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Originally Posted by DrSpaceman
You are right.
And no coach has ever lived up to the standard Irsay has set either, which is a team that wins multiple SBs.
And with QBs like Luck and Manning, that is not an unreasonable standard. Lesser teams have done it with lesser QBs, in particular the Steelers and Giants.
And of the last 4 coaches that have been here in Indy, 3 of them IMO have sucked. Pagano, Mora and Caldwell.
Dungy came the closest to meeting the standard. ANd I would say he did. People complained about him, but its hard to argue too much about the results while he was here overall.
So 3 of the last 4 coaches, I would agree, the message board has not felt they lived up to the standard expected, but rightly so. Its a high, but not unattainable standard. ANd it was a standard set by the owner
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People bitched about Dungy as well, said his game management and time management wasn't good enough and that he was always "outcoached" (see: outcheated) by Belicheat. Don't pretend the standard here is reasonable or set by the owner, because it is clearly neither of those things when there have been many years that the team has won divisions, conferences, etc. and the owner has indicated satisfaction with his coaching staff where many fans here were completely dissatisfied with the results and wanted rid of the coaching staff. Don Shula wouldn't have met this board's standard.