Shula isn't worth the energy. The game passed him by in the 1980's. He did a great job with the early 1970's Dolphins and getting that one team to the Super Bowl with Woodley and Strock. Although we Pats fans know very well how easy the 1972 team had things, you can't take away the fact that they beat everyone on their schedule and that puts them in a unique place. I will never think of that team as one of the best I ever saw, for me there are a dozen teams that were much better including a certain team that came within a helmet catch or Assante Samuel "oops" of perfection, but my personal bias aside, you must give that 1972 team its due as one of the best ever. His teams won on a very consistent basis and he is to be respected for that, but he has spent more than 50 years being told he was God's gift to football and it warped him. He believes he belongs on the "Mount Rushmore" of NFL coaches because of the number of wins, but in truth he probably isn't even in the all-time top 10. Noone knows it better than old Don and it aggravates him to no end. If the Shula family tradition in NFL coaching was so important, than one should ask why both Mike and David aren't running a team, especially when a Jack Del Rio is on his 3rd gig. What a joke.
