Buddy Ryan, over-rated former head coach who never won anything, not liking Tony Dungy right now

Tony Dungy is much more respected than most of the coaches in the NFL! Buddy Ryan? Forget him! No wonder his twins Rob and Rex are buffoons like daddy!

but why all the knocking the east coast? I live in the south east…no more swearing here than in the midwest…don’t say you like to curse like a sailor just because you spend time on the east coast…just own up to the fact you are a potty mouth and be done with it.

but his pushing-values-on-others is really getting frustrating. If Rex used profanity in a post-game press-conference on CBS, sure, fine him. Hard Knocks is on HBO. Frankly, if you subscribe to HBO the F-bomb is nothing new to you. The NFL is the biggest sport in America, it’s going to appeal to a wide range of audience and that’s part of the fun. I don’t like Rex Ryan but I don’t want to sensor him on a show that is supposed to be showing training camp in a reality format. What’s real about censoring him?
Tony Dungy is a great, great man. I love seeing him on TV and he has been an incredible mentor to countless young men. I do not want him or the NFL pushing his values (or beliefs) on me.

I guess that is the Win and everything you do is okay philosophy. Ben Rothelisberger heartily endorses [and lives by] that philosophy.

I don’t care what you have done in your chosen career, that does not forgive classless, immoral, or illegal behaviour.

I respect Dungy, the guy kinda might know a wee little bit about football with his record in the nfl. SO WTF does the old whats his name ryan challenge him. Beacuse hes old and dying and knows Dungy is to Classy to say anything back to the old dirtbag. Makes me hate the guy more.

Dungy is a great coach but as a commentator he is a tool.

It’s nothing more than Dan Patrick trying to stir the pot with niggling gossip. It’s one coach saying he doesn’t like swearing and another coach saying he doesn’t give a #$@%. That’s it. It’s one of those stupid events that says more about people commenting on the quotes than it does about the two personalities itself. It’s not football. It’s celebrity gossip involving football coaches.

So why is everyone paying attention to it? As well as giving in to the sports media’s blatant manufacturing of an event that’s not newsworthy? Folks like me can’t seem to escape this inanity. I don’t give a damn about Ryan’s swearing, I’m not surprised at Dungy’s beliefs, and I sure as hell don’t need or want to hear or read what either of them think about each other. But Patrick, ESPN, Florio/PFT, and so on is making this out to be worthy of our attention. Not the injuries. Not the deeper followups to the last games, or the discussions of the upcoming ones. It’s BS that people are even caring about this.

Yes, I am trying to ignore the stupid non-story. But how can I when the only three venues that isn’t trumpeting this manufactured event are Phil B’s blog (but his Twitter site is, so even ole Phil is participating), Oesher’s Examiner site, and Nate Dunleavy’s 18to88? It’s impossible to skip over and has no value as far as actual football discussion. Again, it’s gossip. Are we really enabling the football news media in their turning of honest reportage into inane Hollywood style “Paris Hilton walked her dog. Wheeeeeee!” gossiping? Or is no one else looking at the meta in this?

I think Buddy’s comments were pretty well done, actually.

Without directly insulting Dungy, he dismissed him (what’s his name) and without saying who is right or wrong, by saying “my son didn’t apply for a job” he basically said it was a moot point.

He could have done a LOT worse. Let your imagination go. It starts with “my son wouldn’t want to work for him either” (mild but an ugly line to draw in the sand shold his sone need a job someday) to an unrestrained string of profanity-laced invective (funny, over the top, proving Dungy’s point). Pretty sure I would not have handled it as well as Buddy. (probably would have said, “No offense intended, but neither of us is in the NFL any more, who who gives a shit what either of us thinks? Being a retiree gives you the great advantage of being able to opine on anything you want, but it also comes with the limitation that your opinion is just that—one man’s impotent views. HIs comments mean nothing, as do mine. I love my son and support him. I respect what’s his name for what he’s done, but not what he has to say now that his career is over. Now let’s talk some actual football….”)

Of course he had to defend his son, and I thought he did so in a way that didn’t really leave a scorched earth behind.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but all Tony said was that he would not hire Ryan because of his foul language. ESPN has blown this shit waaaaay out of proportion saying shit like Dungy attacked Ryan’s personality, and Ryan coming out saying he wasn’t a bad guy because he cussed. Dungy never said he was a bad guy, just that he wouldn’t hire that kind of guy.

“The act he is most famous for is punching an assistant coach (Kevin Gilbride) during a game! "

Huh? Architect of the ’85 Bears – most dominant D ever?
46 Defense?

Yes, the Ryan’s are blowhards and buffoons, but they know how to scheme great NFL defenses, and ignoring that and focusing on tabloidy type stuff like the Gilbride punch is really shallow.