polamalubeast
08-22-2012, 04:58 PM
After our old fashioned, tiered-style team power rankings to start training camp, we've rolled out offensive and defensive power rankings.
With special teams rankings out of our wheel house, what artificial topic can we choose before meaningful games actually start? The coaches, of course.
These rankings aren't all about what coach has the longest resume. It's who we'd want leading our team and building a staff right now if we owned a team.
Top shelf: Bill Belichick, Mike Tomlin and Jim Harbaugh
It was tempting to put Belichick alone because he's arguably in the upper echelon of the power rankings of all-time coaches. No one self-scouts and adjusts better than Belichick.
Tomlin understands the big picture. He motivates his players and staff and he manages. Harbaugh enjoyed as jaw-dropping a first season as head coach as we can remember. He creatively finds ways to beat teams and connects with his players. This trio coaches the whole team, not just one side of the ball.
Next level: Mike McCarthy, Sean Payton, Andy Reid and Tom Coughlin
McCarthy is consistent and wildly underrated as one of the game's best offensive minds. Payton is a brilliant tactician, but doesn't excel at managing the whole organization quite as well as our top-shelf picks. Andy Reid's consistency speaks for itself in a topsy-turvy league. The same is true for Coughlin, who hasn't had a sub-.500 season with the New York Giants. Then again, he's only had two seasons out of eight where the Giants won a playoff game. He made those years count.
read more
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000053089/article/head-coach-power-rankings?campaign=Twitter_atl
With special teams rankings out of our wheel house, what artificial topic can we choose before meaningful games actually start? The coaches, of course.
These rankings aren't all about what coach has the longest resume. It's who we'd want leading our team and building a staff right now if we owned a team.
Top shelf: Bill Belichick, Mike Tomlin and Jim Harbaugh
It was tempting to put Belichick alone because he's arguably in the upper echelon of the power rankings of all-time coaches. No one self-scouts and adjusts better than Belichick.
Tomlin understands the big picture. He motivates his players and staff and he manages. Harbaugh enjoyed as jaw-dropping a first season as head coach as we can remember. He creatively finds ways to beat teams and connects with his players. This trio coaches the whole team, not just one side of the ball.
Next level: Mike McCarthy, Sean Payton, Andy Reid and Tom Coughlin
McCarthy is consistent and wildly underrated as one of the game's best offensive minds. Payton is a brilliant tactician, but doesn't excel at managing the whole organization quite as well as our top-shelf picks. Andy Reid's consistency speaks for itself in a topsy-turvy league. The same is true for Coughlin, who hasn't had a sub-.500 season with the New York Giants. Then again, he's only had two seasons out of eight where the Giants won a playoff game. He made those years count.
read more
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000053089/article/head-coach-power-rankings?campaign=Twitter_atl