Thomas Dimitroff's Three Year Progress Report

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OK, so I chilled out for a spell like I said I would by immersing myself in one of my favorite pastimes: Looking shit up.

What you have below is the companion piece to Matt Ryan's three-year progress report that I posted here a month or so ago. I can only hope this one doesn't suffer the same fate.

A couple of notes: I included two sets of data for Ozzie Newsome, as he is often credited with being the true architect of that 2001 Super Bowl-winning Ravens team. For those who follow this line of thinking, the figures in parentheses cover the three-year period that began when Newsome was first hired on as Director of Player Personnel in 1996 – the title he carried until he was given the official GM designation in 2002. So, just take your pick on the data set that is to your liking.

Also, there are certain coaches on this list (Walsh, Shula, Noll, Shanny) who were also their teams' defacto general managers, as there was nobody you could point to in those organizations' front offices who held that title officially at the time they were hired on.

Finally, I included Bill Polian twice because, a) the Colts gig was not his first and, b) the Bills were pretty damn successful under his watch, despite being just wide right of actually winning a championship.

So, with that out of the way, here is how our GM stacks up with the best in the business...



Thomas Dimitroff
Year Hired/Appointed: 2008
Initial Head Coach Selection: Mike Smith
Wins: 33
2007 Record: 4-12
2008 Record: 11-5
Win Differential: +7
Postseason Appearances: 2
Postseason Games: 2
Postseason Wins: 0
Division Titles: 1
Conference Titles: 0
Championships: 0
Pro Bowlers: 12
Rookie of the Year Winners: 1
Coach of the Year Winners: 1
Executive of the Year Awards: 2

Ted Thompson
Year Hired/Appointed: 2005
Initial Head Coach Selection: Mike Sherman
Wins: 25
2004 Record: 10-6
2005 Record: 4-12
Win Differential: -6
Postseason Appearances: 1
Postseason Games: 2
Postseason Wins: 1
Division Titles: 1
Conference Titles: 0
Championships: 0
Pro Bowlers: 6
Rookie of the Year Winners: 0
Coach of the Year Winners: 0
Executive of the Year Awards: 1

Micky Loomis
Year Hired/Appointed: 2002
Initial Head Coach Selection: Jim Haslett
Wins: 25
2001 Record: 7-9
2002 Record: 9-7
Win Differential: +2
Postseason Appearances: 0
Postseason Games: 0
Postseason Wins: 0
Division Titles: 0
Conference Titles: 0
Championships: 0
Pro Bowlers: 7
Rookie of the Year Winners: 0
Coach of the Year Winners: 0
Executive of the Year Awards: 0

Ozzie Newsome
Year Hired/Appointed: 2002 (1996)
Initial Head Coach Selection: Brian Billick (Ted Marchibroda)
Wins: 26 (16)
2001 (1995) Record: 10-6 (n/a)
2002 (1996) Record: 7-9 (4-12)
Win Differential: -3 (n/a)
Postseason Appearances: 1 (0)
Postseason Games: 1 (0)
Postseason Wins: 0 (0)
Division Titles: 1 (0)
Conference Titles: 0 (0)
Championships: 0 (0)
Pro Bowlers: 14 (8)
Rookie of the Year Winners: 0 (0)
Coach of the Year Winners: 0 (0)
Executive of the Year Awards: 0 (0)

Scott Pioli
Year Hired/Appointed: 2000
Initial Head Coach Selection: Bill Belichick
Wins: 25
1999 Record: 8-8
2000 Record: 5-11
Win Differential: -3
Postseason Appearances: 1
Postseason Games: 3
Postseason Wins: 3
Division Titles: 1
Conference Titles: 1
Championships: 1
Pro Bowlers: 9
Rookie of the Year Winners: 0
Coach of the Year Winners: 0
Executive of the Year Awards: 0

Bill Polian (Colts)
Year Hired/Appointed: 1998
Initial Head Coach Selection: Jim Mora
Wins: 26
1997 Record: 3-13
1998 Record: 3-13
Win Differential: 0
Postseason Appearances: 2
Postseason Games: 2
Postseason Wins: 0
Division Titles: 1
Conference Titles: 0
Championships: 0
Pro Bowlers: 6
Rookie of the Year Winners: 1
Coach of the Year Winners: 0
Executive of the Year Awards: 1

Mike Shanahan
Year Hired/Appointed: 1995
Initial Head Coach Selection: Himself
Wins: 33
1994 Record: 7-9
1995 Record: 8-8
Win Differential: +1
Postseason Appearances: 2
Postseason Games: 5
Postseason Wins: 4
Division Titles: 1
Conference Titles: 1
Championships: 1
Pro Bowlers: 19
Rookie of the Year Winners: 0
Coach of the Year Winners: 0
Executive of the Year Awards: 0

Jerry Jones
Year Hired/Appointed: 1989
Initial Head Coach Selection: Jimmy Johnson
Wins: 19
1988 Record: 3-13
1989 Record: 1-15
Win Differential: -2
Postseason Appearances: 1
Postseason Games: 2
Postseason Wins: 1
Division Titles: 0
Conference Titles: 0
Championships: 0
Pro Bowlers: 5
Rookie of the Year Winners: 1
Coach of the Year Winners: 1
Executive of the Year Awards: 0

Bill Polian (Bills)
Year Hired/Appointed: 1986
Initial Head Coach Selection: Hank Bullough
Wins: 23
1985 Record: 2-12
1986 Record: 4-12
Win Differential: +2
Postseason Appearances: 1
Postseason Games: 2
Postseason Wins: 1
Division Titles: 1
Conference Titles: 0
Championships: 0
Pro Bowlers: 10
Rookie of the Year Winners: 0
Coach of the Year Winners: 0
Executive of the Year Awards: 1

Bill Walsh
Year Hired/Appointed: 1979
Initial Head Coach Selection: Himself
Wins: 21
1978 Record: 2-14
1979 Record: 2-14
Win Differential: 0
Postseason Appearances: 1
Postseason Games: 3
Postseason Wins: 3
Division Titles: 1
Conference Titles: 1
Championships: 1
Pro Bowlers: 4
Rookie of the Year Winners: 0
Coach of the Year Winners: 1
Executive of the Year Awards: 0

George Young
Year Hired/Appointed: 1979
Initial Head Coach Selection: Ray Perkins
Wins: 19
2004 Record: 6-10
2005 Record: 6-10
Win Differential: 0
Postseason Appearances: 1
Postseason Games: 2
Postseason Wins: 1
Division Titles: 0
Conference Titles: 0
Championships: 0
Pro Bowlers: 7
Rookie of the Year Winners: 0
Coach of the Year Winners: 0
Executive of the Year Awards: 1

Bobby Beathard
Year Hired/Appointed: 1978
Initial Head Coach Selection: Jack Pardee
Wins: 24
1977 Record: 9-5
1978 Record: 8-8
Win Differential: -1
Postseason Appearances: 0
Postseason Games: 0
Postseason Wins: 0
Division Titles: 0
Conference Titles: 0
Championships: 0
Pro Bowlers: 9
Rookie of the Year Winners: 0
Coach of the Year Winners: 1
Executive of the Year Awards: 1

Don Shula
Year Hired/Appointed: 1970
Initial Head Coach Selection: Himself
Wins: 34
1969 Record: 3-10
1970 Record: 10-2
Win Differential: +7
Postseason Appearances: 3
Postseason Games: 7
Postseason Wins: 5
Division Titles: 2
Conference Titles: 2
Championships: 1
Pro Bowlers: 19
Rookie of the Year Winners: 0
Coach of the Year Winners: 1
Executive of the Year Awards: 1

Chuck Noll
Year Hired/Appointed: 1969
Initial Head Coach Selection: Himself
Wins: 12
1968 Record: 2-11
1969 Record: 1-13
Win Differential: -1
Postseason Appearances: 0
Postseason Games: 0
Postseason Wins: 0
Division Titles: 0
Conference Titles: 0
Championships: 0
Pro Bowlers: 4
Rookie of the Year Winners: 0
Coach of the Year Winners: 0
Executive of the Year Awards: 0

Al Davis
Year Hired/Appointed: 1962
Initial Head Coach Selection: Marty Feldman
Wins: 16
2004 Record: 2-12
2005 Record: 1-13
Win Differential: -1
Postseason Appearances: 0
Postseason Games: 0
Postseason Wins: 0
Division Titles: 0
Conference Titles: 0
Championships: 0
Pro Bowlers: 7
Rookie of the Year Winners: 0
Coach of the Year Winners: 0
Executive of the Year Awards: 0

Tex Schramm
Year Hired/Appointed: 1960
Initial Head Coach Selection: Tom Landry
Wins: 9
1959 Record: n/a
1960 Record: 0-11
Win Differential: n/a
Postseason Appearances: 0
Postseason Games: 0
Postseason Wins: 0
Division Titles: 0
Conference Titles: 0
Championships: 0
Pro Bowlers: 7
Rookie of the Year Winners: 0
Coach of the Year Winners: 0
Executive of the Year Awards: 0




And now, the rankings...

Wins
1) Shula (34)
2) Dimitroff, Shanahan (33)
3) Polian {C}, Newsome (26)
4) Thompson, Loomis, Pioli (25)
5) Beathard (24)
6) Polian {B} (23)
7) Walsh (21)
8) Jones, Young (19)
9) Davis (16)
10) Noll (12)
11) Schramm (9)

Wins/First Season
1) Dimitroff (11)
2) Shula (10)
3) Loomis (9)
4) Shanahan, Beathard (8)
5) Newsome (7)
6) Young (6)
7) Pioli (5)
8) Thompson, Polian {B} (4)
9) Polian {C} (3)
10) Walsh (2)
11) Jones, Noll, Davis (1)
12) Schramm (0)

Win Differential
1) Dimitroff, Shula (+7)
2) Loomis, Polian {B} (+2)
3) Shanahan (+1)
4) Polian {C}, Walsh, Young (0)
5) Beathard, Noll, Davis (-1)
6) Jones (-2)
7) Newsome, Pioli (-3)
8) Thompson (-6)

Postseason Appearances
1) Shula (3)
2) Dimitroff, Polian {C}, Shanahan (2)
3) Thompson, Newsome, Pioli, Jones, Polian {B}, Walsh, Young (1)
4) Loomis, Beathard, Noll, Davis, Schramm (0)

Postseason Wins
1) Shula (5)
2) Shanahan (4)
3) Pioli, Walsh (3)
4) Thompson, Jones, Polian {B}, Young (1)
5) Dimitroff, Loomis, Newsome, Polian {C}, Beathard, Noll, Davis, Schramm (0)

Division Titles
1) Shula (2)
2) Dimitroff, Thompson, Newsome, Pioli, Polian {C}, Shanahan, Polian {B}, Walsh (1)
3) Loomis, Jones, Young, Beathard, Noll, Davis, Schramm (0)

Conference Titles
1) Shula (2)
2) Pioli, Shanahan, Walsh (1)
3) Dimitroff, Thompson, Loomis, Newsome, Polian {C}, Jones, Polian {B}, Young, Beathard, Noll, Davis, Schramm (0)

Championships
1) Shula, Pioli, Shanahan, Walsh (1)
2) Dimitroff, Thompson, Loomis, Newsome, Polian {C}, Jones, Polian {B}, Young, Beathard, Noll, Davis, Schramm (0)

Pro Bowlers
1) Shanahan, Shula (19)
2) Newsome (14)
3) Dimitroff (12)
4) Polian {B} (10)
5) Pioli, Beathard (9)
6) Loomis, Young, Davis, Schramm (7)
7) Thompson, Polian {C} (6)
8) Jones (5)
9) Walsh, Noll (4)

Rookie of the Year Winners
1) Dimitroff, Polian {C}, Jones (1)
2) Thompson, Loomis, Newsome, Pioli, Shanahan, Jones, Polian {B}, Walsh, Young, Beathard, Noll, Davis, Schramm (0)

Coach of the Year Winners
1) Dimitroff, Jones, Walsh, Beathard, Shula (1)
2) Thompson, Loomis, Newsome, Pioli, Polian {C}, Shanahan, Polian {B}, Young, Noll, Davis, Schramm (0)

Executive of the Year Awards
1) Dimitroff (2)
2) Thompson, Polian {C}, Polian {B}, Young, Beathard, Shula (1)
3) Loomis, Newsome, Pioli, Shanahan, Jones, Walsh, Noll, Davis, Schramm (0)



To sum it all up, TD ranks in the top percentile in 8 out of 12 categories, including notching the most number of wins for a GM in his first season, as well as having the highest Win Differential. Also, he is the only GM on the list to have won two EOTY awards, not to mention being able to boast a ROTY winner, a COTY winner and an EOTY award all in his first three seasons. Pretty impressive, I'd say. Looking forward to getting those playoff wins.