With the success of Dick Vermeil in Kansas City and Bill Parcells in Dallas, it seems old-school coaches are coming back in vogue.
The Washington Redskins lured Joe Gibbs out of an 11-year retirement to take the helm of a team he led to three Super Bowl victories in the ’80s and early ’90s.
Meanwhile, the Arizona Cardinals completed a five-year deal with Dennis Green, who was fired by the Minnesota Vikings in 2001. Former Jacksonville Jaguars coach Tom Coughlin agreed to coach the New York Giants on Tuesday after spending a year out of football.
Gibbs
The more things change . . .
If your players talk about being in “fantasy” leagues, it doesn’t mean they’re on acid.
Your schedule is correct: The Cardinals aren’t in your division anymore.
The Redskins are a passing team with small running backs.
The more they stay the same
Those end zone dances you see are not a bad dream trip?
But they’re still no closer to making the playoffs.
Parcells still coaches in the NFC East. It’s like you never left!
Green
The more things change . . .
Randy Moss is a model player.
With free agency, you can’t keep players for more than a year or two.
The more they stay the same
The Vikings’ chief play is still the Heimlich maneuver.
With owners the way they are, your job’s never safe for more than a year or two.
Coughlin
The more things change . . .
Fred Taylor is the picture of durability.
Receivers are not above breaking out a Sharpie or a cell phone in the end zone.
The more they stay the same
The Giants are the picture of inconsistency.
Nobody has signed off on breaking players’ necks, no matter where they are.
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Edited by Phillip Thompson (plthompson@tribune.com) and Michael Morgan (mnmorgan@tribune.com)
