I have the utmost respect for Bill Walsh as both a person and a football coach. I felt the ripple effect of his death all the way here Missouri, as my brother is a football coach. He viewed Walsh as a hero. This “Bill Walsh Coaching Tree” can describe the effect he had on the game I love better than anything I can type here. I’m not sure one man has ever left a bigger imprint on the game of football. You will be missed and remembered, and not just by San Fransisco 49ers fans, but by all of us who have a passion for the NFL. You turned football into a thinking man’s game. You turned red-faced, hoarse-voiced coaches into teachers. You turned Rice-Montana into a pigskin symphony that will never be replicated (no offense, Marvin and Peyton).
There will never, ever be another Bill Walsh. Believe that.
Remembering Walsh:
- SFGate.com
- Niners Nation
- 49ersnews.com
- Mining the Gold Rush
- Six Pack Sports Report
- Fanhouse
- Dennis Dillon/Sporting News
- Clark Judge/CBS Sportsline
- Tom Weir/USA Today
- NFL Czar/Fox Sports
- Ira Miller/Fox Sports
- “Levy recalls giving Walsh his start” – AP
- Michael Silver/SI.com
- Dr. Z/SI.com
- Peter King/SI.com
- Jeremy Green/ESPN
- Ivan Maisel/ESPN
- Hashmarks
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