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Article: Coach Dungy's quest is for Super Bowl ring
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- December 10, 2006
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Tony Dungy's teams have made the NFL playoffs
seven straight seasons, going on eight. He is as respected as any
man in the game, both as a person and for his coaching ability.
And yet ...
Not only has he never won a Super Bowl, he has never reached one.
And not only has he never reached one, but there are those who
whisper he never will because he lacks the one thing a Super Bowl-
winning coach needs: the killer instinct to push aside everything
else.
In other words, he's too nice. The cameras never catch him
shouting at an official or cursing under his breath. His priorities
are to his family, to his religion and to society, including
advancing minority hiring in the NFL.
He ...