NFL: Bill Walsh

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(12-24-2012 09:10 PM)AUTiger7222 Wrote:  For Christmas I was given a book called 'Bill Walsh The Score Takes Care Of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership'. So I've read a few pages of it. Then took a break and wanted to look of Bill Walsh's coaching tree and discovered that Mike Smith can be traced all the way back to Bill Walsh. Smith is a product of Brian Billick who's a product of Dennis Green who was a product of Bill Walsh.

32 current or former head coaches can trace their roots all the way back to Walsh.

Mike Mularkey is a perfect example of how these coaching trees can get a little out of hand.

Walsh was the smartest HC of his time. As a result, his teams were consistent winners. Owners poached Walsh's assistants, in hopes that they would catch some of his magic. It becomes an exponential progression, but a lot of the coaches do not carry on Walsh's philosophies.

Smith, Mularkey, Del Rio, Tomlin, and a few others, do not coach the same schemes as Walsh did.