Ranking the 32 Head Coaches in the NFL

[NYCskinfan82]

Originally Posted by warpaint

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What does his addiction have to to with him being a warrior? Pain killers dont make the man. Im not that big of a Favre fan but you cant question 20 years of not missing a game due to injury he plays football not baseball.

Pain killers take away the pain allowing him to play therefore he never missed a game.

[skinsfaninok]

^ mike shanahan has only been out of football for 1 season lol... It's not like Joe Gibbs or anything. He's avg. 10 wins a season for his career, and 2 super bowls. He's top 5 for sure

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by KI Skins Fan

I'd move Fisher ahead of Payton, based on his body of work.

I'd also rate Tomlin, Reid, and Coughlin ahead of Mike Shanahan, at least until Mike gets this season under his belt. Then we can see how he stacks up now.

I have no idea how anyone could think that Rex Ryan is the 10th best HC in the NFL. New York media bias, perhaps?

Pete Carroll ahead of Gary Kubiak? That's ridiculous to me. Carroll has done nothing of note in the NFL.

I'm not sure that it's even fair to rank Schwartz, Morris, and Spagnuolo yet because they haven't had enough talent to compete.

Chan Gailey is a poor HC, IMO. Last place, for sure.

Where do you think Jim Zorn would rank on this list?

Love him or hate him, Ryan did manage to get his team with a rookie quarterback to the AFC Championship game in his first year. People hate him because he's boisterous and a trash-talker. So what. He's a good coach with a good football mind, and he gets his team to perform.

[MTK]

I like Rex but he might be a tad overrated on this list. He got it done for one year, let's see how he does over the course of a 3-5 year stretch before he hits the top 10.

[SmootSmack]

Pete Carroll has won a division title and a playoff game as an NFL head coach. Kubiak still hasn't done that.

I think Kubiak is a solid head coach, but it's become put up or shut up time for him

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I like Rex but he might be a tad overrated on this list. He got it done for one year, let's see how he does over the course of a 3-5 year stretch before he hits the top 10.

I don't know that 9-7 is getting it done, even if it is in the AFC-E

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by NYCskinfan82

Pain killers take away the pain allowing him to play therefore he never missed a game.

I think you might be overestimating pain killers. Do they work? Absolutely, however the fact of the matter is they can only do so much. On top of that you can only take a certain amount as to properly balance pain relief and mental/physical acuity. Pain killers in the amount that would totally kill pain would cause you to fail a field sobriety test.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by tryfuhl

I don't know that 9-7 is getting it done, even if it is in the AFC-E

They got to the AFC Championship, I'd call that getting it done

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

I would swap Shanny and Fisher.

Plus, Reid is WAY too high.

[Shanetrn1]

I wonder how much of the Texans success was Kubiak's doing, or Kyle Shanahan's offensive gameplan?

[Monkeydad]

We'll find out, but they're stacked on D also, except for the secondary.

I expect a little decline from Schaub's monster 2009 season, but not a lot.

[aceinthehouse]

If you were ranking all the coaches from 1-32,guess who would be #1 in opening day wins?

Yep! You guessed it!
Mike Shanahan is 12-4 in week 1 games his career.

[sportscurmudgeon]

I have no argument with the coaches in the Top Seven here. I could debate for a long time about which coach should be higher or lower, but the Top Seven here is a pretty good list.

The next three coaches, Wisenhunt, Harbaugh and Ryan have thin resumes. Maybe they belong that high on the list and maybe not. Time will tell.

Regarding the rest of the list:

Wade Phillips is too high at 15; I'd have him between 20 and 22.

Lovie Smith is WAAY too high at 20; I'd have him closer to 30.

The coaches listed 28 - 32 are coaches of teams that stink. That is not necessarily a reflection of them as coaches; it might be more a problem with the GM or the owner - - or in the case of the Raiders, both.

Gary Kubiak and Mike Singletary are too far down on the list.