There aren't too many people in all of sports that could justify making a 5 hour documentary of their career. It takes more than just championships. Joe Montana is one of those few.
Living a mostly storied life (which is also fun to watch), Montana's career also contained enough drama and struggles to comfortably pull it off. It is basically like watching a long episode of A Football Life...which I thoroughly enjoy.
I'm a stats guy, so I always have several wiki pages open on my computer whenever watching any of these sports docs. Montana's passing yardage is surprisingly low on the all-time list (#21), particularly compared to his 80's counterparts (Marino #7 and Elway #11), but he is #8 for all time comp% and #6 for overall passer rating.
This of course was accomplished prior to the modern era of protected QB's (whom occupy 8 of the top 10 slots). Joe is also 1 of only 3 QB's with 4 or more SB's (Bradshaw (4) and Brady (7) being the only others).
One main aspect of the story was the Montana vs Young debacle. Barring injury, benching a healthy Joe Montana would be like benching Gretzky or Jordan in favor of another player. Unthinkable!! These kinds of things can happen whenever coaches put their shrink hats on with their players. Sometimes it can work, sometimes it can backfire.
Nevertheless, if Joe was not content playing 2nd string upon his '91 injury recovery (age 36 - past his prime), the 49ers should have traded him immediately...and to a division contender. They morally owed him that, but instead sat him for an entire year (amidst a cloud of ongoing tension).
Playing his final 2 seasons with Marcus at KC (whom had similar issues with Al Davis) must have been a nice treat for both of them. Though it was a shame having to retire in '94, for that team finished 1st overall the following season (13-3 record + 7 pro bowlers).
A storybook ending would have been for him to win a record breaking 5th SB with KC. Didn't happen. Nevertheless a very good/well produced sports doc series that I will probably watch again.
Living a mostly storied life (which is also fun to watch), Montana's career also contained enough drama and struggles to comfortably pull it off. It is basically like watching a long episode of A Football Life...which I thoroughly enjoy.
I'm a stats guy, so I always have several wiki pages open on my computer whenever watching any of these sports docs. Montana's passing yardage is surprisingly low on the all-time list (#21), particularly compared to his 80's counterparts (Marino #7 and Elway #11), but he is #8 for all time comp% and #6 for overall passer rating.
This of course was accomplished prior to the modern era of protected QB's (whom occupy 8 of the top 10 slots). Joe is also 1 of only 3 QB's with 4 or more SB's (Bradshaw (4) and Brady (7) being the only others).
One main aspect of the story was the Montana vs Young debacle. Barring injury, benching a healthy Joe Montana would be like benching Gretzky or Jordan in favor of another player. Unthinkable!! These kinds of things can happen whenever coaches put their shrink hats on with their players. Sometimes it can work, sometimes it can backfire.
Nevertheless, if Joe was not content playing 2nd string upon his '91 injury recovery (age 36 - past his prime), the 49ers should have traded him immediately...and to a division contender. They morally owed him that, but instead sat him for an entire year (amidst a cloud of ongoing tension).
Playing his final 2 seasons with Marcus at KC (whom had similar issues with Al Davis) must have been a nice treat for both of them. Though it was a shame having to retire in '94, for that team finished 1st overall the following season (13-3 record + 7 pro bowlers).
A storybook ending would have been for him to win a record breaking 5th SB with KC. Didn't happen. Nevertheless a very good/well produced sports doc series that I will probably watch again.
