04-14-2016, 03:26 PM
(04-14-2016, 03:13 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Yes it did prove them wrong.
Dungy had a much better record with the Bucs than Gruden did (.563 to.509)
Dungy had a much better record than Gruden after he left Tampa Bay (.759 to.509)
Dungy made the playoffs more often with the Bucs (4 times in 6 years) than Gruden (3 in 7), and also more often for his career (11 of 13) than Gruden (5 of 11)
Dungy won almost twice as many postseason games as Gruden (9 to 5)
Dungy was a better coach than Gruden no matter how you look at their accomplishments. And the whole "He won because of Manning" is BS. Peyton only won 2 Super Bowls in his 17 year career and Dan Marino won zero. Plus Gruden could not even get to the Super Bowl when he had a guy who would win the league MVP (Gannon) playing QB for him in Oakland.
All great, except Gruden won a Super Bowl with Tampa and Dungy did not. Logic would expect Dungy to have a better record after leaving Tampa... that is when he hooked up with one of the greatest, and some would say the greatest, quarterbacks of all time.
It is also worth noting that when he failed to reach the Super Bowl with Gannon, they did make the AFC Championship game where they faced the 2000 Ravens and one of the greatest defenses of all time.
