In the 1980s and '90s, football fans often couldn't wait to open the morning newspaper to see what Buddy Ryan had said, or done. The blunt former coach died Tuesday.
Buddy Ryan ordered his payers to flatten an opponent’s kicker. He made jokes about Jimmy Johnson and challenged Tom Landry. He punched a fellow assistant coach on the sideline, then said that coach would be selling insurance in two years.
He was brusque, blunt, rude and unapologetic.
Football will miss him.
Ryan died late Monday night.