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In the leadup to Superbowl XXVI between the Redskins-Bills, Bills defensive line coach Chuck Dickerson gave multiple interviews in which he insulted the entire Redskins Offensive Line. Dickerson would be fired three days after the Bills' defeat in the Superbowl.
Buffalo sports radio icon Chuck Dickerson reflects on career
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"Dickerson said Redskins tackle Joe Jacoby was "a Neanderthal -- he slobbers a lot, he probably kicks dogs in his neighborhood." He also said tackle Jim Lachey "has bad breath. Players will fall down without him even touching them."
He said that Center Jeff Bostic was "Ugly, like the rest of 'em."
Joe Gibbs got his hands on some tapes of Dickerson and played them at a team meeting on the night before the game in order to motivate the team.
“He gave us a great motivating speech,” Washington center Jeff Bostic said afterward. “He was talking about the Hogs. He made a lot of really embarrassing remarks, coming from a coach. He made comments about each one of us individually. I wonder if he likes us now.”
Jacoby, like Bostic a three-time Super Bowl champion now, said he was offended as well. "This guy is criticizing the guys on the offensive line, and a majority of us has been to a few Pro Bowls," he said. "This is a line that gave up nine sacks all year. Sure it makes you upset. I think it fired everyone up, not just the offensive line."
Marv Levy later described the interview as "the girder that brought down the building."
Three days after the Superbowl, Levy fired Dickerson, who insisted he was joking.
After being fired, WGR hired him in January 1994 and announced the station would deliver sports from 2 p.m. to midnight. Wander was the afternoon drive host, followed by Dickerson. They flip-flopped six months later, as The Coach’s celebrity grew.
Friction over Dickerson’s criticism reached a head for Levy in December 1994, when Levy lashed out on his Empire Sports Network show.
“He was regarded as a buffoon by our players,” Levy said. “He hasn’t changed. He’s the same now.”
Levy declared Dickerson was subversive while on Buffalo’s staff and referred to him as Tokyo Rose, a term for the female broadcasters who during World War II delivered Japanese propaganda to demoralize U.S. troops.
Another of Levy’s favorite lines was that Dickerson had been fired more times than a Civil War cannon, although Levy promoted him twice.
“I never tried to be buddy-buddy with anybody over there,” Dickerson said. “I had some people inside the organization that I was very close to, that kept me apprised to everything that was going on.
“I heard atrocious things about the way things were being run. But that’s the way it was, and that’s the way I called it.”
Dickerson never let up.
Greg Ried, Entercom Buffalo vice president and general manager, recalled Bills general manager John Butler summoning him and Entercom executive Larry Robb to Orchard Park because the team was exasperated with Dickerson’s hammer-wielding. Maybe it was because Dickerson kept calling Wade Phillips “Gomer.”
“One of the most memorable meetings of my career,” Ried said. “John Butler practically came over the desk at us because he was so mad about Chuck Dickerson.
“He yelled, ‘You won’t do anything about him because you’re afraid of him!’ I said, ‘John, no, I’m not. It’s entertainment. Sports radio is not journalism.’ ”
Buffalo sports radio icon Chuck Dickerson reflects on career
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"Dickerson said Redskins tackle Joe Jacoby was "a Neanderthal -- he slobbers a lot, he probably kicks dogs in his neighborhood." He also said tackle Jim Lachey "has bad breath. Players will fall down without him even touching them."
He said that Center Jeff Bostic was "Ugly, like the rest of 'em."
Joe Gibbs got his hands on some tapes of Dickerson and played them at a team meeting on the night before the game in order to motivate the team.
“He gave us a great motivating speech,” Washington center Jeff Bostic said afterward. “He was talking about the Hogs. He made a lot of really embarrassing remarks, coming from a coach. He made comments about each one of us individually. I wonder if he likes us now.”
Jacoby, like Bostic a three-time Super Bowl champion now, said he was offended as well. "This guy is criticizing the guys on the offensive line, and a majority of us has been to a few Pro Bowls," he said. "This is a line that gave up nine sacks all year. Sure it makes you upset. I think it fired everyone up, not just the offensive line."
Marv Levy later described the interview as "the girder that brought down the building."
Three days after the Superbowl, Levy fired Dickerson, who insisted he was joking.
After being fired, WGR hired him in January 1994 and announced the station would deliver sports from 2 p.m. to midnight. Wander was the afternoon drive host, followed by Dickerson. They flip-flopped six months later, as The Coach’s celebrity grew.
Friction over Dickerson’s criticism reached a head for Levy in December 1994, when Levy lashed out on his Empire Sports Network show.
“He was regarded as a buffoon by our players,” Levy said. “He hasn’t changed. He’s the same now.”
Levy declared Dickerson was subversive while on Buffalo’s staff and referred to him as Tokyo Rose, a term for the female broadcasters who during World War II delivered Japanese propaganda to demoralize U.S. troops.
Another of Levy’s favorite lines was that Dickerson had been fired more times than a Civil War cannon, although Levy promoted him twice.
“I never tried to be buddy-buddy with anybody over there,” Dickerson said. “I had some people inside the organization that I was very close to, that kept me apprised to everything that was going on.
“I heard atrocious things about the way things were being run. But that’s the way it was, and that’s the way I called it.”
Dickerson never let up.
Greg Ried, Entercom Buffalo vice president and general manager, recalled Bills general manager John Butler summoning him and Entercom executive Larry Robb to Orchard Park because the team was exasperated with Dickerson’s hammer-wielding. Maybe it was because Dickerson kept calling Wade Phillips “Gomer.”
“One of the most memorable meetings of my career,” Ried said. “John Butler practically came over the desk at us because he was so mad about Chuck Dickerson.
“He yelled, ‘You won’t do anything about him because you’re afraid of him!’ I said, ‘John, no, I’m not. It’s entertainment. Sports radio is not journalism.’ ”
