Can Tony Dungy ever win a Super Bowl?
Seven straight seasons.
Yep, Tony Dungy was able to lead his NFL Football teams to the playoffs for a remarkable seven straight seasons now, going on eight with the Indianapolis Colts this year.
He is as respected as any man in the game, both as a person and for his coaching ability. And yet, not only has he never won a Super Bowl, he has never reached one. And not only has he never reached one, but there are those who whisper he never will because he lacks the one thing a Super Bowl-winning coach needs, the killer instinct to push aside everything else.
What’s the problem? The man lacks emotion.
The cameras never catch coach Dungy shouting his lungs out. Cameras never catch coach Dungy talking to his players in a manner Dallas Cowboys head coach Bill Parcells does. And yep, cameras will never catch coach Dungy cursing under his breath.
Is the guy just too nice to be an NFL Football head coach?
Tony Dungy is still going through a personal tragedy, the suicide of his 18-year-old son, James, last year, Dec.22. However, in spite this tragedy, Dungy was able to turn it into a social cause, reaching out to those trying to prevent teenage suicide. (”I was amazed at how many people had suffered through the same thing,” he says.)
In six seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and in 4 ¾ with the Indianapolis Colts, Dungy has won 112 games and lost 60, a winning percentage of .651. That’s better than any other active coach, Joe Gibbs, Bill Cowher, Mike Shanahan and Mike Holmgren are 2-3-4-5.
By taking a team to the NFL playoffs for an eighth straight season, he’ll tie his mentor Chuck Noll for second place behind Tom Landry, the only coach ever to do it nine straight times. There’s a ”but” there.
Dungy’s playoff record is 5-8 and includes some notable losses, such as at home to Pittsburgh last season after the Indianapolis Colts secured home-field advantage in the AFC. Gibbs, Cowher and Holmgren all have Super Bowl wins. Dungy? ZERO.
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0 2nd, 2007 at 1:27 am
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