Bill Walsh
5 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 12, 2018 by Michael Lombardi · said 34 times in 3 episodes since 2018 · across every show →
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2023 1 mention in 1 episode
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2018 32 mentions in 1 episode
Everything said about Bill Walsh, oldest first
Nov 12, 2018 neutral
NFL franchises only realistically compete against eight other competent teams
“Walsh told me in 1984, we are only competing against eight teams. That was when we had 28 teams in the league. He was right. Today they're still only competing against eight teams. Some teams have no chance, in part because they don't have a culture, in part b…”
Nov 12, 2018 positive
Bill Walsh held everyone from Joe Montana to announcers to identical standards
“He had a great command of what he wanted. There was no doubt he knew what he wanted to do. He commanded everything that was about the standard of excellence, the things he wanted his organization to behave. He didn't do it in a sense where he just assumed ever…”
Nov 12, 2018 neutral
Al Davis withheld knowledge while Bill Walsh taught every organizational detail
“His greatness was his ability to brand, but his weakness was he wasn't willing to take all his knowledge and share it with someone else and then learn it back himself. It was almost behind the iron curtain, whereas Walsh was very much about teaching you what h…”
Nov 12, 2018 positive