Fresh off winning a Super Bowl as the defensive coordinator of the 1985 Chicago Bears, Ryan blew into Philadelphia promising a winner, and a fan base starving for some excitement and winning football lapped it all up.
"Looking back and during that period, the fans needed it and the players needed it, the breath of fresh air that Buddy Ryan brought to Philadelphia," former Eagles wide receiver and current radio analyst Mike Quick said. "Going through the Marion Campbell era and the twilight of the Dick Vermeil years, to have a coach who put it all out there, who made those kind of statements and who had that kind of confidence and that kind of swagger, it was very much welcomed.