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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Maybe not at the time.
But it's possible, I'll grant you.
I won't say Marty is the reason he doesn't have a Super Bowl ring. Bad luck can certainly keep some great coaches from getting one (though there's a reason Marty is the first one to come to mind).
However, there's a difference between 'Doesn't have a ring' and 'loses 3/4 of his playoff games'.
Marty went 5-13 in the post-season, fellas. That's AWFUL. That's not bad luck, that's bad coaching.
I mean just go through the ranks of coaching wins. Lets set the cut-off at 100 wins (that's a damn good, but not great career).
There are just a handful of dudes with playoff records as bad/worse than Marty.
Steve Owen: 2-8
Marvin Lewis: 0-7
Jim Mora: 0-6
Sid Gilman: 1-5
George Allen: 2-7
Steve Owen coached in the 30s. George Allen at least won a conference championship.
So you've got Marty, Marvin, Mora and Sid Gilman.
Those...uh...aren't great coaches. And I'm hard pressed to say the rest of that group was even good.
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Steve Owen was a great coach, IMO. He built up the Giants and coached in an era when the playoffs was the championship game. He didn't have a chance to pad his record against #6 and #7 seeds.
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