His legacy is the NFL rule named for him, the one that stands as the league’s most progressive piece. he biggest fourth-quarter threat in the game with Isaiah Thomas and home-field advantage throughout the Eastern Conference playoffs. But he will be remembered best at the end of every regular season, when a new batch of coaches and general managers are fired and teams scramble to find their successors. “I knew he’d do a wonderful job when I named him as our United States Ambassador to Ireland, but nat.