Why I love Bill Waslh

Bill Walsh from Cosmic Psychos? Tad as in Tad Doyle, grunge behemoth?

I still don't quite get the 'west coast offense = gimmicky = evil' argument.

how is it that marty morninwheg keeps his job and mariucci loses his?

Very good question Keith. Nice job Marty did at the North-South game too. At least when the Lions go 4-12 (one more win per season) they should be able to hire Mooch and give him free reigns. *sigh*

lions were ranked 115th out of 118 in the list of best professional sports franchises. that's about right.

do you have any inside dope on whether the niners are definitely going to name Bill Walsh as Mariucci's replacement, Leee?

for the record, i agree that Steve Mariucci got a raw deal. to get this past season's niners into the playoffs was a good feat -- especially since IMHO the only standout on the team is Terrell Owens (even though as a person he may be a jerk -- and he ain't no Jerry Rice -- i will concede he's still pretty good).

anyway, what they did to Mariucci kinda underscores my major anti-niners beef -- i think that they are a very no-class organization. (lest we forget, they also gave george seifert the raw deal when he didn't win another Super Bowl). and they're hypocrites about it. which is one of the major reasons why they get on my nerves, much more so than, say, jerry jones and the cowboys.

as fer the west coast offense -- it isn't so "gimmicky" now that so many other teams run some variant of it (including, yes, my beloved Jets). in light of the foregoing, a better term for it nowadays would be "insidious" -- i think it's a boring offensive scheme. watching those dinky two-yard long-handoff slants is like watching paint dry or professional golf. i concede that that's as much an aesthetic judgment as anything else. but i certainly don't think that it's the "best" offense ever devised, and absolutely don't think that it makes for exciting or imaginative football.

I thought this thread was about the copy editor from the Washington Post.

it was the best offense ever devised when they had joe montana and steve young running it, of course that may have been the reason rather than bill walsh's alleged genius.

No idea who's going to be the new head coach, and if the rumor mill sez it's Walsh, then I'm out of the loop. I have to say, though, that he's incredibly adept at drafting, trading, etc. TO, Rice (who may or may not be as much as a jerk behind closed doors), Montana, Young, Brent Jones, Lott, and so on. (And remember who Seiferucci picked? Dana Hall and Jim Drunkenmiller, respectively. Awesome.)

My thoughts on Mooch are as follows. As far as personal characteristics, he may be too good for the 9ers and possibly the entire NFL. And from a limited football-scope, it was probably a good idea for him to leave our beloved soap opera. But looking at the situation from crimson and gold spectacles, I remember the numbers Garcia put up last season and then witness the complete boredom of this season, with basically the same personnel, and the shortsighted fan in me sez we need a new coach.

And because management has historically been cannabilistic and rather graceless this time around, I sympathize with Mariucci, although I'm not 100% behind him; he's too savvy at media-relations to be given a blank sympathy check.