Long read but worth it

Check out this OUTSTANDING post trying to answer all the naysayers about Chan Gailey. I love the run-through of all of Gailey's success at every level and team he has coached.

Make sure to click the link above and ready the entire post. Here is an excerpt on his ability to coach:

....He has three decades of winning big at all levels. We watched him take John Elway to the Super Bowl by throwing the ball downfield, win a national championship at Troy State by running the option, lead Kordell Stewart to playoff success by mixing things up, and take an anemic offense with Jay Fiedler at quarterback to the playoffs in the toughest division in the NFL.

The most impressive thing of all was taking the Dallas Cowboys, a Switzer-torn shell of a team comprised of aging drug addicts, ego cases and erstwhile former stars, and winning the NFC East. His last eight years in the NFL (and 11 of 14 overall), he went to the playoffs- that is beyond remarkable! He is one of only two Coaches in college football (with John Robinson at UNLV) that have led an NFL team to the playoffs and had a winning record as NFL head coach. In every case, the guy just found a way to win with completely different styles and personnel.

Coach Gailey has won everywhere from Air Force to Birmingham in the WLAF to the Miami Dolphins. I could go on; but the fact that Bill Cowher, Dan Reeves, Fisher DeBerry, Emmitt Smith, Rocket Ismail, Dave Wannstedt, Ken Hatfield and dozens of others think he is a great coach says it all. More coaches in the NFL would listen to Chan's evaluation of a player than any other coach in college.

It is easy for a Terry Bowden, Glen Mason, Bill Lewis, or Jim Donnan (et al. ad infinitum) to have a couple of good seasons in one or two good situations, become a "flash in the pan" hot coach and then show their true colors after a few years. However, after one decade (much less three decades) of winning so big in so many situations, it is beyond ludicrous to even question his ability to coach. I can't think of many coaches (if any) ever, anywhere that have won for three decades at so many levels in so many different ways: particularly including as head coach and as offensive coordinator.