USA today ranks NFL Head Coaches (2 Viewers)

[xardoz]

Easily in no particular order:

1. Paul Brown because he won 7 Championships not just 4. And innovated a multitude of things still used in the NFL including the radio helmet. Consider this CLEVELAND once DOMINATED the NFL.

2. George Halas 6 championships but also had to run the whole team in an era when the NFL was struggling to succeed. He maintained a .682 win percentage in 40 years of coaching.

3. Curly Lambeau also 6 Championships a big reason the forward pass works so well in the NFL

4. Vince Lombardi 5 Championship titles and has his name on the trophy for a reason.

5. Guy Chamberlin 4 Titles same as Belichick but he did his in only 6 seasons. He has the greatest win percentage in the NFL with .784. There is a reason the Hall of Fame is in Canton. And in case you are counting he actually had the first 2 undefeated seasons in NFL history.

6. John Madden only won 1 championship but holds a .759 win percentage right behind Chamberlin but with significantly more games.

7. Don Shula has sustained a .677 win percentage in 33 years of coaching has taken 2 separate organizations to the Superbowl and actually completed the perfect season and then followed that up with a back to back superbowl.

8 through 10 are debatable but it is after all my opinion not yours

8. Blanton Collier a short career with only 8 seasons. But he never finished less than 2nd in his Division. NEVER and with the Browns. The last time the Browns won a title was with Collier they havent been relevant since. He had a .691 win percentage.

9. Bill Walsh one of the West Coast Offense pioneers. 6 Division titles and 3 Super Bowls. Perhaps bias, but I prefer Walsh over Belichick.

10. Tom Landry again bias for that era of football (obviously no bias for the Cowboys). 18 playoff seasons. One of the great defensive minds of football. IMO he is the reason too much of America fawns over the Cowboys. Sure Jimmy Johnson won the Superbowl but Landry built that cult and coaches have been clinging on ever since.

Reasonable Arguments Can Also be made for:
Bill Belichick - I certainly wont fault anyone for including Bill in their top 10, he just isnt in mine.

Chuck Noll
George Allen
Jim Lee Howell
Steve Owen
Ray Flaherty
and Greasy Neale

EDIT: Joe Gibbs probably has a place in here somewhere as well.

He shoots!
.... He scores!
........... The crowd goes wild.

 

[faceman]

Paul Brown developed more Hall of Famers than I can name and I can name a lot. I think he would have done so in any era. In fact did you know Chuck Noll (who I left off my Top 10) was the starting OG on one of Paul Browns championship teams?

I did know Noll was a OG for the Browns before he went on to his legendary coaching career. Did you know about the famous feud he
had with HOF'er Chuck Bednarik? Noll hit Bednarik with a cheap shot,and Bednarik waited 4 years to pay him back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up2FvxA5UQ8

Bednarik will always have a special place in my heart. He challenged Deion Sanders to a fistfight when he was 75 years old. Concrete Charlie didn't
appreciate Sanders boasting about being a 2 way player. Bednarik played 14 years as the Eagles starting C and MLB. That's a tad more demanding
than playing Cb.,and being a part time Wr.

 

[SammyDaLoon]

Icehot .....true to his name

Icehot done laid the smackdown...BEST comeback post in YEARS on this board! It was like a wind-mill slamdunk on Michael Jordan....totally rare and just kinda in shock

 

[bartk12]

Easily in no particular order:

1. Paul Brown because he won 7 Championships not just 4. And innovated a multitude of things still used in the NFL including the radio helmet. Consider this CLEVELAND once DOMINATED the NFL.

2. George Halas 6 championships but also had to run the whole team in an era when the NFL was struggling to succeed. He maintained a .682 win percentage in 40 years of coaching.

3. Curly Lambeau also 6 Championships a big reason the forward pass works so well in the NFL

4. Vince Lombardi 5 Championship titles and has his name on the trophy for a reason.

5. Guy Chamberlin 4 Titles same as Belichick but he did his in only 6 seasons. He has the greatest win percentage in the NFL with .784. There is a reason the Hall of Fame is in Canton. And in case you are counting he actually had the first 2 undefeated seasons in NFL history.

6. John Madden only won 1 championship but holds a .759 win percentage right behind Chamberlin but with significantly more games.

7. Don Shula has sustained a .677 win percentage in 33 years of coaching has taken 2 separate organizations to the Superbowl and actually completed the perfect season and then followed that up with a back to back superbowl.

8 through 10 are debatable but it is after all my opinion not yours

8. Blanton Collier a short career with only 8 seasons. But he never finished less than 2nd in his Division. NEVER and with the Browns. The last time the Browns won a title was with Collier they havent been relevant since. He had a .691 win percentage.

9. Bill Walsh one of the West Coast Offense pioneers. 6 Division titles and 3 Super Bowls. Perhaps bias, but I prefer Walsh over Belichick.

10. Tom Landry again bias for that era of football (obviously no bias for the Cowboys). 18 playoff seasons. One of the great defensive minds of football. IMO he is the reason too much of America fawns over the Cowboys. Sure Jimmy Johnson won the Superbowl but Landry built that cult and coaches have been clinging on ever since.

Reasonable Arguments Can Also be made for:
Bill Belichick - I certainly wont fault anyone for including Bill in their top 10, he just isnt in mine.

Chuck Noll
George Allen
Jim Lee Howell
Steve Owen
Ray Flaherty
and Greasy Neale

EDIT: Joe Gibbs probably has a place in here somewhere as well.

I thought you would easily get to 5 but 10 would be to much. Guess you proved me and the other doubters dead wrong
it's a good list.

 

[crosswatt]

Easily in no particular order:

1. Paul Brown because he won 7 Championships not just 4. And innovated a multitude of things still used in the NFL including the radio helmet. Consider this CLEVELAND once DOMINATED the NFL.

2. George Halas 6 championships but also had to run the whole team in an era when the NFL was struggling to succeed. He maintained a .682 win percentage in 40 years of coaching.

3. Curly Lambeau also 6 Championships a big reason the forward pass works so well in the NFL

4. Vince Lombardi 5 Championship titles and has his name on the trophy for a reason.

5. Guy Chamberlin 4 Titles same as Belichick but he did his in only 6 seasons. He has the greatest win percentage in the NFL with .784. There is a reason the Hall of Fame is in Canton. And in case you are counting he actually had the first 2 undefeated seasons in NFL history.

6. John Madden only won 1 championship but holds a .759 win percentage right behind Chamberlin but with significantly more games.

7. Don Shula has sustained a .677 win percentage in 33 years of coaching has taken 2 separate organizations to the Superbowl and actually completed the perfect season and then followed that up with a back to back superbowl.

8 through 10 are debatable but it is after all my opinion not yours

8. Blanton Collier a short career with only 8 seasons. But he never finished less than 2nd in his Division. NEVER and with the Browns. The last time the Browns won a title was with Collier they havent been relevant since. He had a .691 win percentage.

9. Bill Walsh one of the West Coast Offense pioneers. 6 Division titles and 3 Super Bowls. Perhaps bias, but I prefer Walsh over Belichick.

10. Tom Landry again bias for that era of football (obviously no bias for the Cowboys). 18 playoff seasons. One of the great defensive minds of football. IMO he is the reason too much of America fawns over the Cowboys. Sure Jimmy Johnson won the Superbowl but Landry built that cult and coaches have been clinging on ever since.

Reasonable Arguments Can Also be made for:
Bill Belichick - I certainly wont fault anyone for including Bill in their top 10, he just isnt in mine.

Chuck Noll
George Allen
Jim Lee Howell
Steve Owen
Ray Flaherty
and Greasy Neale

EDIT: Joe Gibbs probably has a place in here somewhere as well.

I'd trade Gibbs for Madden and Belichick for Collier on my personal rankings, but its hard to fault your reasoning for your list.

 

[faceman]

I'd trade Gibbs for Madden and Belichick for Collier on my personal rankings, but its hard to fault your reasoning for your list.

I'd take Gibbs as well. Three SB wins with three different starting Qb's in a nine year stretch.None of those starters will sniff the HOF either.

I'd still put Madden on my list. He's 2nd all time in winning % among coaches with 100 wins or more. Vince Lombardi is the leader and it's not
by much. Lombardi had a .640 winning %. Madden at .631.

Madden also coached in the era of the 72 Dolphins and the 4 time SB champs Pittsburgh Steelers. The latter is considered by many the greatest
team in history. I know it's the what if game,but Madden could easily have 4 rings instead of Noll if fate had been kinder to John.

The only question I have about Bellichick is how will he do once Brady is retired. Noll wasn't the same once Bradshaw retired. George Seiffart
once had the highest winning % ever while he coached SF with Montana and Young as his starting Qb's. He later became a fired HC in Carolina with
Rodney Peete at the helm. I also believe Noll went to his grave regretting not drafting Dan Marino when he had the chance.