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Despite this, coach Dick Irvin insisted that general manager Tommy Gorman sign him, being impressed with his play in camp.
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Despite the lopsided loss in the Super Bowl, Beathard, who traded for or drafted the bulk of the Chargers roster, and who hired coach Ross, was named the NFL's smartest man by Sports Illustrated, and became the only general manager to lead three different teams to the Super Bowl ( Chargers, Dolphins, Redskins ).
Despite having coached the Rangers to a regular season first place finish and the Stanley Cup, head coach Mike Keenan left after a dispute with General Manager Neil Smith.
Despite all the progress, there was speculation that Jim O ' Brien was not the coach to lead this team back to the playoffs.
Despite Nowitzki's MVP showing, the Mavericks were upset by their former coach Don Nelson and the 8th seeded Golden State Warriors in the 2007 NBA Playoffs.
Despite its ambition, however, Bologna had a poor start to the season, causing the sacking of experienced coach Renzo Ulivieri, replaced by former Internazionale defender Andrea Mandorlini.
Despite Buffet's partnership with the Dolphins, Buffet is a diehard New Orleans Saints fan, having attended the team's first game at Tulane Stadium in 1967 and later had Saints head coach Sean Payton serve as an honorary member of the Coral Reefer Band at a concert in New Orleans on April 1, 2012, in protest of Payton's suspension by the NFL as a result of the Saints ' bounty scandal.
Despite the loss of Gruden in 2002, the Raiders under their new coach Bill Callahan still managed to earn a share of the AFC's best record at 11-5.
Despite playing under a defensive system, implemented by new head coach Mike Babcock, the arrival of Kariya's new linemates coincided with a resurgence in offensive production for him in 2002 – 03.
Despite his reputation as a defensive coach, Ottawa was amongst the top few teams offensively in his last years there.
Despite a rookie head coach, the team jumped out to a 7 – 2 start, which was their best start since 1976.
Despite controversial media reports describing Wallace as a ' dead man walking ', he told a packed media conference after the Round 4 loss to Melbourne that he would not be resigning and would coach out the 2009 season at Richmond, the final year of his five year contract.
Despite knowing that Taylor's season was over in Week 3 of 2001, Jaguars coach Tom Coughlin listed him on the injury report as " questionable " every game for the remainder of the season, further fueling the doubts of Taylor's toughness in the minds of fans.
Despite Ponting's reluctance to weigh into the debate, Tasmanian coach Greg Shipperd thought he could handle the experience.
Despite his four premierships as a coach, Matthews never coached a team to the minor premiership.
Despite losing player / coach Tony Hand to a serious injury, the club managed to remain competitive and finished a creditable 2nd in the league.
Despite reaching the National Cup final and finishing fourth in the league, Wilkinson made way for the club's first overseas coach, Steve Linnane.
Despite his relatively good bowling form, Pakistani coach Waqar Younis insisted that the bowling attack must not become reliant on Akhtar, as he is 35 years of age and fitness troubles continue to affect him.
Despite the result, Hutton saw potential in Frank Tyson's bowling and arranged for Alf Gover, a respected coach who was in Australia as a journalist, to improve and shorten Tyson's run to the wicket.
Despite feuding with head coach Sam Vincent throughout the season, Okafor still managed to average a double-double for the fourth consecutive season of his career.
Despite his recent hiring as head coach of the Isles, he still found time to attend a hockey camp in Whitehorse, Yukon in mid-July 2006.
Despite this, Hanlon was guaranteed one more year as coach of the Capitals.
Despite a belief by the Lazio owner Sergio Cragnotti that Capello had made a verbal agreement to coach his club, Capello instead returned to Milan for a brief and less successful spell.
Despite medical warnings, he agreed only to give up coaching the football scout team, continuing as head coach of two sports and serving as chief scout and sideline assistant in football.
Despite not competing in the UFC as a fighter while with the WWF, Shamrock continued to coach his Lion's Den fighters in the UFC and even coached Mark Coleman at UFC 18.
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Despite the recession, Pittsburgh came into town with this imposing list of averages: Smoky Burgess, Gino Cimoli, Bill Virdon, Bob Clemente and Dick Groat, each
Despite efforts by jockey Dick Francis, Devon Loch was unable to complete the race, leaving E. S. B.
Dick Harris booted 7 goals in the Tigers ' 1943 premiership win. Despite the tribulations created by the Second World War, the Tigers were able to maintain a commendable level of consistency on the field.
Despite their intense mutual dislike, and fights over the screenplay, My Little Chickadee was a moderate box office success, but the film outgrossed Fields's previous film, You Can't Cheat an Honest Man ( 1939 ), and the later The Bank Dick ( 1940 ).
Despite starting well with the team's return to the First Division, Dick Campbell was sacked on 27 March 2007.
Despite reaching his original goals, Dick continues as a police officer during the day while spending nights as Nightwing, pushing himself to his limits and straining his relationships.
Despite being bland, it did, however, have what is considered one of the better opening music themes of the show, which would be used ( albeit in various incarnations ) for virtually every episode under Dick Ebersol's tenure.
Despite this, it appears that he and Briscoe become quite good friends — their interaction in the two following crossovers between Homicide and Law & Order, as well as in a crossover between Law & Order and SVU, is generally friendly ( Belzer originally pitched to Dick Wolf that Munch join Law and Order as Briscoe's new partner, but the role had been filled by Jesse L Martin ).
Despite Dick explaining the story in a letter to J. M.
Despite the loss, Clermont captured the Dick Suderman Trophy as the Outstanding Canadian in the championship game.
Despite the stupidity of his captors, Dick is soon discovered and forced down a garbage chute to the sewers.
Despite his swift and vicious consolidation of power, Blockbuster's hold on Blüdhaven's organized crime was nevertheless weakened by the intervention of the city's new protector, Nightwing ( Dick Grayson, the former Robin ), who, with Oracle's help, foiled Desmond's plans at every turn.
Despite Duncan's production, Athletics manager Dick Williams, a proponent of the platoon system, began using Gene Tenace as the starting catcher during the last month of the season.
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Despite his " Playmaker " style on the field and flashy personality that was evident in his animated, brash commentary as a top NFL analyst for ESPN, Irvin is most remembered by his fellow Cowboys as a consummate teammate.
Despite a 19-yard reception from Michael Irvin on the Cowboys first play, they also had to punt, but returner Alan Grant fumbled the football after a hit from Dixon Edwards and Dallas fullback Daryl Johnston recovered it on the 49ers 22.
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Despite Orkney ’ s protestations, Cadogan insisted on compliance and, reluctantly, Orkney gave the word for his troops to fall back to their original positions on the edge of the plateau of Jandrenouille.
Despite vocal opposition from Contre-Admiral Armand Blanquet, who insisted that the fleet would be best able to respond in open water, the rest of the captains agreed that anchoring in a line of battle inside the bay presented the strongest tactic for confronting Nelson.
Despite this, some commentators have insisted that an agrarian nostalgia permeates his later work.
Despite the danger, Eastwood insisted on doing all his own climbing and stunts.
Despite the insistence of the US Office of Education that there was no money to fund the project, Howe persisted, and insisted the project be classified as a research project.
Despite Alexandra's pleas for privacy, Queen Victoria insisted on announcing a period of court mourning, which led to unsympathetic elements of the press to describe the birth as " a wretched abortion " and the funeral arrangements as " sickening mummery ".
Despite the studio's suggestion that Davis play the role as a young woman, the 38-year-old insisted on aging her appearance to fit the part.
Despite being promised creative freedom, Virgin instead insisted on some sweeping changes to the band's style for their first single in order to make it more commercial.
Despite her parents ' strong opposition, Wood insisted on pursuing a career in the arts.
Despite its evocation of republican virtues, this was a commission by the royal government, which David insisted on painting in Rome.
Despite the exhausted state of the troops, Hitler insisted that 14th Army should continue to attack.
Despite courting controversy by accusing manager Rafael Benítez of ' treating him like a slave ', he insisted that he had no ill feelings towards the club or anyone associated with it and only wanted to leave after failing to make Poland's World Cup squad, but still stayed on for another year at the manager's request.
Despite being aware of the fact that he could not divulge the content of the conversation to her, without losing his life, Kaikeyi's mother insisted on knowing the cause of the King's mirth.
Despite the criticism and the team's poor finances the team insisted that bankruptcy was the right move.
Despite objections that it promoted the wrong image of Scotland to foreign visitors and embarrassed local travellers, the airport management insisted the logo was " fun and visually stimulating ".
Despite the recommendation of his superiors at Army Headquarters in Lagos that he wait for the bridge, which had been blown up by the retreating Biafran forces, to be rebuilt, he insisted on a riverine crossing.
Despite doctors ' orders, Bruno insisted on flying home to Pittsburgh that night.
Despite opposition from the majority, Xu insisted and carried out his plan by pitching encampments starting from Jianye.
Despite Paige wanting to pull out of the show, her mother insisted that she should continue until her contract had finished, and Paige's sister, Marion Billings, admitted, " That was very hard for Elaine, having to go on stage night after night knowing she wanted to be with Mum ".
Despite the extensive rewrite of Pogue's script, Cronenberg insisted during Writers Guild arbitrations that he and Pogue share screenplay credit, since he felt that his version could not have come to pass without Pogue's script to serve as a foundation.
Despite warnings from his advisor Ju Shou that the move could sow seeds for future trouble, Yuan Shao insisted on sending his first-born Yuan Tan away to " govern " all of Qing Province ( present day eastern Shandong ), even though the Yuan forces controlled only the city of Pingyuan in the province.
Despite some financial problems, Darnell insisted on having had a joyful childhood and loving parents.
Despite the feud, Button insisted he had his team's backing, and was optimistic for the 2005 season.
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