Originally posted by 8to80:
FYI, analysts use "game manager" to refer to QBs who don't have to put up spectacular numbers for the team to win because the team has a great defense and a run-oriented offense.
I guess your definition of "game manager" is different than the rest of the NFL. "Game manager" doesn't mean just "one who manages a game". Heck, if that was the definition, then why are coaches seldom referred to as game managers? And no, Montana was not a game manager.
I said game manager is someone that plays smart football, nothing about coaches at all. And by definition Montana was a game manager, the best one that has ever played in my opinion. To me there are only two types of QB's game managers and gunslingers( high risk/ boom or bust types) and Joe wasn't a gunslinger. There are various levels of play that can be attained by either type of QB from piss poor Heath Shular /Ryan Leaf to greats Montana / Favre.