Former NFL head coach and influential defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan died
Tuesday.
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was outspoken and coached in the NFL for 26 seasons, was known for?building some
of footballs top defenses with a relentlessness that focused on creating havoc
on the field.He was many things to many people -- outstanding coach, mentor,
fierce competitor, father figure, faithful friend and the list goes on, his son,
Buffalo Bills?coach Rex Ryan, said Tuesday in a statement. But to me and my
brothers Rob and Jim, he was so much more. He was everything you want in a dad
-- tough when he had to be, compassionate when you didnt necessarily expect it,
and a loving teacher and confidant who cherished his family. He truly was our
hero.James Solano, Buddy Ryans agent, said he died in Kentucky, where he lived
on a ranch in Shelbyville, but did not give a cause.?Funeral services are
scheduled for Friday in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky.I wonder who just lost their
defensive-coordinating job in heaven, former?Chicago Bears?defensive tackle
Steve?McMichael told ESPN on Tuesday.James David Ryan was a Korean War veteran
who went to Oklahoma State, then got a masters degree from Middle Tennessee
State even while coaching. He got his first major job in the pros in New York,
then of the American Football League, in 1968. Ryan was the linebackers coach
for the Joe Namath-led Jets, a boastful, confident team that fit his
personality.Those Jets led the AFL in defense in his first season on staff, then
shocked the Colts in the Super Bowl 16-7.Thats something my dad was very proud
of, said Rex Ryan, who is entering his second season as the Bills head coach.
When [former Jets coach Weeb] Ewbank hired him, he had to make a difference. If
he felt he wasnt making a difference, then his career as a professional coach
would be short.Buddy Ryans first job as a defensive coordinator came in 1976
with the Minnesota Vikings under Bud Grant, like Ewbank a Hall of Fame coach. He
spent two years there before moving to the rival Bears, where he concocted the
46 defense that overwhelmed the league with its aggressiveness and
unpredictability.With the Bears, Ryans renown skyrocketed. The 46 defense was
founded on sending more blitzing players than an offense could block. And in
1984, the Bears tallied 72 sacks, a record that still stands. The 85 Bears
capped their Super Bowl title with seven sacks.Ryans defenders, featuring such
Hall of Famers as linebacker Mike Singletary and ends Dan Hampton and Richard
Dent, came from all angles and were nearly impossible to budge on the ground --
not that teams had more success in the air, either.Some say the 46 is just an
eight-man front, said Buddy Ryan, who named the scheme after safety Doug Plank,
who wore that number. Thats like saying Marilyn Monroe is just a girl.Carolina
Panthers coach Ron Rivera, a member of the 85 Bears, tweeted his
condolences.Ryan and head coach Mike Ditka often feuded during that 15-1 85
season and Super Bowl run. They nearly slugged it out at halftime of Chicagos
only defeat, at Miami on a Monday night in December. (Ryan later punched
offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride on national TV on Jan. 2, 1994, when both
were assistant coaches with the Houston Oilers.)We won a Super Bowl together,
and we would have never did it without each other, Ditka told SportsCenter on
Tuesday. Buddy was far before his time, really. He did things defensively that
people had no concept of. It took a long time for people to figure out what to
do against his defense, not that they ever figured it out.What Buddy did was
genius. He was way ahead of his time.At a meeting the night before the Bears
beat New England in Super Bowl XX, Dent said a teary Ryan informed his players
that he was leaving to coach in Philadelphia: You guys are going to be my
champions. Lets kick some tail, Ryan said.Hampton then kicked a film projector
out of defensive line coach Dale Haupts hands, and McMichael flung a chair
across the room, its legs impaling a chalkboard.After the game, Ryan was carried
off the field next to Ditka.He was a hell of a coach. Period, Ditka said. And
his players loved him. Theres not much more you can ask than that. I dont
profess to be a hell of a coach, and I know what my players think about me, so
he had one over on me, thats for sure.Said McMichael: People ask all the time,
Why didnt you guys win another Super Bowl? Well, Buddy Ryan went to
Philadelphia. Period. Doesnt anybody understand that? That was the first tooth
being pulled out of the snarl.Such was the devotion that players felt for Ryan,
who guided the Eagles to the playoffs in 1988, 89 and 90. But they lost all
three playoff games, and he was fired after the 1990 season by Eagles owner
Norman Braman despite a 43-35-1 record.Earlier that season, Ryan bragged that
his Eagles would so badly beat up the Washington Redskins in a Monday night game
that theyll have to be carted off in body bags. The Eagles defense scored three
touchdowns in a 28-14 win and knocked nine Redskins, including two quarterbacks,
out of the game.Its a tough, physical, rough game, said ESPNs Mike Golic, who
played for Ryan with the Eagles. And Buddy epitomized that style of play more
than any other coach I had at any level. ... He wanted the results, and he put
you in position to make plays.You loved playing for him because he coached the
way you wanted to play the game: attack mode. Attack, attack, attack. And if you
dont think were attacking much now, just wait and were going to attack even
more. Oh wait, you dont think were blitzing enough, were going to blitz more.
Were going to hit you in the mouth. Were going to knock you down. Theyre going
to have to carry you off the field. That was his mentality, and thats what you
kind of absorbed as a player.A year earlier, Philadelphia routed the Dallas
Cowboys 27-0 on Thanksgiving Day with hardly any holiday feelings in the air.
Cowboys kicker Luis Zendejas said Ryan put a $200 bounty on him, something Ryan
laughed off as ridiculous.Buddy Ryan was arguably one of the greatest defensive
masterminds in NFL history and forever left his mark on the Eagles organization
and the city of Philadelphia, Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie said in a
statement.Arizona hired Ryan as head coach in 1994, and the Cardinals went 12-20
in his two years there. He never coached again, letting twin sons Rex and Rob
carry on the family legacy.For Rob and me, weve had the great fortune of sharing
the coaching profession that he was so proud of and cherished so much, Rex Ryan
said. There is no way we can possibly begin to measure how much football we have
learned from him over the years and we are forever thankful to him for
instilling within us his unwavering love for the game of football.While today is
a tough day for all of us in the Ryan family, we are consoled in knowing how
much dad was loved by so many and the love he gave back in return. Though we
will miss him dearly, we take comfort in knowing that his memory will live on
through all of us.Buddy Ryan, suffering from the aftermath of a devastating
stroke and battling cancer and confined to a wheelchair, attended a Bills game
last season.He began his 33-year coaching career in 1961 as a defensive line
coach with the University of Buffalo.Buddy Ryan was the architect of the
greatest defense our league has seen, Bears chairman George H. McCaskey said in
a statement. He was brilliant when it came to the Xs and Os of the game, but
what made him special was his ability to create an unwavering confidence in the
players he coached. From the day he was hired in 1978, his defenses bought into
more than the scheme, they bought into him and took on his personality.Buddy was
brash, intelligent and tough. He was a perfect match for our city and team. ...
He is one of the teams all-time greats. Our prayers are with his family.ESPN
Staff Writers Mike Rodak, Jeff Dickerson and The Associated Press contributed to
this report.
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