Who had Don Shula?

I will also never forget the mud bowl. However, Richard Todd throwing 5 picks lost that game. The fact that they only lost 14-0 (even with that rediculous amount of interceptions) just shows how great the D was then.

But in truth, Shula was a great coach. The fact that he was able to change his entire coaching philosophy based on who he had is a testament to his ability. He went from a run first smash mouth D team in the early 70s to a throw it all over the field when he (was smart enough) to have Marino. Unlike other idiot coaches who try to fit round pegs into square holes to fit their “system” (like idiot Gase).

Westoff, who coached under Shula for years, said that Shula knew what every player was supposed to do on every play on O, D and ST - he was detail oriented. Guy doesn’t become the winingest coach in history by accident. He was that good. If the jets had him, they may have won 5 SBs with the personnel they had.

And he didn’t cheat - saw something where Larry Czonka said he found the raiders game plan before a game in the locker room and gave it to another player to give to Shula. The dolphins lost to the raiders that day and czonka asked the dude - what happened? I thought u gave that to coach before the game. He’s like “I did, Shula told me to throw it away.”

Only 2 losing seasons in 33 years as a HC? He was one of best. And the the jets beat him in SB3 so just be happy about that - which Shula always said was one of the lowlights of his career.