Former Bills player Marty Schottenheimer diagnosed with Alzheimers

[DetDannyWilliams]

Marty Schottenheimer, 73, has Alzheimer’s disease, according to a report from ESPN’s Tony Grossi on Friday (http://www.espn.com/blog/cleveland/post/_/id/2310/alzheimers-disease-wont-prevent-marty-schottenheimer-from-attending-30th-reunion-of-browns-1986-season).

[Mr. Cynical]

sucks

[pmoon6]

Best wishes to Marty and hope he gets great care. Difficult disease to deal with. My mother suffered from it the last five years of her life. We used to talk every month on the phone, but it was hard the last few years when she would not even know who I was or remember anything from her past.

My sympathies to the Schottenheimer family.

On a more pleasant note, I still get a chuckle watching old AFL films showing Marty and how they tried to fit his name on the game jersey.

[swiper]

I always wanted to see Schottenheimer coach the Bills. He was a good coach who never quite got the credit he deserved.

CLE 1984 4 4 0 .500 3rd in AFC Central - - - -
CLE 1985 8 8 0 .500 1st in AFC Central 0 1 .000 Lost to Miami Dolphins in Divisional Game.
CLE 1986 12 4 0 .750 1st in AFC Central 1 1 .500 Lost to Denver Broncos in AFC Championship Game.
CLE 1987 10 5 0 .667 1st in AFC Central 1 1 .500 Lost to Denver Broncos in AFC Championship Game.
CLE 1988 10 6 0 .625 2nd in AFC Central 0 1 .000 Lost to Houston Oilers in AFC Wild-Card Game.
CLE Total 44 27 0 .620 2 4 .333
KC 1989 8 7 1 .533 2nd in AFC West - - - -
KC 1990 11 5 0 .688 2nd in AFC West 0 1 .000 Lost to Miami Dolphins in Wild Card Game.
KC 1991 10 6 0 .625 2nd in AFC West 1 1 .500 Lost to Buffalo Bills in Divisional Game.
KC 1992 10 6 0 .625 2nd in AFC West 0 1 .000 Lost to San Diego Chargers in Wild Card Game.
KC 1993 11 5 0 .688 1st in AFC West 2 1 .667 Lost to Buffalo Bills in AFC Championship.
KC 1994 9 7 0 .563 2nd in AFC West 0 1 .000 Lost to Miami Dolphins in AFC Wild-Card Game.
KC 1995 13 3 0 .813 1st in AFC West 0 1 .000 Lost to Indianapolis Colts in AFC Divisional Game.
KC 1996 9 7 0 .563 2nd in AFC West - - - -
KC 1997 13 3 0 .813 1st in AFC West 0 1 .000 Lost to Denver Broncos in AFC Divisional Game.
KC 1998 7 9 0 .438 4th in AFC West - - - -
KC Total 101 58 1 .635 3 7 .300
WAS 2001 8 8 0 .500 2nd in NFC East - - - -
WAS Total 8 8 0 .500 - - - -
SD 2002 8 8 0 .500 3rd in AFC West - - - -
SD 2003 4 12 0 .250 4th in AFC West - - - -
SD 2004 12 4 0 .750 1st in AFC West 0 1 .000 Lost to New York Jets in AFC Wild-Card Game.
SD 2005 9 7 0 .563 3rd in AFC West - - - -
SD 2006 14 2 0 .875 1st in AFC West 0 1 .000 Lost to New England Patriots in AFC Divisional Game.
SD Total 47 33 0 .588 0 2 .000

[YardRat]

Yeah, best wishes to he and his family.

[Mr. Miyagi]

We've had a few experiences in our family with that horrible disease as well. It's very tough on not just the patient but the family around them.

Nobody deserves this, Best of luck Coach Marty.

[djjimkelly]

good luck marty seems like a nice man hopefully its not too debilitating

[SpikedLemonade]

WELCOME TO HELL