The Genius...alas, we knew him well

LTS TRN 2 · Post by **LTS TRN 2** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:04 pm

No big surprise, as he'd been seriously ill for some time, but the passing of Bill Walsh should give us all cause to pour several ounces of imported beer...

Q, West Coast Style · Post by **Q, West Coast Style** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:16 pm

I think someone just scored 25 points, if not 35.

Terry in Crapchester · Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:26 pm

Great coach, way ahead of his time. RIP.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:40 pm

The football world is better off.

peter dragon · Post by **peter dragon** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:59 pm

88 wrote:Fuck Bill Walsh.

rack!

OCmike · Post by **OCmike** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:25 pm

Great coach, great mentor to many players and a solid, solid guy. He was an offensive innovator and had outstanding success with the Niners, but there's one problem... Seemingly very other team in the league created their own version of Walsh's dink-n-dunk, five yard pass play offense. It worked for the Niners because of players like Jerry Rice, Russ Francis, John Frank, John Taylor and others who could turn a five yard pass into a 15 yard gain. But all of these other teams try to employ Walsh's offense or their hybrid version of it, regardless of their personnel and it's painful to watch at times.

RACK Walsh, but a hearty Unrack to the copycats.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:45 pm

OCmike wrote:RACK Walsh, but a hearty Unrack to the copycats.

The day that other NFL teams quit trying to emulate models for success will be the day the NFL goes to shit. ALL teams do this to some degree, or at least attempt to. This isn't just applicable to the NFL. It happens in all business models. Some have success. Some don't.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:48 pm

I followed a link someone posted about Walsh getting past tensed, and it led me to the Daily Californian site, a Berkley student rag.

Of course, they have a column about female ejaculation linked to on the side (and on the front page):

http://www.dailycal.org/column.php

Diverse editorial approach, eh?

Blueblood · Post by **Blueblood** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:57 pm

PSUFAN wrote:I followed a link someone posted about Walsh getting past tensed, and it led me to the Daily Californian site, a Berkley student rag.

Of course, they have a column about female ejaculation linked to on the side (and on the front page):

http://www.dailycal.org/column.php

Diverse editorial approach, eh?

You can do better than this... step it up.

OCmike · Post by **OCmike** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:03 pm

Dio, that you?

Terry in Crapchester · Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:06 pm

No, that's m2. For some reason he's taken to posting in bold.

LTS TRN 2 · Post by **LTS TRN 2** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:07 pm

OCmike wrote: It worked for the Niners because of players like Jerry Rice, Russ Francis, John Frank, John Taylor and others

Indeed, Bill would have been basically a bookish 6-10 without Joe Montana. But it wasn't a fluke that he picked all those great players, either. His eye for talent may have been the factor that made him a true football genius. He was like a humorless Don Nelson. His imperious control and cold decisiveness were perhaps not as well known outside S.F. One of favorite incidents was the Niners' boggling acquisition of Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson, an experiment which lasted about two days as Hollywood was such a coke-hog that he was actually running out to his car during practice to free-base. An ounce a day, by his own admission. So, Walsh is waiting for him as he comes back to the practice field and...the laser look of scrutiny...gone.

DamnTheCowboys · Post by **DamnTheCowboys** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:55 pm

Q, West Coast Style wrote:I think someone just scored 25 points, if not 35.

and I picked up 35 a couple weeks ago with Tammy Faye's passing

Luther · Post by **Luther** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:10 pm

FTDC is on a roll. I checked the list and he did have both Tammy Faye and Bill Walsh. He also nailed their cause of death.

Tammy Faye...age 65. Cancer...100-65=35 plus bonus for 45 pts.
Bill Walsh........age 75. Leukemia...100-75=25 plus bonus for 35.

You easily lead with 80 points.

You are like "Oscar the cat" when it comes to predicting death.

Rip City

Neely8 · Post by **Neely8** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:19 pm

Luther wrote:FTDC is on a roll. I checked the list and he did have both Tammy Faye and Bill Walsh. He also nailed their cause of death.

Tammy Faye...age 65. Cancer...100-65=35 plus bonus for 45 pts.
Bill Walsh........age 75. Leukemia...100-75=25 plus bonus for 35.

You easily lead with 80 points.

You are like "Oscar the cat" when it comes to predicting death.

Rip City

Did he have Tom Snyder too???

Luther · Post by **Luther** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:26 pm

Not according to my list. The only live people on his list that are left are: Barbara West, one of the two living Titanic members, George Beverly Shea, singer and J.D. Salinger, writer.

Rip City

the_ouskull · Post by **the_ouskull** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:56 am

I should have gotten in on some of that action. He's like the Jimmy the Greek de Mortir.

the_ouskull

Risa · Post by **Risa** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:37 pm

Luther wrote:FTDC is on a roll. I checked the list and he did have both Tammy Faye and Bill Walsh. He also nailed their cause of death.

Tammy Faye...age 65. Cancer...100-65=35 plus bonus for 45 pts.
Bill Walsh........age 75. Leukemia...100-75=25 plus bonus for 35.

You easily lead with 80 points.

You are like "Oscar the cat" when it comes to predicting death.

Rip City

Or the purple testament. Yo, FTDC, do you avoid mirrors?