Ross Tucker: Joe Gibbs is the GOAT, he won Super Bowls with three different non-HOF QBs

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Saban’s dominance in his respective class of football has drawn comparisons to that of Patriots head coach Bill Belichick in the NFL.

Belichick has more championships than any other coach in the Super Bowl era, and has New England in position — three wins away — to potentially add a sixth Lombardi Trophy to its trophy case.

Surely other coaches come to mind in the discussion of Greatest Of All Time: Bill Walsh, Don Shula, Chuck Noll, George Halas, Tom Landry and Vince Lombardi.

Ross Tucker — a former Redskins offensive lineman and current NFL analyst — says the comparisons are all wrong. Actually, he says there is no competition for the coaching G.O.A.T.

“[The Patriots have] got pretty clearly in my mind the best quarterback of all time, and they’ve got one of the best coaches of all time,” Tucker told 106.7 The Fan’s Grant Paulsen and Danny Rouhier. “Not the best coach of all time, because, as we’ve talked about before, the best coach of all time is Joe Gibbs.”

“And I’m not pandering to your audience,” Tucker told the D.C.-based hosts. “But all week, all I’m hearing is, ‘Nick Saban or Belichick? Belichick or Saban? Who’s the best ever?’ It’s Joe Gibbs.”

“I mean, the guy won three Super Bowls with three different non-Hall of Fame quarterbacks, went to another one, and then made the playoffs with three other quarterbacks,” he said. “How many years did Gibbs even coach? Like ’82-’93, and then came back for like four years, right?

“So you’re telling me, like, in 15 or 16 years, the guy went to the playoffs with six different quarterbacks — it was an aging Brunell, Jay Schroeder, a Todd Collins/Jason Campbell combo platter when I was there in ’07 — and then wins the Super Bowl with three non-Hall of Fame [quarterbacks]?”

“Think about the other coaches,” Tucker said. “Vince Lombardi: Okay, great. Bart Starr. Bill Belichick: Okay, all five Super Bowls, Tom Brady. Thank you. How about Bill Walsh? All three Super Bowl victories, Joe Montana, the second-best quarterback of all time.

“Like, I’m more impressed with Gibbs. And I was there with him. He put me on IR or whatever. I’m not saying it because I’m like tight with Gibbs. He’s not like my guy. I’m just looking at it objectively. Joe Gibbs has the most impressive resume of any football coach ever.”

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