Dungy stepping down as Colts coach

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Tony Dungy is stepping down as head coach of the Colts.

While the team has scheduled a 5 p.m. press conference, Dungy is walking around the team's complex saying goodbye to players and team employees and informing them that the transition should be a smooth one for new coach Jim Caldwell.

According to one source, Dungy explained that he has talked it over with his family and they believed this was the proper time to step down, while the Colts' nucleus was still intact.

Receivers coach Clyde Christensen told The Associated Press Dungy informed the staff of his decision earlier in the day.

"I think there was an intensity in there and it was emotional," he said. "We all felt like it was going to happen one of these years.

"You know, I told my wife I'm sad, but I don't know why I'm sad," Christensen added. "To see a guy be happy and make a good decision, you should be happy. I guess I was just hoping for one more year with him."

Dungy is perhaps the most respected head coach among peers and players of this era. He won a Super Bowl two seasons ago and at that time many thought he would step down. Again last year it was predicted by some he would step down, but he decided instead to pick his successor and stay on for one more year.

Dungy's Indianapolis tenure will finish after seven seasons with a record of 92-33, and a postseason berth in all seven years with the club.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

 

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the guy was a class act. he deserves all the praise people are going to give him

 

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Maybe the Jets will call him.

 

[soxmuscle]

I don't understand the love for this guy.

I understand he's a few shades darker than Bill Parcells, but he certainly isn't better than him at all and I don't remember Parcells ever receiving this kind of attention upon his stepping down with teams in the past.

 

[bio-chem]

I don't understand the love for this guy.

I understand he's a few shades darker than Bill Parcells, but he certainly isn't better than him at all and I don't remember Parcells ever receiving this kind of attention upon his stepping down with teams in the past.

maybe because parcells, though a good coach, is an egotistical fat ass who can't see his own penis when he pees. dungy is actually a good guy. how many times has parcells "retired"? if the answer is more than michael jordan then it is not retiring. it's quitting to find better pastures somewhere else.

bottom line is dungy is a good coach and a good person. parcells is a good football guy and a fucktard.

 

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I don't understand the love for this guy.

I understand he's a few shades darker than Bill Parcells, but he certainly isn't better than him at all and I don't remember Parcells ever receiving this kind of attention upon his stepping down with teams in the past.

He did here in NY. I love him as a coach.
I think almost all of the franchises he's been in has improved.

 

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maybe because parcells, though a good coach, is an egotistical fat ass who can't see his own penis when he pees. dungy is actually a good guy. how many times has parcells "retired"? if the answer is more than michael jordan then it is not retiring. it's quitting to find better pastures somewhere else.

bottom line is dungy is a good coach and a good person. parcells is a good football guy and a fucktard.

Yeah, that retired bit does get tired.
They say he really physically can't deal with a full season.
He's too fat.

 

[soxmuscle]

I understand that Dungy is just as good of a person as he is a football coach, my point being he's receiving this much media attention solely because he's black.

 

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I don't see that.

 

[bio-chem]

I don't see that.

yea, this isn't the race card being played. mike shanahan got as much attention when he was fired (white) way the hell more than romeo crennel did (black) this isn't a race thing right now with dungy. this is a good guy calling it quits on his own terms.