Popular Post Jet_Engine1 Posted August 4 Popular Post Share Posted August 4 Marv Levy turned 99 yesterday. Genuine class act and good dude (even if he was the Bills HC). My Mom worked on the Events Staff for The Breakers Hotel on Palm Beach for years and the NFL Owners Meetings were frequently held there. She said the one of the nicest guys she had ever met was Marv Levy, just friendly and very chatty and funny, and would remember her name from previous meetings and made a point to say hi. Anyway, Happy Birthday Coach Levy. Happy to hear you're still with us. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Beerfish Posted August 4 Popular Post Share Posted August 4 Great coach and though I do not like the Bills at all and even though they are laughed at for their 0-4 super bowl run that is still a monumental achievement to actually get to 4 games in a row. Levy was also a great coach in the CFL. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post doitny Posted August 4 Popular Post Share Posted August 4 99! ... god bless him 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Island Leprechaun Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 12 minutes ago, Beerfish said: Great coach and though I do not like the Bills at all and even though they are laughed at for their 0-4 super bowl run that is still a monumental achievement to actually get to 4 games in a row. Levy was also a great coach in the CFL. Vikings made four SB's as well, with same result. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerfish Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 2 hours ago, Long Island Leprechaun said: Vikings made four SB's as well, with same result. Funny how some of these super bowl fail teams had admirable coaches. Bud Grant was just pure old school awesome guy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcoops Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 Even though I hated the Bills during that era, I have always had tremendous respect and affection for Marv Levy. A great coach and, by all accounts, a top class person. Many Happy Returns, coach. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Island Leprechaun Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 13 minutes ago, Beerfish said: Funny how some of these super bowl fail teams had admirable coaches. Bud Grant was just pure old school awesome guy. Yeah, he wouldn't even let the team have heaters on the sidelines. Thought it would affect their focus. Long way from today. But somehow the Vikings always brought their worst selves into the SB. Great defenses, but usually no offense at all. And all the teams they played had ferocious defenses so that wasn't enough. Chiefs, Dolphins, Steelers, and Raiders. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jimmy 2 Times Posted August 4 Popular Post Share Posted August 4 3 hours ago, Jet_Engine1 said: Marv Levy turned 99 yesterday. Genuine class act and good dude (even if he was the Bills HC). My Mom worked on the Events Staff for The Breakers Hotel on Palm Beach for years and the NFL Owners Meetings were frequently held there. She said the one of the nicest guys she had ever met was Marv Levy, just friendly and very chatty and funny, and would remember her name from previous meetings and made a point to say hi. Anyway, Happy Birthday Coach Levy. Happy to hear you're still with us. Very strange coincidence. I was just thinking about Marv Leavy yesterday. One of his NFL Films post game speeches popped in my head. I immediately got a little sad because I assumed he probably passed at least ten years ago and I just didn't hear. Glad to hear he's still with us and hopefully in good health. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjasi Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 You can make an argument that getting to 4 straight Super Bowls is a greater achievement than winning a single Super Bowl. One team wins the Super Bowl every year, while we’re still waiting for another team to reach 4 straight Super Bowls 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet_Engine1 Posted August 4 Author Share Posted August 4 57 minutes ago, Jimmy 2 Times said: Very strange coincidence. I was just thinking about Marv Leavy yesterday. One of his NFL Films post game speeches popped in my head. I immediately got a little sad because I assumed he probably passed at least ten years ago and I just didn't hear. Glad to hear he's still with us and hopefully in good health. I looked him up when I saw that he turned 99, he served in the last year of WWII as a Meteorologist in the Army Air Corps, was stationed in Florida as his Unit prepped to go to the Pacific. Luckily for them, the war ended before they saw action. He was always adamantly against using Military Analogies for Football, basically saying, "this is a game, not war". But he loved other historical references and such. I think he quoted the Henry Vth speech from Shakespeare occasionally, though. Was a big proponent of the WWII National Memorial in DC. They don't make them like they used to... lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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