Andy Reid or Mike Shanahan? Eagles President takes shot at Shanny

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Originally Posted by skinsfan69

And w/out maybe the best QB of all time what else has he done? What happened when Brian Griese took over? To be honest, I'd rather have Rex Ryan. He seems like a true difference maker.

Let me preface this by saying I'm not sold on MS as a good long-term solution as the Skins HC. That said...

Basically all of the multiple Super Bowl winning head coaches have had great players, particularly at QB. Chuck Knoll? Terry Bradhsaw. Bill Walsh? Young/Montana. Jimmy Johnson? Troy Aikman. Bill Belichick? Tom Brady. And yes, Shanahan and Elway. Gibbs was so impressive because he won three with three different, pretty average QBs.

I don't think it's fair to discount Shanny because of Elway. I also don't think any of the coaches I mentioned above would have had the same success without those QBs, and vice versa.