Posted on 01/13/2006 2:11:59 PM PST by mainepatsfan
Maybe he can bring Scott Norwood out of retirement as well..
I'll say this, I'll take 80-year-old Levy than McCarthy (or Wile E. Thompson, suuuper genius) up here in the land of cheese and beer.
So I take it Packer nation hasn't warmed up to their new coach yet?
I wonder how much weight the Packers put into getting a "Favre friendly" coach? I'm not disrespecting Favre but it does seem like the Packers are almost being held hostage by Favre's approaching retirement.
It seems like the front office is very concerned that the don't do anything that might frustrate Favre and hasten his retirement.
It depends on whether they're fans of newspapers (they love the move, even the ones that said that Sherman shouldn't be fired) or not (they pretty much dislike it).
Which is odd because the front office (namely, Ted E. Thompson, suuuuper genius) spent the entirety of 2005 trying to drive Favre out of town.
They need Favre to make up his mind for the good of the team.
I'm still scratching my head over that pick.
Just out of curiosity, who was the oldest head coach in NFL history? Bud Wilkinson?
I don't know. I wonder how old Halas was during his last stint with Chicago?
Let's see...
Bud Wilkinson, born Apr. 23, 1916 -- coached St. Louis football Cardinals, 1978-79, went 3-10 in 1979 season...only 63...oh well, I think he was oldest head coach in the league at the time, but obviously not in history.
Marv Levy, born August 3, 1925 -- coached Buffalo Bills, 1986-97 (72).
George Halas, born Feb. 2, 1895, coached Chicago Bears, 1955-67. (72).
So apparently, Halas was the oldest head coach in history.
He was the only one I could think of.
How about George Allen?
Not sure how old he was when he last coached in the NFL. He was in his eighties (i think) when he coached in college - he died of pneumonia after his players doused him with Gatorade after a big win.
Favre is an interception throwing machine. Let him retire and be done with it.
I like Favre, but I don't like how his is drawing out his decision. I also don't like it when a team has to walk on eggshells in fear of rubbing their legendary coach or player the wrong way and him bailing on you.
Dick Vermeil and Bill Parcells are the same way. Every year they have to be begged to come back. Of course their motivations are different, Vermeil is emotionally unstable and Parcels just loves to be begged, but still is very disruptive to a team and ties the hands of the front office.
Michael Jordan also became that way later in his career and it got really old.
If he retires, he can go on that dance competition show with Dan Patrick and Jerry Rice.
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