LeBeau is already in the HOF as a player.  But if it was just his coaching career,  I think he would warrant being in the HOF for that as well.   If LeBeau still wants to coach,  any team that hires him would benefit from his coaching wisdom.

I wonder how he failed in Cincy.

Was the ownership and FO THAT bad?!?

Anyway were there a coordinator category for the HOF, yes, he would be worthy of inclusion in the HOF.

That reminds me of Madden.

Madden could have been a HOF inductee for coaching, announcing, and for the Madden series.  He is in for coaching, I know.  But man what a contributor to the game of football.

Great analogy with the Dick LeBeau / John Madden comparison.    Both contributed to the game of football well beyond the category  ( LeBeau as a CB with the Lions.  Madden as the Raiders HC ) that led to them being inducted into the HOF.

Being that Dick LeBeau only had 2 seasons as a HC,  with a franchise that was in a long stretch of bottom basement football,  I would have liked to have seen if he could have produced better results in a better situation.   Norv Turner was fortunate to have the opportunity to be a NFL HC with 3 different teams.  He clearly is a much better Assistant Coach than a HC.   With LeBeau,  it seems less conclusive because of the opportunity / situation factors.

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