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I'm trying to picture Dan Campbell in a snappy fedora
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2025 6:30 pm
by RichardBak
When did head coaches quit wearing suits and fedoras on the sideline?? Yesterday night's throwback-flavored game between GB and Eagles got me thinking about Stram, Landry, Lombardi, et al. I'm guessing that "dressing for success" NFL-style started to slowly die out with the advent of casual Fridays and people shopping at Krogers in their pajamas and flip-flops.
Re: I'm trying to picture Dan Campbell in a snappy fedora
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2025 8:10 pm
by 74_75_78_79_
Looking at old pics from the late-'60s/very early-'70s of people shopping at esteemed department stores where I grew up (same with many of you as well), they all came out dressed-for-success as well - ESPECIALLY during Christmas Season!
I do remember Nolan and Del Rio trying to revive it in the '00s, but I guess it was like trying to piss into anti-nostalgic wind! And no chance for it to 'catch fire' among other HCs.
I believe Chuck Noll wore a tie at first. Same with Shula even before him. Was it the NFL becoming a bigger brand and trying to get everyone to wear 'team gear'? Yes, as much as I WAS NOT (NOT) a Cowboys-fan, Landry was Majestic. And even Bum Phillips not wearing such attire, he had his very own identity which reflected his exact persona with the Esteemed Stetson!
Don't get me started on the (NFL Films-assisted) Iconic Imagery of that weirdly forgotten Thanksgiving Classic of Nineteen Hundred and Seventy NIne!!
Yes, what IS the exact 'timeline' as to when it all gradually came to a close?
PS - but, let's face it, is Dantallica - or his Predecessor, BILL COWHER - really 'suit-and-tie' material on the sideline in this, may as well say, post-modern era??