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    Dungy's master plan

    By Jason Cole, Yahoo! Sports
    September 4, 2006




    INDIANAPOLIS – It's as if Tony Dungy is the real-life George Bailey with one big exception.

    There never seems to be any moment of regret.

    The grace, warmth and sincerity are straight out of Jimmy Stewart's famous lead character in "It's a Wonderful Life." There is nothing false or pretentious about Dungy's unceasing good will.

    Even when Dungy, who enters his fifth year as the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, acknowledges that he's a little angry with someone, he sounds more like a guidance counselor than the typical control-freak NFL coach.

    Last Friday, USA Today ran a front-page story about how Dungy is dealing with the death of his son James last December. James Dungy hung himself in a Tampa, Fla.-area apartment. Clearly, a terrible circumstance and Dungy doesn't want to deal with the subject publicly anymore.

    "I'm a little disappointed with the way some of the media is handling this," Dungy said gently. "I think I'm going to have to say I'm done talking about it. No more questions."

    As you talk to him, you keep saying to yourself, "Please, let this man have a Super Bowl title." Not that Dungy needs it, mind you. But in a profession filled with sometimes self-important, humorless and even downright conniving people, Dungy separates himself with an "everyman” attitude that fronts a decidedly unique sensibility.

    Ask Dungy about the constant comments that his defense is soft and he smiles.

    "Whenever we lose, that's what you hear," Dungy said.

    That and the fact that despite a sterling 102-58 record in 10 regular seasons – the seventh-best winning percentage (.638) in the regular season history among coaches with 100 victories – he's just 5-8 in the playoffs.

    He has combined to lead the Colts and Tampa Bay, where he was for six years before coming to Indy, to the playoffs for seven consecutive years, a streak exceeded only by Tom Landry (nine with Dallas) and mentor Chuck Noll (eight with Pittsburgh). Landry and Noll also did that at a time when there was far less parity.

    But Dungy, whose trademark is the Cover 2 defense, has never won a title. Worse yet, the year after he left Tampa Bay, the Buccaneers won a title with Jon Gruden, the man with the horror-film glare.

    So, Dungy is asked, do you ever sit in the offseason and wonder if you're doing something wrong? Are there serious flaws in Indy's defensive approach or high-powered offense?

    Dungy doesn't bite on the question, which by nature suggests second-guessing. His answer is demure.

    "I have a very strong conviction about the things we're doing and that they're the right things," said Dungy. "It just hasn't come together for us yet. … Last season, we had it set up exactly the way we wanted it, but it didn't happen. Now, we have to start all over again."

    Does he worry about the perception that there is something flawed about his career?

    "That's the nature of how people look at things, but that's not necessarily true. If John Elway had quit a couple of years before he did, people would probably say he had a very good career, but … " Dungy said, referring to Elway's two titles with Denver in the final two years of his career after losing in three previous Super Bowls.

    The reality is Dungy and team president Bill Polian recognize that the Colts have flaws. Some of it's about toughness, but more from an offensive standpoint.

    "Short-yardage and goal-line offense," Polian said when asked about the flaws he felt needed to be addressed after last season. "We'll see (during the season) if we've solved that. We think we have, but you don't know yet."

    Then there's the pass defense. Despite having such a strong offense, the Colts had only 18 interceptions last season. Linebackers Cato June and Gary Brackett combined for eight.

    "That's something with our defense that we haven't been very good at," Dungy said. "It needs to improve, but we think we have some answers."

    Regardless of how it works out, you get the feeling that Dungy will handle the results with grace.


    Jason Cole is a national NFL writer for Yahoo! Sports.

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    Dungy is a class act and I would love to have him as coach as long as he wants to be here.
    Vita sine honore vivere not est.

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      I'm not exactly sure why they continue to question the defense.

      Everytime we lose in the playoffs, its because our billion dollar offense (especially our QB) that doesn't bring it.
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        Well last year it was our 3 million dollar lickered up kicker....

        Hopefully we solved that problem

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          Originally posted by Diamond Dave View Post
          I'm not exactly sure why they continue to question the defense.

          Everytime we lose in the playoffs, its because our billion dollar offense (especially our QB) that doesn't bring it.
          Defense didn't show up vs Pittsburgh, either. Neither did our "best in the NFL" kicker......
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            Originally posted by Lord Helmet View Post
            Defense didn't show up vs Pittsburgh, either. Neither did our "best in the NFL" kicker......

            This is a myth. It didn't show up for one quarter. But it shouldn't take the offense till the end of the game to score. Thats where all the money goes.

            The defense held fine for a team thats supposed to points on the board.
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              I blame the entire team for last year's playoff loss. They're all accountable.
              Take me out to the black, tell 'em I ain't coming back. Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.

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                I feel bad for Dungy. He's the kind of guy you can be proud to root for to win a Super Bowl. Unfortunately, all the reasons he is that guy make him a lousy playoff coach. Not to mention all his hopes are currently tied up in a perennial choker. Wrong place, wrong time.

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                  Re: Dungy's master plan {Yahoo}

                  Originally posted by microwave_oven View Post
                  Well last year it was our 3 million dollar lickered up kicker....

                  Hopefully we solved that problem
                  That is such a load of BS.

                  OK, he missed the kick. But the Colts were lucky to get that play overturned, and were lucky to be in that situation.

                  The team didn't bring it. To absolve Manning and everyone else of the blame and put it soley on the kicker is foolish.

                  Getting Vinnateri doesn't solve the problem of our offense not bringing it in that crucial game.

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                    How 'bout trying to get the kicker closer rather than two homerun balls?

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                      Re: Dungy's master plan {Yahoo}

                      Originally posted by Frank Slade View Post
                      Dungy's master plan

                      By Jason Cole, Yahoo! Sports
                      September 4, 2006




                      INDIANAPOLIS – It's as if Tony Dungy is the real-life George Bailey with one big exception.

                      There never seems to be any moment of regret.

                      The grace, warmth and sincerity are straight out of Jimmy Stewart's famous lead character in "It's a Wonderful Life." There is nothing false or pretentious about Dungy's unceasing good will.

                      Even when Dungy, who enters his fifth year as the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, acknowledges that he's a little angry with someone, he sounds more like a guidance counselor than the typical control-freak NFL coach.

                      Last Friday, USA Today ran a front-page story about how Dungy is dealing with the death of his son James last December. James Dungy hung himself in a Tampa, Fla.-area apartment. Clearly, a terrible circumstance and Dungy doesn't want to deal with the subject publicly anymore.

                      "I'm a little disappointed with the way some of the media is handling this," Dungy said gently. "I think I'm going to have to say I'm done talking about it. No more questions."

                      As you talk to him, you keep saying to yourself, "Please, let this man have a Super Bowl title." Not that Dungy needs it, mind you. But in a profession filled with sometimes self-important, humorless and even downright conniving people, Dungy separates himself with an "everyman” attitude that fronts a decidedly unique sensibility.

                      Ask Dungy about the constant comments that his defense is soft and he smiles.

                      "Whenever we lose, that's what you hear," Dungy said.

                      That and the fact that despite a sterling 102-58 record in 10 regular seasons – the seventh-best winning percentage (.638) in the regular season history among coaches with 100 victories – he's just 5-8 in the playoffs.

                      He has combined to lead the Colts and Tampa Bay, where he was for six years before coming to Indy, to the playoffs for seven consecutive years, a streak exceeded only by Tom Landry (nine with Dallas) and mentor Chuck Noll (eight with Pittsburgh). Landry and Noll also did that at a time when there was far less parity.

                      But Dungy, whose trademark is the Cover 2 defense, has never won a title. Worse yet, the year after he left Tampa Bay, the Buccaneers won a title with Jon Gruden, the man with the horror-film glare.

                      So, Dungy is asked, do you ever sit in the offseason and wonder if you're doing something wrong? Are there serious flaws in Indy's defensive approach or high-powered offense?

                      Dungy doesn't bite on the question, which by nature suggests second-guessing. His answer is demure.

                      "I have a very strong conviction about the things we're doing and that they're the right things," said Dungy. "It just hasn't come together for us yet. … Last season, we had it set up exactly the way we wanted it, but it didn't happen. Now, we have to start all over again."

                      Does he worry about the perception that there is something flawed about his career?

                      "That's the nature of how people look at things, but that's not necessarily true. If John Elway had quit a couple of years before he did, people would probably say he had a very good career, but … " Dungy said, referring to Elway's two titles with Denver in the final two years of his career after losing in three previous Super Bowls.

                      The reality is Dungy and team president Bill Polian recognize that the Colts have flaws. Some of it's about toughness, but more from an offensive standpoint.

                      "Short-yardage and goal-line offense," Polian said when asked about the flaws he felt needed to be addressed after last season. "We'll see (during the season) if we've solved that. We think we have, but you don't know yet."

                      Then there's the pass defense. Despite having such a strong offense, the Colts had only 18 interceptions last season. Linebackers Cato June and Gary Brackett combined for eight.

                      "That's something with our defense that we haven't been very good at," Dungy said. "It needs to improve, but we think we have some answers."

                      Regardless of how it works out, you get the feeling that Dungy will handle the results with grace.


                      Jason Cole is a national NFL writer for Yahoo! Sports.

                      Yahoo!
                      This article is exactly the reason why I think we're going to win this year. I'm not sure how many other teams in the history of sports have been as hyped as we have without a win. Perhaps Elway and the Broncos and the Atlanta Braves before they won, I don't know.

                      The Colts were "handed" the Superbowl last year. Good schedule, home field advantage throughout, dome superbowl. It was as if the Superbowl were laid on a silver platter for us and we couldn't take it.

                      Yet, I think we'll do better this year, and here's my reasoning. Since we've been considered elite, we've been so good that I don't think we've learned how to truly win. We know how to take leads and hold onto them, but not sure we've learned how to win. Sunday night showed me something. It wasn't pretty, but who cares??? We won!

                      Peyton threw some almost interceptions, but again, as I would say 80% of his INTs are, they would have been from bouncing out of receiver's hands.

                      The running game wasn't pretty but it was enough. We punched it into the endzone against a heckuva good d-line.

                      We are going to have tough times this year, and lose a few games, but I think it will toughen us, give us resolve, give us a will. I believe come playoff time we will be hardened and not soft after a 4 week vacation.

                      We will scrap, we will scratch, we will fight. ALl the expectation of the last 5 years will finally explode. I personally think it may carry us for 2-3 years. Teams like ours go on runs like this. Look at Elway's broncos, Rockets in the mid 90s. Things just come together after a few years of near misses and expectations and disappointments.

                      Dungy and Polian have faith in their plans. They're smart men. We have great athletes in their primes with experience and bitter disappointment in their mouth.

                      Colts in February 07, 08,09,10
                      4 in a row for a true dynasty
                      HoF Peyton, Marvin, Joseph, Reggie, Robert, Freeney, Dungy

                      boo yah.

















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                      I've been drinking the kool-aid
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