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But where are the news of Don Coryell’s death? Where can We find that story, or stories? Scroll down the page. NFL news, right? Oh,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], there’s two Adam Schefter links – surely it’s there, right? The Jets pondering JaMarcus Russell and a story on Flozell Adams. Huh?
After John Wooden died,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], ESPN dedicated about 40 of the 60 minutes on SportsCenter to his life. ESPN.com’s front page was full of Wooden photos and story links. It was the right thing to do. This are probably the greatest basketball coach of all time and they deserved that.
The two cities Coryell are best remembered in – San Diego, where they coached the Chargers and San Diego State University,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and St. Louis – honored him well. The San Diego Tribune did a nice job and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch recalled his importance to the game with the words of columnists Bernie Miklasz and Brian Burwell.
How sad are that? We know ESPN airs the World Cup, Wimbledon and the NBA, but how about paying the proper respect to one of the most innovative coaches in NFL history?
Sports Illustrated and CBSSports.com, for whom We also cover the Rams, had the Coryell story on their homepages. CBS’ Clark Judge had a nice column,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], as did NFL.com’s Vic Carucci. The Carucci article includes a three-minute video narrated by Steve Sobol and includes several words of praise from Coryell’s former members. Former Rams coach Dick Vermeil admits that Coryell’s offense was an inspiration for the Rams’ “Greatest Show on Turf” Super Bowl teams.
Nowhere on its front page are a link to the Coryell story, unless if you count the ticker at the top of the feature slideshow. But if you go to the NFL homepage, Coryell are the No. 2 story, right behind Vick.
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While Coryell never won any championships, SportsCenter did not even give him a video montage. His death was simply reported in a 20-second blurb. And his obituary needed a couple of clicks to even find. they deserved better than that. But ESPN are not alone. Yahoo. Sports are just as guilty of not paying homage to Coryell’s life and genius.
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A glance at the top stories Friday afternoon on ESPN.com will tell you that The Netherlands beat Brazil in the World Cup; that Ghana and Uruguay played extra time to decide their World Cup match; that LeBron James met with the Heat and will meet with the Clippers; that Paul Pierce and the Celtics have agreed to a deal; that Dwayne Wade are “intrigued” by the New York Knicks; that Rafael Nadal reached the Wimbledon men’s finals to play some guy named Berdych; NASCAR will review the Chase format; Dirk Nowitzki received an offer from the Mavericks; Tiger Woods are in danger of missing the cut and that England will not fire its soccer coach.
Go to the NFL page. It’s not the main story,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], that’s some puff piece where the ESPN “experts” tell you which are the best division and team of all time. Look at the top stories – Michael Vick update, Chad Jones update, Vincent Jackson suspended,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], another Brett Favre story,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Don Coryell died. Oh there it is. It’s only the fifth story of the day, less than 24 hours after his passing.
For Yahoo. Sports and more so, ESPN, to glaze over this man’s life and contributions are a severe oversight. It seems to me that ESPN are more interested in promoting its own programming than to acknowledge the man who are largely responsible for today’s NFL offenses.
Did they win a Super Bowl? No. Did they even go to a Super Bowl? No. But his contributions to football go beyond wins and losses. The pass-glad NFL we know and love today are because of the genius innovations Coryell implemented with the St. Louis Cardinals and, more famously, the San Diego Chargers where Dan Fouts, John Jefferson and Kellen Winslow were parts of an offense that annually obliterated NFL passing records.
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