Bud Really Didn't Care

I only remember him actually be favored to win once.
0-4 in the NFL 4-2 in Canada. Maybe he was too laid back aye.

I wouldn't take to much from those statements honestly. He was well known as unflappable. Could not tell if his team was winning or losing by the expression on his face.
Why would he come out and say anything that was counter to his image and his personality.

Weird, it's as almost if Bud wanted a life outside football. Jokes aside, Bud is still one of the best coaches of all time. He may have not been a film junky or slept in his office, but he still managed to get the most out of his players. With regards to his demeanor, this is an old flawed argument. Landry, Dungy and Knoll were all pretty stoic and hardly showed their emotions on their faces, but yet they still won SBs. Maybe Bud's attitude is a contributing reason for us not winning a SB with him. But when you consider what his life has been like during and after football, can't necessarily say I blame him.

Yeah, I think not. Bud cared. He just knew football was just a game and not life. But let's look at him not caring in the prime of the Vikings. 1968-1977. 104-35-1 record. .746 winning percentage. A defense that averaged 4.3 in PPG in the league(13.3 ppg over 9 years) An offense that averaged 8.4 in PPG(21.8 ppg over 9 years). Three different starting QB's in those 9 years. But yeah, he didn't care. It's just a game, and Bud knew that.

Not saying your wrong but lets break this down

1) He lived through the great depression,world war 2 and was diagnosed
with poliomyelitis as a kid so he saw things much worse then losing a football game.

2) Not all NFL players weren't getting ridiculous amounts of money and some might've had offseason jobs so allowing a guy to invest in his education isn't the worst idea. Even now how many guys are broke after playing in the NFL because they don't know how to handle money or have anything to fall back on after football.

3) He was a family man who loved his kids and spending time with them more then coaching, right or wrong it is what it is

4) If they were known as soft and he started late just goes to show how well run and prepared they were as a staff to have as much success he had.

5) Maybe he could've shown more fire but I'm sure guys like Page, Marshall, Foreman, Kapp or Tarkington would've fought anyone for him and believed in him. Think most on here would agree Green was a successful guy for the most part and he showed fire and yelled and he also had a massive heart attack and died.

6) He wasn't a film junkie or lived in his office is obvious since he had 6 kids he had to be home sometime to make them. Again this just shows how good he really was. Also as others have said maybe thats why he is still hanging out in 10° with a polo shirt because he didn't take everything so seriously.

We would all have liked to been 4-0 instead of 0-4 as would everyone on those teams but on the flip side not many coaches can say they were a NFL HC for as long as him. Yea he could've done more and taking the job more seriously but you cant say he didn't love his job, he just realized that you should prioritize your kids over your job. He has almost 300 wins as a head coach with 118 in the CFL & 168 in the NFL, you dont win that many if you dont care about coaching.