Thoughts on Bill Cowher

Cowher =J Johnson= Dungy

Great coaches that said like Conan...."To hell with you!"

To hell with coaching....might as well get plush jobs at CBS, FOX and NBC....much better life.

Can't blame them.

 

My favorite Steelers coach of all time.

 

I remember hearing 290 back the . Regardless, he was a monster!

 

If the Steelers were up by 10 or more at the half, you could be sure you wouldn't see 10 passes in the second half, hated it.

 

108–1–1 record when leading by >10 points. Crazy!

I remember switching to other games if the lead was over 10 points knowing Steelers had won. Good times.

 

94 I think if we got past Chargers we matched up well with 49ers in Super Bowl. I think we had a shot. The defense was also better than 95.

95 I know Neil blew it, but we were behind from the get go, I think we lose that game even if he hadn’t thrown those pics.

 

emmit smith got hurt in second half…. Had Steelers taken the lead, they’d have a great chance to holing on.

 

The biggest stat of Super Bowl XXX that often goes unnoticed was that from the middle of the second quarter on, the Cowboys had less than 100 yds of offense. If you still dont think NOD blew that game, I am not sure what else can be said to convince you. Yes we got our butt kicked in the 1st qtr, dug a hole and it looked bleak, but take away those 2 phantom picks and remove 14 pts from the score and its a Steeler win hands down. Why do you think Larry Brown ( a defensive player ) was MVP? He signed a big money contract with Oakland ( could be another team ) I think and was never heard of again.

 

Yes, Brown signed with the Raiders and went right back to being the below-average cornerback he had always been.

That said, neither of those interceptions were returned for touchdowns, so that bit about subtracting 14 points from the Cowboys doesn't really hold up. O'Donnell definitely could have played better and those interceptions were disastrous, but the need to have just one scapegoat for a loss to a team with superior talent nearly 30 years ago amazes me.

 

Like Conan the late-night host, or Conan the Barbarian ???

 

The Barbarian.....

"Crom, I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it. No one, not even you, will remember if we were good men or bad. Why we fought, or why we died. All that matters is that two stood against many. That's what's important! Valor pleases you, Crom... so grant me one request. Grant me revenge! And if you do not listen, then to HELL with you!"

Classic. Hard to believe that movie is 40 years old. I remember seeing it at the theater when it was first released.

 

Not only did I see it when it first came out, but I had to sneak ,and see it.....because some a$$hat told My mother there was a sex scene in it. LoL. I was like I have read all the books, and comics, and Your telling Me I can't go see it. LoL.
Have You ever noticed when Conan comes out of that cave after He is set free, He finds that sword, and as He comes out ,and goes to strike the chains off with the sword....right before He does....a hand is seen moving the chain for Him?? LoL If not go back ,and watch that scene as He climbs out. Since I first noticed it....I can't unsee it. LoL

 

I'll check it out. Never noticed the hand....

I was 9 when I saw the movie. One of the first rated-R movies I ever saw. That and the Friday the 13th movies.

 

You will never unsee it afterwards. LoL

 

The standard is the standard, Cowher came up three Lombardis short of the goal.

And it’s not a BC vs MT debate, but there’s no guarantee if he stayed with the team that he would’ve won a second trophy or would have continued the success he had.

Noll won in his time. Cowher won in his time. Tomlin won in his time. They coached in different eras of the game. No guarantee they would win in other eras. What keeps coaches like Andy Reid successful is his ability to build teams and adapt in coaching. Of course, as of this writing, his championship resume is no better than Cowher’s.

 

He got on with his life's work. Remember the Emperor forgot
More about football than the coaches that followed him.

 

Sorry, but Andy Reid has been a HC for 24 years.....24 years, and has one SB win.....that after He got the best Qb in the whole league. I think He is a good HC, but remember this.....Mike T....owned Him from Eagles to KC until He got P. Mahomes. JMO

 

I had forgotten how consistently Tomlin's Steelers beat Reid's Chiefs, though they had split their meetings when Reid was with the Eagles.

 

Cowher was a great coach who was hamstring by having crappy QBs and being too conservative at various times. I’d trade him 10X over for this chump we are stuck with now.

 

Sure, but I mentioned him because he is currently-last 4 years-one of if not the top head coach in the league after; this coming all those years. Meaning he’s built a team and done what’s needed to stay relevant.

Had Cowher continued after 2006, he would have needed to do both of those things. But there was no guarantee that he would or that they would win another ring.

 

I remember the Steelers having the ball at the goal line in the AFCCG in 97, and Kordell throwing an interception, then Romanowski clowning him afterwards.

 

Didn't Cowher choose those crappy QBs ?

 

Cowher was saddled with a slew of garbage at the QB position a bad @ss defense and power running attack. Then Stewart who could only get you so far. Then Maddox who really wasn't horrible. But not franchise carrying. Then along comes Ben. A pick that Cowher didn't want. Shawn Andrews OT was it. Dan Rooney stepped in and the rest is history.

Maybe Cowher thought that Maddox was the answer.

He won a lot of games without a franchise QB. But finally got one which propelled him into a Super Bowl Champion.