Motorin' Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Over the last 50 seasons of the NFL, from 1969 to 2019, the Pittsburgh Steelers have had only 3 Head Coaches. Chuck Noll (1969-1991) Bill Cowher (1991-2006) Mike Tomlin (2006-Present) Without looking, how many HC's have the Buffalo Bills had, and name them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 (edited) Only one: Sean McDermott. The process is so deep that it started 47 years before he got here. He’s that good. Can’t create a winning culture without a losing one first- 6d chess. Edited December 13, 2019 by whatdrought 1 8 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 That really is amazing. The Steelers have to be one of the best run organizations in sports. Credit to the Rooney family. Hopefully the Pegula's can build something similar in Buffalo. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddyjj Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Not sure I will get them all but I will try - will skip interim ones for simplicity's sake: Rauch, Saban, Ringo, Knox, Stephenson, Bullough, Levy, Philips, Williams, Mularkey, Jauron, Gailey, Marrone, Rex, McDermott 15? Yikes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 (edited) All kidding aside, since I’ve bren a fan: Greggo Mularky and Baloney, attorneys at law Dicky J. The dougie Sexy Rexy Sean and Friends. With a smackering of interim coaches including: Perry the platypus Lynn is a boys name and Beaver Van Pelt (but was he- I can’t remember....) either way, not great bob.... Wow. I forgot the ancient of Days, mr Gailey. Edited December 13, 2019 by whatdrought 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 (edited) I’ll guess.........Is it 327? It was just a guess, I didn’t have enough fingers and toes. . Edited December 13, 2019 by Augie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBillsFanSince1973 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 33 minutes ago, Motorin' said: Over the last 50 seasons of the NFL, from 1969 to 2019, the Pittsburgh Steelers have had only 3 Head Coaches. Chuck Noll (1969-1991) Bill Cowher (1991-2006) Mike Tomlin (2006-Present) Without looking, how many HC's have the Buffalo Bills had, and name them. too many Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillies Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 11 minutes ago, whatdrought said: With a smackering of interim coaches including: Wondering if you meant smattering, but then got curious if "smackering" was even a word. I did find it used here: “Oh Piglet, I wouldn’t mind a little smackering of something, oh Owl, would you by chance have any honey?” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannc Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 16 minutes ago, freddyjj said: Not sure I will get them all but I will try - will skip interim ones for simplicity's sake: Rauch, Saban, Ringo, Knox, Stephenson, Bullough, Levy, Philips, Williams, Mularkey, Jauron, Gailey, Marrone, Rex, McDermott 15? Yikes I think you're missing one or two, even if you don't count the interims. I think there was one between Rauch and Saban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProcessYaDigg Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 (edited) I don't know anyone prior to Levy, so between Levy and McD, everyone else is a blur. I pretend that those years never happened. So my answer is 2 Edited December 13, 2019 by Circlethewagon8404 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 46 minutes ago, Motorin' said: Over the last 50 seasons of the NFL, from 1969 to 2019, the Pittsburgh Steelers have had only 3 Head Coaches. Chuck Noll (1969-1991) Bill Cowher (1991-2006) Mike Tomlin (2006-Present) Without looking, how many HC's have the Buffalo Bills had, and name them. They gave up on Chuck Noll too soon IMO. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 I could only count back as far as Knox. But including interims I have 14: McDermott Lynn Ryan Marrone Gailey Fewell Jauron Mularkey Williams Phillips Levy Bullough Stephenson Knox Williams in blue as the first one I actually witnessed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeF Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 (edited) The Steelers have had 10 years in the last 50 where they have had a losing record (let that sink in for just a second). There were probably others where they did not meet expectation. The Rooney's knew they had the right plan and culture. They stuck with it after hiring Chuck Noll. They are always in contention. I would be very pleased if the Bills could have close to that sustained excellence. McDermott and Beane are both young. This could be a 15+ year partnership. Edited December 13, 2019 by JoeF 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddyjj Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 (edited) 28 minutes ago, mannc said: I think you're missing one or two, even if you don't count the interims. I think there was one between Rauch and Saban. Correct - forgot the estimable Harvey Johnson, a Ralph Wilson lackey - coached 1971after Rauch left & before Saban's return in 1972 Edited December 13, 2019 by freddyjj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacklabel Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 (edited) I've always thought it's been pretty cool to see how Pittsburgh coaches have had such longevity. Like it or not, they've been one of the best run organizations in all of professional sports for a long time now. And surely some other teams have had way more coaches than Buffalo during that time span. Without looking, I can only go back as far as when Levy replaced Stephenson, and then they went Wade Phillips, Gregg Williams (barf), Mike Mularkey (quitter), Dickie J, Perry Fewell, Uncle Chan, St. Douggie (quitter part deux!), Rexy (workin' 9 to noon!), Lynn, and The Clappinator. Edited December 13, 2019 by blacklabel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 48 minutes ago, BuffaloBillies said: Wondering if you meant smattering, but then got curious if "smackering" was even a word. I did find it used here: “Oh Piglet, I wouldn’t mind a little smackering of something, oh Owl, would you by chance have any honey?” 86.3% or my vocabulary comes from Whinnie the Pooh, so that’s probably what happened... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 This is troll thread if there there was one. Who doesn’t know the Steelers have had just 2 coaches since Knoll’s Team of the 70’s? OP just tryin’ to rouse rabble. I got my ? on you, son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QB Bills Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Motorin' said: Over the last 50 seasons of the NFL, from 1969 to 2019, the Pittsburgh Steelers have had only 3 Head Coaches. Chuck Noll (1969-1991) Bill Cowher (1991-2006) Mike Tomlin (2006-Present) Without looking, how many HC's have the Buffalo Bills had, and name them. Only from when I started watching.. Levy Phillips Williams Mularkey Jauron Gailey Fewell Marrone Ryan Lynn McDermott Is this right? I'd be impressed with myself if it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motorin' Posted December 13, 2019 Author Share Posted December 13, 2019 7 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said: This is troll thread if there there was one. Who doesn’t know the Steelers have had just 2 coaches since Knoll’s Team of the 70’s? OP just tryin’ to rouse rabble. I got my ? on you, son. Of course I knew they've only had 3 coaches. It blew my mind that it's been 50 years. I'd love to see half of that organizational consistency for the bills over the next decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFunPolice Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 (edited) This makes me wonder.... ASSUMING you have at least a halfway decent coach and give him 10 years, will you experience some sustained success? Hell, Marvin Lewis took the Bengals to multiple playoffs, but never won. IMO Cowher was just OK. He was good, but not some sort of all-time great. Lindy Ruff was the same thing in hockey. Great motivator, fan favorite, but mediocre head coach. But the Sabres did have some success under him. Tomlin is a better coach, especially for today's players. Coaches used to get multiple losing seasons before they got fired. Now it's win in 2-3 years or you're gone. There is a LOT to be said for having a system, drafting players for that system, and having some consistency in approach, methods, messaging. I'd like to see McDermott be here for 10+ years. He's proven to be a great strategic coach, he can motivate players, and beyond that it comes down to talent IMO. Edited December 13, 2019 by TheFunPolice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricojes Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 2 hours ago, Motorin' said: Head Coaches in the last 5 years: Buffalo vs Pittsburgh 3 for us as well.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasons1992 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Does Jauron count? He was technically dead, so I'm asking for a friend.............. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 3 hours ago, Greg S said: That really is amazing. The Steelers have to be one of the best run organizations in sports. Credit to the Rooney family. Hopefully the Pegula's can build something similar in Buffalo. around 5 bad seasons since 1973? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalScotts Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 starts with ownership Pittsburgh has had good ownership, patient stuck with Noll who started 1-13. 5-9, 6-8 in todays football he's gone also had a four year stretch of 28-37 but had the super bowl teams under the belt by then. Cowher had a three year run of no playoffs 7-9, 6-10, 9-7 no one freaked out Tomlin has been a model of consistency 10-6 typicaly couple 11-5 couple 9-7 although Cleveland has won 5 or few games 9 of the 12 years nice has 2 freebies year in and year out substitute new england for cleveland and those 10-6's are now 9-7 the 9-7 are now 7-8 and the 8-8 are 6-10's just switching out one team Jealous? yes starts with ownership Buffalo has poor ownership, and while Ralph was possibly "the" key to the AFL surviving and ultimately the merger and deserves to be in the HOF. A very generous man who Buffalo owes a lot too as a city. But.... as an owner he was over all brutal, always last on coaches salaries not only for head coaches but all the assistants last in money invested into scouting. Always too involved hey i own the team- Rooney's never felt the need to do that- poor choices for head coaches and always meddling Since Pegula's ownership you can't fault him for Marrone as he inherited him, nor him leaving under a ridiculous contract clause from Russ Made a poor choice with Rex who was only making a money grab...but has hit a homerun with McDermott and Beane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBills1998 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 I actually liked Philips. He was a great HC, he just worked with a bad front office 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, Greg S said: That really is amazing. The Steelers have to be one of the best run organizations in sports. Credit to the Rooney family. Hopefully the Pegula's can build something similar in Buffalo. ...not to mention SIX Lombardis to show for it.....and Kevin Colbert has been their GM since 2000.......BTW, their 2009 SB club featured 19 of 22 starters acquired through the draft...... Edited December 13, 2019 by OldTimeAFLGuy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QB Bills Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 3 hours ago, Chandler#81 said: This is troll thread if there there was one. Who doesn’t know the Steelers have had just 2 coaches since Knoll’s Team of the 70’s? OP just tryin’ to rouse rabble. I got my ? on you, son. It was a rhetorical question, Paul Blart. Take it easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 2 minutes ago, QB Bills said: It was a rhetorical question, Paul Blart. Take it easy. This should end well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 4 hours ago, Motorin' said: Over the last 50 seasons of the NFL, from 1969 to 2019, the Pittsburgh Steelers have had only 3 Head Coaches. Chuck Noll (1969-1991) Bill Cowher (1991-2006) Mike Tomlin (2006-Present) Without looking, how many HC's have the Buffalo Bills had, and name them. Including interim head coaches? 4 hours ago, freddyjj said: Not sure I will get them all but I will try - will skip interim ones for simplicity's sake: Rauch, Saban, Ringo, Knox, Stephenson, Bullough, Levy, Philips, Williams, Mularkey, Jauron, Gailey, Marrone, Rex, McDermott 15? Yikes Looks good from where I sit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, freddyjj said: Not sure I will get them all but I will try - will skip interim ones for simplicity's sake: Rauch, Saban, Ringo, Knox, Stephenson, Bullough, Levy, Philips, Williams, Mularkey, Jauron, Gailey, Marrone, Rex, McDermott 15? Yikes From that list, I can easily pick out my least favorite. Incompetent is one thing, loud mouth blow hard incompetent is more than I could handle. I wonder what the total comes to including interims, and who else in the league can compete with our total? Browns have been on a roll lately, but going back to prior decades I doubt they can keep up. . Edited December 13, 2019 by Augie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chandler's Hands Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 John Rauch 1969–1970 Harvey Johnson.]1971 Lou Saban 1972–1976 Jim Ringo 1976–1977 Chuck Knox 1978–1982 Kay Stephenson 1983–1985 Hank Bullough 1985]–1986 Marv Levy 1986–1997 Wade Phillips 1998–2000 Gregg Williams 2001–2003 Mike Mularkey 2004–2005 Dick Jauron2006–2009 Perry Fewell 2009 Chan Gailey 2010–2012 Doug Marrone 2013–2014 Rex Ryan 2015–2016 Anthony Lynn 2016 Sean McDermott 2017–present 18 coaches since Chuck Knoll started in Pittsburgh. There were 4 before Rauch, although one of those was Lou Saban in his first tenure with the Bills. My fandom started with Jim Ringo, I do not recall being aware of Lou Saban as coach even though I guess I was a fan already (at 6 years old ? Only Levy and maybe Saban (if you include his earlier stint when they won 2 AFL Championships) are in the class of any of the three Steelers coaches for accomplishments. Let's hope McDermott gets there! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSE Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Buffalo Had way less cheerleaders, just saying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Bob Chandler's Hands said: John Rauch 1969–1970 Harvey Johnson.]1971 Lou Saban 1972–1976 Jim Ringo 1976–1977 Chuck Knox 1978–1982 Kay Stephenson 1983–1985 Hank Bullough 1985]–1986 Marv Levy 1986–1997 Wade Phillips 1998–2000 Gregg Williams 2001–2003 Mike Mularkey 2004–2005 Dick Jauron2006–2009 Perry Fewell 2009 Chan Gailey 2010–2012 Doug Marrone 2013–2014 Rex Ryan 2015–2016 Anthony Lynn 2016 Sean McDermott 2017–present 18 coaches since Chuck Knoll started in Pittsburgh. There were 4 before Rauch, although one of those was Lou Saban in his first tenure with the Bills. My fandom started with Jim Ringo, I do not recall being aware of Lou Saban as coach even though I guess I was a fan already (at 6 years old ? Only Levy and maybe Saban (if you include his earlier stint when they won 2 AFL Championships) are in the class of any of the three Steelers coaches for accomplishments. Let's hope McDermott gets there! Knox was the best of the Bills coaches in that list, easily. Marv never got a win he shouldn't have won anyway, lost a bunch he never had any excuse to lose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Just stop it Night Ranger. Repeatedly banging a ball peen hammer on your testicles will cause less pain than comparing Bills and Squeelers head coaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComradeKayAdams Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 But y'all are overlooking the Steelers from 1933-1968!!! 16 different head coaches in their first 36 years in the league. Only 8 winning seasons. Only 1 playoff appearance. No playoff wins. No division titles. No championships. The franchise was so bad that they moved them to the AFC during the 1970 merger with the idea of giving them a fighting chance against "lesser competition." The lesson here? STOP saying "same old Bills." At one point in time, "same old Steelers" was probably a thing until it wasn't (1972). 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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