Vince Lombardi Steps down Speech (must hear)

[gabeguzman]

Yeah, there was a huge gap after the pack won the 2nd Superbowl but the thing is they have Superbowl trophies and that's all that matters. Previous years during the curly lambeau era they won the NFL Championships (before it was called the Superbowl) They did pretty good considering they played/represented for a small city that didn't have the billions of dollars to get these superstar players. They actually had players with heart, alot of people don't know that the packers are owned by the city

[BasmentGuy3000]

his words will live 4ever

[Darkrunner1975]

He was sick for a while I think...

[toolkien]

and so began the Dark Years for Green Bay........

[dcbandnerd]

The Redskins were so lucky to have him, even only for a year.

[ricepaddy69]

@dcbandnerd Damn, just found out that was his last stop as a coach. Started a renaissance of sorts there. The 'Skins could have won at least two Super Bowls if not for colorectal cancer or his refusal for early treatment. Hopefully everyone realizes that NOTHING is more important than your health, even your livelihood.

[MegaObserver1]

What most people don't realize is that Lombardi ran the entire Packer organization, even the business operations while he was in Green Bay. That was a condition of his leaving his job as OC for the Giants. Had he stayed, he probably would have been head coach in a few years. He left the Giants because the Packers were willing to give him absolute control of the entire franchise.

[Thelookoutslookout]

CLASS. Now the NFL has clowns like Rex Ryan to represent it. How low we've sunk.

[DetTigerFan]

It was a very sad day when Vince Lombardi stepped down. Very sad! :-(

Green Bay football was never the same after he left.

[DetTigerFan]

It was a very sad day when Vince Lombardi stepped down. Very sad! :-(

[MrJavinbur]

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[fancynancyINC]

The Packers should have stuck with Bart Starr as coach but they fired him after the 1983 season. He had to clean up quite a mess, and had put together 3 consecutive non-losing seasons with a playoff appearance and almost a second one in 84. The Pack was finally getting decent but the GM at the time was impatient, hence Starr's dismissal. And I believe that is the same GM that told Starr not to draft a certain young quarterback in the 3rd round of the ’79 draft…a guy by the name of JOE MONTANA!

[JohnnyCreampuff]

@fancynancyINC The Packers didn't have a GM at that time so the person who fired him was the Packers' President who was Judge Robert Parins. But actually Parins was most of Packers' problems during those years as he refused to hire and give COMPLETE football control to a General Manager. Finally Bob Harlan became Packer President and hired Ron Wolf as GM. The rest is history. Actually it was Dick Corrick the head Packer scout who wanted to draft Ronnie Lot but Starr wanted Rich Campbell instead.

[whatitis117]

What wad the Packers record that first year under their new coach?

[fancynancyINC]

@whatitis117 The Packers fell to a 6-7-1 mark in '68. They went 8-6 in '69 and then 6-8 in 1970. Bengtson left after the 1970 season. Dan Devine replaced Bengtson but only put together one winning season and a playoff apperance. I could go on but things stay pretty sad until 1992 when the Packers hired the Great Mike Holmgren.

[whatitis117]

@fancynancyINC Thanx man. Did you see Favre almost pull that one out tonight against the Vikings? I love Football.

[fancynancyINC]

@whatitis117 Yes I did. Gotta love the game.

[VinceLA91]

wow !  he said that a long time ago and his words still ring of truth , even down to the description of his beloved packer team of today , and i am not a packer fan , the man was great , too too many atheletes and coaches are bestowed erroneously with greatness , lombardi is the epitome of greatness

[SouthFla03]

With Lombardi such a great coach, it is sad that Farve sullied the image of the Packers with his retirement hi jinx every year he was with them.

[electricvisions]

@SouthFla03 nah that was a temporary set back in the long long history of the Green Bay Packers. He didn't sully anything.

[Renagade70]

Mr. Lombardi just laid down the plans on how to be a sucessive head coach. You have to put in a lot of work in your job. Even for me as a team staticitan you have to pull a full all nighters during the off season. So you know the head coach have to pull alot of all nighters throughout the year.

[co5bass5]

..and Phil Bengston was not able to continue the winning tradition.

[ChrisDutch]

He did an amazing job for that franchise.

[lukehusky]

GOD Bless you coach !

[Cubatraveler]

Lombardi was only NFL head coach to beat the AFL in the Super Bowl, twice. Make note of that, Don Shula and Bud Grant. You guys disgraced the NFL.

[pinboyjorf]

@Cubatraveler don shula and bud grant? what the hell are you talking about? don't understand.

[Cubatraveler]

@pinboyjorf Don't understand? Shula lost to the Jets, Grant lost to the Chiefs and they were both heavy favorites. These men were thoroughly out-coached in those Super Bowls by better prepared teams that ignored the point spread.

[AudieAsquared]

Vince, you were certainly a winner and so famous. You commanded respect. You won two superbowls so you knew what you were doing.

[huskernation9]

As a bear fan i MUST show proper respect to a great coach.

[03lifteddodge]

In Memory of the GREATEST coach to ever step foot onto the grid iron...

[Truthorfable]

I read recently that if it wasnt for Lombardi taking over the hapeless Packers in there losing ways and turning them into winners with the same group of players. and Pete Rozelle TV revenue sharing plan the small town market Green Bay Packers came close to folding..

A great coach yes and great discpliner yes.. He can turn anyone into a winner after taking over for a losing coach.

the question should be would Lombardi but up with all the money grubbing players today?

[03lifteddodge]

No Vince would not put up with the players to like T.O, Vick, Mcnabb, he would break them down and start over.

[glencoe428]

@03lifteddodge i agree

he wants guys like Andre Johnson

Larry Fitzgerald

guys that arent divas



[ancientastronomer]

In a word?.........................­.No.

[cavaco4]

@Truthorfable they didn't always lose without lombardi. i mean he's the best coach packers ever had hands down, but they also won a number of world championships under the coach before lombardi, Curly Lambeau.

[ballrude1]

God Bless Lombardi. I miss you Coach.

[southparkfan2717]

They should make a movie about Lombardi.

[swaggeringrebel]

They did make a movie about Lombardi. Ernest Borgnine did a great job and looked just like him. I only got to see it once and it was YEARS ago. They should rebroadcast it again and again and again! Vince Lombardi. They don't make people like him anymore.

[packers96worldchamps]

probably like 5 more. so we would have 8 SB's. and 17 NFL titles.

[believer2313]

vince lombardi, wow....he was one of the most amazing coaches. even though i was never alive to see him coach a game, i've read books and heard stories. i'm doing a report on him. the man just fascinates me....

"to win, to win, to win...."

[dilts36]

vince lombari, should not have left. Best football coach in history.

[Kory4000]

@dilts36

He left because he was very sick and ended up dying just a few years after. He devoted his life to football.

[frankd1965]

@Kory4000 He took a sabatical in 1968 and coached the Washington Redskins in 1969 and ended with a 7-5-2 record. The legendary coach died in 1970. hard to imagine 40 years had passed since Lomardi's Passing.

BTW The coach of DeLaSalle High School was a big fan of Vince Loambardi.

[norsemustang]

I wonder how good the Redskins would have been during the 70s if he had lived long enough to coach them as many seasons as he coached the Packers.

[wizeman5974]

I honestly believe history would be very different. Let's pretend that SB VII is still the Miami Dolphins (16-0) vs the Washington Redskins. Maybe the Redskins spoil Miami's perfect season. And quite possibly at least a 2nd SB win for the Redskins would have occurred. Had Lombardi been there as long as he was in Green Bay (considering he was only 57, given maybe 20 more years to live so this could have happened), then maybe it's the Redskins who are the team of the '70's.

[willismtn]

Wizeman & Norsemustang I often ask myself what more seasons under Lombardi would have meant to the Redskins? Sadly we'll never know but he gave the Washington fans a memorable season in 1969. I thank God for this. To my knowledge nothing has been done by the current owner to commemorate the 40th anniversary of this historic season. Talk about dropping the ball? Go talk to Jurgensen, Brown, etc. they'll tell you playing a season under Lombardi was the highlight of their careers. RIP!

[sdgakatbk]

I've wondered how the Skins would have done too if Lombardi had lived longer. Allen was an excellent coach, and I do like the fact that he added to the Skins Cowboy rivalry, but he couldn't carry Lombardi's clipboard imo. Also I would have liked to see what Sonny had done under Lombardi a few more years. I know Sonny liked playing under Lombardi.

[olidesking58]

How many more titles would the packers have won if he had stayed and NFL history would be totally different.