Found November 22, 2010 on Instant 49ers:
On Saturday, I watched a documentary on CBS about former Cowboys coach Tom Landry.I bring it up here -- on a 49ers blog, no less -- because I was struck by Landry's brilliance. I mean, he invented the 4-3 defense, tweaked it with a new invention, the Flex Defense and, as if to show he knew plenty about offense, introduced the NFL to the shotgun formation.I guess I knew that before. But watching the documentary gave me a new appreciation for Landry and his legacy.I thought about Landry today while at Mike Singletary's postgame press conference. I realize it's unfair to compare all but a handful of coaches in NFL history to Landry. And I won't do that to Singletary. I will instead contrast my reactions to each coach this weekend. I was stunned by Landry's brilliance. And I was stunned by Singletary's inability to recall a not-so-obscure moment in today's game: When the Niners had the ball at Tampa Bay's 33-yard line in the third...
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