Fantastic Article on the West Coast Offense and the No Huddle

The Ohio River Offense

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Between those covers, Walsh revealed that his offense was summarily dismissed as "nickel and dime" football. Worse, it was ridiculed by the old guard as a "finesse" or even "sissy" playing style.

Bill Walsh won three Super Bowl titles as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers -- two against the Bengals (Super Bowls XVI and XXIII).
"We were labeled a finesse team," said George Seifert, Walsh's successor. "Here comes the finesse, dink and dunk, white-wine drinking 49ers from San Francisco, California."

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MARV LEVY, HISTORY"S GREATEST MONSTER

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"Marv Levy's headline was that the 'No Huddle is No Fair,' " Wyche quipped on "America's Game: The Missing Rings." "This was right after the '88 season, and the next year, they're running it and actually the next year is when they 'invented it.' "

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Similarly, Wyche's no-huddle offense was laughed off as "popcorn football." Rather than being hailed as a visionary, Wyche was lampooned as "Wicky Wacky" by a Steelers assistant coach.

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Wist wrote the articles about how the West Coast would never work in a man's game like football because it was too finesse.

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Originally Posted by Fritz

Wist wrote the articles about how the West Coast would never work in a man's game like football because it was too finesse.

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That means wist is Bill "Tiger" Johnson.

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Originally Posted by Fritz

Wist wrote the articles about how the West Coast would never work in a man's game like football because it was UNSOUND!

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FIFY

It's funny - it seems like what Walsh had planned before Cook got hurt is what Stubby had going in 2011.

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Originally Posted by mraynrand

It's funny - it seems like what Walsh had planned before Cook got hurt is what Stubby had going in 2011.

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Yep.

And I think I see now how Waldo came under the impression that the Walsh Offense came about from the Gilliam/Davis offense. Its clearly stated in the article (more definitively than I think is warranted given his one year of exposure to Davis prior to landing in Cincy) that Walsh was "immersed" in the Gilliam offense.

Great stuff PB.

Where's Waldo?