RIP Bum

[charlotte49er]

I remember that before the start of football one season.  The Ford Farm Dealer came up with the "Luv Ya Blue" medium farm tractor.  (Ford tractors were always blue & white anyway.) 

 

Anyway, the dealer got a call during the preseason from a man who wanted to buy one of the "Luv Ya Blue" tractors.  The dealer asked him, how big his farm was.  He pointed out that this was a medium tractor.  The guy who wanted was buying one replied.  "Farm?  I don't own a farm.  I live here in Houston."  The guy still bought the tractor. 

 

That's how much the Oiler fans were crazy about the team and Bum.

 

RIP Bum.

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/bum-phillips-dies-at-90-former-houston-oilers-new-orleans-saints-coach-101813

 

 

 

[Woodcookedbbq]

Classy guy. He was definitely a players coach and Texan through and through. RIP

[Anybodyhome]

I really enjoyed watching his Oiler teams back in the day.

WR Billy "White Shoes" Johnson, QB Dan Pastorini, WR Haywood "Freakwood" Jeffries, CB Cris Dishman, LB Robert "Dr. Doom" Brazile, S Ken Houston, Hall of Fame DE Elvin Bethea (105 career sacks), and of course Warren Moon and Earl Campbell.

 

If there was one thing I always remembered about those Oiler teams, those players loved playing for Bum Phillips. Earl Campbell and he were as close as I've ever seen a player and coach in the NFL.

 

[Mr. Scot]

Easily one of the most entertaining coaches ever.

Sad to hear :(

[Anybodyhome]

Check this out...

 

Supposedly the largest rally ever held for a losing team. The Oilers made their first AFC Championship appearance and lost to the Steelers. And their fans filled the Astrodome..