Bill Walsh Dies: Legendary Coach Invented West Coast Offense
Sad news today for the entire NFL community. Legendary San Francisco 49ers coach Bill Walsh died today after a long bought with Leukemia. He was 75. Bill Walsh invented the West Coast offense and directed influenced much of the NFL coaching roster. Walsh also is credited with inventing or popularizing many of the modern basics of coaching, from the laminated sheets of plays held by coaches on almost every sideline, to the practice of scripting the first 15 offensive plays of a game. He will be greatly missed.
During his long battle with Leukemia, we were reminded of Bill Walsh through these hilarious Coors Light commercials.
nice work, guy
Posted by: fretriggiple | Oct 08, 2008 at 09:43 PM