why cant credit be given to a team when its a team effort----
fact is, walsh stunk at stanford after he left the 49ers. carmen policy and dwight clark have done little in cleveland in the past ten years. lott, montana, rice all finished their careers elsewhere being quite productive for their respective teams.
to credit walsh as the person responsible for the 49ers success is quite inaccurate.
2007-07-30 15:40:18 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Um, the offense he created, the West Coast, was probably one of the greatest innovations since the forward pass to happen to NFL football.
Almost all of his assistants have gone on to be great coaches after learning from him.
All the players that played for him call him great... they probably know something, since they actually played for him.
He was also a great scout.
I'd say that qualifies for "legend."
Don't tell me you're just a bitter Raiders or Cowboys fan?
2007-07-30 15:53:33 · answer #1 · answered by null 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think Bill Walsh deserved a lot of credit for building the 49ers. Don't get me wrong he did get a lot of help from ownership and a lot of great players. But i
f you look at back at it Bill Walsh was the President, General Manager, and Head Coach. Here are some of the things that he is credited for.
He drafted Joe Montana when nobody wanted him.
He created the "West Coast Offense" which every NFL team uses today. It was so innovative that defenses had to scheme their defenses to stop their offense without much success.
He took in and polished a washed up Steve Young. He also found talent in Jeff Garcia when nobody else saw it.
He won 3 Superbowls with the 1986 draft. He also drafted an unknown receiver out of Misssippi Valley St. by the name of Jerry Rice.
I think he is credited for being an innovator and a great talent evaluator. If you look at the big picture he was largely responsible for building those great teams of the 80's and early 90's.
2007-07-31 00:01:51 · answer #2 · answered by g-money 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To give all of the credit to Walsh for the success of the 49ers would be just as inaccurate as to give him none. The man invented the west coast offensive attack that has since been used in variation by other teams even today. Of that though he was a head coach, he knew how to motivate his team, he got a bunch of highly payed athletes to focus together as a team.
Yes, Walsh did have Lott, Montana and Rice, which gives him something in common with just about every superbowl winning head coach, current or future hall of famers on their roster.
I agree that football is a team effort, a head coach is a big part of a team when he has a big say in the character, attitude, and general style of play that his team demonstrates.
If that wasn't the case, you wouldn't hear about head coaches being fired every season from teams that didn't make any foreseeable improvements.
2007-07-30 23:54:48 · answer #3 · answered by Baltimore Birds Fan 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Walsh revolutionized many aspects of the game most notable the West Coast offence but also how teams practice and approach the game. He favored brain over brawn in a very physical game. There are many teams with great talent but it takes a great coach to win Super Bowls. He claimed 3. He is worthy of the legend moniker and made the Hall of Fame on his first nomination. Stanford has never been known as a great football superpower but I'd bet Walsh never let up for a minute training and teaching his players. He was a winner of the first caliber.
2007-07-30 22:57:03 · answer #4 · answered by GJ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you kidding? You may be the dumbest human being on the planet. Bill Walsh is directly responsible for half the successful coaches in the NFL today. Holmgren, Shanahan, Green, Gruden, Seifert, Wyche, Rhodes, Coslet... And if Walsh is not to be credited for the success of the 49ers, then who is?! The man won 3 superbowls! You must not be a football fan.
2007-07-30 23:33:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bill Walsh is credited with starting "the west coast" offense later emulated by several schools, especially in the south and east.
Hey, Emory Bullard (Mississippi State and some other schools I don't recall) invented the wishbone. Most people think of Oklahoma and Alabama's Bear Bryant.
In other words, fair or not, Walsh was considered an innovator of modern college offenses.
2007-07-30 22:49:03 · answer #6 · answered by Max 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Walsh is considered to be the father of the "west coast" offense. He has always been given credit for being the first of the coaches to start a huge passing offense...which has been followed by many coaches after him. He also had several assistants that have made names for themselves following this offense too.
"Legend"?? I guess that's up to you.
2007-07-30 22:46:49 · answer #7 · answered by bagthebuck 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why he's a legend hmmm let see maybe he didn't want to use the East Coast scheme so he invented the West Coast Offense and became a legend, got it.
2007-07-30 23:30:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Besides the offense he designed, the players he coached and the coaches he mentored, he was a disciple of Paul Brown, also a legend in the NFL.
2007-07-31 00:22:37 · answer #9 · answered by quietmale3269 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he was the architect of the West Coast Offense.
2007-07-31 10:15:13 · answer #10 · answered by fostermark_2000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋