Chuck Noll

Um, I had one semester left, and I needed to go graduate.

Now, Chuck Noll used to always talk about your life's work.

He would talk about it in two settings.

If you got beat 51 to nothing by the Cleveland Browns opening day, he would talk about it right after that game.

I'm not saying it's that easy, but if you don't do that, you'll never get there.

So people that do that or try to encourage you, you gotta do something, you know? If they're extending their hand...

Chuck Noll used to always talk about the stage we had.

He goes, "You got an amazing stage.

The era he was in were the best coaches.

He beat Don Shula, he beat Chuck Noll, he beat Tom Landry, he beat Wee You, and he went, you know, through all the...

And I, I was thinking to myself, just listening to him, did any of those coaches ever s- did Tom Landry say, "You know what I love about my job is beating George Allen twice a year.

Do you know what I like?" Like, this bravado.

He beat Don Shula.

He beat Chuck Noll.

He beat Tom Landry.

He beat we, you...

I wanted to follow up on that about Bill, because he, uh...

We go back, George Halas, right, Vince Lombardi, Chuck Noll, and even then after, you know, Bill Belichick, w- whoever you wanna talk about.

But y- y- I think you kinda pinpoint the '80s as the point where the NFL passes all the other sports, particularly baseball, and that's when the Niners won four.

So I was wondering...

Um, 4:30 PM, Sports Basement in Berkeley tomorrow with Carmen.

You know, what's funny, y- part of your theme of your book I get is how the NFL took over American sports and is the, you know, the king forever now, right? And I'm thinking, I wanted to follow up on that about Bill, because he, yeah, we go back, George Halas, right? Vince Lombardi, Chuck Noll, and even then after, you know, Bill Belichick, w- whoever you wanna talk about.

But y- y- I think you kinda pinpoint the '80s as the point where the NFL passes all the other sports, particularly baseball, and that's when the Niners won four.

So I was wondering, and you know, and you still see these 49ers fans everywhere, all around the nation, and we always wonder where...

Because you know that.

We go back, George Halas, right, Vince Lombardi, Chuck Noll, and even then after, you know, Bill Belichick, whoever you wanna talk about.

But y- y- I think you kinda pinpoint the '80s as the point where the NFL passes all the other sports, particularly baseball, and that's when the Niners won four.

So I was wondering...

Um, 4:30 PM, Sports Basement in Berkeley tomorrow with Carmen.

You know, what's funny, y- part of your theme of your book I get is how the NFL took over American sports, and is the, you know, the king forever now, right? And I'm thinking, I wanted to follow up on that about Bill, because you know, we go back, George Halas, right, Vince Lombardi, Chuck Noll, and even then after, you know, Bill Belichick, w- whoever you wanna talk about.

But y- I think you kinda pinpoint the '80s as the point where the NFL passes all the other sports, particularly baseball, and that's when the Niners won four.

So I was wondering...