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trumad

(41,692 posts) Tue Jun 28, 2016, 04:22 PM Jun 2016

Longtime NFL Coach Buddy Ryan Dead At 82

Dude was colorful.

Buddy Ryan, the cantankerous coach who constructed one of the greatest defenses in NFL history with the Chicago Bears and served as head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and Arizona Cardinals, died on Tuesday of cancer at age 82, the league announced.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/buddy-ryan-death_us_57728098e4b0dbb1bbbbec30?section=

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Longtime NFL Coach Buddy Ryan Dead At 82 (Original Post) trumad Jun 2016 OP

It's one thing to devise a system, Auggie Jun 2016 #1

Auggie

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1. It's one thing to devise a system,

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Tue Jun 28, 2016, 04:33 PM

Jun 2016

it's another to identify the best players in which to implement it and then coach them to perform at their very best. That's what he did, at least with the '85 Bears. What a defense that was!

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