Sports Illustrated's Online Vault is pretty much the greatest thing since sliced bread, and periodically we'll be taking a look back at a memorable story. This week's article was originally published November 14, 1988 and written by Rick Reilly.
With Mike Shanahan finally getting the boot from the Broncos this week, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at this article that features other long tenured Super Bowl winning coaches. Not many would argue that Shanahan is in the class of Tom Landry and Chuck Noll, but with today's differing climate (salary cap, drug testing, etc.), you don't find many coaches in any sport that stick around as long as Shanahan did with the Broncos.
Today's NFL is more "what have you done lately" that it's ever been, and Shanny was the victim of that. Nobody, even coaching legends is immune to the the criticism that comes with roaming the NFL sidelines.
This article touches on Landry, who went to five Super Bowls with the Cowboys, and Chuck Noll, who went to four with the Steelers and who were both 2-8 at this point in the season in 1988. The article also references Shanahan, who was just starting his ill fated Los Angeles Raider tenure. Poor drafting other personnel decisions that were made by Noll and Landry were cited as a reason for their downfall. Hmmm, does that sound familiar Broncos fans ??
"Will They Win Again ?" 11/14/88 by Rick Reilly
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