I was very intrigued by Troy Aikman's comments about Norv. Troy said he felt that Norv was very good as a head coach and really was handcuffed by the organizations he did it for. Troy said that if Norv had the freedom to do what he wanted he would have excelled (sorry, I can't provide a link).
That was true for Payton as offensibve coordinator last year; when handcuffed by Parcells, Payton didn't excel, but when given free reign to be the head coach - by an organization that gave him the leaway to do it his way - Payton excelled, ran a great ofense and was a good head coach.
Maybe the same will happen with Norv if given a REAL chance.
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