Lombardi and Landry

 

I'm not well-versed enough on the logistics of football games to have really appreciated this book. It got pretty technical with formations and plays. I understood some of it, but a lot of it went right over my head.

The parts I did understand I enjoyed, so there's that 😊

Before he coached the Packers, Vince Lombardi was an offensive coach for the New York Giants under head coach Jim Howell. Tom Landry was the defensive coach for the Giants at the same time, before he went on to coach the Dallas Cowboys. Both coaches helped propel the Giants to winning seasons and championships (before the Super Bowl). Lombardi left to go to Green Bay, and a few years later Landry went to Dallas. Both coaches became legends in their respective towns (and of course, as we know, the Super Bowl trophy is named after Lombardi, since the Packers won the first two matchups). Landry led Dallas through the raucous '80s when the moniker "America's Team" was hung on the Cowboys (unjustly so, in my opinion). The Giants faltered and it took them a long time to return to their former glory. Most people blamed the Mara family for letting Lombardi and Landry get away. 

History is full of hindsight, so it's hard to know what might have happened "if".