Stram had the equivalent of Tepper for an owner , only Mecom was worse. He didn't give Hank enough time, another yr or 2 and we would have been the thick of things. Ditka got the credit for Buddy Ryans SB, it was his D that won it
Yep. I was going to add exactly what you stated here but didn’t want to make the post any longer. Those were the circumstances I was referring to. Guys like those two are anomalies that just so happened to occur in New Orleans, and I am sure the naysayers will point to it.