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Originally Posted by rfaulk34
Bill Walsh was a young, innovative coach and Paul Brown was old school. He believed in paying your dues. Even though Walsh would have been the obvious choice to take over for Brown when he retired, Brown went with Tiger Johnson because he had been with them longer and he was more in tune with Brown on philosophy and demeanor and all that.
Walsh felt snubbed and after the decision, decided to take his talents elswhere (Stanford, i think?) and Brown felt betrayed so when Walsh was trying to get back in the league, Brown blackballed him and tried to get other owners to not hire him. He was a HoF coach but he was a petty prick.
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Weird thing is...Wikipedia says Tiger Johnson and Bill Walsh both started coaching with the Bengals in 1968. Is that not accurate? It looks like the dudes were there for the exact same amount of time heading into Paul Brown's retirement. It also looks like Bill Walsh was a far more experienced coach than Tiger Johnson before 1968.