Who are the worst NFL Head Coaches of all time?

[BMoney 0]

This is probably another thread about GM's but since he was the HC and GM, I would nominate Mike Sherman. He put the the Packers in the crapper for 5-8 years with his decisions.

 

 

thats MY vote....

 

people here are already ripping mccarthy but they need to relax...sherman drove this team so far into the ground..its going to take awhile...

 

sherman singlehandedly killed the lambeau mystique with his shoddy playcalling..home vs atl..gb never loses..4th and goal at the 1 or 2...lets take the pts and get a fg...there has been no mystique ever since..

 

and ive said it time and time again..packer fans think the al harris int vs seattle was great..(want the ball and we're going to score game)..but that play led to more harm than good here...

 

seattle couldve beaten phily the next week....

 

instead..gb went and had 4th and 27 and never won another playoff game..it gave sherman 2 more years..had gb lost that game..sherman wouldve been out the next year at the latest...

[TheGambinoCrimeFamily 0]

DAVE CAMPO

 

The guy had 3 consecutive 5-11 seasons.

Overall 15-33

The guys facial expressions were hilarious

He looked like a freakin puppet on the sidelines

[scott ross 0]

DAVE CAMPO

 

The guy had 3 consecutive 5-11 seasons.

Overall 15-33

The guys facial expressions were hilarious

He looked like a freakin puppet on the sidelines

 

 

throw Switzer in there too...He had no business taking that gig

[Chonkyfire 0]

I want to say June Jones but then I should just ramble off previous Falcons coaches (Jerry Glanville, Marion Campbell) since they were all bad but not the worst ever.

 

Either way, the Falcons need to be represented in this hall of shame (for everytime someone mentions never having back-to-back winning seasons - 8-8 does not count )

[Tripenny 0]

 

His name came immediately to my mind when I read the title of the thread.

 

 

Mine, too. I remember all the press about how he was bringing "Marine Toughness" to the Vikes, and they showed him making the players do these pullups as he screeched at them. I've always been ambivalent toward the Vikings, but I cringed with that little martinet in charge.

[TheGambinoCrimeFamily 0]

JIM RINGO BUFFALO BILLS

 

1976 0-9

1977 3-11

 

TOTALS: 3-20

 

NO ONE CIRCLES THE WAGONS LIKE THE BUFFALO BILLS

[jetswillwin 0]

The only way one could choose is by putting up a list of former lions and jets head coaches and throwing darts at it.

[GhostofMeanMachine99 1]

DAVE CAMPO

 

The guy had 3 consecutive 5-11 seasons.

Overall 15-33

The guys facial expressions were hilarious

He looked like a freakin puppet on the sidelines

 

Dave Campo, Mike Mularkey, and Rich Kotite.

[keeptwo 0]

When Buffalo hired former Detroit interim coach D1ck Jauron, it marked the first time any HC hired by the Ford family in the last 45 years had gone on to obtain a HC job after leaving the Lions. Take your pick amongst these 12 who passed through the NFL graveyard of coaches:

• Harry Gilmer
  
• Joe Schmidt
  
• Don McCafferty
  
• Rick Forazano
  
• Tommy Hudspeth
  
• Monte Clark
  
• Darryl Rogers
  
• Wayne Fontes
  
• Bobby Ross
  
• Gary Moeller
  
• Marty Mornhinweg
  
• Steve Mariucci
  

 

Ross has the best face on the nfl film clips

[LunaTick 30]

Les Steckel for the 84 Vikings certainly must be mentioned.

 

 

 

The only good thing about Les Steckels ONE AND ONLY year as a head coach (1-15) was that it brought the great Bud Grant (if only he had won a darn trophey! ) back for one more year!

 

 

 

His name came immediately to my mind when I read the title of the thread.

 

 

Mine, too. I remember all the press about how he was bringing "Marine Toughness" to the Vikes, and they showed him making the players do these pullups as he screeched at them. I've always been ambivalent toward the Vikings, but I cringed with that little martinet in charge.

 

 

I just had to post this as big as possible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Steckel

3 degrees, Social Worker, Human Relations, and Political Science. ????

 

all of these other characters that are being mentioned had 100 times more clue of what it took to be a head coach than Les Steckle.

 

All I have to say is this, he has only Head Coached 1 NFL season. 1 NFL season. Has never Head Coached before or since.

 

Sure was nice to see Bud back, but better yet, brought up into the spot light coach Jerry Burns. One of the best abusers of the fbomb of anyone ever in the NFL. If it were not for Schnelker (who is a genius in comparison to this bum they have now as a HC). (Sad to say it, but why didn't we keep Tice as a HC?)

[KingofBeer 0]

Rich Kotite

I remember him saying before the season started that his goal for the year was to go 8-8 Are you freaking kidding me?!!! How about making the playoffs!?!!

[birdbrain3X 0]

Lou Holtz. He made Joe Namath run the option offense for the Jets in Namath's final NFL season. Needless to say, the Jets only won 3 games because of this. How could a head coach make the slowest QB in the league run the option offense and expect to win??????????

 

Namath's final NFL season was with the Los Angeles Rams in '77. Why are you Cowboy fans always so uninformed?

 

Ray Handley runs away w/this one. He inherited a SuperBowl champion and ran it into rebuilding in one year.

[hyness 0]

John McKay

 

No way. Before the era of free agency, it was impossible to build a franchise. Look at how hard its been for the Texans and Browns with free agency. Sure, the Bucs lost the first 26 games, but McKay had a 5 year plan and he had the Bucs in the NFC title game in just 3 years. They made the playoffs 2 of the next 3 years. The Bucs were the laughingstock of the NFL for the next 15 years because of Culverhouse's ownership not John McKay. He was a great head coach and one of the funniest...

 

When asked by a reporter about the execution of the offensive line after a loss

"I'm in favor of it."

 

When talking to reporters towards the end of the winless 1976 season

"We can't win at home, we can't win on the road, so we were going to petition the league for a neutral site."

[berven 0]

A couple of bad good coaches come to mind. Buddy Ryan was a great defensive coodinator, but as a head coach, his contentious nature was as much his adversary as anybody on the opposite sideline. He chased Randall Cunningham out of football. Marty Schottenheimer has a shot at becoming the worst bad good coach of all time. He has amassed two hundred career wins without earning a ticket to the Big Dance. At least Marv Levy's and Bud Grant's teams made it to the Super Bowl before tanking.

[hyness 0]

A couple of bad good coaches come to mind. Buddy Ryan was a great defensive coodinator, but as a head coach, his contentious nature was as much his adversary as anybody on the opposite sideline. He chased Randall Cunningham out of football. Marty Schottenheimer has a shot at becoming the worst bad good coach of all time. He has amassed two hundred career wins without earning a ticket to the Big Dance. At least Marv Levy's and Bud Grant's teams made it to the Super Bowl before tanking.

 

Actually it was Ray Rhodes that tried to run Cunningham out of football. Ray Rhodes has to be on this list. He benched Randall Cunningham for RODNEY FOCKING PEETE!

[king41 0]

Mike McCarthy

[birdbrain3X 0]

Actually it was Ray Rhodes that tried to run Cunningham out of football. Ray Rhodes has to be on this list. He benched Randall Cunningham for RODNEY FOCKING PEETE!

 

Ray Rhodes was NFL coach of the year in '95. Randall ran himself out of football for awhile. He did things when Rhodes got here that he now calls "immature and stupid" and he said he regrets them and Rhodes had no choice but to do what he did. But actually it was John Gruden who really benched Cunningham because Rhodes let him run the whole offense. Gruden stated this year on an NFL films special that he wished he had been more patient with Randall because he did believe that he had great talent. Rhodes was an O.K. HC at best but he doesn't belong on a worst ever list.

[FlaHawker 24]

Tom Flores (Seahawks)

 

and Joe Walton (NYJ) was pretty pathetic

[BMoney 0]

Tom Flores (Seahawks)

 

and Joe Walton (NYJ) was pretty pathetic

 

 

tom flores was a big piece of fock..it was bad enough that he was an ex-raider...but then he went to seattle and was an idiot...

 

ray rhodes in gb is a nice pick...he didnt use a time out once when he needed to..hes good as a coordinator..but as a head coach..the game moves too quick for him...

 

he stunk..and his daughter tells my cousin in school that her dad wanted to get out of GB because of the racism...

 

really..playing THAT card?...fool...if he could coach, he would have a street named for him, regardless of color...

 

now hes a hawk but is stil on my 2007 death pool list...his heart is playing the prevent defense..

[Casey71 0]

Rod Rust?

[LouisC9999 3]

I also vote Barry Switzer. Going for it on a 4th and 1 around your own 20 is something you do in Madden 07, not real life.

 

You mean "Going for it on a 4th and 1 around your own 20 TWICE is something..."

 

I've never forgiven Jerry Jones for letting Jimmy Johnson go after winning two consecutive Super Bowls

[Counterfit 0]

I know that his record isnt that bad but I always though that the worst coach I've ever seen was Mike Tice, He's definately not a big picture guy. I personally hate the fact that he's now a coach on my Jaguars.

[BUD GRANT 0]

 

The only good thing about Les Steckels ONE AND ONLY year as a head coach (1-15) was that it brought the great Bud Grant (if only he had won a darn trophey! ) back for one more year!

 

 

[Melissa Stark 1]

I'll nominate Spielman for GM, Wanny and Spiel set the Phins back decades

 

 

Rich Kotex gets my vote

[remote controller 143]

You're perty

I'll nominate Spielman for GM, Wanny and Spiel set the Phins back decades

Rich Kotex gets my vote

[Staubach the Great 0]

Barry Switzer. The boys won despite of him.

[JGB_11 0]

I'll nominate Spielman for GM, Wanny and Spiel set the Phins back decades

Rich Kotex gets my vote

 

Wanny set the Bears back a decade too

[Melissa Stark 1]

remote controller Today, 03:12 PM Post #65

 

You're perty

 

Don't get to excited there, I tried to update my normal account info and emaill addy, lost everything

 

Forgot I had this one around-MUGS

[remote controller 143]

Don't get to excited there, I tried to update my normal account info and emaill addy, lost everything

 

Forgot I had this one around-MUGS

 

We'll need a Can-Size update

 

Just say'in

[dominus florenzus 0]

Ray Handley runs away w/this one. He inherited a SuperBowl champion and ran it into rebuilding in one year.

Amen!

 

Ray Handley is without a doubt the worst coach of all time. From Super Bowl Champion to 5-11... losing to terrible teams... he singlehandedly took the Giants OUT of the dominance that they enjoyed in the mid to late eighties.....I hate him!!!!

[DPG78 0]

Chris Palmer

Butch Davis

Romeo Crennell

 

 

and let me throw in a few other sports...

 

Eric Wedge, Randy Wittman, John Lucas, Paul Silas and Mike Brown

 

 

God i love being a Cleveland fan...

[t.j 35]

Bill Callahan

[nicewolf64 0]

I vote Wanny. He wrecked both the Bears and the Fins.

[Ignition Technition 0]

Bill Callahan

 

 

[Melissa Stark 1]

remote controller Yesterday, 03:52 PM Post #69

 

 

QUOTE(Melissa Stark @ Dec 9 2006, 09:39 AM) 2909355[/snapback]

 

Don't get to excited there, I tried to update my normal account info and emaill addy, lost everything

 

Forgot I had this one around-MUGS

 

 

 

We'll need a Can-Size update

 

How about the size of my hands

[pbev21 2]

Ray Handley

[kutulu 1,680]

0-16 should at least put you in the discussion.

[edjr 6,602]

0-16 should at least put you in the discussion.

 

 

If the 0 - 16 wasn't a coach of the Lions, I might agree.

[kutulu 1,680]

If the 0 - 16 wasn't a coach of the Lions, I might agree.

 

 

Sure Millen set the table, but 1-25 going back to the middle of last year...

[edjr 6,602]

Sure Millen set the table, but 1-25 going back to the middle of last year...

 

Why only go back to the middle of last year?