Originally Posted by jjchieffan:
Ugh! Not this bullshit again! SMH. Only way that Gannon was taking the Chiefs to the Superbowl is if he had 2 hall of fame wide receivers to carry him there. He was nothing special. He just caught lightning in a bottle.
UMm... In KC in 97 he had Andre Rison and Tony G. Had Gannon taken over as the QB, he would have had decent weapons. [Reply]
Originally Posted by staylor26:
The Broncos haven’t played the Bills, Titans, or Packers. In no way is it “basically the same schedule” up until this point.
Exactly. And they have played the Jets and Jags...:-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by PAChiefsGuy:
And Reid had 0 SBs to show for all it, just like Marty. How convenient of you to leave that out.
Just saying you can be a good HC and not win a SB. Marty was a good, not great HC. I think most logical Chief fans can agree w that.
I think Marty was a great regular season HC. He had his issues in the playoffs, where he was below average. Give me Andy Reid all day every day over Marty, especially in the playoffs. [Reply]
Originally Posted by PAChiefsGuy:
And Reid had 0 SBs to show for all it, just like Marty. How convenient of you to leave that out.
Just saying you can be a good HC and not win a SB. Marty was a good, not great HC. I think most logical Chief fans can agree w that.
I think Marty frequently got his players/team to overachieve during the regular season and beat more talented teams just by playing harder, especially at home.
It is hard to beat more talented teams during the playoffs just by wanting it more and by playing harder.
And it's really hard to win it all with an average QB (at best) against an elite QB, even back in the day. Even if you can match touchdown for touchdown: when your touchdowns take 7+ minutes and your opponents touchdowns can be done in less than 2 minutes [cough, Elway, cough], when needed. The odds are stacked against you.
So was it that Marty was a coach that came up short in the playoffs or was it that he didn't get enough credit for what he managed to do with the level of talent he had during the regular season?
Originally Posted by Chief Pagan:
So was it that Marty was a coach that came up short in the playoffs or one that didn't get enough credit for what he managed to do with the level of talent he had during the regular season?
Probably some of both.
Marty had the worst luck I have ever seen. Like, if he were in a work of fiction the author would have been criticized for the deus ex machinas that prevented Marty from getting to the title game. As bad as his time with the Chiefs was, nothing tops Marlon not going to a freaking slide. That 06 Chargers team was historically elite and perhaps the best team Marty ever assembled.
Marty recounting his career in "A Football Life" made Se7en look like a Disney movie. Woof that was a rough watch. [Reply]
