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    jayjaybear

    His was the greatness that created the Steelers Superbowl wins of the 70s. RIP, Chuck.

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    Keith G

    Noll got his gig just as I was entering jr high and just as I began playing football. An Ohio boy, I was not a Steeler fan, but I appreciated his teams even when they beat the teams that I was rooting for – as they often did.

    I can’t say that the 70s was the best football ever, but it was fun to watch and a lot more unassuming than it came to be later. And there were a lot of classic personalities on the field and off.

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    geg6

    OMG, I cried this morning when I heard the news. Greatest coach this city ever has or will see.

    The Emperor is dead. Long live the memory of the Emperor!

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    Keith G

    @raven: While tending bar in the late 70s, defensive coordinator Bud Carson was one of my customers. Two things that I remember about him: He was a very intense story teller and Super Bowl rings are very big.

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    Long Tooth

    R.I.P. Chuck Noll, indeed.

    The Niners are my team, but I also threw in with the Raiders in the immediate aftermath of the immaculate deception play. I’m talking within 5 minutes of that horse-shit call. I well remember the rest of titanic battles those teams waged that decade, and Steeler fans should feel smug about most of them. The man will always indisputably rank among the great coaches in the NFL. He’s in The Pantheon.

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    Chickamin Slam

    I have a Chuck Noll trading card. I think it was from later in his career. At the time being a kid I was thinking “Wow this guy has coached a long time.” For some reason I liked the coaches in the set.

    RIP Chuck Noll

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    JMG

    One of the figures in sports who are both universally recognized as historic greats and STILL don’t get enough credit for how good they were — like Lou Gehrig and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. It was no secret he’d been in poor health but very very sad all the same.

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    revrick

    Before Chuck Noll the Steelers were the punching bag of the NFL. With him they vaulted to the elite.

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    J. Smith

    This saddens me greatly. Growing up in Michigan, the NFL didn’t give me much to root for in the late 70’s and early 80’s (or since for that matter), so I adopted the Steelers and have loved them since (OK, yes, I love the Lions, but the pain . . . the pain). My earliest football memory is SB XIV; my brother bet on the Rams. An Earl Campbell fan, he detested the Steel Curtain.

    Bradshaw, Ham, Harris, Greenwood, Bleier, Green, Blount, Shell. The incomparable Mike Webster. The indomitable Jack Lambert. But the glue was Coach Noll. He built the team, kept them together, and led them to unparalleled excellence: 4 championships in 6 years. And did so with humility and quietly.

    I always admired his stoic sideline style and get-it-done attitude–and the loyalty of the Rooney family when the Super Bowls ran dry.

    Rest in peace, Coach. And thanks for everything.

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