Herm Edwards on Tony Dungy

by Chris Thorman on Jan 12, 2009 4:17 PM CST

In case you missed the news that Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy retired, here's a snippet of what Herm had to say.

He was always about coaching his way. He had a certain style. At times people looked at his style, like maybe he wasn’t forceful enough because he wasn’t demonstrative or anything like that. He was always a guy who felt that he was a teacher first and foremost. He comes from a family of teachers. He was a big proponent of teaching fundamentals and techniques and being smart, not beating yourself, and helping the players become better football players and better men.

I always kind of took Herm for the poor man's Tony Dungy because I knew they were good friends.

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They are both men of character

We can argue about Herm’s coaching abilities all day but he’s a man of character. I think he does what he thinks is truly right. Case in point is the LJ situation. Not many coaches would have kept their star player out that long before the league stepped in.

by Joel Thorman on Jan 12, 2009 4:27 PM CST reply actions

+1

We need a future defensive leader, his name is James Laurinaitis and he can be selected in round 1 of the upcoming Draft.

"But what do I know, I’m like an empty room with a large ECHO"

by Lanier63 on Jan 12, 2009 4:38 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah but...

The difference is that Herm’s a man of character with a couple of major character flaws;

- His sense of denial far too often clouds his ability to provide sound judgement
- He has a blame avoidance problem

Both of these make it hard to identify weakness, hence he never made any of the positive adjustments that would produce wins.

And of top of all that, I don’t think he’s a skilled enough game manager to succeed in the NFL.

The difference is;
Dungy suffers none of these character flaws and everyone hates to see him leave after so much success. Herm is like a persistent rash that we can’t seem to get rid of fast enough.

by Buck'O on Jan 12, 2009 6:46 PM CST up reply actions

I Think

That hit the nail right on the head.

End result is that Dungy faces his problems, acknowledges them and corrects them, which is a large part of why he’s a successful coach. Herm seems to put a lot of time into denying that his problems exist and he keeps repeating the same errors over again, which is a large part of why he fails so often.

Herm Edwards will not be the Chiefs' head coach next season.

by UCrawford on Jan 12, 2009 9:03 PM CST up reply actions

me too,

and until he was our coach and i saw his face all the time, I also thought they looked like brothers/twins. seems kind of silly now that i’m used to Herm’s face, but i used to think of him as Dungy’s younger, less talented brother.

by thehulk on Jan 12, 2009 4:29 PM CST reply actions

He-he-he

Lets hope Clark lets the new GM start fresh, with his guys. Who would want a coach, who has lost twice as many as he has won in KC?

by Eric Allen on Jan 12, 2009 4:30 PM CST up reply actions

The younger brother who

rode the short bus.

by KCScuba on Jan 12, 2009 9:58 PM CST up reply actions

And

licked the windows. Maybe shattered a few with his helmet.

by dragon6172 on Jan 13, 2009 5:05 AM CST up reply actions

Turrable

Turrable Coach, Turrable

Herm Edwards - the new Art Shell.

by CBaller13 on Jan 12, 2009 4:43 PM CST reply actions

Too Bad Dungy Had To Go

He really was a great coach…should be a first-ballot Hall of Famer. But everyone eventually reaches their end in the NFL and I guess he’d reached his. That he was able to stay so great for so long says a lot about his talents.

Herm Edwards will not be the Chiefs' head coach next season.

by UCrawford on Jan 12, 2009 4:47 PM CST reply actions