COACHES
AND QUARTERBACKS – NFC WEST
Both high
profile, and arguably the most important components of a successful football
team. More credit and blame than they deserve? Probably. I’ve gone back 50
years and chose only one of each as the greatest for selected teams. Some were
easy choices, others not so easy.
SEATTLE
SEAHAWKS
Coach: Pete Carroll
Holmgren got ‘em
to the Super Bowl and Chuck Knox is borderline iconic, but in five short
seasons Carroll has already surpassed.
Quarterback: Dave Krieg
Wilson doesn’t
yet have the longevity to surpass Krieg. Or Zorn, for that matter. Couple more
seasons at the same pace should do it, though.
SANFRANCISCO
49ERS
Coach: Bill Walsh
Legendary. There
have been some other good ones, but they don’t come close to Walsh.
Quarterback: Joe Montana
Again, some other
good ones. But easy choice.
ARIZONA
CARDINALS
Coach: Don Coryell
Gotta go with
“Air” Coryell here among a rather thin field. Arians is off to a good start.
Quarterback: Jim Hart
A good case could
be made for Warner’s short tenure. A very good case. But I’m gonna consider his
time in Arizona too short when compared to Hart’s resume.
ST. LOUIS RAMS
Coach: Chuck Knox
Knox goes back to
the days when this franchise was in Los Angeles. Very close call between Knox
and George Allen. Vermeil was unjustly considered a figurehead and was
eventually run out of St. Louis.
Quarterback: Kurt Warner
Like Vermeil,
Warner eventually fell out of favor in St. Louis. But the glory days the two
shared while operating the “greatest show on turf” will be remembered for years
to come.
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