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...... I 'm watching Belichick tonight and I just started thinking, Have I ever seen a Better Coach in my 40 + years , and the answer was, NO..! There are many reasons, but its late and I'm tired so I'm just going to break it down to one, to start this Thread. There have been great coaches, but all of them started with Great Players. Mr. B on the other hand, has created great players and there is no one better at managing personnel and Calling plays than Mr. B . My Top Five of all time are .... #1 Bill Belichick #2 Vince Lombardi # 3 Bill Walsh # 4 Chuck Knowles and # 5 Bill Parcells

Until an NFL coach appears on Dancing With The Stars a definate answer cannot be determined. I suspect Bill Cowher may be the first to try the ultimate test of manliness!

top five in no order...

Walsh for innovation with west coast offense.

Lombardi for legendary presence and success pre-NFL

Belichick for success in salary cap era where this kind of extended success is hard.

Landry for innovation and longevity

Noll, though many could win with those players, he was part of getting them and it is hard to argue with 4 super bowls in 6 years that should have been more.

I've always respected old Marv Levy.

Pretty hard to argue with Lombardi, Walsh and Belichick.

~Lance

Noll's philosophy for building a championship team was to use the draft. "You build with draft choices, " he said. "You find people with talents adaptable to your plans and then you teach them to do things the way we do them." His used his first pick on an unknown defensive tackle from North Texas State, Joe Greene. Despite winning the season opener, the Steelers proceeded to lose the rest of their fixtures and finished 1-13. Greene was named the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year.

If the foundation for the Steel Curtain had been laid the year before with the selection of Joe Greene, the 1970 draft saw the first glimmer of hope for a championship with Noll using his number pick on quarterback Terry Bradshaw.

The following year's draft saw Jack Ham, Gerry Mullins, Larry Brown, Dwight White, Mike Wagner and Ernie Holmes selected. The team continued to make progress and in 1972 the break through was finally made. Franco Harris, Steve Furness and Joe Gilliam were added to the roster. Terry began to assert himself on offense, Franco rushed for 1,055 yards and the Steelers had their first winning season.

From that humble beginning, Chuck Noll built a team that went to the Super Bowl four times out of the next six years. Beating the so called America's team, the Dallas Cowboys, twice and the Minnesota Vikings and the Oakland Raiders once, the Pittsburgh Steelers became the first team to win four championship rings. Noll had finally delivered to the city that never expected, but thoroughly deserved it.

In December 1999, Chuck Noll was voted the head coach
for the All Century Steelers team.

.. I apologize to Chucky for spelling his name wrong in the first thread, Nolls not Knowels , I was thinking knowledgeable , which is what the Top Five coaches all are. The difference between Belichick and Nolls, Mr. B didn't have the " Natural Talent " Nolls Had, But You are absolutely correct, Nolls Drafted that Talent and then managed it. Mr. B , on the other hand, seems able to make something out of nothing. At least nothing anyone else noticed. How many people had Tom Brady coming out of College..??? Now he is the second coming of Joe Montana, and as young as he is, he has the potential to go down as one of the all time greatest, especially if he stays with Mr. B.

I'm guessing that another "Chucky" will emerge as one of the best coaches of our time when all is said and done. (John Gruden)

~Lance

........... I hope your joking ..... because that Chuck steak, is the most over-rated coach of all time..... He truly sucks...!

88-63 career record so far, with a SUPERBOWL WIN...not bad.

Built the Raiders to the point of Superbowl caliber...and then BEAT them with the Bucs.

He's smart and young, and never stops working.

Give him a good, smart QB...and WATCH OUT!

~Lance

top coach of all time SNAKE.
the Richie Cotite of fantasy football