ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – Mike Munchak played 159 games in his NFL career, was named to nine Pro Bowls at guard, was a four-time first-team All-Pro selection, was an all-decade selection in the 1980s, and was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2001.
And when, three years after his playing career ended, he took those credentials into coaching, he was quickly steamrolled by one overriding thought in those first weeks in the move from student to teacher.