Bum Phillips has passed away.

Those of us who are old enough remember Phillips with his big cowboy hat. The heated Steelers-Oilers rivalry was the real deal and I still have fond memories from those games. RIP.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9...houston-oilers-new-orleans-saints-dies-age-90

 

I saw this late last night but had shut the laptop down but was gonna start a thread about it. I hate to hear this because I always thought Bum was cool. I don't remember ever getting to see him coach but just through NFL Films I got to watch him and he seemed like such a cool person. I generally like most of those old 70s coaches and would probably have to think pretty hard to find one I don't like. I wonder if the Texans D will come out swinging this weekend for Wade?

 

I bet you were thinking about Buddy Ryan.

 

RIP Bum

The Steelers-Oilers rivalry in the late 70s was one of my favorites.

 

Kick the Door in Bum
RIP

 

Dan Pastorini and Earl Campbell vs our D..... I actually loved how earl played and wished he was a Steeler.

RIP Bum, you were a class act.

Cajun-

 

Is Buddy Ryan dead?

 

Didn't like him when they were giving the Steelers all they could handle in the late 70s but have come to like and respect the daylights out of him over the years. This guy was a soundbite machine. Here are some great Bum Phillips quotes:

"There's two kinds of coaches, them that's fired and them that's gonna be fired."[4]
"I always thought I could coach. I just thought people were poor judges of good coaches."[5]
"I've never seen a hammer and tong game like that one."
"The harder we played the behinder we got."
"Mama always said that if it can't rain on you, you're indoors." (Explaining why he wouldn't wear his cowboy hat in a domed stadium)
"Dallas Cowboys may be America's team, but the Houston Oilers are Texas' team."
"I never scrimmage Oilers against Oilers...what for? Houston isn't on our schedule." (Source: The Book of Sports Lists)
(To an official) "Hey, can I, can I tell you one thing? That's three holding penalties on one football team in a quarter and a half. (Pauses) That ain't funny."
(To an official) "Now, you can't do that! If you do it, I'm telling you you'll have more hell over it than a little bit."
(after playing the Steelers for the fifth time in two seasons and planning to meet them a sixth time) "The road to the Super Bowl runs through Pittsburgh, sooner or later you've got to go to Pittsburgh.[6]
(20 years after playing Pittsburgh six times in two seasons) "Don't take long to spend all the time you want in Pittsburgh."[7]
(referring to Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula) "He can take his'n and beat your'n and take your'n and beat his'n."[8]
(referring to Houston Oilers quarterback Warren Moon) "That boy could throw a football through a car wash and not get it wet."
(when asked about Oilers RB Earl Campbell's inability to finish a one-mile run in training camp) "When it's first and a mile, I won't give it to him."
(when asked by Bob Costas why he took his wife on all of the Oilers' road trips) "Because she's too ugly to kiss goodbye."[9]
"Last year we knocked on the door. This year we beat on it. Next year we're going to kick the son of a ***** in."[1][10]
of Earl Campbell, "I don't know if he's in a class by himself, but I do know that when that class gets together, it sure don't take long to call the roll."[11]
"Respect all, fear none"

"He can take his'n and beat your'n and your'n and beat his'n" --referring to Don Shula
"How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great. That's how you win."

Prayers to the Phillips family.

 

Loved the old STEELERS Oilers (That was a huge rivalry)games. Bum with his cowboy hat on pacing up and down sideline. ALWAYS giving s*#t to the closest zebra.

R.I.P. Coach.

 

I thought he was but he's actually not.

 

R.P.I coach Phillips, you were a class act.