I never did include Dennis Green or Jimmy Johnson in my first two "parts" of "Coaching lines" because I found that both of them have a similiar history in that neither ever really did seem to become that much a part of the regular NFL "fraternity", so to speak.
Both of their backgrounds were primarily at the College level, and when they did become head coaches a majority of their assistants tended to be their own college contacts, more than the "normal" "pool" of NFL coaches.
I had told Skkorp that I intended to include them in a part 3, which would cover coaches like them, Bum Phillips, Jim Mora, etc.
But those two definitely stick out as ....not necessarily "renegades", but neither of them that much a part of the normal loop.
To this day, if you look at the 4 Cards candidates, Green is by far the least experienced NFL coach. 10 years in Minnesota, and 2 in San Francisco as an assistant.
Now, whether one considers that a positive or negative, is another whole debate within itself.
