 he always found a way to dictate the tempo of the game. He made those teams which had better athletes play his game instead of the other way around. Is that one of the things that you found out in your research? Oh, absolutely. His change in the game was kind of the antithesis of Sid Gilman and the vertical game and stretch the field end zone to end zone and sideline to sideline. Bill Walsh revolutionized the game with the short, quick passing game.