OT: RIP DENNIS GREEN
The Bears are who we thought they were.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/17124739/dennis-green-former-minnesot…
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crown his ass
Looks like it was cardiac arrest...very sad news. He'll be remembered for coaching the Vikings and Cardinals in the NFL...but he also was head coach at Northwestern and Stanford in the 80s/early 90s.
It always seemed like Green's time at the college level got lost in the discussion, but he was Big Ten Coach Of The Year in 1982 with Northwestern. The other thing you hear from a lot of players who played for him was that he was one of the better motivators out there too, the sort of person which isn't easy to find per se but is so valuable in a sport like football.
RIP Coach Green.
The answer never to be forgotten:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWmQbk5h86w
Thanks Coach! Says the reporter . . .
as a football coach post-game? He should have dropped the microphone on the ground before leaving the room.
Will always love his "we let 'em off the hook" rant.
Hester . . .
Everyone is remembering his epic Bears rant, and that came to my mind too.
It's a bit of a shame, because Green was a long-tenured coach that produced teams like the magnificent 1998 Vikings. He was quite good.
But that rant is just sooooo quotable...
I was a Viking season ticket holder, I gave up my seats when Denny got canned. I enjoyed him and thought he did a great job keeping large egos together. It's hard to believe that he could keep Cris Carter and Randy Moss happy with only one football, especially with the washed up QB play he usually had.
Always liked him.
You have to love coaches with passion, and Green had it.
for both the teams I pull for but always liked him...rest in paradise coach.
Its always surprising to see a coach that I, more or less, watched while in my prime. Never considered that he'd be 67 by now. His teams were usually pretty good, always solid in fundamentals, and competitive. Maybe not always championship quality, but competitive nonetheless. RIP, coach. I'm sure you're still better than some of the guys running NFL teams today...
I expected the Vikings to suck every year but But The Nutty Professor made sure they didn't. His biggest crime was not winning the SB (or getting to it, I guess) and for that he was fired. RIP Dennis Green.
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67 is too young to go.
Damn, this is sad news. DG was an awesome coach and never appreciated as much as he should have been in MN. I was living there at the time and his teams were excellent. I moved to Atlanta the year before the Vikings missed going to the Superbowl with a missed field goal kick. They should have been there!
Everyone remembers the kick, but what still makes me angry is the fact that Robert Smith, who was supposed to be the smartest palyer in the nfl, ran out of bounds twice when we were trying to run out the clock. The Falcons would not have had time to tie the game if that frickin' buckeye didn't run out of bounds twice. Should have had Leroy Hoard in the game.
I drink to forget the 1999 NFC championship game.
And Fuck you bob smith.
End rant
it is a great point about Smith. I must agree.
Sad day.
RIP Coach. 2016 sucks.
sure wouldn't have thought he'd go before Ditka. Ya just never know. RIP Denny, I hope heaven is what you thought it was!
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Michigan vs. Northwestern during Green's 1981-85 tenure:
1981: Michigan 38, Northwestern 0
1982: Michigan 49, Northwestern 14
1983: Michigan 35, Northwestern 0
1984: Michigan 31, Northwestern 0
1985: No game scheduled
pulled out my NU shirt to wear today - almost matches the one Coach is wearing there. RIP.
One of the greatest mean mugs of all time
He put together some bad ass offenses, that's for sure
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and we let em off the hook!!!!!
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Signed, fellow 80s NU person.