Reporter buddy was bold, brash, abrasive. But boy, could he coach. You can bet that ryan was saying a few words to grant. Now hes talking to his players, trying to fire them up. Now listen to the crowd. Reporter hed only been a head coach once, in high school. But in the mid80s, after four losing seasons, the eagles needed a new voice and a new attitude. What kind of a player is a buddy ryan player . Oh, i think its a player that knocks a guy down and laughs at him. Reporter with that bravado and a shared dislike for the cowboys, buddy began a fan favorite. We like to kick dallas ass, and we always did. So that was fun. I would have said something to buddy, but he wouldnt stand on the field long enough. He put his big fat rear end into the dressing room. Reporter buddy was big, not in stature, but in swagger. I think the greatest thing happened to the philadelphia eeg is also the hiring of buddy ryan. Reporter even his games had names. A couple of players said they sent somebody after me. The porkchop bowl. The body bag game. This is an oldfashioned whooping here. Reporter and the faog bowl. When it all cleared, he had no playoff victories and he was fired in 1990. He invented the 46 defense, but he will be remembered for more sd schemes. Losses, and in oklahoma, rex and ryan, better known to you as twin one and twin two. Were getting Media Attention because of our father, not because of the job were doing, but before too long, they maybe interviewing us because were rob ryan and thats rex ryan, and just happen to be ryans sons. Publicly, i will acknowledge buddy ryan and thank him for saving my life. I appreciate it, coach. Reporter in the mid90s, he retired to his farm in kentucky. And in his stable, one horse stood alone. Buddy named it fired for winning. His legacy in philadelphia. Philadelphia sports fans are never shy, of course, about sharing their opinions and theres no shortage of opinions when it comes to buddy ryan. Nbc 10s tim furlong is live in south philadelphia with reaction to buddy ryans passing. Tim, on a personal level, you grew up in the area, so your reaction is as relevant as any of the other fans and any of the people you speak to. Were here in front of the lake, only because the vets no longer here to be here. But buddy ryan was everything to us. He made you love the eagles. He was one of those guys, in his southern draw, he came in and didnt seem like a philly guy, but he was absolutely a philly guy and really captured the spirit of this town and got the spirit behind him. If buddy had coached another team, he was one of those guys we would have hated, because he could be nasty and brash, but he was ours and we loved him. He called players by their numbers, not their name. His players made that rap song about them, remember, buddys watching you. That was watching you. And the thing i loved more than anything, he hated the Dallas Cowboys and he wanted to pounded them. He had Randle Cumming haoupl cue was going to take a knee, then threw a bomb to rub it in his face. Buddy was the essence of philadelphia. I mane, im going to punch you in the face and you can hit me, and im going to hit you harder. Thats what its all about. Exactly. When you came in here, you knew you was going to have to deal with the wrath of his players doing exactly what he had instructed them to do. Reporter the fog bowl in 1998, talk about breaking my young heart at the time. Eagles probably could have won that playoff game against the bears, but they didnt, thank you very much, Mother Nature. Buddy gets a lot of love considering he never won a playoff game, with pretty good teams, including amazing defense with reggie white. Coming up, more on the late buddy ryan and why his players really loved him, including in one particular season where he really had their back. For now, were live at the link, home where the eagles play now. Tim furlong, nbc news. Thank you, tim. That was poignant. Heres more on ryans career. He coached defense for the super bowl champion 1985 bears and created their groundbreaking 46 defense. The next year, he took over as head coach of the eagles and he remained in that job through the end of the 199091 season. Later, he became head coach of the arizona cardinals. His overall head coaching record was 55 wins, 55 losses, and he had one tie. Ryan also leaves behind a living coaching legacy in the nfl, as was mentioned, his twin sons, rex and rob, became coaches themselves. Rex coached the jets and is now the head coach of the buffalo bills. His brother, rob, is his assistant. Rob previously coached for the cowboys and the saints. And gary cobb is a former eagle who played under buddy ryan, and hes now a sports talk radio host here in philadelphia. Gee, thank you very much for coming in. My pleasure. Give us a favorite memory of buddy ryan. Well, you know, when he first came in, man, he was hard on us. And guys were leaving at night. I mean, veteran players, because he was so hard on us. But that was part of that army background. He believed you break all the guys down, that way you get them to be close to each other and confident and, you know, and committed to each other. And thats what he did. He broke us down that first camp, man. Guys were saying, i dont know if im going to play football anymore. Great guys. Great guys great players, yeah. You were part of a team that buddy inherited from marion campbell. You were traded here in 1985, the year before he came here, if i remember. So, you talk about him being hard. Was he hard on you, because you werent one of his guys, or did you become one of his guys . You had to become one of his guys. I became one of his guys. Once you prove that you can stand up to what he sk asked and youre a hard player and put in the effort, then he loved you. And people dont see that side. Because then, he would say things and you realize how caring he was about, like, he called the house one time and my wife answered the phone and she set off some alarms. He kept apologizing for that for like 30 years. He keeps coach, its okay. Its okay. But, you know, he cared about your family, and you saw that behind, and thats where people didnt see. Thats why the guys love buddy ryan, because once you prove that youll go out there and fight for him, he will fight for you. I also have a different perspective, because i played against buddys team and my head coach with the cardinals was Gene Stallings and buddy had horses and he sent a horse to Gene Stallings son because he had down syndrome. Isnt that something . It was quite amazing. Its a side of buddy we really didnt see. Whats his legacy . I think his aggressive defense. He was ahead of the league for about three years. He was the reason the bears won the super bowl. They were ahead of the whole league. In fact, i was down in dallas, thats where i finisheded up, and i talked to tom landry and was explaining to him the 46 defense. He said, thats all a bunch of confusion. Dont like each other. No. But i explained to him, coach, every time you pick up one of his blitzers, the other guys going to go. Hes going to send more guys than you can pick up. And he said, that guys smarter than i thought he was. I said, believe me, hes got a design to his defense and hes the head of the league. Thats why everyone still talks about the 85 bears. Gary cobb, thank you for coming in and talking to us. Nbc 10 will have continuing coverage on the death of former head coach buddy ryan throughout the day. You can also get more information and see a gallery of photo ossen the nbc 10 app and on nbc10. Com. Heavy rain came down early this morning in Atlantic City. This is what it looked like in margate, just before dawn. Were tracking showers and a threat for Severe Weather later today, which is why weve issued a first alert for the this afternoon and this evening. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist bill henley is here now with the forecast and the first alert forecast. Bill . Yeah, we saw those Early Morning storms. Theyre now offshore. Now well be watching the skies for this afternoon. In the suburbs, the Lehigh Valley, berks county. Anywhere after 3 00 to 10 00 tonight, this was when well see some strong storms, possibly severe thunderstorms take shape. A potential for damaging winds, small hail, and heavy downpours, localized flooding is a possibility. But right now, its pretty quiet. Just clouds, for trenton, philadelphia, and wilmington. The showers that start things off this morning, the downpours and thunderstorms, weve tracked them across delaware bay and through cape may and atlantic counties, even Cumberland County saw some of that. But thats now offshore. But this afternoon, as the temperatures warm up, a cold front will be approaching the area, and that will touch off showers and thunderstorms, especially as we head into the evening hours. Wont be an allday rainfall, obviously, just clouds and no showers right now. But the chance of showers will continue into the evening hours. High temperatures in the 80s for philadelphia. The suburbs, the Lehigh Valley. A first alert has been issued for these locations, for the strong thunderstorms later today and into this evening. In delaware, south jersey, and the shore, still a possibility of showers, Atlantic City, 75 degrees this afternoon. Low 80s in interior new jersey, and into the low 80s for newark, delaware. Well go through the forecast hour by hour, the futurecast to show you when those storms are most likely to pop up. Thats when im back later this half hour. Vai . Time for a latemorning check of the roads with nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter, jessica boyington. We are watching the vine street expressway moving through center city right now. We are seeing some pretty big delays, because we have an accident headed eastbound. Right around broad street. But a few minutes ago, this accident scene was blocking off all lanes. All traffic was to a stop. Big delays behind that. Now its pushed over into the righthand shoulder. Were seeing those delays and delays on the westbound side, as well. Problems getting to the schuylkill and to 95 right now on the vine street expressway. Also watching out in horsham for an accident, west road and North Bethlehem pike. Still a downed street on mlk drive. Headed southbound around sweet breyer drive, the right lane is closed there. And dennis township over in new jersey, theres an accident on route 47 headed northbound between route 83 and petersburg road. And last but not least, 45minute delays at the Philadelphia International airport due to weather. So you want to check before you go. Vai . Jessica, thank you. And a higher gas tax in new jersey is closer to reality and could ask your Holiday Weekend plans. Overnight, the state assembly passed a bill to raise the gas tax by 23 cents a gallon. The extra money would go to the Transportation Trust fund for road and bridge projects. The measure also includes cutting the state sales tax from 7 to 6 . Governor Chris Christie supports the bill, which now goes to the senate. Nbc 10s south jersey reporter cydney long will have a live report with what this could mean for your Holiday Weekend travels ahead at 11 30. Up next, legend lost. This morning, we were the life of the winningest coach in division i college basketball. A look back at the life of pat summitt, who lead the lady vols in recordsetting victories and also helped bring home the gold for the u. S. In 1984. Plus, placing blame. Republicans on the House Benghazi Committee release a scathing 800page report on the attacks that killed four americans in 2012. Keep the umbrella handy. Weve got showers and a chance of thunderstorms today. But there is some sunshine in our future, too. The tenday outlook, when we come right back. The House Committee investigating the 2012 benghazi tragedy is critical of the u. S. Military response in its final report. The committee released that final report this morning and it says the military response was slow, despite clear orders from president obama and then defense secretary leon panetta. The 2012 attacks killed four americans, including u. S. Ambassador chris stevens. The report does not blame Hillary Clinton for the events that led to their deaths. The basketball world has lost a legendary coach. Pat summitt passed away early this morning. Summitt was the head coach at the university of tennessee. A look at campus now and the statue that now immortalizes her. Fans had been leaving flowers and basketballs at the base of the statue throughout the morning. Summitt took over the Womens Basketball program at tennessee in 1974. And she transformed it into one of the greatest dynasties in all of college athletics. In 38 years, her teams made 38 consecutive ncaa tournament appearances, winning eight of them. Summitt is the winningest division i ncaa coach in history. In 2011, she announced she was diagnosed with early onset alzheimers disease and stepped down the next year. Pat summitt was 64. Gray skies and a chance of strong storms. A first alert weather day for parts of our area. The threat of storms this afternoon and this evening, we see some showers in the philadelphia area and at the shore, but as the day goes on, well be watching the suburbs and into the Lehigh Valley for some strong thunderstorms to take place. Thats today. Tomorrow, sunshine is back and well warming trend for our area. Not much warmer right now than it was first thing, thanks to the clouds that are hanging in there. Some light showers in philadelphia. 75 degrees at Philadelphia International. 74 in parkside. Pretty uniform temperatures through the area, thanks to the clod cover, but the temperatures are slowly climbing, ever so slowly. Chance of storms will be increasing in philadelphia, as we go into the evening hours. Cloudy skies, 81 degrees at 2 00. Near 80 at 6 00, and then well be watching for those storms later this afternoon. The suburbs could see them fire up during the early evening hours. 79 degrees at 6 00, in the suburbs by 10 00, the temperatures come down and the threat of storms will still be with us. And the Lehigh Valley, a similar situation. Cloudy skies at 2 00, dry, and 80 degrees, but look at the storms taking shape for 6 00 this evening and 10 00 tonight. For delaware, chance of some lateevening showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy skies through the day, however. New jersey could see a shower or thunderstorm pop up during the afternoon. Then, again, a chance of storms later this evening. And at the shore, mostly cloudy skies, the first round of wet weather is out of the picture. We could see some scattered showers in between these hours. But look like its going to be mostly cloudy. And look at the temperatures, barely moving, only into the middle 70s this afternoon. Futurecast, well go through it hour by hour. Shows at 3 00 this afternoon, showers and potentially thunderstorms. These will be slowmoving storms. So we could wind up with some heavy rainfall accumulating for some localized flooding. Doesnt look like its going to be widespread at this point, but by 6 00 in the evening, this is the line that well be tracking through the area at the Lehigh Valley into eastern burkes, upper montgomery, and into bucks counties. And that line will be on the move into philadelphia and south jersey. By tomorrow morning, we could see some residual showers first thing in the morning, and then the skies that are breaking in the Lehigh Valley and the suburbs will break across the rest of the area for the return of sunshine. But thats tomorrow. We still have to get through today and tonight. 83 degrees this afternoon. Showers late this afternoon and this evening. Out of here for tomorrow. 86 degrees, the High Temperature. Heres your warming tr ining tr. 88 on thursday, close to 90 on friday. Well see some sunshine on friday, but lateday showers and possibly some thunderstorms ton friday. Just the chance of that happening. Then 90 degrees, this is where the heat peeks, at least to begin with on the tenday forecast. A bit cooler with some showers early on sunday. High of 83 degrees, but look at the fourth of july. Independence day, 88 degrees, the High Temperature with brilliant sunshine. Should be clear in the evening for fireworks, then sunshine returns on tuesday. Weve got some hot weather ahead for tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. Vai . Were thrilled with that fourth of july forecast. Thank you, bill. Up next, crushing the competition. The south jersey native now headed the for rio after this amazing swimming performance last night. Well, theres plenty of fun today at the wawa welcome america festival continues. Heres what you can do on day two. Museum without walls will be free to anyone. You can access it by phone, by mobile app, or on the web. Also, you can take in an advanced screening of the legend of tarzan, thats tonight at 7 30 at the perelman theater. Last night the Franklin Institute gave us a look at the Science Behind all of those popular pixar characters. Nbc 10 was in franklin square, where interactive exhibits showed how the characters are molded and prepared for filming. Its all part of the festivals go forth and learn activities. Afterwards, it was philly at the movies with a screening of pixars finding nemo, and even the rain couldnt spoil the fun. People pulled out umbrellas and blankets and stayed dry and warm. For a complete calendar of wawa welcome America Events including mondays concert at 5 00 p. M. Remember, its 5 00, not 8 00 this year, 5 00 p. M. Tap the nbc 10 app. Nbc 10 is the official Media Sponsor of the festival. And we are now only 38 days away from the 2016 summer Olympic Games in rio. And this summer, a south jersey swimmer will be competing for gold. Take a look. Going to go, one, two. In lane four, is going to punch her ticket and worrell is a firsttime olympian. 21yearold Kelsi Wo