Bill Cowher Resigns; HOF worthy?

[celts32]

Originally Posted by BigSKINBauer

Assuming his career is done in the NFL, is he going to make the Hall of Fame?

To steal a phrase from our boy Peter King...Bill Cohwer belongs in the Hall of very good. He has lost more big games then anyone in NFL history this side of Marty ball. How many #1 seeds has he taken into the playoffs and lost with at home? How many AFC title games lost at home? One good run through the playoffs does not make a hall of fame coach. Now we are going to open the hall doors for NFL head coaches with 1 super bowl win? Who's next Brian Billick? Cohwer is a good coach...but he also coached for a team that never fires a coach...a coach with Cohwers playoff track record would have been fired around year 5 or 6 for never getting over the hump in 31 other NFL cities. He was a good coach and a good motivator...but he was not known as a great stratagizer or inovator of anything. Cohwer HOF talk is just flavor of the month nonsense...

[The Huddle]

Originally Posted by celts32

To steal a phrase from our boy Peter King...Bill Cohwer belongs in the Hall of very good. He has lost more big games then anyone in NFL history this side of Marty ball. How many #1 seeds has he taken into the playoffs and lost with at home? How many AFC title games lost at home? One good run through the playoffs does not make a hall of fame coach. Now we are going to open the hall doors for NFL head coaches with 1 super bowl win? Who's next Brian Billick? Cohwer is a good coach...but he also coached for a team that never fires a coach...a coach with Cohwers playoff track record would have been fired around year 5 or 6 for never getting over the hump in 31 other NFL cities. He was a good coach and a good motivator...but he was not known as a great stratagizer or inovator of anything. Cohwer HOF talk is just flavor of the month nonsense...

I'd love to see whether King voted for John Madden or George Allen. Considering the number of winning teams they produced, neither was very impressive in the postseason (Madden has one title, Allen none). If someone on the anti-Cowher side wants to argue against them as well, that's okay, but no way should they be in if Cowher isn't in.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by The Huddle

I'd love to see whether King voted for John Madden or George Allen. Considering the number of winning teams they produced, neither was very impressive in the postseason (Madden has one title, Allen none). If someone on the anti-Cowher side wants to argue against them as well, that's okay, but no way should they be in if Cowher isn't in.

And how about Marv Levy? And if Marty wins it all this year should he be considered?

[SmootSmack]

Off topic for a minute. What do you guys think of this rumor that if the Giants decide to fire Coughlin (he'll probably need to make the Super Bowl to save his job) they'll go after John Fox of the Panthers? The Panthers may let him go so they can free up a spot for Cowher in 2008. Just a rumor but interesting nonetheless.

[saden1]

Originally Posted by TAFKAS

Off topic for a minute. What do you guys think of this rumor that if the Giants decide to fire Coughlin (he'll probably need to make the Super Bowl to save his job) they'll go after John Fox of the Panthers? The Panthers may let him go so they can free up a spot for Cowher in 2008. Just a rumor but interesting nonetheless.

Unless he wins the SB Coughlin will indeed be fired. There is no doubt that he has outstayed his welcome in NYC. As for Panthers and John Fox, that's just all BS.