He's a professor of the game. He's the mastermind. If something isn't working, he will invent something else right there. And that will be a shame. Because nobody cares about head coaches anymore.
Coordinators are the stars.
And it all started with Buddy. Buddy Ryan changed all that. He wanted everybody to know that the great Chicago Bears defense of the 1980s, well, that was his defense. In 1985, when Ryan's 46 defense was ripping apart opponents, well, Buddy Ryan himself wasn't shy about saying who was in charge. He wasn't trying to strike a blow for assistant coaches or anything like that.