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Lovie Smith edges Dungy for Coach of the Year (1 Viewer)
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Jiggyonthehut
Footballguy
It's the right choice. If there's been any turnaround, its been with the Bears. We havent seen a defense as dominant in at least 5-10 years.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Good choice. Lovie Smith would have been my pick, too.However, how does Marvin Lewis only get one vote? And how did Holmgren get a vote and Shanahan got none? Seattle dominated a weak division in the weaker conference while Denver had a very difficult schedule and still went 13-3 in the AFC West. When voting for coach of the year, here is the order I would have put them in:1. Lovie Smith2. Marvin Lewis3. Tony Dungy4. Mike Shanahan5. Joe Gibbs
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ericttspikes
Footballguy
I can see a bunch of defensive coaches getting hard looks for many of the HC vacancies. These playoffs are chock full of former D coordinators.
-OZ-
Footballguy
excellent choice, he's one of the best coaches in the NFL now, and easily the right guy for this year.I agree with your list Ghost Rider, except that I might put Coughlin at #3, and list Nick Saban as an honorable mention.1. Lovie Smith2. Marvin Lewis3. Tony Dungy4. Mike Shanahan5. Joe Gibbs
GRIDIRON ASSASSIN
Footballguy
Lovie was the right choice, unless of course the Colts went undefeated.To go from 5-11 to 11-5 is pretty solid, especially with a rookie QB starting 15 of the games.
Wadsworth
Footballguy
There were a lot of good candidates this years. I suppose Lovie Smith is as good as any but you can make a case for 9-10 coaches this year, maybe more. What Saban did in Miami was impressive, Belicheck might have had one of his best regular season coaching years, Coughlin and Del Rio turned the corner with teams that have been down, Lewis got the bengals back in the post season, Dungy, Shanny and Holmgren had powerful teams through the entire season, Gruden and Lovie had big turn arounds, and Gibbs pulled off a late season miracle of sorts with the skins.
Chase Stuart
Footballguy
I'm pretty dumbfounded that Dungy didn't win this one. His team locked up the #1 seed before they lost a game. What exactly was Dungy supposed to do to win CoY? They won every one of those games by a TD or more.So because Dungy was r0x0r last year, and Lovie Smith was sux0r last year, Smith wins it over Dungy?
Chase Stuart
Footballguy
But it's coach of 2005.
Mystery Achiever
Footballguy
True. But I think people consider improvement over last year regardless. I think it was a good choice.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Chase Stuart, I know exactly what you mean, but coach of the year always seems to go to a coach who takes a previously crappy team to the playoffs, while proven commidities (like Belichick, Shanahan, Gruden this year) get overlooked. It is just the way it goes.
GRIDIRON ASSASSIN
Footballguy
Blame the Bucs kicker, as Gruden's Bucs lost to Lovie's Bears.Bucs did the same thing, except Simms was a first-year starter and not a rookie.But Gruden gets no love.
The Bears picked 4th in last year's draft and now have a bye week in the playoffs. THAT is getting the job done. Plus they did it without they're 'starting QB' and their 1st, 2nd and 3rd round pick for the most part.
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Belichek's team was terrible. No way he gets it. Jim Haslett deserves it more then him. Since Gruden is removed from the SB only two seasons he probably gets crapped on, but I thought he deserved recognition. Maybe Shanahan as well, but he's been there so long he makes his own messes, so should he be awarded for cleaning them up?
Sinrman
Footballguy
Eh? His team was "terrible"? Have you not been watching the last 5 years? This team, for the most part, is the same as years past, with just a few tweaks. They were decimated with injuries this year, yet managed to win their division and get back into the playoffs. Not only that, their schedule was absolutely brutal. One of the most difficult I've ever seen. Yet they managed to do what they did.How is that "terrible"? Oh, and need I mention they dominated the Jaguars today and set the stage for a Battle Royale next week?
THIS is why I mentioned Belicheck. Do I think he should have won CoY? No. But he should at least get some recognition, and should several others.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
This New England team is NOT the same as years past. There is a big difference between two seasons of 14-2 in pretty good divisions and winning a crappy division with a record of 10-6. Their first half schedule was tough this year, but overall, I think they only had the 12th hardest (or somewhere around there) schedule in the entire NFL this year. That hardly qualifies as one of the most difficult schedules ever.
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NorvilleBarnes
Footballguy
Good point - Dungy would get my vote.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
I don't ever remember there being so many viable candidates where if one of about 6 won it, I'd have no problem (but maybe that's selective memory). to Lovie.
I can not stand Mike Shanahan, the rat-faced *** (btw, is he related to Coach K? - both look like they'd have cheese caught in their whiskers quite often). But he did deserve consideration.
to Lovie.I can not stand Mike Shanahan, the rat-faced *** (btw, is he related to Coach K? - both look like they'd have cheese caught in their whiskers quite often). But he did deserve consideration.
