Tony Dungy: I Wouldn’t Hire Rex Ryan
I’m disappointed with all the profanity,” Dungy said. “I think Rex can make his points without all that.”
I would not [hire Ryan]. I personally don’t want my players to be around that. I don’t want to be around that. . . . It’s hard for me to be around that, and if I were in charge, no, I wouldn’t hire someone like that. Now, I’ve been around ‘F’ bombs, so it’s not like it’s new. I just don’t think that has to be part of your every-minute, everyday vocabulary to get your point across.”
Dungy even went on to say that he thinks NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell should give Rex Ryan a call to tell him to knock it off.
I would hope that he does,” Dungy said of the possibility of Goodell getting involved. “I don’t know that he will or not but I hope that he does because I just don’t think the league needs that. I don’t think our young people need to hear that that’s what’s done to be successful. Because it doesn’t have to be that way.”
I agree that it may have been a bit offensive to some and slightly over the top, but Dungy might be overreacting just a tad in my opinion. Goodell should probably tell Rex to ease up, but I certainly wouldn’t make a decision about whether or not to hire a coach based solely on the language he uses in the locker room. Everyone’s entitled to their own opinion, I just think Dungy is exaggerating a little. A good coach is a good coach, regardless of the vocabulary he uses to express himself.
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Tony Dungy says he wouldn’t hire Rex Ryan [ProFootballTalk]