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Originally Posted by PurpleJesus28
Yeah that was some of the worst luck in the history of NFL playoffs that i can think of.I guess we'll have to chalk it up to,well it was Cleveland.
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There is an NFL Films clip of Marty before a playoff game between the Chargers and the Patriots. He is going up to every member of the secondary and telling them that when they make the game clenching interception, to just go down.
This is how cursed Marty was in the playoffs. They intercept Tom Brady, and are going to host the AFC Championship game, after going 14-2 in the regular season. I believe it was the year that LT scored 31 touchdowns. But, instead of going down, the DB tries to run the ball back, and is stripped by Troy Brown, and the Patriots recover the ball, and go on to a come from behind victory.
I believe the Chargers were the best team in football that year. LT was pretty unstoppable, and I think they probably beat the 12-4 Colts to go to the Super Bowl. And I think they would have beaten the Rex Grossman led 13-3 Chicago Bears to win the Super Bowl.
Marty literally told the secondary to just go down after the game clenching interception, and some idiot DB named Marlon McCree tries to be a hero, gets stripped, and becomes another sad footnote in the tragic playoff history of Marty Schottenheimer, along with Ernest Byner and Lin Elliot.
I suffered through Marv Levy, John Mackovic, and Frank Gansz, who won a combined 69 games between 1978 and 1988.
Levy was 31-42 as the Chiefs Head Coach.
John Mackovic was 30-34 as the Chiefs Head Coach
Frank Gansz was 8-22-1 as the Chiefs Head Coach
That's a 69-98-1 record between them.
So, I will always love Marty Schottenheimer, who was 101-58-1 as the Chiefs Head Coach.
Yeah, the 1995 playoff loss stained my soul, and the 1997 playoff loss made me feel empty inside. But, Marty helped my team, The Kansas City Chiefs, rise above being a cellar dwelling laughingstock, and turned them into a perennial playoff team.
And Marty gave me 2 home playoff wins, plus the magical run to the 1993 AFC Championship game, which included Joe Montana beating the Pittsburgh Steelers in dramatic fashion in Arrowhead, and a thrilling road victory against the run and shoot Houston Oilers and their Buddy Ryan led defense.
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