01-22-2023, 10:09 PM
(01-22-2023, 10:02 PM)Soonerpeace Wrote: Phil Jackson had MJ & Kobe. Belichick had Brady ( he’s under .500 as a coach w/o him career) Bill Walsh had Montana and Young. Jimmy Johnson had Emmitt Smith, Aikman, and Irvin. Shula had Marino and Unitas. It’s such a tired argument.
In my defense, I was skeptical of ZT when his biggest supporters were telling me he was going to come in here and get Dalton back to 2015 form and finally unlock John Ross' elite potential.
All I'm saying is that ZT is like a guy who won the lottery but responded by making wise investments and sound decisions with his fortunes. I just don't see the Bengals going to the SB two years in a row if we have Tua or Jimmy G under center. Call me a Burrow fanboy, but the guy is the tide that raises all boats.
I think ZT is Chuck Noll. He got the job with a crap franchise, they stunk and got high picks while he learned, he won a lot with an elite roster, and then once that elite roster retired he seemed to lose the magic. We'll see how much of that path ZT takes, but right now we are in the best part of the plan.
As long as Burrow is here we are a championship team, so yea we may as well declare ZT the best coach in the league. As long as we don't let our roster slide because we can coach up lesser players, I'm fine with whatever spin we want to put on it.