N/S So why was Bill Cower elected to HOF? (1 Viewer)

[wwepatriot]

I could understand Jimmy Johnson and that probably should had happen years ago.

But Bill Cower? This guy has never come off as a great coach, He got to the SB once in the 90s and lost, took about another 10 years to reach the SB, finally beat a Seattle team that got [MOD EDIT - let's not use that word. SW] by the officials, did mediocre the next year, and then retired.

 

[Icon]

He's pretty much the guy who brought the Steelers back to prominence. Pretty sure they had done nothing worth bragging about since the Bradshaw years prior to Cowher's arrival.

 

[Saint Kamara]

Place Bill Cowher with the Arizona Cardinals with the exact same credentials and let me know if he's in the Hall of Fame.

 

[stock_victim]

Cowher in virtually guarantees Payton in

 

[Saint Jack]

Place Bill Cowher with the Arizona Cardinals with the exact same credentials and let me know if he's in the Hall of Fame.

He’d still get in. He has 160-200 wins with over a .600 winning percentage with a championship.

 

[onanygivensunday]

Cower wouldn't get a sniff at the Hall except for the fact that he is an NFL host on TV.​

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[RKNSaint]

Good question. Hall of Popularity is all I can think of.

 

[Noble Saint]

They must’ve added a cheerleader section to the hall.

 

[zeketombar]

As implied here, some of this is about the Steelers. One two coaches over a 40 year span - Noll and Cowher. That's remarkable. I think he's probably more an Andy Reid than a Bill Belichick, but Andy Reid us in, too. So, too, I fear is Tom Coughlin one day.

 

[Krodwhodat]

There are players over the last 50 years that deserve it more

 

[gboudx]

And here I am feeling the same about Jimmy Johnson. He coached in the NFL for 9 years. I still don't get it.

 

[Loose Cannon]

The dude is top 20 in all-time wins, won 62% of his regular season games, won the division over half of the years he coached (8/15), went to two Super Bowls, won one, and was coach of the year twice.

How is this even a question? If Cowher doesn't deserve to be in then Payton and Andy Reid shouldn't even get on the ballot.

 

[onanygivensunday]

He’d still get in. He has 160-200 wins with over a .600 winning percentage with a championship.

Not quite.

As a HC, he has 149 wins according to pro-football-reference.com

 

[Saint Jack]

Not quite.

As a HC, he has 149 wins according to pro-football-reference.com

With playoffs, he’s at 161.

 

[Saint Jack]

As implied here, some of this is about the Steelers. One two coaches over a 40 year span - Noll and Cowher. That's remarkable. I think he's probably more an Andy Reid than a Bill Belichick, but Andy Reid us in, too. So, too, I fear is Tom Coughlin one day.

I think Coughlin has the overall win total at 182 and multiple championships to justify his place in Canton.