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I remember vividly the "Emmitt Smith/Barry Sanders" vocabulary a decade ago.
"Oh, if Barry Sanders played behind THAT offensive line.........."
"Oh, if Barry Sanders had an Aikman at QB................"
"Oh, if Barry Sanders played on a team with weapons like Irvin or Novecheck.."
"The only reason that Emmitt has ANY NUMBERS is because of the other weapons at Troy's disposal............"
Anything and everything to NOT give Emmitt ANY cred whatsoever. Did it ever occur that EMMITT SMITH, because of his greatness, opened up the passing attack back then???
To say that Tomlin ain't a good coach, "put him on a mediocre team", "it's his staff and not HIM", blah, blah, blah...............
For one thing, you'll never know or be able to prove it, so it's a hallow argument that'll never be settled. Bottom line, is that he's presiding over a damn good team on a damn good run. He's several years removed from the Cowher days, so at what point do you give him his props??
I remember, when Switzer won a SB TWO YEARS removed from Jimmy Johnson, no one gave him credit. It was all "Jimmy's guys" and that bumbling hillbilly Switzer was just minding the shop.
However, George Seifert won a SB ONE YEAR removed from the "genius" Bill Walsh, and he was heralded as the "next West Coast Offense" guru-genius, and how wonderful the Niner organization was for being so savvy and smart and making the "brilliant" Seifert the next HC.
Switzer=Two years removed. Seifert=One year removed. And two VASTLY different takes...............and unfair takes at that.
It's all about bias and perception. It's what you wanna' think beforehand, going in, that determines your opinion. If you don't like Tomlin's hair-cut (something along those rediculous lines were said), or don't like black HC's, or whatever, then you're gonna' diss what he's done in Pittsburgh................
I'd take him over Wade in a nano-second.
"Oh, if Barry Sanders played behind THAT offensive line.........."
"Oh, if Barry Sanders had an Aikman at QB................"
"Oh, if Barry Sanders played on a team with weapons like Irvin or Novecheck.."
"The only reason that Emmitt has ANY NUMBERS is because of the other weapons at Troy's disposal............"
Anything and everything to NOT give Emmitt ANY cred whatsoever. Did it ever occur that EMMITT SMITH, because of his greatness, opened up the passing attack back then???
To say that Tomlin ain't a good coach, "put him on a mediocre team", "it's his staff and not HIM", blah, blah, blah...............
For one thing, you'll never know or be able to prove it, so it's a hallow argument that'll never be settled. Bottom line, is that he's presiding over a damn good team on a damn good run. He's several years removed from the Cowher days, so at what point do you give him his props??
I remember, when Switzer won a SB TWO YEARS removed from Jimmy Johnson, no one gave him credit. It was all "Jimmy's guys" and that bumbling hillbilly Switzer was just minding the shop.
However, George Seifert won a SB ONE YEAR removed from the "genius" Bill Walsh, and he was heralded as the "next West Coast Offense" guru-genius, and how wonderful the Niner organization was for being so savvy and smart and making the "brilliant" Seifert the next HC.
Switzer=Two years removed. Seifert=One year removed. And two VASTLY different takes...............and unfair takes at that.
It's all about bias and perception. It's what you wanna' think beforehand, going in, that determines your opinion. If you don't like Tomlin's hair-cut (something along those rediculous lines were said), or don't like black HC's, or whatever, then you're gonna' diss what he's done in Pittsburgh................
I'd take him over Wade in a nano-second.
