Did He Mix Him Up With Chuck Noll?

It brought a chuckle to see this headline in the Star Tribune today: "Knox watches as Vikings' Tice mirrors his philosophy".

Ah, yes - Chuck Knox. The coach who my brother mocked through the seventies and early eighties as someone who couldn't win in the playoffs. Then a few years back, my brother started referring to the similarly playoff-challenged Dennis Green as "the new Chuck Knox." Green, of course, was Tice's predeccesor.

All kinds of role models for Tice to emulate: Lombardi, Shula, Walsh, Parcells ... hey chooses Chuck Knox. The laughs continue from the Purple.